Patience Stevens, co-executive producer of Top Billing and Jonathan Boynton-Lee
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I have the reaction from the people in the biz who matters as it pertains to Jonathan Boynton-Lee who won the My Top Billing Dream reality show and is now the newest Top Billing presenter to join the weekly magazine show on SABC3.
Hear is who I spoke to, and this is what they told me about how they feel about Jonathan Boynton-Lee:
Basetsana Kumalo, co-executive producer, Top Billing
"Jonathan is the salt of the earth - solid gold - a beautiful soul, rounded, grounded, somebody whom we as a family at Top Billing, and viewers can embrace and love and help grow into a big star. For me he represents what Tswelopele Productions is about: We are about talent and about giving young people a platform to become stars of their own making. More importantly I think he's a man who's going to bring a unique flavour into the Top Billing mix, a fantastic person who's going to give the Top Billing family a unique signature. I'm very excited to have Jonathan on board. He's a beautiful young man. He will help to take the Top Billing brand which is 20 years old into a whole new era and a new journey we're all walking together."
Patience Stevens, co-executive producer, Top Billing
"Jonathan is a very hard worker. He put a lot of effort into researching his interviews. He's the kind of person who will walk with the crew and help with the physical part of the team; he's a worker, he's a team member. He not only looks fantastic but he will always be a valuable member of the team behind the scenes."
Jeannie D, Top Billing presenter
"I'm so happy that Jonathan is joining the team; he was so incredibly consistent throughout the competition. He also brings something different. We said at the beginning of the show we want someone completely different who will be bringing something unique. Jonathan Boynton-Lee totally does that. He has a very dry sense of humour. He's incredibly clever and intelligent and a lot of his questions would be well researched and he's always well-prepared and that is what we need."
Janez Vermeiren, Top Billing presenter
"You can see in his eyes that he's the kind of guy who wears his heart on his sleeve. Jonathan isn't scared to be himself. He's not trying to copy anyone or trying to act like any of the other presenters. He allows his own personality to shine through and I think that's the most important thing about being a presenter - you want to express emotion and show how you are feeling."
Risuna Mayimele, SABC3 marketing manager
"Jonathan is very humble, he's very inspirational, he's very down-to-earth. He fits in perfectly if you look at Jeannie D and Janez and Jo-Anne Strauss as part of the team. The interesting thing about the reality show was that it was about the brand and about the "dream". People would tell us they've been watching Top Billing for years, they've grown up with it, they've watched it with their grandmother or their mother and to be on it is part of their ultimate dream. Viewers followed this reality show since it's their own dream - and they wanted to see whose dream will be coming true."
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