 Search for a home on any device, any time, anywhere. Private property, a home for everyone. Good afternoon South Africa and welcome to Afternoon Express. My name is Danilo Acquisto. So today is a very big day. First of all, it's the start of the weekend and now we've all been looking forward to that. Second of all, it's payday for some and thirdly and very importantly, it's the launch of SA's best interior design and reality day call competition. It's Winner Home. Over the next 17 weeks you'll watch three competing design teams turn three white box homes into dream living spaces and the name says it all. By the end of this competition you could walk away with a brand new home designed and furnished by one of our amazing competing design duos. This is the biggest prize on South African television valued at a whopping 3 million rand and it's all happening right here on Afternoon Express. Now once again, Winner Home is brought to you by Private Property, one of SA's leading online property portals. Plascon will provide a splash of colour and Caesar Stone has our design duos covered with luxury engineered quartz surfaces. First, you must be wondering where this year's big prize is located. Well, our competition homes will be taking shape in one of the most desirable lifestyle estates in Khauteng. It's Eye of Africa. Private Property gives us a bird's eye view of the stunning estate. For many searching for their dream home, the journey begins at Private Property. The website boasts a wide variety of estate property options including new developments in the south of Johannesburg. Situated in the high-fold landscape of Ekenhof, Eye of Africa estate is nestled between Elberton and Krasmia. It's just 17 kilometres from the city centre and enjoys close proximity to good schools, hospitals and other amenities like horse riding. Hi, I'm Belinda Martin and I'm the owner of Penbridge Christian Centre and this is Boforn in Glovy. Boforn is one of our coaches. We live in the Alavainsport Valley and Penbridge's been here for 22 years. Boforn and I have lived here all our lives. I started to work here. I was a groom. I'm now a coach and I've also got my son also riding here. And I'm doing so well. I like my job and I've been here for many years. Actually, I was born here. I like to live in the south. The south is a nice place for us. It's my home. The lovely thing about the Alavainsport Valley is if you have a look around, we are just outside of town with the Mall of the South, 15 minutes away, 10 minutes away, Waterston College, 6 minutes away. My daughter's grown up on a farm. We have a farm lifestyle. It's peaceful. There's still a lot of nature. We also have the Eye of Africa Golf Course right on our doorstep. And as far as the states go, if you've been in there, it's very scenic. They've kept it natural. The kids can walk over there and take part in whatever activities and we do holiday activities. So there's a lot to do in a wholesome environment. There are other estates in the area, but only Eye of Africa is home to the first Greg Norman design championship course in South Africa. The vision in this golf and residential estate is to create vibrant recreational and social community hubs thanks to the many communal leisure areas and facilities enjoyed by all the residents. I think first and foremost what attracted us to Eye of Africa estate is the lifestyle. You drive through the gates and it's like being in the country. It's beautiful. It's tranquil. It's a different lifestyle from the concrete jungle. I work in Sampson and that's a stone throw away from Sampson, but you really do feel like you are in the country. The estate has beautiful facilities. We've got two res fronts, the Delhi and with the Delhi we've got a little shop. The Delhi has quite a nice history because it's got the oldest school house in Khateng. So it's quite unique that we have this beautiful old and new mixed together. So our little shop is actually housed in this old school house. We combine picnic stuff and have a picnic in one of our beautiful gardens. The Delhi restaurant, you can actually come and hire the Delhi and have your family and friends over. The greens grill house fits more into the golf. The golfing members, visitors that can have a meal, have a breakfast there or luncheon. But family in the estate can also go after work and have a meal at the greens. For the more active residents, we've got beautiful walking trails. You can take a walk along the estate boundary wall. We've got cycling trails in and outside of the estate. And then obviously the golf course itself is beautiful. I'm an avid golfer so golfing is a big thing in my life as well as my family's. We've got quite a big golfing community here. Beautiful facilities, the driving range, the chipping green, the putting green. Even though we're close enough to the CBD, I mean these shopping centres on our doorstep, it still feels like we're in the countryside. Once you through the gates, it's beautiful. It's tranquil, it's peaceful. It's the perfect lifestyle just to stay in this estate where everything is at your fingertips. One of the most important considerations for anyone purchasing at the Eye of Africa over and above the lifestyle is the security. We have a clear view fence surrounding the entire