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With dreams of tomb raiding, fire jumping, building leaping, kickboxing and mostly just with stars in their eyes they came in the hope to conquer as contestants showed up today as the nationwide audition process for the second season of SABC1's reality show Class Act literally kicked off in Cape Town.
The reality show looking to find an action movie star - actually make that two movie stars this year - has adapted the format to allow girls this year as well. From early this morning - from beefy and brawny to lean and scrawny - contestants queued to try and impress the judges with their muscles, moves and ... makeup.
Class Act, produced by Curious Pictures, will start on SABC1 on 23 April and will once again be looking for a leading man who will get to star in a South African made action movie, but also a leading lady who will also get a movie role. The second season will add another additional Class Act weekly episode, a Monday night elimination episode at 19:00 from 30 May.
I'm told that the TV audience will get to vote for the Class Act favourites from after the episodes on a Saturday night until 18:30 on a Monday night. Thereafter the votes will be tallied in half an hour and guys and girls will start to get the boot. The first 4 episodes will concentrate on the nationwide Class Act audition process. ''It's about more entertainment,'' says Donovan Marsh, Class Act creator about the second season that became a surprise hit show for SABC1.
After the Cape Town Class Act auditions taking place today and tomorrow, the show moves to Durban on 12 March, Pretoria on 19 March and Johannesburg on 2 and 3 April. Kenneth Nkosi is the presenter again and super agent Moonleenn Yee and Rapulana Seiphemo are both back as judges. Mfundi Vundla, Generations creator and executive producer is joining the Class Act juding panel from this second season.
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