I think everybody is super excited because now the time has finally come today is the official launch of winner home season 3 Right here on afternoon express every weekday will follow our three design contestants as they turn three empty properties Into dream homes and you the viewer stand a chance to win one of the three completed homes After after the different weeks and weeks of searching We decided on three young designers who themselves will compete to win a 100,000 rand cash prize and an internship at one of South Africa's top interior design and deco studios arc in Cape Town Yeah, and first up we have Joanne Fenter from Bloemfontein who is a candidate architect and freelance photographer welcome and congratulations Thank you And secondly, we have Minette Lynn Dooley from Durban who's an architect avid photographer and amateur soccer player.  So nervous. Is that the word to describe? What's this going through all of your blood right now? Let's begin with you I'd like to know from you quickly I know you two are both very avid photographers and what is it? What is it between an interior designer and an architect and how does that all work out? So at university we were constantly pushed to think about the inside and outside of buildings So we can we're supposed to think of like architecture isn't hard enough On the outsides it happens on the inside as well So you have to think about lights and lines and composition everything is on the inside as well So it's just as important. So why did you enter this competition? Because I always tried to challenge myself to do something new all the time And I thought this was the bet the competition to do it because you get Pushed into this thing and there you go make the best of it Things stood out about the few of you respectively that made you really get selected in the end out of all the entrance I think we were all very versatile. We do. We don't do just do one thing. We showed a multiple Talents. Yeah, do you mean anything? It's actually what she just said because Getting to meet these guys got to understand that they're very versatile Like like with me. I have a lower my background is architecture But I'm branching often to other fields from graphic design to photography Yes, and you're sort of a lecturer Rudolph correct is apart from just being an interior designer Yeah, so I'm really being put on the spot here It's interesting because you are the only contestant of the two of them who is not an architecture background I think you're the interior designer. I'm an interior designer Yeah, which is going to be interesting for you because these two are gonna have to imply they're sort of very focused sort of Good lines into interior design where as you've kind of had a long long background in that will that be to your advantage? Let's hope so we will have to wait and see And minute like your self-made architect, please explain that process I have a degree in architecture from the University of UK's it in Still planning on Taking it further into my masters But what is self-made? Yeah, what does that mean because everyone else was educated and then you both are self-made technically Well, I have my master's degree so I can go on professionally as to do I still need to do my my hours I have to do two years of hours to become professional at another exam.  Self-motivation well without our studies you're pushed to work very hard tied deadlines all the time You have to allocate your time wisely. Otherwise you won't get done. So it's gonna be the same. I think in this competition So you've all met your mentors. How do you feel? Are you excited? What were your first impressions upon meeting them? Personally, I'm very excited with my mentor and I was extra happy that it's a female. I feel that would work well She had that feminine touch Yeah, and you don't know it's just amazing to to be in touch with the means or and to see what they can contribute to this whole Competition and it's gonna be great. And what are your expectations going forward throughout the season? I can't wait to to Start painting and planning and just going crazy. So I promise you that you're sitting at home going like I have to Vote for these people. I have to get involved in this whole competition I want to know the people behind you because we need to mean and say I find that you quite a chilled chilled guy And this is gonna be a hard-paced competition. Don't you think you're a bit intimidated by that? Are you intimidated by the sort of energy of the other two? Generally, I'm used to being the underdog. So It's definitely gonna be a lot of hard work, but I'm used to that with it starting architecture is very intense Like he's called himself the underdog I'm interested to know if you guys have given yourselves like a title. Yeah, have you judged each other like like that? Yourselves. Oh, yeah, because you just called yourself an underdog What would you call yourself? female But I want to find out that real behind the scenes people want to know you as people that want to know what makes you tick So besides architecture, what do you do for fun? I love photography Okay, I really enjoy shooting models weddings people in general So we should see some good styling there too with in terms of the way the things are photographed You might see a lot of colors being portrayed in the way that you're designing your houses So that's pretty interesting yourself financially. I'm also I Recently got my first camera. So I'm getting into the photography, but not your typical photography I'm not really a fan of photographing people. It's more architectural capturing those lines She's okay That should bring an interesting home for for one viewer potentially and yourself it off for leisure. I do mountain biking Yeah, I'd like to get to into the outdoors and get inspired by nature. So it's pretty cool So we see some greens and you're in yours And then your mom's played quite a role in you're getting here. Do you have a close relationship and it's quite supportive? Yeah, very close because I'm actually feel sorry for her because she's left alone now and she's in there because it was just the two of us Guys, this is going to be such a journey. We'll make a whole new family here. Don't worry We'll all be looking after you guys as you go in this incredible journey We can't wait to see what our three designers have to show us over the coming weeks after the break We meet their three mentors who will be taking our design contestants