SABC2's announced that they're launching a new gameshow called The Generation Game - a local version of the long-running UK gameshow of the same name.
The show's going to be hosted by comedian Barry Hilton and actress/presenter Cindy Nkabinde, it premieres on Thursday, 27 March 2008 and the search is on for contestants.
HOW THE SHOW WORKSEach episode involves four teams of two playing a series of games against each other.
Each team's made up of a couple from the same family of the opposite sex who are at least a generation apart eg. mothers and sons, grandfathers and granddaughters etc
The competition involves each team trying to master a skill. A professional demontsrates how something's done eg using a potters wheel, dressing a shop wndow dummy, dancing etc.
The players then need to do to the task as well as possible and get judged by the professional who gives each team a score - eliminating teams along the way in a knockout.
By the time it gets to the end the team with the highest score gets to play the Conveyer Belt Game that has all sorts of prizes up for grabs, including a mystery holiday.
HOW TO ENTERIf you'd like to enter with your family you can call this number to leave your details for the show:
083 913 3436.Please note: the youngest contestant needs to be 20 or older and the difference in age between team-mates needs to be at least 15 years.
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PS: SABC1's The Gen Game is based on the same concept but with differences to the original - SABC2's new version's going to follow the exact format of the UK one.