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It was smiles, hugs and good vibes when Idols bid farewell to 19-year-old Bevin Samuels from Port Elizabeth, who did not receive enough votes this week to keep him in the competition.<\/p>\nThe race to the finish line is on!<\/p>\n
It was smiles, hugs and good vibes when Idols bid farewell to 19-year-old Bevin Samuels from Port Elizabeth, who did not receive enough votes this week to keep him in the competition.<\/p>\n
After tonight, Idols SA contestants can be counted on one hand and Lucia, Thami, Noma, Tebogo and Terra Cox are this season\u2019s official Top Five.<\/p>\n
Like last week, each contestant performed twice with different themes. Round One\u2019s theme was How It Should Have Been Done and saw the Top Five picking butchered songs by Wooden Mic performers. Round Two was called My Idol, and contestants chose a song by their musical inspiration.<\/p>\n
Lucia was up first, singing R. Kelly\u2019s If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time followed by Lira\u2019s Ngaphakade. Gareth gave her a glowing report, praising her consistency and \u201cbeautiful\u201d performances. \u201cYou deserve to record your own album and conquer the SA music industry,\u201d was Somizi\u2019s take. Randall agreed, saying no matter what happens in the next weeks, Lucia has a career post-Idols.<\/p>\n
Thami\u2019s performance of Hero by Enrique Iglesias saw him show a rare emotional connection with the song and audience. He continued to surprise when he chose James Brown\u2019s So Good for his second act. The performance was on fire \u2013 complete with the stage shimmying and a split at the end of the performance! The crowd went wild and Unathi and Gareth gave him a standing ovation. \u201cLadies and gentlemen, the hardest working man on Idols this season!\u201d declared Randall.<\/p>\n
Noma chose Josh Groban\u2019s You Raise Me Up, followed by Heaven by Beyonc\u00e9. Her rousing rendition of the first song earned her a standing ovation from three of the judges, with Proverb proclaiming that she was \u201ctaking us to church!\u201d She continued with the sentimental ballads by dedicating her second song to a recently deceased friend. Randall was not crazy about both being slow songs.<\/p>\n
Tebogo brought out the acoustic guitar for both performances – We Found Love by Ed Sheeran and Asa\u2019s There Is Fire on The Mountain. Unathi gave him a thumbs up \u201cfor reminding us that you are the only person who plays an instrument in the Top Five\u201d, adding \u201cI\u2019m so happy you didn\u2019t get this far last year because you wouldn\u2019t have been able to deliver what you are giving us now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Terra Cox closed off the show with Adele\u2019s Hello, followed by Mariah Carey\u2019s If It\u2019s Over. He received mixed reviews from the judges. \u201cI didn\u2019t love the Adele earlier, but you brought out the drama this time around. And when you do bring out the drama it\u2019s really dramatic,\u201d said Gareth. Somizi advised him to \u201cbe patient with yourself and choose songs that will show us a different side to you\u201d, while Randall cautioned that having good and bad performances \u201cdon\u2019t win you Idols\u201d.<\/p>\n
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It remains to be seen who will survive the chop next week!<\/p>\n
For more, visit our website: www.idolssa.dstv.com\/home<\/a>.<\/p>\n Join the Idols SA conversation via social media on:<\/p>\n Our website:\u00a0w<\/a>ww.idolssa.tv<\/a> \u00a0or be part of the conversation via the following social media platforms:<\/p>\n Facebook: Idols South Africa (www.facebook.com\/IdolsSA<\/a>) The race to the finish line is on! It was smiles, hugs and good vibes when Idols bid farewell to 19-year-old Bevin Samuels from Port Elizabeth, who did not receive enough votes this week to keep him in the competition. After tonight, Idols SA contestants can be counted on one hand and Lucia, Thami, Noma,… Continue reading Bevin Exits Idols As Top 5 Is Announced<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-2717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-television","tag-idols-sa","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2717\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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