‘Top Billing’ has whittled thousands of audition entries down to a Top 40, with the search for the show’s next presenter now moving into its next round. Picture: SABC+ The reveal landed via SABC3 on Thursday, 6 August 2026, with every audition tape made available to stream on SABC+ from 8pm that evening. The SABC+ website also has a landing page with each finalist’s audition.
Top Billing’spresenter searchis as old as some of its viewers, having first launched contenders like Simba Mhere and, more recently, Ryle de Morny and Fezile Mkhize – two 2018 winners who are now back on screen as part of the revived show’s presenter corps. This year’s edition, however, ditched the traditional queues-around-the-block format for a fully social-media-driven audition process. Entrants had to be 18 or older, legally entitled to work in South Africa, and were required to post a roughly one-minute audition video to Instagram, TikTok, Facebook or X using the hashtags #TopBillingAudition and #TopBillingPresenterSearch, tagging @TopBillingTV and @SABC3.
Applications opened on 30 April – the same day Top Billing returned to SABC3 after a seven-year hiatus – and closed on 30 June, having drawn thousands of entries from across the country. In-person auditions and a series of on-camera challenges are expected to run for a few weeks after the top 40 announcement before a winner is crowned. Homba Mazaleni was arguably the search’s earliest breakout star.
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The Eastern Cape content creator and biokineticist – and sister of reigning Miss South Africa Qhawekazi Mazaleni – posted a polished, cinematically shot audition in May that racked up praise from viewers and even media personality Pearl Modiadie, who publicly backed her for the gig. Karen Mthethwa and Mpumi Landan were also flagged early as standouts, both already known to South African audiences as established broadcasters before entering the search.
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