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Sunday, August 21, 2011

Jay du Plessis - Anthem@Trinations

Jay du Plessis made so many South African's prioud with his delivery of the national anthem before the NZ vs SA Tri-nations kick-off.

Just another reason to love this artist who went solo after being a part of the hugely successful band Eden.

Here is another song of his that turned out to be a great hit; and he is not done! Always waiting in anticipation for any project Jay is involved with.

Picture from Corne Oosthuizen on twitter

Monday, August 1, 2011

Big Brother Winner!

So Wendell ended up as one of the winners. Can't say that we are disappointed (did not follow the show to the T, but we are happy for him)

Wendell - Bigbrotherafrica.com

It seems that the more 'cheap', 'easy' and 'sleazy' a contestant is, the better their chance of getting the votes; making one wonder about the general morality out in Africa right now... and with this being said it was a real surprise that 23 year old Wendell from Zimbabwe actually walked away with $200K!

Congrats to him. Here is how the voting was spread out for the contestants as reported by codewit.com:

Karen: 6 country votes – Nigeria, Angola, Rest of Africa, Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania
Wendall: 4 country votes – Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Kenya
Luclay: 2 country votes – South Africa, Botswana
Lomwe: 1 country vote – Malawi
Sharon O: 1 country vote – Uganda
Hanni: 1 country vote – Ethiopia
Vina: 0 Country Votes

Why some people can't accept the outcome of the votes (that they cast), no one will know. Controversy has started on twitter with viewers asking how Wendell won...sad to be a sorry loser. From us, a hearty congrats to Wendell for making it and we feel it was well deserved!

Interestingly enough, South Africans are asking for a South African Big Brother and that BBA should "go away!"

See a poll done by justcurious.co.za

We can now just wait and see what our favorite SA channel is going to do next...

Thanks to bigbrotherafrica.com, justcurious.co.za and codewit.com

Friday, July 22, 2011

Elvis Blue supports James Blunt

Last season's Idols winner, Elvis Blue, will be supporting James Blunt when the Brit superstar's Some Kind of Trouble World Tour hits SA in August 2011.

As revealed today by journalist and blogger Clayton Morar, Elvis will join Blunt at gigs at the ICC Durban Arena on Wednesday 24 August, at the Coca-Cola Dome Johannesburg on 26th August, at the Vodacom NMMU Indoor Arena in Port Elizabeth on Sunday 28th August, and in Cape Town at the Grand Arena, Grand West, on 30 August.

After winning Idols in 2010, Elvis Blue released a self-titled debut album in November of of that year that broke multiple records, including reaching Gold status within 29 days of release. The first two singles off the album, “Things My Father Said” and “Lighthouse” were massive hits, while third single “Save Me” is currently play-listed on radio stations across the country.

James Blunt’s first album, Back to Bedlam, catapulted him to worldwide superstardom on the strength of massive songs like “You’re Beautiful,” “High” and “Goodbye My Lover”.

His second album, 2007’s All the Lost Souls debuted at No. 1 in 10 countries and sold nearly 5 million copies globally. He's received numerous awards and accolades, including two Brit Awards, two World Music Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards, an MTV European Music Award and five Grammy nominations.

His latest album, Some Kind of Trouble, includes key tracks like "So Far Gone”, “Superstar” and “Stay the Night”, on which Blunt joins songwriting forces with OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder. He's a huge fan of playing his material live, and following the release of his latest he was heard to say, “Put the album out and get me on tour. We’re going to have the time of our lives playing these songs.”

Elvis responded to being chosen to support James Blunt by saying, “Being able to do what I love is something I am very thankful for and being able to perform on the same stage with great, international artists makes me realise how truly privileged I am. Saying that I am excited about performing on the same night as James Blunt would be a tremendous understatement. A year ago I could never have imagined this. I am thrilled and I look forward to the show.”

More on DSTV.com

Friday, March 11, 2011

Huisgenoot Musiekfees-bootvaart

Huisgenoot is hosting another amazing event - these guys just keep on coming up with very creative (and lucrative) ideas around entertainment in the Afrikaans music industry.

The brand is widely known for its 'Skouspel' and 'Skouspel Plus' concerts, and now they bring us the 'Musiekfees-bootvaart'

This unique event is on-board the MCS Symphonia and tickets sold last year already.

Some of the famous South African names to join in the festivities are Nicholis Louw and Bobby van Jaarsveld (two of our favorites), as well as Ray Dylan, Jennifer Zamudio, Karlien Husselman, Charlize Bergh, Christiaan Botha, Quentin Prinsloo, MarNet, Charne Grabie, Willem Botha, Albert de Wet, Karen Ferreira, Jaycee Crause, Jay and Viljoen Retief.

