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Born in Pretoria, South Africa on 19/9/1996, Johannes De Villiers (James Kenny) is a representative of the Republic of South Africa in numerous apsects and arts. The second youngest of 4 children in the family ( Audrina 22, Didier 19 and Allison 14 ) James didnt have a passionate childhood at all and was never really the centre of attention in his family no matter how hard he tried. In 2010, James was involved in a shark attack which saw him save his sister Allisons' life, but put his in danger. In 2002 his family moved to Australia to escape the poverty and voilenc in South Africa. on the 9/2/2010, James and his younger sister Allison were swimming off the heads of Noosa where they both discovered a large shadow circling around them in the water. His story is quite remarkable actually, this shadow which was circling them for numerous hours turned out to be a 4 and a half metre Great White Shark, the most deadliest shark known to human. In one swift movement, Allison was suddenly dragged underwater,but moments later returned to the surface with a pool of blood around her, crying out in pain she begged for her brother to save her. " I tried to grab onto her but her hand was covered in blood so it made it hard for me to grab on. I kept trying and I eventually established a strong grip so she wouldn't be dragged under again." James explained to an SBS news reporter last year. In a matter of seconds, both James and Allison were dragged under again. But this time, things were much worse. "In all the blood which was swirling around in the water, I managed to capture a glimpse of yet another two sharks coming straight for Allison, it was hard for me to do so but I let go of her hand and put my body in front of her, acting as a wall of defence. I was immediatley knugded to the side but was never attacked or bitten. They were all interested in Allison." Allison was nearly dead, and James was unable to do anything about it. Suddenly, a large roaring sound filled the air below the water and James was pulled out of the water. A cruise full of about 20 people had spotted the attack and had come to the rescue, but were only there to rescue James and to leave Allison as shark food. " I was yelling at them saying that they have my sister you have to do something please help her! But none of them listened to me so i jumped back in the water. I saw Allison yet again emerge from the surface so i knew she was alright. I swam over to her and told her to climb onto my back, just like i was giving her a piggy-back. Just as I did so, i turned around to come face to face with one of the man eaters, I swam backwards and kicked it in the head, it kinda of went spas in the water and swam off. Thank God for Karate aye." James laughed as he continued his story. Two hours later after help from the members of the cruise and paramedics, Allison somehow had survived the attack, and yet her brother was never mentioned a hero. After a number of interviews with many channels across Australia the story remained very quite but yet a very effective warning to all members in Noosa and around Australia.

Earlier this year, James and his sister Allison boarded a flight to South Africa for the national South Africa Sing It Loud Competition. The competition is exactly like Australia's own X Factor, but is done in a proper South African tradition. The rules of the competition, you MUST sing the: National Anthem of South Africa and a South African song of your choosing. James and Allison were finalists in the top 6 but they both didn't win. Allison was placed 6th while James was placed 3rd. James and Allison's rendition of the South African Anthem is shown on Youtube while James released a single which was to only be sold in South Africa called "Pull Up". He sold 11, 334 copies.

James has also represented South Africa in Rugby Union, being awarded the RSA Player of the Year in 2011 with 65 tries, 134 conversions and 4 field goals in 29 games.