Love Island faces fresh crisis as new plan for show is 'too much of a risk' amid coronavirus pandemic

Afro folk artist Bongeziwe rounds out Friday's (May 22) lineup for Billboard's Platoon Africa Artist Showcase with his emotive Billboard Live At-Home performance from Johannesburg, South Africa.Performing in his kitchen, Bongeziwe (real name Bongeziwe Mabandla) whipped up a mini-set featuring songs from his latest album iimini that he released in March.

There are warnings of an “unfolding humanitarian crisis” for LGBTIQ+ people across Commonwealth countries, including South Africa, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

For Billboard's Platoon Africa Artist Showcase, emerging singer-songwriter Msaki stunned fans with a liberating Billboard Live At-Home performance Thursday (May 21) from her home studio.

Billboard Live's At-Home series is headed to Africa thanks to a showcase of Apple's artist services company Platoon.From Thursday (May 21) to Saturday (May 23), Billboard Live At-Home will highlight two rising artists each day from countries such as Ghana, South Africa and Nigeria who are making a name for themselves on the global music landscape. The showcase kicks off Thursday at 1 p.m.

Siannise Fudge and Luke Trotman have moved into their first home together, sharing images from their flat in South West London.The Love Island stars found romance on the sixth series of the hit ITV2 show, which aired from South Africa at the start of the year.

He’s one of the biggest DJs in the world right now but DJ Black Coffee continues to ensure that the local music space is booming. Having recently raised over R500 million for Covid-19 relief, the star is now making major moves as he today announces that he has bought a major stake in Gallo Music Investments through his investment holding company FlightMode Digital.

In this week’s International Newswire “Cupcake & Dino” head down under, “Aruanas” gets a second season at Globo, South Africa’s VIA commissions local “Date in Reverse,” Channel 4 announced 20th anniversary special season for “Location, Location, Location” and Magnify announces a Swedish version of “Fittest Family.”

Ricky Gervais has expressed sympathy for UK prime minister Boris Johnson amid criticism of the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

While you're waiting for to arrive on HBO Max—and for the —I have a show that will scratch your itch: Blood & Water, Netflix's new teen drama that's serving some major Upper East Side vibes.The trailer for Blood & Water dropped on Monday, May 11, and it has everything that made you so addicted to GG: prep school kids in impossibly chic uniforms, scandalous drama, and vacant mean-girl stares.

With Love Island now airing twice a year, the stars that the ITV series creates have less time to cash in on their fame.

As lockdown continues in South Africa, the 14th edition of the South African Film and Television Awards will host their award ceremony online for the first time in their history. However, the award show will still have some star power this year as Dineo Ranaka has been tapped to host the ceremony this year.

Local Afrikaans pop group Die Heuwels Fantasties have become a vital part of South African music culture in recent years, and the success of their recent singles ‘Jy Stel My Teleur’ en die ‘Mejuffrou Sonneblom’ has only proven that the group is, without a doubt, one of the country’s most talented and versatile bands.