perimeter of the estate. The technology used on this fence is fibre optic detection and we can hone in directly to any disturbance or intrusion. And the security company is immediately alerted and can react to that exact point. Purchases have a number of options when buying at the Eye of Africa. The developers have opened three new villages offering different kinds of stands. We have magnificent stands on one of the copies and we have two cluster offerings within the Eye of Africa. The stone quarter development where we have three and four-bedroomed homes, completed homes starting from 2.7 million round and Origins cluster development where we have slightly larger clusters, 320 square metres starting from 4.3 million round. They're both beautifully appointed with fully integrated SMEG appliances and lots to offer. We're proving very, very popular with purchasers who don't want to engage with an architect or a builder and are wanting to come into the estate and buy a fully completed home. Well, this spot up here on Panorama Drive really captures the Eye of Africa. The magnificent mountain in the backdrop, the beautiful dams, the fairways and the magnificent bushveld. I think this is the Eye of Africa. Enjoying the tranquility of nature while also having the city on your doorstep. The Eye of Africa Gulf and Residential Estate offers a lifestyle that is the best of both worlds. Go to privateproperty.co.za, watch the neighbourhood videos and find your dream home. Private Property, a home for everyone. Private Property offers the widest variety of online property listings available for sale or rent across South Africa. They make finding your dream home so simple with their easy to use website and we couldn't be more proud to once again have Private Property as one of our partners on Winter Home 2017. Private Property is a website that features thousands of new properties every single day from real estate agents, banks, developers. So if you're searching for your new home you'll definitely find it on our site. Winter Home is the biggest, baddest property show on TV. You've got to be part of it. You've got all of the elements that make for great TV but also for great property exposé. You've got design, you've got the drama of the various contestants and the challenges and the budgets and the time pressure. So it's really exciting to see what Winter Home has become over the three seasons that we've been involved and I'm absolutely looking forward to this one. I think it's a natural fit for Private Property to be involved with Winter Home. Winter Home is this national platform about design and property and Private Property is a digital platform about everything real estate. So the fit between our two brands is obvious. We're integrating the digital and the TV side of the show. Private Property is obviously a major national platform for real estate and we've built out a digital TV channel. So if you miss the show on TV you can follow it on Private Property. We're going to have all the episodes. We're going to have the social media feeds and of course we're going to have the competition entry all integrated into the Private Property platform. I think one thing that's really exciting is that we're incorporating the viewer's choice into the show. It's fine to have a couple of expert judges but we think that the viewers ultimately judge what's best when it comes to South African property and South African design. So you'll be able to vote for your favourite team your favourite room and ultimately enter the grand prize as well. Private Property will be bringing you a weekly property advice segment with their tip of the week. Whether you are a first time home buyer needing guidance through the whole process or have burning questions on tenant or landlord issues, Private Property has all the expert advice. Design is really what unlocks the potential of property. It's the way spaces are configured the aesthetics, the flow between various rooms and we sit on the property side of the design equation and it's really great to see how design can affect the valuation of property, how an asset can grow just with a good lick of paint or a good design eye. So that's what's really interesting for us is to see how design can really impact on a property's value. There's still so much more Winner Home excitement to come so after the break we introduce you to our magazine mentors as well as our fantastic judges and then later in the show we introduce Home on Afternoon Express where three talented design duos turn three white box living spaces into dream homes one of which you could win. Now throughout the series each of our talented design duos will receive guidance and sage advice from essays leading design lifestyle magazines VC, Habitat and House and Leisure so without any further ado let's meet those mentors. I'm Annemarie Mainkees deputy editor for VC magazine VC is a lifestyle magazine and we zoom in more on architecture and interior design and we stay away from scatter cushions. I have been in so many homes I've been in so many lodges and I've been in so many hotels and we live for days because we photograph when we leave a space we know everything that worked and that didn't work and I believe that experience is what I need to advise my duo to make the