Dalen Lance

Dalen Lance

Television Host and Media Personality
Birth name Dalen Lance Jooste
Born 16 February 1983
Cape Town, South Africa
Show Step up or Step Out
Station(s) e.tv
Show Dagbreek Breakfast Show
Station(s) DSTV Kyknet
Country South Africa
Previous show(s) High School Musical Spotlight SA
Website http://www.DalenLance.com

Dalen Lance Jooste (born 16 February 1983) professionally known as Dalen Lance (Pronounced "Day-lyn") is a South African media personality and television broadcaster based in Johannesburg, South Africa.[1] He was the host of the reality TV dance competition Step Up or Step Out[2] for two seasons and a host of the morning breakfast TV show Dagbreek on DSTV's Kyknet channel.[3] Lance is also recognized for his television presenting contributions to shows such as High School Musical Spotlight South Africa, 20-Something, Pap Idols and Bling.[4] He released his debut album in 2006, titled Be Your Man, which was also the 1st single from the album.[1] He completed a Master of Business Leadership (MBL) post-graduate degree (Cum Laude, 2014), through The University of South Africa (UNISA) Graduate School of Business Leadership.[5]

For his contribution as television host, Lance was ranked amongst the Top 10 in Television '08/09 by the Saturday Independent Newspaper,[6] as one of South Africa's's Who's Who and has received numerous nominations for best presenter at the SA Kellog's Kids Choice Awards and Star in You Awards. In addition to his television endeavours, Lance has also been serving as a resident Master of Ceremonies ("MC") at the prestigious gaming complex Montecasino in Johannesburg, since 2009.[7]

Early life

Dalen Lance was born 16 February 1983 in Cape Town, South Africa to parents Gavin and Myna Jooste. He has three siblings, Tashline, Keziah and Roxanne. Shortly after his birth, his parents relocated from a small town known as Malmesbury to Atlantis, in close proximity to Cape Town.[8] Eldest sibling, Tashline, is a sports marketing and sponsorship executive based in Johannesburg.[9] Keziah Jooste, a former runner-up contestant to Miss South Africa, is a South African actress, well known for TV series such as Isidingo, 7de Laan and the popular soap, Generations (South African TV series).[10] Roxanne Jooste currently resides in Los Angeles and works as a dancer and model signed to one of the world's largest modeling agencies, Wilhelmina Models.[11]

Lance attended Wesfluer Primary (Atlantis) and completed high school at Table View High School in 2000. He used the opportunity to write songs on his daily school bus trips to and from Atlantis. However, upon his father's advice, he continued his tertiary education by completing a Bachelor of Commerce undergraduate degree in 2004 at the University of Cape Town ("UCT").[12] Determined to continue developing his craft as an entertainer, Lance entered the first season of South African Idols and reached the top 50 round of the competition [13] as well as South African Popstars in 2002.[14] He also recorded his first demo at Mama Dance Music Studios (Observatory, Cape Town) and numerous radio jingles for Good Hope FM, one of Cape Town's biggest radio stations.

Soon after completing his undergrad studies, his sister Keziah advised him to meet with Cape Town Talent Agent, Janet du Plessis of Artistes Personal Management ("APM") in 2002.[15] Under Janet's guidance, Lance filmed projects for the BBC, Walt Disney World and the SABC. In 2005, he took time-off to travel and served as a camp counselor and audio-visual teacher on Camp Mariah in New York City.

Upon returning to South Africa in 2006, he relocated to Johannesburg to pursue music and television full-time.

Education

Bachelor of Commerce

He completed his B.Comm degree at the University of Cape Town in 2004.[16]

Master of Business Leadership

Lance completed a post graduate MBL degree (cum laude) at the Unisa's Graduate School of Business Leadership in 2014.[16][17] He received scholarships from the Judge Ngoepe Scholarship Fund and was placed in the top 5 of the programme in both the first 2 years of studying. He's dissertation related to the future of television broadcasting, specifically the global unilateral regulatory considerations for Internet Protocol Television IPTV.

Career

Television Host

1. Step Up or Step Out

Lance was retained as series host for both seasons 1 and 2 of Step Up or Step Out broadcast on E.tv in 2011 and 2012. The programme is produced by Endemol South Africa.[18] and is syndicated on the E.tv DStv platform to 45 countries across the African Continent.[19] The reality competition searches for SA's hottest dance crews. Series Presenter Announced In its 1st season, the show garnered record viewership figures for its Sunday night premieres to the tune of 2 million viewers.[20] Lance left the show in 2013 prior to Season 3 starting and was replaced by 2 new co-hosts in order to focus on his final year of post graduate studies.[21] Goodbye Dalen Lance

2. Dagbreek

In November 2012, Lance was signed as one of the television presenters for Kyknet’s Dagbreek, a daily breakfast TV show targeting the South African Afrikaans market. The show premiered on 5 November 2012.[22] In addition to television veterans Riaan Cruywagen and Bettie Kemp, Lance's other co-hosts include Rozanne McKenzie, Elma Smit, Pierre Breytenbacht and Harold Richter.[23] Media reports suggest that Dagbreek aims to heat up morning tv show wars. Riaan Cruywagen joins Dagbreek Team Dagbreek is a news and actuality breakfast show broadcast daily between 05h30 and 07h30 on channel 144 on DStv. He left Dagbreek in April 2013 to complete his final year of MBL studies.

