On Tuesday (11 August) I hotfooted through to the SA's Got Talent auditions in Cape Town to snoop what was going on - it was the last day of auditions that travelled through Jozi and Durbs first.
I sat in on the morning's auditions that ran from about 9h30 to 13h30 and spent loads of time guffawing.
I'm sure you've been wondering the same - curious to see what sorts of
lunatics acts entered. The filming went down in front of a live audience at the Cape Town Convention Centre auditorium ...
The audience waiting to go in, all on 'sick leave' from work.
Judges Ian, Shado and Randall, in their places before the action started. They were wheeled in in jersey's and were then undressed before the show. Note how Ian isn't looking at the stage at all - he was much more concerned with a whack sticker under his horror shoes throughout - see pic coming up.
First up was a 6-year old Ringo Starr who goes by the name of Daniel Pieterson. He played drums while his dad played the keyboard - I snapped him solo 'cos he was much better than his dad.
Judges Verdict (for the next stage*): YES
Next up was Johan Stemmet's lurve-child Franz Britz, who played the accordion and then sang Elvis Costello verry badly. Thankfully the judges ditched his singing - he got through on his Noot Vir Noot playing.
Presenters Rob and Anele were in the thick of the action, touching each other a lot and dealing with hopefuls between their auditions.
A soccer World Cup magic act involving flying soccer balls and body-chopping. In the group: Siphiwe Fangase and Nkumbiso Nkonyana - Nkumbiso also entered with a gospel group called The Heavenly Quartez. Their singing wasn't overly heavenly so they didn't make it through but the socagic act did.Siphiwe didn't utter a word through any of it - not the intro's nor the magic .
A comedian/enne by the name of Jody Kleinhans. An improv. dude/chick who's face no-one managed to see 'cos of a hat with tufts that covered his/her face completely.
He/she also delivered the best contestant line of the morning, calling Randall "Idols" - said something along the lines of "Yes Idols I see..."Judges verdict: YES.
Anele and Rob behind the scenes, scrutinising Jody.