Come Dine with Me: South Africa säsong 3

Prankster and HR manager Zeyn Lovell delivers a wild first night with lots of banter. Who will be crowned the winner?

Adrenaline junkie and motormouth DJ Al Smyth hosts a first dinner party fraught with overcooked fish.

Finding Nemo? Babe? An Italian Stallion? No, it wasn't the Oscars, and this was definitely Durban, not Los Angeles, and if there was a red carpet, no one mentioned it.

In Durban, Diedre Macadam serves up venison from field to plate, while gaming granny Jill Waddleton shoots down some characters during one of her countless video gaming sessions.

The culinary showdown didn't just see the deckchairs rearranged, they got flung overboard.

Maja is an events manager who doesn't drink. It's just as well, because even sober she proved a handful. Sarah takes no prisoners and tells it like it sometimes is.

It's bubble, squeak, flirt and flutter in Port Elizabeth as our gathering of motormouths, loud mouths and slightly bad mouths come together.

Look what the PE wind blew in: Geek Chic Larry King wannabe complete with bow tie Everton Hansen, followed into the stalls by wannabe horse-race commentator Theo Scholtz.

In Pretoria Alexander Georghiades, a budding Buddhist, takes on Afro-chic chick Nomvula Mthethwa, hardcore cage fighter Wessel Vosser, and superbike granny Marleen Van Rooyen.

An artist, a plumber and anti-gender activist, a white witch and a business relations manager take each other on in a fraught and hilarious culinary clash.

It's off to Cape Town for the strange and wondrous tale of mentalist Jeremy Dyer, who meets a human cupcake, a sultry tango diva and a madcap accountant. Yes, it was always going to be weird.

Heard the one about the charming Englishman, the laughing lady, the retired lady and the man-with-the-yacht?