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Rivals in Romance will have two bachelors - a black ''bad boy'' Paul Phiri (27) from Northriding, a white ''good guy'' Jonathan Klopper (36) from Lonehill, Johannesburg - and 16 eager girls who are going to be vying for their attention when this new local dating reality show starts on M-Net Series (DStv 110) on Wednesday, 21 January at 19:30.
Paul Phiri is a sales exec who describes himself as a bad boy and Jonathan Klopper is a property broker who describes himself as sporty and ''a great all-rounder whom all mothers love''. Let's say it together . . . ''Aawwh!''
The 16 girls ranging from a pole and lap dancing instructor to a girl chosen by FHM as a ''hot date'' will be smootching for love in this new TV production of 13 hour long episodes by Elemental Productions. The 16 girls will find themselves ''in pressure-cooker situations week after week'' says the producers, ''as they vie for attention''. The producers looked for bachelors and single sexy girls who are ''hungry for love'' said Shaamila Fataar, executive producer. Jonaid Carrera who sports nipple rings and model Phuti Nkomo are the sassy presenters.
The 16 girls who viewers will see in Rivals in Romance include Tracy from Lenasia; receptionist Yvonne Labuschagne; Sylvia from Soweto; Tebogo Ditini from Ga-Rankuwa in Pretoria; Terri Stander; Oweenee, a mother of two; Shoneez Sidat from Mayfair; Courtney Mndaweni from Krugersdorp; the blonde Roweena; the pole-dancing instructor Nikki Ross; Nobuhle from Meerdale; Kasifah Galant from Cape Town; Karis Woodenberg from Durban; Jody from Mossel Bay; Leigh Flowers from Cape Town and Ammena Khan from KwaZulu-Natal.
