{"id":2465,"date":"2016-10-03T18:17:43","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T16:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=2465"},"modified":"2016-10-03T18:17:43","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T16:17:43","slug":"spellbound-m-nets-new-game-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2016\/10\/03\/spellbound-m-nets-new-game-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Spellbound: M-Net’s New Game Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

How well can you spell?<\/strong>
\nShow off your superlative word skills by entering M-Net\u2019s Spellbound!<\/strong><\/p>\n

You can\u2019t sing \u2013 not even in the shower. Your carefully planned delectable dishes end up being despicable disasters. You simply don\u2019t have the stamina to survive on a deserted island. And your budding entrepreneurial skills won\u2019t turn you into the next big business mogul. But, the day spelling talent was handed out, you were in front of the queue, just behind the Oxford dictionary. Finally, it\u2019s your time to shine on M-Net!<\/p>\n

This October, pioneering television network M-Net is celebrating 30 years of timeless magic. It\u2019s also the month during which M-Net\u2019s premium channel, M-Net 101, will be touring the country to hold auditions for the next season of The Voice SA as well as the month that the channel introduced the highly entertaining new local reality show Shark Tank South Africa. But there\u2019s more up the M-Net 101 sleeve: The channel is producing a brand-new, family-friendly game show called Spellbound, based on the concept of a spelling bee, and is looking for word whizzes who could become the country\u2019s English spelling and grammar champions.<\/p>\n

Spellbound will test contestants\u2019 word skills in a fun and interactive way and will include super spellers from different age groups. There will be a round for primary school learners between the ages of 10 and 13, a round for high school learners between the ages of 14 and 18, and one for adults of all ages, as long as they\u2019re over 18 and are South African citizens or permanent residents. The learners must currently be attending school in South Africa and must have the permission of their parents or legal guardians to take part in the show.<\/p>\n

Apart from the exhilarating thrill that comes from knowing that you\u2019re the country\u2019s number one letter-master in your age group, winners \u2013 and their schools \u2013 will walk away with cash prizes.<\/p>\n

Entries for Spellbound have opened on M-Net\u2019s official website and will close on Monday, 31 October at 23:59. To be invited to show off your superlative English spelling and grammar skills on the Spellbound set, the first step is to complete the questionnaire and online test here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, according to internet quizzes, \u201cquestionnaire\u201d often makes the list of most commonly misspelt (or is it misspelled?) words in the English language. And it\u2019s embarrassing (correct spelling) how often spell-checkers have to correct words such as \u201cappearance\u201d, \u201cqueue\u201d, \u201creceive\u201d, \u201cmischievous\u201d and \u201caccommodate\u201d. If you never get these examples wrong and find yourself annoyed when the greengrocer wants to sell you potatoes with an apostrophe, you\u2019re indeed the ideal candidate for Spellbound!<\/p>\n

\u201cSpellbound is a wonderful local addition to our M-Net 101 schedule,\u201d says Jan du Plessis, Director: M-Net Channels. \u201cSpelling bees have become all the rage across the world and while the contestants will be giving it a go on television, the entire family at home can test their own skills and brush up on their grammar. It\u2019s education wrapped in great fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spellbound is produced for M-Net by Homebrew Films and will be screened on M-Net 101 on Sundays at 17:00 from 20 November 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How well can you spell? Show off your superlative word skills by entering M-Net\u2019s Spellbound! You can\u2019t sing \u2013 not even in the shower. Your carefully planned delectable dishes end up being despicable disasters. You simply don\u2019t have the stamina to survive on a deserted island. And your budding entrepreneurial skills won\u2019t turn you into… Continue reading Spellbound: M-Net’s New Game Show<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[46,45],"class_list":["post-2465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-television","tag-game-show","tag-spellbound","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}