right decision. The type of mentor I'll be I will let them come up with ideas but it's going to be very hard for me to keep my mouth shut because I am a bit outspoken. I think what is important for VC is to choose a duo that is young and has a future ahead of them and a love for colour, for interiors for architecture a sound knowledge of design for me it's not about winning but what is very important for me is that this program is going to establish them as interior designers of the future Winner Home is the only competition on television for young designers and it is going to open doors. My name is Amanda Graham and I am the Deputy Managing Editor for Habitat magazine. There are various sections that make up Habitat, Interior Design, Decor, Architecture, Art Travel to name a few. My day-to-day activities as Deputy Managing Editor are to manage the office the staff within the working space looking for interiors to feature in Habitat and I believe that my skills knowledge and experience will assist the duo that I am assigned to work with throughout the series. The ideal duo for me would be one which displays enthusiasm, talent, passion and inspiration. As a mentor I would be working very closely with my duo giving them confidence and encouragement at all times so I will be very hands on and obviously I would be very proud of them if Habitat were to win the competition. I think Winner Home is a great competition. It is the only one of its kind in this country. It gives young aspirational interior designers an opportunity to prove themselves within a certain deadline period and to be able to use the tools, materials, the expertise and knowledge that they have in creating a beautiful home on a limited budget. My name is Tiar Nakel I'm the editor at Haasam Leisure I feel what sets us apart at HL is that we celebrate local design. We look at international trains and we digest and we morph them for a local audience. I'm looking for someone with an opinion, someone that understands what they're trying to achieve so not necessarily someone that slavishly follow train, someone that can interpret and ultimately I want my readers and your viewers to look at the project and go, I get that this is Mr. X or Mr. X or whatever their handwriting and personality needs to come across. My expectations from a mentor's point of view is that they really use their time coming off for renovation myself because there's never enough money there's never enough time and that you really need to apply yourself and focus on the task at hand. I've been told I'm a little bit controlling so this is going to be a challenge for me going into this process. I hope I would be able to mentor in a way that the doer feels that they've got free reign to do their thing but of course I'm going to give my input as well and mould and shape where I think things could be better so hopefully collaboration if we get it right if not I'll take them out for a drink and make up for it if they hate me we'll see. What I hope from this process is that we get to put a new creative team on the map that we get to showcase their talent and introduce them to the industry and hopefully give them that step up that platform and kick start their career. Now that we've met the magazine Head Hunters who will be mentoring our competing designers it's time for us to find out who has the tough job of judging this year's winner home design duos. The winner is Donald Romano. After winning season one of Winner Home I was given incredible opportunities to work in different areas. I've set up the business to work in residential markets, high-end residential office work as well as hospitality industry and in every case we have given as a team 100% and have produced work and that is creative and work that has been applauded and so it is an incredible honour to come back as a judge on the show and impart my skills and my knowledge. Winning the competition definitely puts you in a league of its own because it makes people aware that you are a credible as a designer because it is on a national TV show. The exposure that comes with that means that people are more aware of you and you are able to get to more people's vocabulary and their homes because you are on TV. Looking back at some of the mainly great advice that we got on the show I look back and I think the best advice must have come from Stephen Fogg. He said keep it simple and he also said that the ultimate in luxury is comfort. I was able to take that advice and really implemented in my designs and the result were these very elegant sophisticated effortless interiors and that is the advice that I would give to all the contestants is really to keep it simple and when you design, design around the human being ultimately you can create luxurious interiors but they really need to be comfortable. The process of grueling especially putting together an interior in front of cameras I mean it is difficult enough doing that without any cameras in your face so the failures are seen on camera the successes are seen on camera I think having been in that competition I look at it with a little bit more empathy but I know that they have helped so not too much empathy. I'm looking forward to great drama because of the team dynamic of the show I'm looking forward to how