{"id":4141,"date":"2017-05-14T20:24:42","date_gmt":"2017-05-14T18:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=4141"},"modified":"2017-05-14T20:24:42","modified_gmt":"2017-05-14T18:24:42","slug":"voice-sa-meet-the-16-sensational-singers-who-will-sing-for-the-publics-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2017\/05\/14\/voice-sa-meet-the-16-sensational-singers-who-will-sing-for-the-publics-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Voice SA: Meet The 16 Sensational Singers Who Will Sing For The Public’s Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Voice SA\u2019s Knockouts are done; up next are the bigger-than-ever live shows.<\/strong>
\nMeet the 16 sensational singers who will sing for the public\u2019s vote<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Voice SA Season 2\u2019s tense and often heartbreaking Knock-Out rounds concluded this week with coaches Lira and Bobby van Jaarsveld filling the final spots in their teams of four. This means that viewers now know who the 16 talented singers are who will have to wow the voting public to become the next Voice of South Africa.<\/p>\n

From next week Sunday, 21 May, The Voice SA moves to the Mosaiek Teatro in Fairland, Johannesburg where many of the country\u2019s music icons will join the talent on stage week on week.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year\u2019s live shows are going to bigger and better,\u201d says M-Net\u2019s Head of Publicity. \u201cThe venue can pack more fans, the four coaches have picked exceptional talent and there are also more live shows than in the past. Furthermore, we have tweaked the format and this time not all of the coaches will have a singer from their team left in the finals. They will have to give it their all to make it to the top!\u201d<\/p>\n

This is how the final spots for the live voting phase were filled:<\/p>\n

After the stress of last week\u2019s choices reduced her to tears, coach Lira paired \u201csoulful and vivacious\u201d Spha Mdlalose (28) from Cape Town with the effervescent Bubbles Mnomiya (23) from Durban, while Dylan Pretorius (28) faced powerhouse singer Marissa Petzer (22) from Stilfontein. Bubbles\u2019 jazzy spin on her coach\u2019s hit \u201cNigyafela\u201d then earned her a place in #TeamLira while Marissa\u2019s take on Evanescence\u2019s difficult song \u201cBring Me To Life\u201d helped her to make the cut.<\/p>\n

Then coach Bobby had to make some difficult decisions. His first Knock-Out was between Bryce MacMillan (28) from Johannesburg and Caroline Brussow (31) from Bloemfontein. Caroline chose Kelly Clarkson\u2019s \u201cStronger\u201d, against Bryce\u2019s version of MiCasa\u2019s \u201cTurn You On\u201d. \u201cYou frickin\u2019 slayed,\u201d Karen told Caroline and Lira agreed. \u201cYou came to fight, you didn\u2019t come to play out here,\u201d she said. \u201cWe knew it was going to be tough, I didn\u2019t know it was going to be this tough,\u201d Bobby admitted, but he gave his first spot on #TeamBobby to Caroline.<\/p>\n

19-year-old Matriculant John-James Janse van Rensburg from Carletonville squared off against veteran singer Dawie de Jager (33) from Pretoria for the second spot. Dawie chose another Kelly Clarkson song, \u201cBecause Of You\u201d, up against John\u2019s version of Mike Posner\u2019s \u201cI Took a Pill in Ibiza\u201d. \u201cYou have a very special talent,\u201d Lira told Dawie, whose performance had Karen in tears. \u201cI\u2019ve just fallen in love with you all over again,\u201d she told him. Bobby agreed that Dawie had a lot to be proud of, but he gave the second spot on his team to teenager John-James.<\/p>\n

With two more spots open on #TeamBobby he paired Armand Joubert (21) from eMalahleni with Josh Ansley (33) from Johannesburg. Armand prepared local hit \u201cMake You Love Me\u201d from TiMO ODV, to take on Josh\u2019s rendition of 4 Non Blondes\u2019 \u201cWhat\u2019s Going On\u201d. Kahn thought that vocally Armand was \u201cthe man\u201d, but Karen thought they were both amazing artists. \u201cIt was a proper Knock-Out,\u201d Lira said. \u201cI really can\u2019t say who I prefer.\u201d But Bobby had to choose only one, and the third position on his team went to Josh.<\/p>\n

That left the Knock-Out for the final Top 16 position between Alex Cavan (23) from Port Elizabeth and Marco Basson (23) from Vanderbijlpark. Alex chose the Just Jinger classic \u201cFather and Father\u201d and Marco decided to try out a rock star image with \u201cLight Em Up\u201d from Fall Out Boy. \u201cIt\u2019s tough one because I would buy Alex\u2019s album, but I would want to go to Marco\u2019s concert,\u201d Kahn commented, and both Lira and Karen thought this was Alex\u2019s best performance so far. But in a surprise twist, Bobby gave the final spot on his team to the self-described nerdy engineer, Marco.<\/p>\n

So, here is the Top 16 that will be competing for South Africa\u2019s votes from next week:<\/p>\n

