Series Review
Take cover! 'Roast Battle South Africa' returns with Trevor Noah as referee
Comedy Central's verbal punch-up between celebrity comedians is back for a second season, writes Matthew Vice
Do you like Comedy Central's Roasts? Enough viewers certainly must, because both the UK and South Africa have commissioned second seasons of the Roast Battle format, with Mexico getting its own first season of the show - thus boasts the press shpiel I received from the publicists.
So, if you'd like to see teams of local celebrities line up and take turns insulting each other, then on July 9 at 9:30pm on Comedy Central (DStv channel 122) you can catch the start of Roast Battle South Africa season two, which we can expect to be bigger, better and hopefully more shameless.
John Vlismas is the roast master for this season, with Trevor Noah as the referee and Tumi Morake and Kagiso Lediga as judges.
Some of the celebs we can expect to see in this verbal punch-up include Lihle Msimang, Casper de Vries, Nina Hastie and Mojak Lehoko...
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