the teams interact amongst one another but ultimately I'm looking forward to great design and great competition. I'm Katlecha Kondlor I work for Plaskon and I am the premium category brand manager so I look after the premium brands within Plaskon with my background with Plaskon and with Tames. Colour is quite important but designers might also tend to forget about the functionality of the product so I'll be looking at both I'll also be looking at how they incorporate the psychology of colour into their design because that's quite key colour impacts us in so many ways that we're not ordinarily aware of it can change the space without even changing the furniture so that's what I'm going to be looking at how they incorporate colour not only on the walls but also on their finishing touches your cushions and so forth The advice that I would give to the contestants is to have a look at spaces that are liveable you haven't made the clients but the space is really there to be lived in so the livability needs to be primary but their personalities must also show through it's one thing to follow the trains but at times you shouldn't sacrifice their personality for trains so I'll be looking at their personality how they've incorporated that into their design but as well as is the design actually practical and is it liveable Interior designers tend to have a specific style they have personalities and they tend to gravitate towards what they've done previously and what they know I believe that having editors in this season is fantastic because they tend to have wider range of styles and trains so they won't be limited to a specific way of designing so I think it's fantastic When it comes to judging this season I think I will be quite a practical judge I tend to be leaning more on practical the other judges will bring quite a lot of aesthetic looking at design and so forth whereas I'm going to be looking for more practicality when it comes to design Now each week Donald and Katlechol will have a guest judge join them on the panel including industry luminaries such as Steven Falk Ntabi Taoko Bong, David Moerhead and even Steven Pelerade to name a few so follow the journey to see the big names of interior design lend their expertise to win a home Now after the break we meet our exciting design duo so you stay right where you are Because if it doesn't improve people's lives it isn't Plaskon Plaskon designed for life This is the season premiere of Winner Home on Afternoon Express Welcome back Now previously on the competition designers have competed as individuals This year we've decided to double up on great homegrown talent with designers competing as duos Chosen by Hausen Leisure Magazine is a pair that believes their great professional relationship will translate into great design in the competition They are Vanelle Koza and Cephosia Leza My name is Vanelle Koza and I'm an artist My name is Cephosia Leza and I'm an interior designer We're so excited to be one of the final duos only because we've been trying for the past years to enter It's actually been three years since we've been trying but we are so grateful that we made the cut because we didn't believe that it was gonna happen because on the day that we got the call we waited like the whole day and then I remember I tweeted It doesn't matter what happens you should always follow your dreams and then nine minutes after I sent a tweet I get an email I read the first few lines just happened Vanelle, congratulations I didn't even read the rest of the email I grew up in a small little town between Mathi King and Lex Timbeck and I was staying with my mom that side She passed away just before I turned seven so ever since I've been staying with my grandmother she's like my mom, she inspires me like she's that person who when she wants something she goes after it When it comes to interior design I remember this one day we were watching top building and then my cousin she suggested that oh you maybe you should study interior design since you love art and then I thought what's this interior design I went and checked it out and I found out that it is something that I can enjoy doing myself and my love for it grew from there I grew up in Latikulu, Swaziland I actually got my inspiration and to actually be an artist from watching television and also with press like magazines so that's why I actually began everything in regards to interior space it's been my secret love like ever since and I do it when my mother would be at school and I just like shifting things around and then she'd always been pressed for me drawing became a friend to me because I didn't grow up interacting with a lot of people it's still the same today I mean I interact with plants because I think of them as more of my children it's actually love because you give them water and they give back to you with their beauty and also actually paint so after painting I've learnt that there's a carrier in collecting as well so also curate spaces and I'll also lecture as well when Sampo left his job as an interior architect I thought he was crazy but it was great because it inspired me the effect that he can actually focus and say this is what I want to do meaning he didn't want to do 95 anymore and then I called him into my company and asked him