3. High School Musical Spotlight South Africa

In 2008, Lance hosted the reality television series High School Musical Spotlight South Africa.[24] It was produced by Eden Rage Media for M-net.[25] The show was in search of the leads for the High School Musical stage production, which was produced by highly accomplished theatre producer Pieter Toerien, who also served as the main judge on the series.[26] It was the first of its kind; The first reality TV spin-off from the High School Musical franchise and won the approval and co-development from Disney executives in the US.[27] As the host, Lance received exceptional notoriety from this series. Series Presenter Announcement

4. 20-Something

In 2008 Lance hosted magazine show 20-Something for channel E.tv, which was produced by Red Pepper Pictures.[28] Subsequent to completing a few episodes for the show he was chosen as host for M-net’s High School Musical Spotlight South Africa. During his time on 20 Something Lance served as both an in-studio and field presenter, and interviewed various South African news-makers.[1]

5. Pap Idols

In 2006 Lance hosted Pap Idols, a traveling cooking show produced by Robert Patel (RP Productions) for broadcaster SABC 2 and commissioned by the Maize Trust of South Africa.[29] He was hosted by a number of South African celebrities in their homes, where they had to cook a meal, with maize being the main ingredient.[30] The purpose of the programme was to showcase the versatility and health benefits of maize.[31]

6. Bling

In 2003 Bling, a youth television programme, became Lance’s first presenting role and was commissioned for 2 seasons before being cancelled by broadcaster SABC 2.[32] The show was produced by Okuhle Media, formally known as Page to Pictures. Lance’s co-presenter during the two seasons was Jodi Balfour, actress and Miss South Africa contestant. Both Balfour and Lance were nominated in the category of SA’s Best Youth Presenters at the Star in You awards. Additionally, the series was nominated in the category Best Youth Show at the SAFTA awards in 2007.[33]

Recording Artist

Be Your Man (2006)

In 2006, Lance released his debut album titled Be Your Man. The urban-pop album spurned a series of hit singles that received high rotation across radio stations, notably, Good Hope FM, Metro FM, Heart 104.9 FM, 5fm, East Coast Radio (ECR) and K FM Radio. For the promotion of the album, Lance toured South Africa extensively in late 2005. The music video for the 1st single, "Be Your Man", was shot in Johannesburg and after its release, made it onto the Channel O and Yo-TV music charts. The album was produced by Verd and Leveil Eaton of Brotherhood Productions and released under the music label, Notae Entertainment, headed by Carl and Vaughn Eaton. The album was a joint venture between Notae and Lance's sister, Tashline Jooste. Lance also contributed to the songwriting of the album, specifically 'Be your man' and 'Old School Days'.[1]

Album Track Listing: Be Your Man - Dalen (2006)
1.Be your Man
2.I like
3.Old School Days
4.Do You still love me
5.Everybody

Actor & Model

1. Vodacom Yebo Yethu Campaign

In 2014, Lance was chosen by Vodacom to appear as a model and voice over artist for its Yebo-Yethu OTC Platform Launch campaign. This was a 6-month endeavour to activate the launch of the share-trading platform.

2. Advertising Campaign | Absa Group

In 2010 Lance was hired as the campaign face and voice for Absa Group. The bank launched its advertising campaign (Kweeka) in an effort to encourage their clients to use digital banking platforms. Lance was captured on billboards, online media, television commercials and radio spots to promote the campaign, created by advertising agency Mortimer Harvey.[1] Absa is a member of the Barclays Group. Sample: Absa TV Commercial See AD Campaign Images and Radio AD's

3. Real People Campaign | Woolworths (South Africa)

In 2005, retail giant Woolworths (South Africa) hired Lance as a face of its Real People Campaign, showcasing talented South African celebrities using in-store and outdoor billboards. Lance was 21 years of age at the time.

4. Summer Collection Ad Campaign | Jet Stores Edcon Group

The Jet Summer in-store billboard campaign was shot in July 2009 and featured Lance on billboards across all the Jet stores.[34]

5. TV Commercial Credits

Mango (airline) ('09), Disprin ('09), Edgars ('10), Jet Clothing ('09), Vodacom ('10), VW Polo Playa ('10).[34]

6. Other Acting credits

Philanthropist

Lance has been a charity ambassador for the Starfish Greathearts Foundation[36] since 2010 and a champion of the South African National Blood Service (SANBS). (2011)[37] sanbs welcomes new ambassadors

External links

Contact

Viclectic Artists Management

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Dalen Lance Biography". Archived from the original on 2011-02-01. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "SUOSO Website". Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Kyknet". Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Resume". Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Fanpage". Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "Top 10".
  7. ↑ "Montecasino Online".
  8. ↑ "Robyn Adams Blog".
  9. ↑ "Trinergy". Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  10. ↑ "IMDB K Jooste". Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  11. ↑ "Roxanne Jooste". Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  12. ↑ "Who's Who SA". Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  13. ↑ "Idols Season 1".
  14. ↑ "News24".
  15. ↑ "Profile". Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Dalen Lance".
  17. ↑ "Unisa SBL".
  18. ↑ "Endemol". Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  19. ↑ "ETV Website". Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  20. ↑ "IOL".
  21. ↑ "City Press".
  22. ↑ "Kyknet". Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  23. ↑ "Screen Africa".
  24. ↑ "Eden Rage Web".
  25. ↑ "Eden Rage Media". Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  26. ↑ "Mnet Website". Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  27. ↑ "HSM".
  28. ↑ "Red Pepper Pictures".
  29. ↑ "Robert Patel Productions".
  30. ↑ "Pap Idols".
  31. ↑ "TVSA".
  32. ↑ "Talent ETC".
  33. ↑ "Bling PR".
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 "Alushi". Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  35. ↑ "Dalen Jooste". Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  36. ↑ "Starfish". Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  37. ↑ "Talent Etc".