It’s official; cast members from the ever popular Days of Our Lives soapie will be visiting our shores. The Socialite finds out more…
The soapie which is broadcast on SABC 3 has been on air since 1965, making it the one of the longest running television shows in the world.
Galen Gering, Arianne Zucker and Drake Hogestyn, better known to millions of viewers as Rafe Hernandez, Nicole Walker and John Black, are getting ready to come to South Africa and meet the fans. Gering plays the handsome FBI agent, Rafe; while viewers know Zucker as the unlucky-in-love gold-digger Nicole. Hogestyn has been in the soap for decades as the enigmatic John Black and Marlena’s on-again, off-again lover.
This is the second time that SA is getting such visits from popular soapie stars. November 2011 saw the arrival of cast members of ‘The Bold and the beautiful’, Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (Steffy Forrester), Brandon Beemer (Owen Knight) and Jack Wagner (Nick Marone) for three autograph signing sessions in Durban, Johannesburg and Cape Town.
The Socialite caught up with the Bold and the Beautiful cast members on their visit which you can check out at http://thesocialite.co.za/2011/02/bold-and-the-beautiful-cast-members-visit-sa/
Fans of the ‘Days of Our Lives’ cast will get a chance to chat and mingle with the stars when they visit Joburg and Cape Town on the 31st October and 2nd November this year.
“Days of our Lives continues to be one of television’s most iconic shows. The soapie has received record breaking award nominations including the much coveted Emmys. This television powerhouse is a top rating winner worldwide and South Africa is no exception. SABC3 is delighted to be bringing three of the stars from the show to South Africa to meet their fans,” said the channel’s marketing manager, Risuna Mayimele.
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