Vusi Nova is the first VIP playing for charity on SABC 1’s glitzy new Deal or No Deal Celebrity
AND the show brings an exciting “Money Model” twist.

For the next year, 52 South African A-listers will put their hearts on the line to raise money for SABC 1’s spin-off celebrity version of Deal or No Deal.

In the first episode of the glitzy new weekly Deal or No Deal Celebrity, screened on Saturday, 9 March at 18:00, the suave SAMA-winning Afro-pop star Vusi Nova will be in the hot seat to battle the show’s notoriously stingy banker.

Fans of the daily Deal or No Deal Show will know that Vusi will stand a chance to win anything between R1 and R250 000 for his chosen charity. However, there are no red boxes to open in the glamorous Deal or No Deal Celebrity. Instead, Vusi and all the big-name stars in upcoming episodes will be bargaining on what’s inside shiny silver suitcases held by twenty drop-dead gorgeous “Money Models“.

In many international editions of the popular Deal or No Deal franchise, these Money Models are lovely, long-legged ladies. Some of them have even moved on to become famous personalities in their own right, like Meghan Markle and Chrissy Teigen who had brief stints as briefcase models in the early days of Deal or No Deal USA.

However, the Money Models in our South African Deal or No Deal Celebrity are not all wearing slinky cocktail dresses. In an exciting twist, only ten of them are. The remaining ten are stylish, handsome guys who will most definitely have viewers swooning.

At the start of the Deal or No Deal Celebrity episodes, the big-name star in the hot seat will ask one of these Money Models to hand over their briefcase, which will then be the one that will earn the celebrity cash for the charity they are playing for. From there, the celebrity will ask the other Money Models to open their briefcases one by one in different rounds. After each round, the show’s host, Katlego Maboe, then receives a phone call from the mysterious banker, offering the celebrity a certain amount of cash for their briefcase. If they accept the deal, the game is over. If not, they continue to play until they either accept an offer or are left with the money inside the briefcase they initially selected.

Tune into SABC 1 on Saturday (09 March 2024) at 18:00 to see how Vusi fares in this nerve-wracking game of chance and to which worthy cause he will donate his winnings.

In its new home on SABC 2, Mondays to Fridays at 18:30, the second season of the massively popular Deal or No Deal South Africa will continue to enrich the lives of ordinary South Africans. On Saturdays at 18:00, beloved Mzansi A-listers will take big risks to boost the bank balances of charities close to their hearts in the brand-new glitzy hour-long SABC 1 spin-off called Deal or No Deal Celebrity.

The daily and weekly South African standalone Deal or No Deal series, produced by Homebrew Films, form part of Primedia Studios’ spectacular 2024 content slate, which includes localised versions of the world’s most successful television formats. Media giant Primedia’s content creation and distribution arm is also the force behind The Masked Singer South Africa and the  upcoming fifth season of MasterChef South Africa. News about more Primedia Studios series on SABC will be released soon.

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