Season 3
Glam Guru is a South African Afrikaans-language makeover reality television series created by Johan Barnard and Alda Venter for M-Net Inhouse Productions, in which self-styled "glam guru" Hannon Bothma and his team of stylists give 24 randomly-picked people a total style makeover.
The series premiered on DStv's kykNET channel on Tuesday 8 April 2008, at 20h00. There are 51 half-hour episodes in three seasons to date. See "Seasons" below for seasonal broadcast dates and times.
Glam Guru 3 premiered on kykNET on Saturday 2 May 2009, at 20h30. There are 26 episodes in the third season.
Season 3 Repeats
Sundays: 15h30
Mondays: 10h30
Tuesdays: 03h30, 23h00
Wednesdays: 16h30
Thursdays: 11h30
Fridays: 03h00
Synopsis
(Afrikaans synopsis below)
Forget about those dull style consultations and visits to the beauty parlour - kykNET's brand new style makeover show Glam Guru: Make Me Beautiful is finally here.
This 24-minute, 13-episode series takes normal people and gives them their time in the spotlight with a simple but dazzling new future.
You've seen dozens of different versions of makeover shows before, but Glam Guru does things differently. No knives, hospitals or months of tedious diets - just simple changes which make people look and feel better to take with them into a brighter future.
Glam Guru is also full of handy tips for anyone to look their best.
The two style teams have the weekly task of giving a new future to two style-challenged participants, in front of all the viewers.
The host of the show, Hannon Bothma, is known all over as a man of cleanliness and style. Some call him the Super-Stylist, others The Miracle Man. He rose to fame as the flamboyant hair-and-makeup guru in M-net's local makeover series Star Maker Story.
The Glam Guru casts an all-seeing eye over each candidate's makeover.
Afrikaans Synopsis
Vergeet van duur stylkonsultasies en besoeke aan die skoonheidsalon - kykNET se splinternuwe styl-uitdagingsprogram, Glam Guru: Maak my Mooi, is uiteindelik hier.
Hierdie 24-minute, 13-episode reeks plaas dood gewone mense vir 'n paar oomblikke in die kollig vir 'n eenvoudige, maar skitterende nuwe voorkoms.
Jy het al hope verskillende weergawes van “makeover” programme gesien, maar Glam Guru doen dit anders. Geen messe, hospitale of maande lange eetprogramme nie – net maklike veranderinge wat gewone mense beter laat lyk en voel deur eenvoudige stappe te neem na 'n mooier voorkoms.
Glam Guru is ook propvol handige wenke oor hoe enigiemand op sy beste kan lyk.
Die twee stylspanne het weekliks die uitdaging is om twee styllose deelnemers, voor die oë van die kykers, 'n nuwe voorkoms te gee.
Die aanbieder, Hannon Bothma, is alom bekend as die man van skoonheid en styl. Hy is al die Super-Stilis en die Man van Wonderwerke genoem. Hannon het bekendheid verwerf as die flambojante haar-en-grimeringsguru in M-Net se suksesvolle plaaslike makeover reeks Star Maker Story.
Onder hierdie Glam Guru se wakende oog word elke kandidaat 'mooi gemaak'.
Cast
Presenter
Hannon Bothma
Makeup Artists
Riani Roets from Johannesburg
Venessa Johnson from Kimberley
Hairstylists
Adele van Niekerk from Pretoria
Samantha Butler from Nelspruit
L-R: Adele, Riani, Hannon, Venessa, Sam (13 episodes)
Premiere: 8 April 2008 | Finale: 1 July 2008 | Tuesdays, 20h00
Season 2 (12 episodes)
Premiere: 8 July 2008 | Finale: 23 September 2008 | Tuesdays, 20h00
Season 3 (26 episodes)
Premiere: 2 May 2009 | Finale: 24 October 2009 | Saturdays, 20h30