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Black Friday is coming IDOLS SA: DELFT’S YANGA SOBETWA SECURES HER SPOT
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Yanga Sobetwa from Delft is through to the Idols SA Season 14 final.
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elft’s very own Yanga Sobetwa has proven herself week after week and secured a spot in this week’s Idols SA Season 14 competition. The 17-year-old rising star from Leiden has shown immense growth throughout the season. After debuting her first single “Scars (All Over Me)” in last week’s episode, Yanga received a standing ovation from the audience. Idols judge Unathi Msengana, who was left near tears, called Yanga’s performance “wonderous”, while Randall Abrahams told her: “You have chosen to be a winner.” The Rhodes High learner, who is the youngest contestant on the show, previously told TygerBurger her dream has always been to release an album and now she is able to use Idols as a platform to start her lifelong dream. Yanga spoke to TygerBurger yesterday (Tuesday 13 November) and shared that she is highly blessed to have made it through to the finals of the singing competition. “I’ve made it through by the grace of God. He has given me this life-changing opportunity and I will make the most of it.” With the release of the new single, she shot her first music video on Monday. She described this is an “awesome” experience and explained that the video was done in one take. “When I arrived at the location to shoot the video we got briefed, had lunch and did rehearsals for about three hours.” Now that the road of the Idols journey is nearing an end, Yanga said things have become less tense as last week Sunday’s performance was the last for votes. “For the next show, we’ll basically just be doing our
last performance, but I still intend to give it my all. “I’m grateful that I was able to be a part of this Idols journey.” Two weeks ago the Top 3 Idols contestants – Yanga, Thato Makape (23) from the Northern Cape and Thando Mngomezulu (19) from Gauteng – jetted off to Dubai to record their singles. Yanga described this four-day trip as an “amazing experience” and her first time overseas. She shared that previous Idols winner, Paxton Fielies from Bishop Lavis, serves as an inspiration to her: “I’ve met Paxton twice. When we chat on WhatsApp she is often motivating and inspires me to give it my all.” TygerBurger chatted to Paxton yesterday and she shared that Yanga possesses a very “vibrant soul with positive energy”. “She is such a good singer. She has so much soul. I think it’s so important to keep an Idols contestant motivated because this competition is so tough and you can literally lose yourself. It’s very important to have that source of motivation in order to keep contestants going whenever they might feel down. I really feel honoured to be that source of motivation for Yanga.” When asked about what kind of emotions an Idols contestant feels ahead of the finals, Paxton said: “For me personally, it’s gratitude and thankfulness that I made it that far. For the finale, it’s all about having a good time and reminiscing about the journey. Not knowing what the outcome will be is very nerve-wracking, but in my opinion even if she isn’t crowned the winner she will still be very successful. With both of us being young Idols contestants, I feel Yanga and I can relate on a lot of levels.” said Paxton.