Leandie du Randt plays Cupid
LOVE ISLAND SOUTH AFRICA: ACTRESS WILL HOST POPULAR SHOW
M-Net programme premieres at 8pm on Sunday, 28 February.
M-Net, channel 101 on DStv has announced that actress, presenter, entrepreneur and motivational speaker Leandie du Randt will host Love Island South Africa.
Du Randt will preside over the matchmaking when the local version of the international reality sensation will debut with a special 90-minute premiere on Sunday, 28 February, at 8pm.
New onehour episodes will air from Monday to Friday at 9.30pm and every Sunday viewers can watch unseen bits just after the 8pm movie.
Du Randt said: “Hosting Love Island South Africa is one of the biggest privileges in my life and career so far.
“It has always been on my vision board to host a big show in South Africa and this is the perfect opportunity to see this come to fruition.
“I am also very excited to meet the beautiful contestants in the villa.”
Du Randt was runner-up in the reality show Strictly Come Dancing, season 7 in 2014, with partner Brandon Eilers le Riche.
She has been the presenter of the reality weight-loss programme known as Slank and was co-host of the live music programme Kom ons Jol on kykNet.
Du Randt is best known for her role as Ivanka Gouws in the kykNet soap Binnelanders.
She played the characters Mieke in Getroud met Rugby and Lea in the drama Vlug na Egipte and Terug na Egipte.
Her film credentials include Meisies wat Fluit, Last Days of American Crime, Semi-Soet, Klein Karoo, Die Windpomp, Mooirivier, Strikdas, Hollywood in my Huis, Vuil Wasgoed, Thys & Trix and Deon Meyer’s action movie Jagveld and the English version, Hunting Emma.
Du Randt won Huisgenoot Tempo Awards in 2015 and 2016: Best Actress in a drama/ sitcom for Vlug na Egipte and the Huisgenoot Tempo award for Best Actress in a Soap for her role as Ivanka.
Last year Du Randt took a seat as a judge at the Miss South Africa pageant and in 2018, was awarded Glamour Woman of the Year.
She has also published her first self-help book Comfortable in Your own Skin/Gemaklik in Jou eie Lyf.
Du Randt is a motivational speaker and a registered psychometrist.
Love Island South Africa begins as a group of single “islanders” come together in a stunning villa in Cape Town, ready to embark on a summer of love, friendships and relationships.
Islanders must also win the hearts of viewers, who shape events and ultimately crown one couple the winner.
The cast will be announced at the end of the month.– Citizen reporter