BREAKING. Survivor SA Santa Carolina producers blatantly disses and dumps Christina Storm, Jub Jub from TV special.

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How much do M-Net and the producers of Survivor SA Santa Carolina simply hate Christina Storm and Jub Jub? Well these two controversial and troublemaker celebitants are very visibly loathed so much by the producers, they were both blatantly dropped from this evening's Survivor SA Santa Carolina behind-the-scenes TV special.

Both are obviously, ''visually non-grata'' on M-Net; both only appeared in very brief glimpses and then only in filmed footage from the show. Neither Christina Storm who left in a huff and quit the show leaving the producers scrambling, or Jub Jub who also left claiming penile problems (and almost overshadowed the reality show by his real-life car-crash engulfed, alleged drug-fuelled real-life disaster) were asked for comments. Neither were included in the TV special in which all the other celebitants were interviewed, or asked like the rest whether they'd participate in Survivor SA again.

Both Christina Storm and Jub Jub were completely ostracised by the producers from the Survivor SA Santa Carolina TV special as far as possible, with no mention of why they were omitted.

BREAKING. e.tv and kykNET talking about eNews supplying a daily Afrikaans TV news bulletin to rival SABC2.

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I can exclusively first reveal that e.tv and kykNET (DStv 111) are in negotiations and discussions for eNews, e.tv's news division, to supply a daily news bulletin at 19:00 in Afrikaans to the Afrikaans satellite TV channel. The Afrikaans TV news bulletin would not be ''a mere translation'' according to a source of what is already on e.tv's eNews PrimeTime or the eNews Channel, but a brand-new, specifically tailor-made bulletin with news items structured for kykNET viewers.

Although nothing has been signed yet, sources on both sides has told me that both eNews as well as kykNET are very, very excited about this and about making a possible deal happen. eNews with the eNews Channel (DStv 403) is looking at expanding its reach and news service - also into other languages - while kykNET wants to beef up its schedule, which it can do by adding quality and independent Afrikaans TV news. I'm told that kykNET's plan is to put a brand-new Afrikaans TV news bulletin up SABC2's daily Afrikaans news bulletin at 19:00 where kykNET is getting hammered in the ratings.

I can tell you that both e.tv and eNews as well as kykNET has had several meetings about this the past few weeks. Although nothing has been signed, a possible deal is imminent according to my source and the pressure on for both sides to make this work which would yield numerous benefits to both. kykNET which launched with the plan to carry a full news service, quickly scrapped that idea, then started a short-lived attempt at news with a half hour news overview show that floundered and quickly disappeared.

I can exclusively tell you that the new Afrikaans TV news bulletin will not be a translation of what is already on the eNews Channel or e.tv but a brand-new customized daily half hour bulletin for kykNET. It will be similar to Britain's ITN which syndicates news in Britain to the world, but also produces specific tailor-made TV news bulletin's to other British TV channels.

INTERVIEW. Noeleen Maholwana-Sangqu on 3Talk's 7th birthday: ''The conversation is continuing.''

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3Talk with Noeleen on weekdays on SABC3 just celebrated its seventh birthday and I spoke with TV talk show host Noeleen Maholwana-Sangqu. I was there when SABC3 first introduced Noeleen Maholwana-Sangqu to TV writers seven years ago in Johannesburg as the new face of 3Talk on the channel.

Noeleen Maholwana-Sangqu talked to me about her exciting journey, moments that have touched her and ''phenomenal guests'', why she keeps doing it and for how long she will continue to, as well as what she has learned from doing a daily TV talk show and human nature. She opens up about what this show has meant for her, how she sifts all the voices on a daily basis, and how she thinks the way we talk, has changed in South Africa.

For my comprehensive interview with Noeleen Maholwana-Sangqu, as well as more photos, click on READ MORE below.

FIRST LOOK! Okkert Brits in a red speedo: why is he wearing Izak Davel's mankini?

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Can it be? It is. I can exclusively first show you Okkert Brits in a speedo. And by further investigation, tell you that its Izak Davel's red mankini that he wore on the island in Survivor SA Santa Carolina!