#TeamLira<\/h6>\n
    \n
  1. Marissa Petzer (22) entered The Voice SA for the first time last year and didn\u2019t find stardom that time around, but found love instead, with crowd favourite Almur \u201cStilfontein\u201d Marais.<\/li>\n
  2. Bubbles Mnomiya (23) was mentored in Los Angeles by the American jazz saxophonist and songwriter Kirk Whalum but had given up on singing competitions, until her mother persuaded her to try one last time on The Voice SA.<\/li>\n
  3. Luke Lovemore (23) performed music at Cape Town\u2019s well-known Stardust restaurant, which is where he befriended The Voice SA Season 1 winner Richard Stirton. After having seen Richard\u2019s journey of success last year, and with Richard\u2019s encouragement, Luke decided that it was time for him to try out too.<\/li>\n
  4. Tender Mavundla (35) is no stranger to the musical world. When Tender lived in Johannesburg, she won competitions such as Jam Alley\u2019s Megastar and collaborated with some of SA\u2019s biggest musicians before moving back to her home town of Port Shepstone in order to study TV and Film Production.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    #TeamBobby<\/h6>\n
      \n
    1. Caroline Brussow (31) started her creative life as a dancer back in Bloemfontein and after school she completed her Law degree at the University of the Free State and started clerking at the High Court in Bloemfontein. In 2013 her life took a different turn when she married former Cheetah and Springbok Heinrich Br\u00fcssow, who these days is a flanker for the NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes in Osaka, Japan.<\/li>\n
    2. John-James Janse van Rensburg (19) is still a Grade 12 learner at Ho\u00ebrskool Carltonville who couldn\u2019t wait to be old enough to finally enter The Voice SA.<\/li>\n
    3. Josh Ansley (33) has been singing and performing since his childhood in Zimbabwe, where he grew up in Harare and Karoi, and performed with the Barnyard Theatre for many years. But now as a newlywed he wants to settle down to a solo career.<\/li>\n
    4. Marco Basson (23) is a chemical engineer from Vanderbijlpark with what Kahn describes as a \u201cgeeky kind of Buddy Holly vibe\u201d which belies a secret inner life as a rock star.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      \n#TeamKahn<\/h6>\n
        \n
      1. Fatman (40), the music teacher from Bela Bela, has the telephone numbers of a long list of South African music stars since he\u2019s been on the local circuit for many years and might just become a big celeb in his own right soon too.<\/li>\n
      2. Freddy Lalendle (23) from Durban\u2019s raspy voice had all four of the coaches raving. Karen even said that South Africa needed a musician like him after is performance of Vance Joy\u2019s \u201cRiptide\u201d. Freddy lives with his wife Celene in Overport in Durban where he also runs his band, \u201cThe Subway Run\u201d.<\/li>\n
      3. Zee Gqamana (23) from Grahamstown studied Information Technology as her family encouraged her to put her education first before her first love, which is music. She has just completed her BSc Honours in Information Systems at Rhodes University and felt it was the perfect time to enter The Voice SA.<\/li>\n
      4. Craig Lucas (24) from Cape Town, a graduate in Economics and Politics at UCT who has never sung in front of such a big audience prior to his Blind Audition. He promised his mother that he\u2019d finish his degree before starting on a road to music, so will he make her proud in the Live rounds too?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        #TeamKaren<\/h6>\n
          \n
        1. Samantha Leonard (24) from Kimberly has been singing since a very young age and has spent her adult life gigging all around South Africa. She entered The Voice SA to fulfil her life-long dream of going pro.<\/li>\n
        2. Lindo Sithole (22) studied a Bachelor of Social Sciences in Business at UKZN Pietermartizburg before venturing into music full time. His biggest musical inspiration is his late grandfather, who he never got to meet in his lifetime, but whose legacy as one of the best musicians in Pietermaritzburg \u2013 as well as his unique sense of style \u2013 fired up a passion in Lindo too.<\/li>\n
        3. PJ Pretorius (26) got his start in music singing in church in Secunda where he grew up. Today he works as a full time worship leader at his church in Secunda.<\/li>\n
        4. Amanda Faku (23) grew up singing, in church and in school choirs, and after school went to the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University to study Accountancy. Her Blind audition on The Voice SA was the first time ever performing in front of a crowd.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Next Sunday [21 May] these singers will start competing for South Africa\u2019s votes in the Live shows. Team Kahn and Team Karen will be up first and the special guest acts are the South African electronic band Goodluck and Connell Cruise.<\/p>\n

          The Voice South Africa, sponsored by Dialdirect, is broadcast every Sunday night on M-Net channel 101 at 17:30 and every Monday night at 18:00 on M-Net City channel 115.<\/p>\n

          Viewers can also visit www.mnet.tv\/thevoice<\/a> to watch exclusive interviews with the coaches and talent, and follow all the breaking news and conversations around the show on Twitter @VoiceSA \/ #TheVoiceSA or on the official \u201cVoice SA\u201d Facebook page. You can also download The Voice SA app today for exclusive show-related games and special features.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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