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Project album launch tonight

Graham Watkins' Project album launch tonight at Tanz was a huge success and he has received praise from the likes of Heinz Winckler and Jason Greer.

Picture courtesy of Helen O'Grady

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Getroud met Rugby Premiere

The exclusive premier for the movie was held tonight in all its glory! Izak Davel plays a lead role and we also loved Heinz Winckler in this one.
Heinz also attended the premiere earlier tonight.

Story Sinopsis

Reghart Venter (Izak Dave) is a mechanic from the wring sides of the tracks. He was a promising rugby player but lost his way. After several charges of fighting and assault he gets a final warning – pull yourself together or go to jail.

Regharts sentence is to do community service – practicing rugby with a fallen hero of the Stryders Rugby team, Fafa Beltrame (Altus Theart). “Fast Fafa” was once the fastest wing in the country en a hit among the ladies. Fafa lost his way after he and his wife Kiki (Hannah Grobler) seperated after losing their daughter. Fafa seeks his refuge in drink and in the process alienates everyone who ever cared for him.

When Reghart, unwillingly, is dragged to Potties Place (the local Stryder Rugby Team bar) by his friends he meets Lize (San-Marie Nel). For the first time in his life there is something he cannot fight against. His heart.

Through the metaphor of rugby the two broken men inadvertently helps one another to find their way again.

Website: GetroudMetRugby

Oscar backstage with iPad

The 83rd Annual Academy Awards will be held in just over a week and in preparation for the big night, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and ABC have created an Oscar companion app for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.

The Oscar Backstage Pass [iTunes link] app is designed to give Oscar lovers an inside look before, during and after the big show. The $0.99 app is part of the Academy’s growing investment in digital media. Like the Grammy Awards, Oscar is fighting a battle to stay relevant in an always-connected, multi-screen, live-streamed world.

In the days leading up to the show, the app offers users access to interviews, behind-the-scenes video clips and key Oscar moments from the past. The real action starts with the red carpet arrivals before the big night on February 27. The app will let users access multiple live streams of celebrity arrivals and switch cameras and camera angles.

Danny K upcoming show

Danny K will be launching his new album at the MAX institute of Fasion in KZN on Friday, 25 February. Max is a unique concept store, and a one of a kind destination in Durban aimed at promoting the world of fashion. Tickets still available for the show.

You can learn more about MAX here

Sean Kingston in SA

Gauteng’s entertainment mecca, Emperors Palace in association with MXit and Omusic.com and 94.7 Highveld Stereo presents superstar, Sean Kingston live for 2 shows on 25 and 26 February 2011 in the Centre Court.

Sean Kingston

Ryan Reynolds at U2 CPT

I don't think a lot of people realized this, but Ryan Reynolds attended the U2 concert in Cape Town last Friday. Oceans2vibe got these pictures of him in the crowd.

Jay's Plans for Feb

Jay recently performed at the Innibosveld concert with Kurt Darren and many other Afrikaans artists. He is doing a show with Lianie May in Cape Town on Friday, 25 February, Heidelberg on 26 February and then he is off to the FM Burger show.

Cover of Jay's Solo CD

Find out more about Jay on his band's website here

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Heinz Winckler Workshop

Heinz is hosting session to assist Idol contestants to prepare for their auditions. These will be held on 3, 10 and 24 March at R500 per hour for one-on-one sessions.

The candidate will also be video recorded so they can see themselves in action. I think this is awesome for some of those funny guys that really believe they can sing but actually can't.

You can email Heinz at heinzwincklerworkshop@gmail.com if you are interested.

Heinz also assists people not going for additions and shares advice on how to make it in the music industry in South Africa. With his achievements over the last few years, Heinz is really well positioned to be of great help to new rising stars.

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Heinz - Innibosveld pics

Some more pics sent by Heinz Winckler earlier today. I like the pictures he uses as they are often of good quality.

Kurt Darren's Innibosveld 2011

Heinz performing

David and Jay

Heinz

Bobby, Ray and Heinz

David, Jay and Heinz

Thanks again to Heinz for always sharing!

Innibosveld wrap-up

Innibosveld with Kurt Darren is officially over. Some final pictures of the stars attending the show as well as some of Steve Hofmyer.
During the show, Jakkie Louw asked his girlfriend to marry him and luckily received a response in the positive.

Nicholis with Steve

Nicholis and Arno

Group Pic

Jakkie Louw - now engaged

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Bobby at Kalahari Theatre

Bobby is performing tonight at the Kalahari theatre following his appearance at Kurt Darren's Innibosveld show last night. He has a repeat performance at the same location tomorrow night as well.