The Man & His Fans

He did it! Congratulations, Nhlanhla, for making it through to the next round!

A huge thumbs up to all his fans for keeping him in – he deserves to be there and he had no business being in the bottom half.

However, I will not deny that last night made for dramatic viewing, probably the most tense elimination show this season – unless you were a Karin, Nicky or Gift fan of course. When Ayanda joined Nhlanhla on stage, my heart sank and I realised that he was in danger.

The big surprise came when it was revealed that V also had to join them – her fans had done quite a remarkable job of convincing everyone that she had by far the biggest number of fans (even though it’s apparent to even the blindest of bats that Karin is the one with the largest fan base). Lest we forget – most of the nasty remarks posted on Nhlanhla’s forum on Sunday and Monday came mainly from V fans – well done guys, had The Man gone home last night, you would have lost possible votes for your favourite – they say, what comes around, goes around.

It was sad to see Ayanda go, but on the night, she was unfortunately the weakest overall. As the contestants themselves have acknowledged, the competition is incredibly intense now and you have to do a "Nicky-shows-Shakira-how-to-do-it" to survive. As V discovered after her dismal performance of “On The Other Side Of The world, none of the contestants can afford to have a bad song moment.


The competition is going to hot up this coming Sunday – only the best will suffice, and even The Man will have to deliver the goods. We look forward to him upping his game and getting rid of more of the competition.

"Moments"

Worst Moment: When Colin said that Nhlanhla was in the bottom half.

Best Moment: Colin telling Nhlanhla to take a seat!

Surprise Moment: V in the bottom two!

Sleaziest Moment: Natalie Poole, "journalist" from Heat magazine, with her comment about Nhlanhla sounding like a chipmunk. Nats, love, a word of advice – perhaps you shouldn’t say someone sounds like a chipmunk when you yourself look like one.

Generally, it was an excellent elimination show – perhaps the best ever, even though The Man was in danger.

Well done, Nhlanhla, The Die-Hard fans and their rah-rah man, Phillip!!