under their wing over the course of winter home Right here on afternoon Express don't go anywhere Express so someone lucky is going to win themselves a home and before the break We met our three design contestants for one home on afternoon Express and now it's time to meet their mentors first up for Joanne Fenter We have Sumine Brink. She's a woman who's no stranger to the world of design and architecture as the editor-in-chief at Visi magazine She sees her fair share of beautiful interior design on a daily basis. Take a look I'm Sumine Brink and I'm the editor of Visi magazine Because I've been in the industry for such a long time. My style is Quite a complicated style. It's a little bit of new a little bit of old with a little bit of madness thrown in I'm so excited. What I'm looking for is an enormous amount of talent enthusiasm The willingness to actually do the hard work and just to be fearlessly creative I've don't think I've ever been a mentor to anybody. So this is a great challenge for me And I hope we have a fantastic working relationship because I think if you've got a good relationship with somebody that you work with Half the battle is won Obviously we are hoping to win and hoping our contestant to win And I think we want to show South Africa something that never seen before something that is totally unique and Something that everybody wants to live in Wow, we do have some real experts in our panel for this year. It's really really exciting to see so Sumine Welcome to our loft. Thank you very much. What do you think of our architecture? Do you think it's beautiful? I mean, you're the most experience of all the the mentors. It's a very nice way You put in the hours you put in the work under your belt and how does that make you feel do you feel like that gives you an edge Well, I hope so maybe I've seen a little bit more than the other two editors, but Michelle and I worked together on the publication before and Bell is very Confident and fantastic and we all great friends. So She's been an exciting journey for you We need to say that he's excited to work with the female boot to bring the female touch into his work that he's gonna Be doing. What are you hoping to see with your relationship? I think we I would love to be like her one day She's amazing So I would just I would just want to learn and as much as I can from her Yeah, and as a mentors mean, what do you hope is will be the core of what you pass on to to your mentee in this process I don't know so much about passing on. I think it's sharing and I will learn from her and she will learn something from me Hopefully but ultimately it is a competition and there's got to be a winner Well, what does it what does it take? What does it take to win a competition like this? What is it about and then we're looking to see from Joanne from this competition to give her that winning edge? I think it is a great passion a great enthusiasm and Not to be scared to try new things. Do you think she's better than the other two contestants? Of course, I think so. She has to say that Now we move along to me Nancy's mentor Belle Bellingham is the editor of all decoration and with a background in interior design visual culture art theory and Digital media. She definitely has a wealth of knowledge to share. Let's take a look I'm Belle Bellingham. I'm the editor of all decoration magazine. I define my personal style as Evolving I definitely have a tendency towards glamour no matter what the trend is I'm always gonna gravitate towards things with a story to tell when I'm I looking for my design Contestant someone who's very hard-working. You can be good at anything if you really committed to working the hardest at it I think also someone who's just as in love with it as we are that's the big thing about working together in teams It's it's very trendy to collaborate and to Co-create and all of these trendy words. I want to have some fun. We are styling. We are doing decor design It's a subjective emotional very personal thing So I really hope that we have the same preferences if we don't I really hope we can be friends My team work with me every day. They understand that they are tough But I'm a little bit nervous that I might be a bit tough on the contestant So I want the end product here to be really something spectacular and in order to get there you can't be a sassy Sure, so I'm to our second editor of the day. I'm very excited to see that the quality of our mentors this year is absolutely top-notch I think we're gonna see some incredible homes coming out of this competition. Well Bellingham from L decorate And so after meeting Minette here, what stood out for you the most about his work and his process and how he sees design Well, first thing I stalked him on Instagram I think that was my greatest just seeing who he is. I mean, it's my trick. That's how you get to know anything. Yeah, stalk. Yeah Yeah, no no stalking it's incredibly curated. You can see that he's put a lot of time in there He's it's fastidious attention to detail Yeah, a lot of editing has gone into it You can see that it's really there's hard work in there and that for me is the most exciting thing You've obviously one of the hardest working of the three in terms of the amount of work that you've done in the industry And you worked on a couple of projects before just talk about some of the homes that you have worked on For me, I was lucky that straight out of varsity. I got to work on a project that wasn't straight off the ground So that allowed for me to be more involved in just the facade which is mostly about the architecture So we got to get inside the house. So that's why I found interest in the interior design You've got a vision sort of off the paper Yeah, you've got the vision of the paper and the vision of what it looks like once that's been materialized to you Because I definitely believe in third design completes your your building who do you think is your biggest competition? Amongst the You've never sitting right here my friend I'd say Joanne because we've come from a similar background. Okay. It's one day So well in terms of just what you see happening ahead, what do you think gives him the edge? What do you think makes him stand out to how do you think and how far you in terms of the rules allowed to Input and how far would you go? Yes, how far would you push for him to win? Obviously I'm quite opinionated and and hungry to I want him to win So I think his edge is his is architectural