… and then Tshidi was the next to bite the dust! Surprise Surprise! Another diva shown the door in the ever so unpredictably controversial Idols 8. The sassy 28-year-old from Thokoza in Gauteng’s East Rand received the least votes and was sent packing in another shocking elimination episode. Shuddering you’d say, considering how Tenyane has been one of the best contestants from the onset.
Her continuously electrical performances week after week won her the hearts of many and a possible placement in the Top 2 in our unknowing minds. Could Tshidi’s elimination been a plan to clear way for Khaya to be the obvious winner? It’s all in the votes, they reason … and we nod and vent! I choose the latter …
First it was Shekinah Donell. A very-much distinctly talented 17-year-old from Durban who got the bullet at Top 6 and wasn’t “Saved”, then Simphiwe Gwegwe who’s undoubtedly so talented you don’t need an extra pair of ears to believe it and still not “saved”. Why are the judges given “the save” if they don’t use it on obviously loved and evidently talented contestants? one may ask. Did that “Save” have a label attached to it? Perhaps Khaya Mthethwa?
Tshidi’s level of performance in the Top 18 was as good as Melissa’s and Monde’s at the present moment. Top 4 nogal. The two latter contestants were in a growing phase while Tshidi claimed and consistently shone her star from the day she stepped onto that Live Idols stage.
Her fan base has always been huge because of that, hence she has only tasted the bottom 3 once. Could the public’s hostility been her downfall post her diva-ish “Please don’t jump onto me,” comment to school kids who wanted to mob her? I doubt. Truth is those kids were going to jump on her and tear her apart!
In essence, Tshidi was appreciated and her loyal fan base, which I believe is as thick as a dark December cloud bearing some heavy rainfalls, couldn’t have let her down due to that silly one-line bumper. If that’s the case then replace ‘loyal’ with ‘fake’ in my previous sentence! The girl even cleared those comments on social networks for crying out in a bucket!
Honestly, as is on Idols 8, the competition is no more. Yes, dusted! They can now proudly inaugurate the Idols Crown on Khaya already-famous head. Monde and Melissa’s fans combined don’t even sum up to ¾ of Khaya’s screaming fans!
IN BRIEF from Sunday, Tshidi’s Homebrew choices of songs were not so bad and her delivery for both songs were just as flawless, she took on Zamajobe’s ‘Ndawo yami’ and Freshly Ground’s ‘Doo bee doo’. .
Monde’s version of ‘Indigo girl’ was great and I believe it scored him a lot of votes. Khaya covered Zahara’s “Lengoma” and he caused such a sweet bearable havoc, everyone loved it and were dancing like possessed bodies in an alien planet.
Melissa’s cover of Mafikizolo’s “Ndihamba nawe” took number one for me, singing it even in Afrikaans, it was just right-button press.
Did you vote? Do you see the winner already? Duh … Are you happy with the eliminated? Who do you think is gonna win? Duh again …
The Top 3 shows their sharpest claws again this week in another vocal battle at the Mosaeik Theatro. Let’s recharge our phones to vote for our favourites.
@narekekana