by Thinus Ferreira
Soap actress Kate Roothman, known for a role in kykNET's Binnelanders Afrikaans TV soap, will be the new presenter of the Afrikaans South African version of Farmer Wants a Wife, Boer Soek 'n Vrou after Reandi Grey quit.
Reandi Grey lasted two seasons after deciding she had enough, with Kate Roothman taking over from 2027's 19th season of the reality dating show produced by Wolflight Films.
Previous presenters who got tired of the long distances on dirt roads and having to spend a lot of time away on farms, far from South Africa's metropoles include Elma Postma, Angelique Gerber, Nadia Beukes, Minki van der Westhuizen, Leah van Niekerk, Marciel Hopkins and Reandi Grey.
kykNET (DStv 144) sent out a press release about Kate Roothman as new presenter - but only to some media, and ahead of time, so that only certain publications were given the courtesy to do interviews and articles that could be published on Thursday.
After making a media query, publicist Wilmer Muller sent a press release on Friday morning to TVwithThinus, noting in it that Kate Roothman is going to do an exclusive interview with Bravo! on kykNET that "will be broadcast on Thursday at 21:00 on kykNET".
But that was last night.
MultiChoice and kykNET also botched its own announcement when the Bravo! episode was apparently loaded to DStv Catch Up too early anyway and gave away that the soap star is now the new reality series presenter.