ANELE THE RED CARPET HOST AT THE OSCARS

THE Voice SA host and 947 Breakfast Club presenter Anele Mdoda has expressed her excitement at landing the position of red carpet host at the Academy Awards, taking place in Los Angeles on February 24.

Taking to Twitter, an ecstatic Mdoda wrote: “I actually have butterflies in my tummy from the thought of hosting the red carpet at the Oscars !!!! It’s major vision-board stuff. Dankie M-Net. Dankie life.”

M-Net confirmed her appointment on its official Twitter page: “Twitter started buzzing as industry friends and fans congratulate Mdoda for bagging the international gig. “The Academy recently confirmed that Daniel Craig, Jennifer Lopez and Whoopi Goldberg, Awkwafina, Chris Evans, Brie Larson, Amy Poehler,

Maya Rudolph, Amandla Stenberg, Charlize Theron, Tessa Thompson and Constance Wu are among stars that will be handing out the prizes at the prestigious ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.”

The prestigious awards show will be without a host for the first time in three decades after preferred choice Kevin Hart stepped down amid a social media backlash over alleged homophobic tweets he shared years ago.