As we spilt when it was first announced, SABC has been running a nationwide competition to find an official Bafana Bafana support song to be played on SABC radio stations and TV channels during the World Cup.
The competition kicked off on Tuesday, 2 March and called for people to submit their original songs. Entries closed on Wednesday, 2 April, the judging panel deliberated and five finalists have been chosen.
It's now up to the nation to decide which track will become the official SABC Bafana supporters anthem.
Each of the five finalists have been getting radio and TV airtime as we speak. SABC radio stations and channels started playing their songs from Friday, 23 April and will continue to do so until next Tuesday (4 May).
To get into the spirit of it all we managed to our clutches on them so that you can take a listen to them in your own time, rant and rave, and vote for your fave.
We've put them into a player so that you can play them as easily as possible. The player works similarly to YouTube. To listen, simply click on the track you want to hear and it'll start playing by itself. You can change the volume in the control bar. It also moves from one song to the next if you leave it playing.
Without further adieu, these are finalist tracks, with info. about them below:
(Please note: If you find that the track isn't sounding smoothe, this is because it's not downloading quickly enough. To play smoothly: press Play, wait for the opening notes of the track, then press Pause. Wait for it to buffer in the background (you'll see the yellow download bar moving). Once the download is complete, hit Play.
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Song 1: by Mac van der Merwe from Centurion.
To vote for this track SMS: Song 1 to 34022.
Song 2: by Kelvin Naidoo from Pietermaritzburg
To vote for this track SMS: Song 2 to 34022.
Song 3: by Layola Madikizela from Carletonville
To vote for this track SMS: Song 3 to 34022.
Song 4: by Don Clarke from Southern Drakensberg Area
To vote for this track SMS: Song 4 to 34022.
Song 5: by Ntshabeng Tlali from Durban
To vote for this track SMS: Song 5 to 34022.
SMS's cost R2/free SMS's don't apply.
The winner will be announced on Friday, 7 May.