Phindile who got four yays.
The Idols wannabes tortured Durban this week as the show moved on to the third audition city of the season.
Here's an overview of the episode by the show:
It’s an undeniable fact that Durban and Idols go together like hand in glove. Not only is the turn out always one of the highest for regional auditions, but the province has produced quite a number of Idols winners - four at the last count.
It remains to be seen if the next star was among the 1500 people who queued outside the Playhouse in tonight’s episode.
The presence of radio motormouth and charismatic TV personality, Phat Joe, blessed one 16-year-old whose chances of making it to Theatre Week went from zero to “hell yeah!”, thanks to Joe’s Golden Disc.
The guest judge nearly lost a talent he believes in when the other three judges gave resolute no's. Fortunately, Joe remembered just in time that he has the power to veto all other votes with his Golden Disc. It turned out to be a good day for the lucky contestant.
“I’m looking for someone with presence and that x-factor,” he said. “I’m not here to find a session musician. I’m looking for the full package. We’ll discover the next Idol right here, the same way I discovered you,” was Joe’s assertion on set.
But if the next Idol was among the throngs in Durban, weeding him or her out was no easy feat. Judges Unathi, Randall, Somizi and Phat Joe had their work cut out for them as they were subjected to one bad audition after another.
It was only after a 19-year-old blew them away, getting a full house of four yeses, that the talent floodgates finally opened.
This week's highlights included a contestant bringing their own microphone and boom box for an “authentic” sound, an optometrist who performed an exam on Somizi during the audition, a one-word original composition dedicated to a world icon, and Randall pronouncing: “Let’s just put this kid through” after he was dazzled by talent.
This week also saw the Idols
Telkom Pop-Up Audition bus travel to The Boardwalk in Port Elizabeth, where four aspiring singers were hand-delivered Golden Tickets by Proverb.