23:46 Nate shares about her relationship with Beekay and how she does not udnerstand what happened with him that made him to set boundaries on their relationship. This explains why she was not touched when he left the house because "he just changed out of nowhere." 

23:40 Nsuku, Sweet Guluva and Uyanda speak about how impossible it is for one to siwtch someone's perspective of them, and how they would not even bother. Uyanda qeustions why someone with a negative perspective on you would insist on being close to you and Nsuku and Sweet Guluva explains that the enemy strikes effectively when they are close. 

23:00 Jojo and Nate talk about Nsuku, Uyanda and the altercations they've had in the house, then move to chat about the notes. Jojo says the first letter made her feel good because it was encouraging. Nate explains how the word of her being the author of the notes came out, and how Sweet Guluva investigated and caught her. 

22:30 Sweet Guluva is in the shower washing his hair, Jojo dries her hair while Nate finally takes her nails off. 

22:15 Nsuku and Uyanda are talking about the way he handles conflict in the house while sitting in the jacuzzi. 

21:00 Finalists go swimming and take turns running laps in the pool. 

20:50 Jojo, Nate and Nsuku stand by the wall-of-fame and chat about the ho0usemates they had to select after they entered the house. Nate says "Paris bored me" and Jojo argues that Sipha Lee had pretty privelege because he was handsome. 

20:15 Uyanda wins the R5000 and the finalists come back to boxes of pizza and dive right in. 

19:57 Nate is the last finalist to play and clocks 9:39. 

19:44 Jojo goes next, almost gets swallowed by the sumo suit and clocks 9:14 with a 40 seconds penalty for misspelling "wealth". 

19:32 Nsuku follows next, and the buzzer hits at 5:56. 

19:26 Uyanda is the next finalist to play and clocks 2:33 with a young clebratory dance at the end. 

19:15 The final Friday night arena games have started and Sweet Guluva is the first finalist to play and clocks 4:16. 

18:30 Finalists get an announcement that they have 30 minutes before the final Friday night games. 

18:18 Sweet Guluva says that where he’s from, men make money to buy food and invest in more taxis to generate even more income. They only bother with haircuts and even complain when charged R180 to colour their hair. Nsuku responds by saying money should take care of you, not the other way around. According to her, you can’t have money while your body looks like you’ve just come out of a chlorine pool.

18:06 Nsuku says “when the devil is lazy to attack, he send men.” Sweet Gukuva disagrees, and reckons he sends the ladies. Nsuku adds that men are very sensitive and cry about the smallest things. 

17:49 The finalists say that Sweet Guluva uses a special lotion that gives him a sense of dignity.

17:58 Nate says her fellow finalists can take the Friday night games R5k because her eyes are set on the R2 million. 

17:31 Sweet Guluva says having a wife who doesn’t cook is “harmful.” Uyanda says he can’t be married and still be eating bread for supper. He adds that he’d leave the bread on the table and go buy himself proper food. 

17:20 The finalists are chatting about dating and relationships. With Nsuku leading the conversation, they talk about what they are willing to sacrifice. Nsuku says she wants to be a housewife.

15:54 Jojo gathers the housemates in the lounge and hands them a pizza menu. Biggie is treating the housemates to a pizza. He gave them the luxury to review the menu and select one large menu.

15:20 Nate says that Siphesihle said she will block her once they leave the house. The other housemates gasp in shock. Uyanda speaks of the tension that will be there after party with the ex-housemates. Sweet Guluva adds and say, they will not care since the ex housemates are now celebrities too. Nate says they will care.

12:14 Housemates are given adhoc task to create a crown which showcases their creativity.

11:33 Siphesihle is the 3rd order of the day. Sweet Guluva says Siphesihle changed from how she was initially. Nate says she changed after she got nominated by Tyrone. The housemates also say Bonni Bee outshined Nsuku. Nsuku took huge offense.

11:30 The second order of the day is Gugu. Jojo said says didn't know much about Gugu as she was not open to everyone. Nate explained that Gugu was closed off, Nsuku added that when Gugu was questioned by Smash about her thoughts on other housemates, Gugu said people are faking it and not being themselves.

10:24 The housemates lay the evicted housemates on the table and  Ezra is the first order of the day. They speak of how Ezra was a farm boy who was trying to fit in. Sweet Guluva says he expected him to act like a farm boy and not try to act like someone who he was not.

10:14 Nsuku reminds Sweet Guluva that it's his mom's birthday and they start singing for her. Sweet Guluva says he forgot that today is the 18th lol!

10:10 Housemates all dance to the music playing in the house. It is giving musical play!

9:15 Jojo dances vigorously.

8:40 As Nate changes her gymwear, Jojo comments that on Fridays they do not shower. Then proceeds to ask her newly-found big sister Nate if she thinks something will happen tonight, Nate says to her, maybe they'll have awards.

8:00 Housemates make their way back from their last gym session this season.

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