--- title: South Africa’s Got Talent: 3-Year-Old DJ Arch Jnr Wins description: Three-year-old DJ Arch Jnr stole the show with his big performance behind a tiny set of decks canonical: https://time.com/4105934/south-africa-talent-show-dj-arch-jnr/ author: Mark Rivett-Carnac article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-10T02:59:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:49.889Z og:title: This Three-Year-Old DJ Just Won 'South Africa’s Got Talent' og:description: DJ Arch Jnr stole the show with his big performance behind a tiny set of decks. og:url: https://time.com/4105934/south-africa-talent-show-dj-arch-jnr/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Three-Year-Old DJ Just Won 'South Africa’s Got Talent' twitter:description: DJ Arch Jnr stole the show with his big performance behind a tiny set of decks. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This 3-Year-Old DJ Just Won _South Africa’s Got Talent_, and Plenty of Hearts > Sponsored content. 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The youngest winner in the series’ history still has a few things to learn, his father said, like telling time. For the moment, a laptop set up along side his turntables beams a countdown to remind him when to start the show, FACT reported. This might be the biggest brush with fame for the youngster, but it is not his first. DJ Arch Jnr has been releasing [YouTube videos](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ1hYup0TxMjuGInZFkftzA) since he was 2 years old. \[[_FACT_](http://www.factmag.com/2015/11/09/dj-arch-jnr-three-year-old-south-africas-got-talent/)\] ### See the Funniest and Weirdest Baby Photos  Shot for TIME, 2015 Evan Kafka for TIME  Shot for TIME, 2015 Photo-illustration by Evan Kafka for TIME  Shot for TIME, 2015 Photo-illustration by Evan Kafka for TIME  Shot for TIME, 2015 Photo-illustration by Evan Kafka for TIME  Personal work, 2009 Evan Kafka—Getty Images  Shot for Huggies, 2011 Evan Kafka  Personal work, 2009 Evan Kafka  Personal work, 2009 Evan Kafka—Getty Images  Personal work, 2009 Photo-illustration by Evan Kafka—Getty Images  Personal work, 2011 Evan Kafka—Getty Images  Personal work, 2009 Evan Kafka—Getty Images  Personal work, 2009 Evan Kafka—Getty Images  ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4105934/south-africa-talent-show-dj-arch-jnr/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4105934/south-africa-talent-show-dj-arch-jnr/"},"headline":"This 3-Year-Old DJ Just Won South Africa’s Got Talent, and Plenty of Hearts","datePublished":"2015-11-10T02:59:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:46:49.889Z","description":"He is the youngest winner in the series’ history","url":"https://time.com/4105934/south-africa-talent-show-dj-arch-jnr/","keywords":["Newsfeed","South Africa","World","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mark Rivett-Carnac","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/mark-rivett-carnac/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4105934/south-africa-talent-show-dj-arch-jnr/","name":"This 3-Year-Old DJ Just Won South Africa’s Got Talent, and Plenty of Hearts"}}]}] ```