[Submitted via press release]
Idols Season 9 kicks into full gear this weekend when the newly-announced Top 10 perform in their first Spectacular at the Moreleta Park NG Church Auditorium in Pretoria, and add their own flavour to some of the cheesiest hits to ever hit the airwaves.
Yes, the musical theme for the Top 10 Spectacular is “Cheese” - and even the stern Idols judge Randall Abrahams gets in the spirit of things, wearing the cheesiest board shorts you’ve ever seen!
There are also brand new voting numbers for the Top 10 contestants which they will keep for the duration of their stay in the competition.
Brenden Ledwaba [
@brenden_praise] chose “You Sexy Thing” by the band Hot Chocolate, from the movie “The Full Monty” and his new voting number in 01.
Crystalene Nair [
@CrystaleneNair] will be singing Céline Dion’s “Because You Love Me” and her voting number is 02.
The new voting number 03 belongs to
Innocent Mabushe [
@innocentmabushe] and he is singing the Chris de Burgh ballad “Lady In Red”.
Benjamin Tainton [
@BenjaminTainton] is singing Bryan Adams’ “Everything I Do” and Ben’s new voting number is 04.
The youngest contestant in this season’s Top 10, 19-year-old
Zoe Zana [
@zoe_zana] now has the voting number 05 and she is singing the 80's hit “Never Gonna Give You Up”, by Rick Astley.
Sonke Mazibuko [
@sonke_mazibuko] chose the cheesy Air Supply ballad “All Out of Love” and his new voting number is 06.
Tumi Lesenjane [
@mizzt100] now has the voting number 07 and she chose the Berlin ballad from the movie “Top Gun”, “Take My Breath Away”.
Bunny Majaja [
@BunnyMajaja] will be singing the Barry White classic “You’re The First, The Last, My Everything” and her new voting number is 08.
Musa Sukwene [
@musathevoice] now has the voting number 09 and he’ll be giving the Idols audience some of Marvin Gaye’s “Sexual Healing”.
And last but not least is
Christina Williams [
@_c_williams] singing the upbeat hit “Walking On Sunshine” from Katrina and the Waves. Her new voting number is 10.