The search has wrapped. After months of scouting for a new presenter for
LIVE,
SABC1 announced the winner of the
Talent Search during the show's World Cup timeslot: Saturday at 18h30.
Voting lines closed on Friday 4 June and on Saturday (12 June) 19-year Capetonian Minenhle Dlamini scooped the title from the
three other hopefuls.
As we all knew would happen, Minenhle has filled a spot vacated by
T'bo Touch, who has officially said his farewell as co-host of the show.
Yesterday (Monday, 14 June) he was back on screen in the new World Cup companion show Mzansi Insider, which gives behind-the-scenes news about SABC1. The show is on daily at 18h15 and runs for the duration of the tournament.
With the introduction of Minenhle, the presenter line-up has shuffled: former roving presenter
Phila Mazibuko has joined headline host
Bonang Matheba as regular co-host; and Minenhle takes over his rover.
Word is this will remain the setup moving forward. Our take on it: we want Minenhle to co-host with Bonang. If she did it would make it the first primetime series to be hosted co-ed.
It would be a win-win for everyone: girls could have fun and guys would be very pleased. We're convinced it would set a winning trend.
*Back to reality.* Minenhle covers her first official story for the show tomorrow, Youth Day, Wednesday, 16 June. She'll be at the Moretele Park viewing area to soak up the vibe of the Youth Day street carnival to the backdrop of the game between Bafana Bafana and Uruguay.
A refresh about Minhenhle:
Born and raised in Durban, she now lives between Cape Town and Jozi.
She is loud, fun, energetic, loves people and has an element of being a drama queen with brain for business.
She is studying Film and Media, drama and economics at UCT.
She believes she will manage to fit presenting into her schedule because she has always been a busy person and has had to juggle her sport, performing arts and academics.
She entered the competition because she understands that it is the biggest show in SA and she dreams big.
She believes that her value will be to bring her youthful energy that the whole of South Africa can relate to.