can you please help me with just a few things so that we get things going only because I knew he's like avid with detail and for me I'm not so much into detail I'm just like okay that's fine and he's like no I'm crazy with detail obsessively crazy what inspired us to enter as a duo it's because we actually work together like we get along we've done projects that have sent us to Cape Town and all that and I was never frustrated with him so another thing that makes it interesting is our different design backgrounds he's a fine artist I'm an interior designer we thought like that would be like a nice combination and it would bring about something different but at the same time I think we kind of clash in terms of style because I like flowers a whole lot of flowers well not that I don't like flowers he doesn't not that none of them I appreciate a flower here and there not like a whole nether in my house we've known each other for six years and since we've known each other that long I believe that we're going to be like the bomb in this competition our next design duo will be combining a deep passion for design and aesthetics with a keen interest in real estate selected from all the entrants my VC magazine on Porm Pacha aka import designer and Lessecho Masekela I'm Lessecho Masekela I am an interior designer and I'm going to be South Africa's greatest interior designer Hi I'm Port Designer and I'm an interior designer I studied at Tharn University of Technology so this is a platform for me and Lessecho to expose more about ourselves and we think it's about time now we let South Africa know what we are capable of doing I am the youngest of two children and I was raised by a single mother very close with my mother and she actually inspired me to carry on into interior design with her love for beautiful things specifically beautiful homes during the day I spend a lot of my time revamping some of the furniture at home especially with my mother we bond over it quite a bit actually my entire family is quite involved with interior design my sister has three children and they also come along shopping with us to see decor and they also have their own ideas about it my love for interior design comes from my grand she inspired me a lot from since I was a child my grand used to work for a fragrance company so I was inspired by different smells to create a beautiful space so I used to take this lavender smell and put it with a potpourri smell and also a clean linen smell and put it in another room and to other create different types of spaces at the same time and then that's why I saw it in me that I have that interior design thing I'm based in Sichanguwe and I get most of my inspiration that I implement in the designs from where I come from so I never forget where I come from basically so I'm a community based guy that does a lot of I wouldn't say community based work but advice most residents where I stay to like have a better understanding of how design works like for colour psychology kind of those things Boy and I have very different personalities he's got a very good eye and a good vision whereas I'm more technical we also have very different styles and aesthetics he has a more contemporary but modern look whereas I like empty clean spaces so I think when that comes together it makes for a very beautiful end product and we also are very inspired by modern art in our city right now we love to go to galleries and look through what's happening right now or what people are seeing as happening right now in the art world Lessoho, she's a very brilliant designer she's the person that makes me think that design is like music you can speak two different languages but as long as you can flow with the song it can be a beautiful song definitely, definitely agree with that sometimes I do put him to work and make him do things he doesn't want to do but he has to do it she's like a mum hey, you know how a mum is like go and do your homework so I ended up doing my homework yes but we are definitely going to be the best duo all the way around competition two down and one to go after the break we introduce you to our final design duo and these guys bring all the razzle and the dazzle you do not want to miss this welcome back you've met two of our design duos competing on Winner Home on Afternoon Express and our final pair are both partners personally and professionally and have had success in the fashion world they have big dreams for a future in interior design and they'll be representing Habitat magazine say hello to Brad and Abiyah Superstar my name's Abiyah Superstar and I'm Bradley Mattet and watch out for us to razzle dazzle and take over the interior world I started out growing up as a child that was obsessed with fashion I spent my life dressing up dolls as a child I can see you doing that and after school I went to go study my B.Com communication yeah it wasn't for me and in my late 20s I had this still this creative urge and that's when I decided to study fashion together with Abiyah we started Amen Fashion I have the same background as Bradley where I also studied at law like studying law and it was oh hell no if I'm going to be the judge it's the judge of fashion so studied fashion and that's where we made each other and from that get go we just