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Fun Reality Show: The Wedding Bashers

Fun Reality Show: The Wedding Bashers

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VUZU, channel 116 on DStv, will be rebroadcasting the popular Mnet reality show, The Wedding Bashers. You’ve heard of wedding crashers, now meet the wedding bashers!

Four local celebrities – Cindy Nell, Denise Zimba, Siba Mtongana and Zavion Kotze – attend uniquely South African weddings. Afterwards they discreetly rate the wedding. From the bride’s dress, to the food choices, to the décor. By the end of the season, one newly wed couple walks away with the prized title of best local wedding.

If you missed out on the bashing, you can now re-watch season 1, just in time for season 2, which is around the corner. The exciting wedding reality show will kick off on Friday, the 22nd of June, at 20:30. You can also catch it on Sunday, the 24th of June, at 16:00. Or Wednesday 27 June, at 10:00.

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Rating the Perfect Wedding

A stunning dress, top-notch food, and spectacular décor. Oh, and don’t forget epic entertainment. Over the course of 12 episodes, you will get a behind the scenes glimpse of 22 diverse weddings. The show features a variety of South Africans, representing the rainbow nature with its special flavour of culture, background and religion.

The all-star celebrity team of four Wedding Bashers experience each moment of the wedding with the couple. Afterwards they give their opinion of the overall experience they had. Each an expert in their field, it’s not just thumb-sucking opinions offered, but a more objective observation of the big day.

The Wedding Bashers Team

Three ladies and one gentleman.  The former Miss South Africa and now business woman, Cindy Nell, takes a look at the finer elements of beauty and fashion. Next, the bubbly socialite and VUZU star, Denise Zimba, offers her opinion of the wedding vibe. Celebrity chef and food expert, Siba Mtongana, provides a professional opinion on the wedding banquet. Lastly, wedding planner extraordinaire, Zavion Kotze, gives insight into the overall execution of the wedding.

Every little detail of the wedding is scrutinized. The wedding outfits, the flower arrangements, whether the guests looked like they had fun, and everything in between that makes up the nuptial celebration. Watch as the wedding bashers disagree about all these little details, each adamantly offering their opinion.

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May the Best Wedding Win

By the end of each show, they score the weddings, taking into consideration all the elements. The wedding that grabbed their attention most, wins prizes to the value of more than R500 000. The votes of the Wedding Bashers are not the only determining factors, viewer participation is also included. Watch the show to see which newlyweds wowed both the Bashers and the public.

MNet’s Head of Publicity, Lani Lombard, is very proud of the unique wedding show. The interaction between the Wedding Bashers offer great entertainment. The four celebrities are outspoken, openly sharing their opinions.

The other unique element of the show is seeing a wide variety of weddings. Your idea of the “perfect wedding day” will definitely be challenged. Adding the competitive edge to the reality show also provides excellent entertainment value.

The 22 weddings will show you almost every type of wedding you can think of. Budgets, themes, and settings differ. From a simplistic beach setting, to a lavish vineyard affair, to an industrial chic venue or a five-star train. The Wedding Bashers’ comments remain discreet, focusing more on the love that inspired the couple to tie the knot, and their choice of wedding according to their own unique taste.

Weddings Galore on DStv

Are you a big fan of weddings? You should then also watch Our Perfect Wedding on Mzansi Magic, channel 161. Another great reality show, this one follows a couple just before saying “I do”. The engaged couple invites you along on their journey to the altar.

The couple creates a wish list of their perfect wedding. Each week you can watch a couple attempt to turn the wishes into reality, planning every little detail of their ideal special day. Are the ideas too extravagant to execute, or will the wish list tick all the boxes of a dream day? Watch each week on Sunday at 19:00 to find out.

Add an LNB Installation for Multiple Viewing

You might be a big fan of weddings, but the rest of the household doesn’t share your passion. Did you know that you can use an LNB installation for multiple viewing, instead of a multi-switch/DSTV Switch?

If you kept your old decoder when you upgraded, all you need to do is call out a qualified DStv installation company to add the DSTV Smart LNB installation to your dish, and you can watch multiple channels from different decoders.

Tips For Planning A Multi-Cultural Wedding

Tips For Planning A Multi-Cultural Wedding

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Planning a wedding can be complicated, but when you add different cultures, religions and familial formalities to the mix, you could be facing a nightmare. Planning a multi-cultural wedding needs to be done with care to ensure that everyone is represented and no-one feels angry. Fortunately, there are a number of planning tips that you can use which will help you with this.

Open Communication With Both Sides Of The Family

One of the first things that you need to do when planning a multi-cultural wedding is to open communication. This should not just be between the bride and groom, but with each family as well. It is recommended that you start talking to everyone as early in the process as possible.

This is important because you will be able to discuss which traditions need to be incorporated into the wedding. You will also ensure that both families feel that they are being listened to and included in the wedding. When you know what both families feel need to be in the wedding, you will be able to plan everything correctly.

Pick The Right Venue

When you have a multi-cultural wedding, you need to carefully consider your venue. The wedding venue needs to be able and willing to accommodate your wedding and the mixture of traditions that you are going to have. There are many venues that have rules and regulations that you need to follow before they will hold your wedding there.

If you are looking to hold your wedding in a religious center such as a synagogue or church, you may have to take classes before you can get married there. There are many religious centers that will only hold weddings when both parties are a member of that faith and this is important to consider. Of course, you can have a religious marriage outside of these centers as well if both parties are not members of the faith.

Do Not Feel That You Have To Choose One Or The Other

There are a lot of couples who feel they need to choose one cultural background only. This generally occurs when the cultures are so different that it would be extremely difficult to represent both in the actual wedding ceremony. However, there is another option that you can look at which will ensure that the entire wedding process is multi-cultural.

In these cases, you should consider having the wedding ceremony highlight one of the cultures and the wedding reception highlighting the other. This is particularly helpful when one culture has particular wedding ceremony traditions that need to be adhered to and the other culture does not.

Educate The Families

A mistake that a lot of people make when planning a multi-cultural wedding is forgetting to educate the families. This will cause a number of issues during the wedding as there is a greater risk of faux pas. You do not want your wedding to be the location for a cultural faux pas which can raise tension between people.

To avoid this, you need to take the time to tell each family what is considered as inappropriate behavior. You should also tell them about the traditions of the other culture that will be incorporated into the wedding. This ensures that everyone understands what is going to happen and will be respectful of the other side of the family.

There are a lot of tips that you can use to help planning a multi-cultural wedding. Keeping communication open with both sides is important as is educating both sides about the traditions and culture which will be incorporated. Choosing the right venue is important and you will need to learn about any rules that they have.