background I think that that just in terms of if anything in terms of crafting furniture for the space or and also working with other Designers he's gonna have a technical background That's invaluable actually How much am I gonna get involved? I'm gonna try my best to be Well, I think it's good to have you on board because he said he wants a feminine touch and speaking about important females in his life You might have become a very important one, but your mom is also very important to you What how did your mom react when you told her that you were saying hey mom? I'm out of a normal job I'm gonna go into a competition. I think that Was the first time I saw her cry besides from church And then she's not a person that out of sadness or joy, I think definitely We have She's not a person that shows much emotion, so it was something new for me and very special Call way to see the work that you guys produce together now the final mentor for winner home on afternoon express is Michelle Snadan who will be taking Rudolph under her wing and is an experienced project manager and writer as well as the editor of real estate Magazine which feed is beautiful features beautiful interiors and that are all of interest to discerning readership who invest in the high-end property market Take a look My name is Michelle Snadan. I'm editor real estate magazine My personal style is based around my story my life story and so for me coming home is all about coming to somewhere That's really comfortable, and I love good art photography books home without books is a home without a soul It's not just about the basics about the soul space, and it's about your history It's about your heritage, and it's what has sense of meaning for you. What's really amazing is now that they're Top architects working on those developments. It's so much more exciting It's based to play and then it used to be the trend is huge I'd like to be a collaborative mental someone who helps network the young designer with with the networks that we have in The magazine when you move in a project like this. It's about the budget. It's the final vision for the development space That's really important. I really want to work with someone who's got quite a clear vision and to watch how those are shaped Into a very defined competition space the designer needs to work within that space yet give it give it character Give it some meaning Final mentor on win a home on afternoon express is Michelle Snadan and she's the editor of real estate Thank you Welcome back rid of thanks guys. Let's talk a bit about your relationship I mean you're also getting another male and female pairing that you guys have got going on here We've seen a very vibrant all day court decoration sort of mentor We've seen a long-agent a sort of really working hard kind of mentor and I've got a brand new mentor Which is all about real estate. It's all about that property. It's about actually the buyer And what are you hoping to bring towards this relationship? I guess from my side I do have that that perspective and what developers are looking for how they cost Developments how the furnishings are cost and that's what appealed to me about Rudolph is because he has had a little bit of that Experience having run his own interior design business for a year. So there's a there's a synergy there What do you think makes that relationship between a mentor and a mentee tick? I Always think you have a lot to learn from each other I mean already we've discovered things and I often think that That when you're involved in a challenge like this, you actually don't know how much you do know Until you start working with someone and then it comes alive So that's what I'm looking forward to seeing that unfold that whole creative process and working on it together Rudolph I obviously being a lecturer I mean your students must be watching this very closely like is my lecture a legit But I'm sure they'll be very very proud of you for being here today But in terms of the actual previous work that you have done tell us about the work that you've done practically with a couple of Homes, yeah, I was very fortunate to have been working on a project last year alongside Jenny Mills, which is a great architect and Yeah, so I learned a lot from that experience designing the furniture working alongside her in terms of the spatial planning Etc. Just apart from just winning in the end because we all want to win What are your long-term goals just throughout the process of one of them well, obviously I want to learn as much as possible from from a shell we want to extend our networks as fast as possible and Yeah, just enjoy the whole process and show South Africa what interior design is all about I'm sure I must ask you this question and you can say this is honest as you can because I'm really trying to push these Contestants to their limits. Yeah, but do you think it's a it's a downfall of his that he hasn't had architecture experience like the other two Have but he's purely an interior designer. Will that be to his detriment? I don't think it'll be to his detriment in fact Well, I see I think you'll see different strengths from every single contestant And I think so long as you have a good sense of space and a holistic vision for a project right from the beginning You plan really well. I think it's all in the planning That's the part that scares me the most So kind of want to see it started to happen and to go ahead because because you know It's also a little bit of luck these kind of things things can go wrong. They can go beautifully, right? Wow, well, thank you so much for joining us best of luck. Thank you. Yeah, we'll be watching Over to you, Jeannie Now we are so excited to have winner home right here on afternoon express for an exciting third season of Exquisite design every weekday We follow our talented design contestants as they turn empty properties at Valdivia State in the Cape Wine Lines Into dream homes using amazing finishes provided by Caesar stone and of course Plascon and the best part is Drumroll you can enter the grand prize competition on private property dot co dot today for a chance to win a finished apartment valued at over three million round now when a home is proudly brought to you by private property in Association with Nedbank now after the break our guest chef Alice Toich puts the finishing touches on those mini Autumn blackberry and dark chocolate stacked pavlovis. 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