In a behind-the scenes hour long TV special on Wednesday at 19:30 on M-Net, viewers will see Okkert Brits sporting the red barely-there swimwear when he puts on Izak Davel's buzzed about swimwear in the reality show. Of course, Okkert Brits looks a bit sky, unlike Izak Davel who GiGI accused of being a show-off.

Both GiGi who won Survivor SA Santa Carolina and runner-up Ashley Hayden will get time to expand on their journey in interviews that were recorded this past Thursday in the TV special. In more diary sessions filmed on and off the island, the other celebitants will reveal more things. Celebitants like Darren Maule, Louw Venter and Kaseran Pillay are even together in one room discussing certain key moments in the show.

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Survivor SA Santa Carolina winner GiGi is tired of unisex.

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Survivor SA Santa Carolina winner GiGi is tired of unisex. Unisex toilets that is. The exotic dancer who won the celebrity edition of the M-Net reality show now wants to use some of her winnings to improve the lives of her girls.

GiGi of course runs The Lollipop Lounge in Randburg where the girls apparently have somewhat of a rough time with the male clientele. ''At the moment I'm battling space at the club,'' GiGi says. ''It's a huge battle. I've taken my parking area and I've been putting dressing rooms in there for the girls. They need dressing rooms desperately. I'm also running with unisex toilets which I really don't like. The girls don't want to share their bathrooms with the male clients so now I can build on toilets just for the ladies, and just for the male customers, which I think is a better idea,'' GiGi told me.

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BREAKING. Izak Davel's red underwear surprise: ''I got such a fright when the guys started to drop trou.''

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Izak Davel, the Survivor SA Santa Carolina celebitant who strutted around on the show in his red speedo, tells me exclusively that he had no idea that some of his fellow celebitants we're planning to drop trou and reveal skimpy red underwear during the show's live finale this past Wednesday night on M-Net.

During the live finale, fellow celebitants Garth Collins, Louw Venter and Gys de Villiers all pulled down their pants to reveal red undies. Meanwhile Survivor SA Santa Carolina host Nico Panagio didn't drop his pants, but pulled the top of his underwear out to show that - yes, he too - is wearing a little red something-something to cover his nether regions.

''I honestly had no idea. I didn't know that they've planned this whole undies thing,'' Izak Davel told me when I met up with him after the live finale. ''I got such a fright when the guys started to drop trou. I thought: Ay-yay-yay-yay-yay. . .  But it was sharp. I appreciate the joke.''

To see what else Izak Davel told me about his new movie role, making music with some of the other Survivor celebitants, and his experience of being on a reality show and if he'll ever do it again, click on READ MORE below!

INTERVIEW. M-Net on reality shows: ''The days of it just being a TV show, is long gone.''

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With Survivor SA Santa Carolina just concluding on M-Net (with a behind the scenes special tomorrow eveing at 19:30) and the sixth season of Idols starting up, I asked Helen Smit, M-Net's head of local content, about how M-Net sees the ongoing expansion of its TV properties from just being TV shows, to becoming TV experiences.

Will Survivor SA Santa Carolina be back? How did it perform? And how does M-Net see the evolution of TV programming beyond the box?

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BREAKING. TopTV starts a countdown clock for its commercial launch on Saturday.

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TopTV has started an official countdown clock on the new TopTV website. The new TopTV website went live at the beginning of April, which I told you about RIGHT HERE, but didn't contain anything other than a block in which interested potential subscribers could leave their contact details.

Now the TopTV website has just added some more content like a countdown clock with the words ''TopTV is coming'' - which is counting down to Saturday's commercial launch when TopTV set top box decoders go on sale for the first time. On the TopTV website visitors can now also find a block to sign up for TopTV's planned email newsletter, TopTV's contact details, and a multi-coloured TopTV promo.

Nico Panagio on prepping for the Survivor SA Santa Carolina's live finale: ''It was amazing - like bungee jumping.''

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I met up with Nico Panagio, Survivor SA Santa Carolina host and his wife, Christi Panagio at the island style after party (Christi Panagio and I were on the same plane back to Cape Town the next day).

 I spoke to Nico Panagio about his new role in the new Afrikaans drama Vallei van Sluiers that just started on Tuesdays on kykNET (DStv 111), his Survivor SA Santa Carolina experience, whether he will be returning to SABC3's Top Billing and how the live finale of the reality show was for him.

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