Zimbabwe’s Tendai Karonga Makes It To The Top 12 TLC Presenter Search

Congrats are in order for our very own Tendai Karonga who made it to the top twelve in the DSTV’s TLC Presenter Search.

The search was entered online across Africa to find an African fresh face to present a new show on the International channel. Karonga made into the top 12 which was initially top ten but was extended the number of contestants to twelve.

“We are extremely impressed with the quality of entries received for our Next Great Presenter Campaign. We had a difficult time nominating and narrowing down the Top 10 as TLC fans are just so talented and passionate about the channel! So we decided to extend the semi-finalist list to a Top 12 and offer two extra lucky fans the opportunity to make it through to the next stage of the competition. These semi-finalists are all confident, engaging and enthusiastic and a perfect fit for TLC in terms of their passion, attitude and vibrancy”, said the channel’s VP Lee Hobbs.

Tendai is up against Africa’s best talent as she faces other finalists from Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa. The twelve finalists will go through a three-day boot-camp where they will attend various mentorship sessions hosted by experts in the industry which will include performance and presenting coaching, media training and wardrobe styling to help them prepare for the next round that will only have three finalists.

Over 1500 auditions were submitted for TLC’s Next Great Presenter search from countries that include Zimbabwe, Malawi, South Africa, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Lesotho, Ghana, Namibia and Angola.

Congrats to Tendai Karonga for making it thus far, if she wins the competition she will be the presenter of a new show on the channel to air in December called Top 10.