Tumie Ngumla
Born in Port St. Johns, Tumie says acting wasn’t necessarily her parent’s first choice for her. "They hoped I’d become a lawyer or venture in a serious career. But that was never my dream." For 24-year-old Tumie Ngumla, the dream of becoming an actor came alive when she accompanied a friend to the Class Act auditions and she decided to audition as well. Tumie’s favourite genre of acting is drama and she wouldn’t mind playing the role of a psychotic person one day. ‘’I enjoy the seriousness of dramas, but I wouldn’t mind being in a comedy someday as well,’’ says Tumie, who loves Nicolas Cage and Kimberley Elise, who acts in Diary of a Mad Black Woman.

Mandisa Nduna
Her attitude for the competition and life in general is simply: "If you aint got what it takes, take what it’s got." Mandisa is currently studying Media and Drama at Howard College. In high school she was a part of musicals and school plays, and she even fancied her skills at writing plays. She enjoys poetry, music, and would much rather be indoors than outside watching or playing sport. Should the creators of Tsotsi or American Gangster ever make female versions of the movies, Mandisa Nduna would definitely be the first lady in line to audition for those roles. The 20-year-old Durbanite says she loves strong female roles and her acting is inspired by local veteran, Pamela Nomvete.

Abdul Khoza
23-year-old Abdul Khoza is a song writing, skate-boarding, rugby-playing, fire-fighting aspiring actor. Abdul was born in Durban and he is the second born of four children. Like many Durbanites, Abdul enjoys surfing. He says that music is as a great a passion for him, as is acting. “I hope someday the songs I write will be put out there for people to listen to," says Abdul. When he isn’t writing music, Abdul watches a lot of movies. His favourite international actors are Jason Satham and Leonardo Dicaprio. Locally, Abdul is a huge fan of Vusi Kunene, who played Jack Mabaso in Generations, and Meshack Mavuso, who plays Vusi Moletsane in Isidingo. He plans to perform his own stunts someday when he has become a great actor acting in action movies.

Pallance Dladla
Pallance Dladla was born in Soweto and has lived there all his life. He loves movies, rugby, reading and exercising. He fell in love with acting at the age of ten and has never looked back since. Pallance is currently studying drama at Wits. He loves drama and romance. “I love drama because it speaks about social and personal issues, and it’s real. Romance, I love because everyone is a sucker for love,” says Pallance who is inspired by John Kani, Robert Whitehead and Pamela Nomvete. Internationally he loves Al Pacino, Denzel Washington and Johnny Depp.

Due to the extended 90-minute show, there is a timeslot change this weekend. The Grand Finale will air on SABC1 from 18:00 to 19:30. Voting channels have remained open from Saturday, 9 July and will close at 19:00 on Saturday, 16 July. The seven weekly winners of the Amstel back label competition will be in studio, and one lucky winner will walk away with the R500,000 Amstel Gold Card.

The Judges
Legendary South African film director and screenwriter Darrell Roodt will be joining Moonyeenn Lee and Rapulana Seiphemo on the iconic golden couch. Roodt will add his comments to those of Seiphemo and Lee as the final instalment of screen test auditions are shown. Roodt has contributed to the South African film industry with movies such as Cry, The Beloved Country, Sarafina, which was screened at the Cannes Film Festival, and Yesterday, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The winners of Class Act Season 2 will be announced at the end of the show.

Winners' Prizes
As winners of Class Act Season 2, the leading couple will receive the following.
- Both will be attached to a new action styled movie directed by Donovan Marsh
- Representation by SA’s leading casting agent, Moonyeenn Lee of MLA
- An eight-week course at the New York Film Academy where they will hone their acting skills
- The lead roles in a new Amstel television commercial.

Vote by sending the number of your favourite contestant to 33388 (sms charged at R1.50). Free voting on www.classactsa.mobi (Data charges apply) and on MXit.

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