Bloemfontein

The search begun on the 8th of February at the city of ‘Roses’, Bloemfontein in the Free State. The aim was to find the gem that will grace our viewers with his charm, good looks and intellect. When the search team arrived at the region’s SABC offices the crowds of hopefuls were eagerly waiting to dazzle our judges, creator of Isidingo Gray Hofmeyer, The Star Tonight’s Debashine Thangevelo and our very own brand manager Mpotseng Lebentlele, with their talent. For a small city the turnout was outstanding with aspirant males coming from as far as Ladysmith and Kimberley. The talent was as colourful and vibrant as the city’s fashion sense, with the likes of Pule Ndaba and Angelo Mockie being chosen as the region’s finalists.

It was an amazing experience for both the search team and the ambitious undiscovered actors and certainly set the tone for the next four regions that our team will be visiting.

We loved Bloem and believe that this small city will definitely produce some of the best talent this country will see.

Port Elizabeth

Next stop was in the friendly city of Port Elizabeth – the hopefuls in this region were dressed the part and definitely looked as if they had just popped out of a TV scene.

The venue was the City Hall and according to the region’s SABC staff members some of the hopefuls were too eager to wait for the 10th of February and decided to camp outside the SABC offices to be the first to jet off to the City Hall and charm the panel. The talent in PE was not as breathtaking as what we had discovered during the first auditions. However, the excitement, paired with nerves, was as jubilant as that we had experienced two days prior. 

Next stop – the Zulu Kingdom at the Durban SABC Offices on Old Fort Road, the 12th of February from 8am. See you then!