knew we wanted to be the first and the last word in fashion and try to take over the world we started a fashion brand together and one thing led to another they say business doesn't mix with pleasure but we like to break the glass I'd say and I always called it my baby daddy because we got two Yorkies baby bus and baby bitch keep us very busy sure and little fashionistas we actually did design like a capsule range for them which we stocked at a local store yes good store we are now our it's like interchangeable we've got I think the same taste absolutely over the top OTT this is not more it's less more is more more always always we've actually hosted our own fashion show we've done a lot of pop-ups it's finally fashion week we run programs with women at different recreation centres like teaching them actually how to so how to take your fashion business to the next level it's like nice to be able to have passed on some of the things that we've learned challenges hurdles like budgets they get smaller and smaller design is going to get bigger and bigger yeah we are super duper over the moon stars and the galaxy excited we're super excited to be chosen for the season of Winner Home you know when a wild card wins that's how it felt when they picked us because it was usually no no you guys are too much whoa stop the lorry stop the track and this time around it was so nice to be chosen because we loved it yeah we've entered in previous years we watched it every year we love it so we thought we'd use our creative flair and give this competition a shot yeah make someone win a home with a little razzle yeah in terms of fashion we use a lot of the decor like to actually create a space that you'd want to shop in so it's a natural transition as the artists that we are to like mix decor then you sell your items but you can't just have a white wall and plunk the garments people will be mmm they won't fail yeah and we've always been creative that in our space we wanted it to be creative absolutely yeah so when you walk in you feel the sense of this room has got a life or it's something it feels yeah with fashion keeping us busy and now interior that's going to turn that wheel around and around and around and around there's a popular saying that goes success is a journey it's not a destination and if that's the case then our winner home journey must begin our contestants made their way to i've Africa estate to receive the keys to the homes they'll be decorating and to meet their mentors so let the competition begin it's time to take out our hammers drills, nails because team habitat is the dream team and we're in it to win it we're in the game and we're going to kill it and I think we are going to show South Africa what we're capable of doing this is a dream come true and we can't wait to get our hands dirty we got this yes contestants welcome to the stone quarter development in the hearts of the i've Africa golf and residential estate behind me are the three homes that you'll be decorating and I'm sure you're dying to get started but first we need to determine which unit you'll be calling home for the next 14 weeks inside this hat are three keys with each design contestant team come and select one set of keys from the hat we're actually very nervous right now because we don't know which house we're going to get and also will it have enough light so nervous picture well we definitely hope we get the best unit as all of the duos would want I'm betting with all my heart that Lesova has magic hands yes lucky fingers I hope we get the stand that's far away from our neighbours that's what I'm hoping for there's three stands two stands are next to each other one stands around the corner sure sure we don't want neighbours peeping over well there you have it contestants the key in your hand could represent the key to the future of your design success contestants go forth and decorate are you ready to win a home? I am I am ready to win this okay so this would be the lounge we've just walked in and seen the house it's amazing a lot's got to be done a lot a lot but it's better than the rest yeah smashing down walls lifting in glass lifting up ceilings putting in an upstairs and maybe a downstairs basement everything but the glad we're so glad okay so this would be what like the first bedroom first bedroom yeah the lights on no oh yeah to a good start a winning one hello hello hello oh you're good to meet you nice to see you I'm delighted with our duo they were my first preference I think they're flamboyant they're eccentric they've got great energy I think we're going to work well together I'm looking forward to mentoring them how do you think that we should best utilise this area I think that we should possibly consider concealing a portion of the kitchen area absolutely because it's a very open plan and right now things are divided yeah it does just to give privacy between kitchen lounge and the living area and the person doing the dishes you don't want to kiss the right way you are having do you want to see the rest of the place yeah let's take you around great I think if you have a vision generally which they do have for fashion they'll be able to apply that to design we are entering the house we're overwhelmed the reality has set in and we're about to