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Thapelo Molomo and Nozipho Sibiya are the last two contestants remaining in South Africa's singing competition, Idols SA. They will go head-to-head on Sunday to determine who walks away with the winner’s title.
One can say without a doubt that Idols SA's fans had a tough week choosing their winner because both are talented and deserving of the crown.
Molomo and Sibiya took a few minutes out of their final rehearsals on Wednesday morning to speak to City Press. They expressed this week was way too exhausting for them.
“It is one of those hectic weeks in terms of the work that we have to put in. But it becomes easier when you're in a happy space, and it becomes effortless to deliver what they ask of you,” said Molomo.
The two said they had grown close to each other and would be happy for whoever won.
“I just like the bond that we have because it is rare to be in a competition with someone and get along so well with them so much that it doesn't feel you're in a competition,” said Sibiya.
Molomo adds that “her win is my win, and my win is her win”.
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With all the love and bond, they know that there has to be only one winner at the end of the competition.
Molomo said:
Sibiya gave props to her family for the support and said she would dedicate her win to them.
“Winning would mean that my family has won because I didn't think that I would be coming here after 2016. I doubted myself but they kept on pushing me,” said Sibiya.
The two said the Idols SA’s experience taught them more than being musicians. And they would go back home with new mindsets and routines.
They both had good and bad weeks in the show, and last week, the judges were not impressed by Molomo's debut single - Phanda.
The soft-spoken singer said he wasn't offended by Somizi Mhlongo's comment about his debut single.
“That was a good comment, honestly. It shows how observant he is about genres that are good for each contestant. It is a competition; I am given songs, and I have to learn and perform, which I did, and I enjoyed myself. I think that was a good joke, hence, I was laughing because I was expecting it.”
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Molomo (29), who is a trauma counsellor for the SA Police Service, had not stopped working even during his Idols SA journey.
“I have been managing quite well. My sessions are mostly at night because I do not want my brain to freeze. It has been effortless for me because it is something that I love.”
