Quinn Sieber was quite unusual. He was white with "Zulu boy" for a nickname and spoke IsiZulu with ease. He detested rock music but loved Kwaito, a music genre invented in the shanty towns of South Africa. Last week Sieber became the latest evictee from the house Robert Kalumba talked to him about heritage and housemates

How many indigenous South African languages do you speak?

(He laughs) Man I speak quite a number. I speak Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele, Sesotho, Afrikaans and of course English. I am as fluent as they come. But why is that such a big deal?

For a white boy to know such traditional languages is quite something. Actually some people thought you were trying to act "black" in the house. What is your take on that?

I normally get that from some quarters but let me tell you man; I was born on the African continent. I am as African as all Africans on this continent. The only difference is my skin colour. I suffer like them, enjoy like them and cry like them. Those who say that I am trying to act black... (He keeps quiet)...how do blacks in Africa behave? I behave like a South African!

Do you think the pairing up concept hurt your chances of staying in the house?

I don't think so. I think both me and Liz didn't do ourselves any favours by continually stating our desire to go home. I think the voters were, like "These two just want to go home so let us give them their wish" and they voted us out. It wasn't the pairing.

Before your eviction, another of your countrymates, Elizabeth was evicted. You as head of house at that time had the power to save her but you didn't. Why?

My strategy as HOH was that if she was to be nominated I would automatically save her. But the plan backfired on me when I was up for eviction. I didn't expect that. All of a sudden I was faced with either saving her or myself. The selfish me chose myself (he laughs!) If I wasn't up for eviction, I would definitely have saved her.

You and your Kristal had developed some kind of closeness. Would there have been any "fireworks" had you stayed longer in the house?

I don't think so (he laughs). I was the youngest in the house and I looked up to Kristal as my big sister. She was the oldest girl left in the house and I just felt more comfortable in her presence because I knew she had someone in Zimbabwe and as a mature person, she wouldn't try anything to jeopardise their relationship. That was reassuring enough for me to be comfortable around her.

What did you think of our Ugandan housemates?

I miss Hannington so much. We got on like a house on fire. He was like some brother of mine I had taken long without seeing! How is that dude? Send him my greetings man! We talked of places in South Africa which he knew very well, he knew the artistes, that dude was just cool!

What about Phil, the other Ugandan housemate?

He was cool but we didn't hit it off. I didn't find him warm. He was the kind of guy whom before you went to for a laugh, you had to first check whether he was in his moods.

Who was the most annoying housemate?

He wasn't annoying as in behaviour or character, but I just didn't feel Itai. He was the oldest member in the house, I was the youngest; perhaps that age difference was the cause of my problem with him. I felt there was nothing we could talk about.

What are your plans since you are out of the house?

I want to get into radio. Before entering the house I was doing a course in broadcast journalism. I also had a spell on radio as a presenter and I would like to do that in the future. I think with my personality I would be quite exceptional on radio.