start this competition and I'm glad that it's a white box that we need to work inside of it but we're going to have to think outside of the box and inside the box yep ooh I think it's going to be a very amazing bedroom what do you think I think it's going to be amazing I think we can have the bed, the headboard all paper kittens everywhere just like a hotel you get my point like yes so let's do this hello ah there you are you've been through everything ah animalry oh wow what do you think well I think we can turn this space into a marvelous place this is where we're going to show people that design is actually in loving exactly you're so happy it's a nice duo they're young they're creative and they think young which is not a normal thing when you get to designers or decorators there's always too much fabric involved and too many scatter cushions this is going to be the most challenging space it's not private at all at all oh that's why I bought you some magazines oh lovely we'll keep you busy on the weekend thank you but we'll just enjoy it let's talk let's keep communicating take care good luck all the best all the best I try and tell them to go for as little as possible so that there's space for the human being who lives in the house otherwise it's too cluttered ooh la la oh wow this is so beautiful we are walking into the house for the first time and all we're seeing is the blank canvas I'm so scared I didn't have enough practice with designing a whole entire house but I've had a bit of experience with my place like just curating it and doing all that oh wow I think this is the master bedroom this is the bathroom oh wow I love this whole wall we didn't see anything at all no we didn't see anything at all I wanted to show I didn't know it'll be so lovely to have the bed that side I think that's where it's supposed to be no I wanted that side no, two flags that side no I wanted this side we have a mentor so I hope he's here then we can ask him yes and I think it'll be nice let him have it with me hi ti morning it's apple how are you? nice to meet you but cool we are already having a turf or the positioning of the bed yeah clearly we didn't struggle in each other just got our own time perfect well while we're here let's discuss the patio that'll be perfect what are you guys thinking of doing outside? a day bed here and then on the side we can have like two hanging eggs those egg chairs and then the center it can be a coffee like kind of setup so predominantly furniture you're not going to introduce some greens greens so the greens will mostly be at the garden area because we're going to have a pond there I'm really excited to be working with Banele and Seppo both of them have an artistic background and they both seem calm tempered and well mannered all of those things that you need to take you through this process I'm looking really forward to working with them so this is where we fought a lot we think like I was personally thinking of having the bed that side since the platform is already that side I think it'll be easier and for privacy yes I agree with you you don't want to walk in and see your bed first I think there's something nice about having that on that side of the room I just wanted to be spiced there's already been a bit of rivalry between the two of them which I think would create healthy competition and would make all the projects and as the rooms unfold give it a little bit of dynamic well it looks like we're in for a whole lot of inspire design and creative ideas in Winner Home this year we're taking a quick break but when we return find out how life has changed for our previous seasons grand prize winners welcome back Winner Home boasts the biggest prize on South African television a designer furnished dream home with more than 3 million rand now if you are already imagining winning that grand prize then here's some more inspiration to enter as our previous winners share how Winner Home has changed their lives in the first season of Winner Home Josh Glok won a stunning property at Stain City designed by Kim Hutton sure I mean the butterflies are there I was super super nervous it took me a few seconds to realise what I'd actually won and what was actually in the save but when I did I mean I was having an unreal feeling absolutely incredible opening the front door to my first home having a professionally interior designed home to start off with at 23 it's absolutely incredible I mean I'm immensely blessed and lucky the season 2 winner of an apartment at Ilana Views Estate in Umschlange Ridge was Kajal Siraj a teacher from rural KZN she won this house I'm overwhelmed I'm excited I'm anxious I want to jump for joy oh my word this is so amazing now that I've won this flat it's completely changed my life I've got a holiday home for my family and I so we can visit whenever we want to not paying for accommodation and we can all get together and just come and just hang out last year's winner of a designer apartment in the Polo Village at Valdavi Estate was Lucky Palesa Moisi I stand still for a moment I didn't like my mind was somewhere else it was just a few seconds then after I realized hey I need to take out my key and change to everybody but it was beautiful it was nice it was so unbelievable this opportunity it's going