Weakest Link (South Africa) 2x01 - "Celebrity DJ Special"

## Contestants

* **Alex Jay** (From Highveld Stereo)
* **Fanele Sibeko** (From Jozi FM)
* **Carol-Ann Kelleher** (From Algoa FM)
* **Raeesa Mahomed** (From Lotus FM)
* **Kevin Fine** (From 5FM)
* **Rochelle "Suga" Scheepers** (Good Hope FM)
* **John Perlman** (From SAFM)
* **Benito Vergotine** (From KFM)
* **Derrich Gardner** (From Jacaranda 94.2)

The contestants were playing for charity of their choice.

## Summary (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)

**Note: Due to the excessively loud audio, several words in the questions were difficult to hear, you will see some "[inaudible]" in several spots.**

## Round 1

The first round of the game lasted for 3 minutes, and with only 1 minute and 26 seconds remaining, the players banked their first R5,000 round target by Kevin, also Raeesa forgot to bank the target when it was at stake.

**Note: The players had a chain of 10 correct answers.**

Voting questions:

* "Who's so thick, they think e=mc2 is a rap star?"
* "Who has a face for radio and must go?"

The voting table (green indicates deciding, orange counting vote, red elimination)

## Round 2

During the second round, which lasted for 2 minutes and 50 seconds, the players banked R600 in a single chain from Alex.

Voting questions:

* "Whose knowledge is absolutely on the road to no where?"
* "Which one of you deserves to be outcast?"

The voting table (green indicates deciding, orange counting vote, red elimination)

## Round 3

During the third round lasting 2 minutes and 40 seconds, the team banked R0 after the chain was broken nearly four times. Raeesa said bank but there was nothing to bank.

Voting questions:

* "Whose brain is broadcasting static?"
* "Who should be removed from the team, like in [inaudible]?"

The voting table (green indicates deciding, orange counting vote, red elimination)

## Round 4

During the 2 minute and 30 second round, the players banked R1,200 in 3 chains by John, Alex and Derrich.

Voting questions:

* "Whose knowledge is a blur?"
* "Whose game [inaudible] coldplay?"

 **Raeesa (weakest link)** | 1
 **Kevin** | 1
 **John** | 2
 **Benito (strongest link)** | 3
 **Derrich** | 2

The voting table (green indicates deciding, orange counting vote, red elimination)

## Round 5

During the round, lasting 2 minutes and 20 seconds, the players banked R100 in one chain by John.

Voting questions:

* "Whose intelligence splatters like a candle in the wind?"
* "Who needs to have their brain tweaked?"

 **Raeesa** | 1
 **John (strongest link)** | 2
 **Benito (weakest link)** | 0
 **Derrich** | 2

The voting table (green indicates deciding, orange counting vote, red elimination)

## Round 6

During the 2 minutes, 10 seconds round, none of the players managed to bank any money.

Voting questions:

* "Whose top of the flops?"
* "Who believed they could fly, then didn't?"

 **Raeesa** | 1
 **John (strongest link)** | 3
 **Derrich** | 2

The voting table (green indicates deciding, orange counting vote, red elimination)

## Round 7

During the 2 minutes, the team banked R300 from two separate chains.

Voting questions:

* "Who needs to be ushered out of the studio?"
* "Whose got a backseat brain and a out of sync mouth?"

 **Raeesa (weakest link)** | 0
 **John (strongest link)** | 4

The voting table (green indicates deciding, orange counting vote, red elimination)

## Round 8

During the 2 minutes, the team banked R300 from two separate chains.

**Note: The players had a chain of 9 correct answers.**

 **John (weakest link)** | 4

## Final round

The final round featured five questions being asked from the contestants, and the one with most correct answers would win.

 **Alex (runner-up)** | 2

John chose to donate his winnings to SAfm's project for school children's books.

## Trivia

* Alex's random answer of "Mary Poppins" at the end of the seventh round appeared on BBC's Outtake TV: Weakest Link Special in 2004.
* The introduction sequence was used for viewers to see upon entering the show's website (now defunct).

## Quotes

Fiona: Alex (Looks at his foot) what happened to the foot? Did you take a tumble from your ego to your IQ?

Fiona: No don't do the national cringe, go out there, be a sex god Kevin.

Fiona: Time's up, that was very close, but the correct answer was Armageddon.

## Episode

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJVTI0FJ8qg&t