Big Brother Africa Hotshots will start on Sunday 7 September at 20:00, with two dedicated TV channels on DStv - channels 197 and 198, and summary programmes will also be broadcast on M-Net's AfricaMagic channels.
The 9th season of the show which remains a driver for the uptake of DStv subscriptions across Africa, will run for 91 days.
Endemol South Africa which again produces the show had to dump the selected contestants from Ghana - not over Ebola fears but because of South Africa's restrictive new visa regulations - and is replacing them with people from Ghana already living in South Africa.
The winner of Big Brother Africa Hotshots will get $300 000.
"We work hard to make each season of Big Brother Africa bigger than the last - and we've really upped the ante this year," says Wangi Mba-Uzoukwu, M-Net Africa's regional director for West Africa.
The housemate contestants will start the new season of the voyeur format reality show in two glamorous houses and will have to "outshine" each other according to the producers.
"They'll party like A-listers, rub shoulders with celebrity guests and face formidable challenges," says M-Net.
IK Osakioduwa is back as the presenter of the 9th season - the 6th time that he is hosting.