to change my life forever I think for now I'll rent the house and then so that I can pay for my fees it's because we're struggling my mother she's a single parent and I'm still I still have a younger sister so this thing can change our lives forever our design duos will be competing for prizes but the real winner here could be you throughout Winner Home there'll be fantastic opportunities for you to win bi-weekly prizes to enter simply go online to privateproperty.co.za and vote for your favorite Winner Home design duo each of your entries into the bi-weekly competition will automatically enter you into our grand prize competition where you could win your choice of one of three homes as completed by our design duos this week you could win a silly post-opedic mattress and bass set providing you with healthy sleep and a healthy life all the T's and C's can be found on privateproperty.co.za this season of Winner Home is undoubtedly going to be the most exciting yet and to get things started our design duos, their mentors, judges, sponsors and the media all recently gathered at the Eye of Africa to celebrate the launch of the 2017 edition of the competition a glamorous event at the old school deli at Eye of Africa Estates served as the perfect platform to reveal the selected design duos and rub shoulders with the who's who of Josie's property and design scene well it's fantastic to have Winner Home back in Johannesburg after it originated here went down to Durban, Cape Town we're bringing it back we're at the beautiful Eye of Africa Estates to host the fourth season with I believe not eccentric but exceptional contestants this year and we look forward to this challenge obviously in partnership with Winner Home firstly Eye of Africa as a property is absolutely remarkable I mean imagine winning a home on one of the most beautiful Estates in Johannesburg the sunset that we witnessed tonight was absolutely magnificent the homes around here are so glorious so I think this is possibly going to be our their season of Winner Home well Caesartone is delighted to be involved with Winner Home again this year last year was an amazing success and I think the idea for us is to be involved with emerging young designers we're excited about design we're excited about young people finding their feet in design and just watching them as they build their career into something wonderful that's what it's about what wonderful memories coming back and this time coming back as a judge and seeing all the creativity and seeing all the contestants I'm just so excited for them I'm so excited for what's to come I'm excited for all the drama that's coming and I get to judge all the creativity as first gone we're not just here to give a splash of colour we're just here to support young talent and being part of this initiative is actually something that we really really feel deep in our hearts because we are actually about design for life and having seen the duos and actually the talent and the passion behind it it's actually exactly who we are about and we're so excited to be once again part of this initiative being introduced to everyone here at the launch was so humbling so honoured there were so many people that I would not have had the opportunity to meet had I not been here so I'm very grateful to be part of one of the top lead duos if it wasn't for hard work we wouldn't have been here so I think hard work is also part of making your dreams come true and we can do it we can kill it it is insane to be part of the top 3 and especially growing up watching it on TV and you just like all of a sudden you're the one on the stage and it's like dreams come true actually we're also excited to have met like the sponsors and everybody else who's going to be contributing towards the project and another thing that I saw amazing is to have met Donald it's been very exciting like having the launch at IAB Africa where we're going to be designing one of the homes which we are very excited for and we should deliver what we have promised and more sizzling stuff the Razzle and Dazzle absolutely SMBC3 is very excited and looking forward to the new exciting season of Winner Home biggest prize on TV and we can't wait to drive it on air and get as many people voting so the stage is yours watch the show to win the exciting prize I already have my favourites I know that that's probably not allowed but I've got my eye on the duo that I think are more than likely going to take it they've got it in the bag one lucky duo will win themselves the biggest prize on South African television at home worth more than three million around our design contestants have all the cards to play and we can't wait to see what design inspiration we bring to South African TV only on SMBC3 the stage is yours it's crazy how time flies next week our design duos get started on decorating their first space the guest bedroom thanks once again to Private Property Plaskon and Caesarstone the official sponsors of Winner Home for more information on the competition click on to privateproperty.co.za and don't forget to connect with Winner Home on social media join us again next Friday at 4pm on afternoon for more local design decor and real estate only on Winner Home 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