Thu Jun 20 14:13:40 SAST 2013
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Msengana worst Idols judge ever

Aug 11, 2011 | Reader Comment | 80 comments

I REFER to the article "Dave van Vuuren steals the show" in Sowetan of August 8.

 South Africa needs black pop idols but I don't see how this judge will help black talent win the title 

Taking musical diva Mara Louw's seat on South African Idols was already a tough task.

The fact is, amateurish Unathi Msengana, pictured, was the worst Idols judge ever. Her awful judging didn't feel right for discovering or nurturing new talent.

She replaced Louw though there are wonderful judges such as jazz lady Shado Twala and Metro FM' s Azania Mosaka.

I would like to know how the judges are chosen. I know they have to be a bit controversial, but Msengana hasn't got it.

She's boring as a singer. She certainly does not have any musical talent. She irritates viewers when she laughs stupidly at contestants and she hasn't any brilliant music knowledge. How she got a job on Metro FM is beyond me.

South Africa needs black pop idols but I don't see how this judge will help black talent win the title because the show sells black musicians outside the cut-throat music industry.

Tsabeng Metsiameneng, Tumahole

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Aug 11, 2011

tpaz

she is xhosa, what do you expect....
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Aug 11, 2011

kolobe

the industry sometimes gets carried away with people that speak english well which is very unfortunate. she clearly cannot sing to save her life and she knows it.she is just well resourced with good labels like kalawa behind her and a huge platform like metro. i havent watched a single idols show this year because of the racism
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Aug 11, 2011

Bastard2

People come on. At the end of the day it is you the voter whose vote counts.
The same people that are complaining does not vote.

first you say black people dont have DSTV and then you get some on Metro T-BO touch you stated in one of his programs that if you go to soweto you wil see how many people has dstv.

Lets stop complaining and rather look at finding solutions.

To me the person who had to go was Lefo(pardon the spelling). To me he was singing crap on Sunday.

Tsabeng Metsiameneng, Tumahole what do you wanted Unathi to say?
You want her to lie then to rather give her honesh opinion? Was the guy good for her on the night yes.
For me it was Kelly Fortuin that was good on the night, for you it might have been someone else.

Tsabeng, please tell us what do you want the judges to do on the show?
If there is 3 black judges will that make you happy. Why must every little thing be about colour





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Aug 11, 2011

KUKU

Ha ke rate Unathi, o na le hlogo ya di Junkie, ka lekopo la goba le cross on her forehead le Mazinyo and molala la dragon. Her voice reminds me of hospital. Yena le that Rasta Fari husband ba a tshwana.
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Aug 11, 2011

Onkarabile

Ngwanyana yo wa tella, she thinks she is al that.
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Aug 11, 2011

kolobe

Bastard2
dont be fooled by compact dishes, of all the people that watch mnet around 75% are whites. with that in mind idols will never have a black winner no matter how many times you vote. they rather bring it to sabc
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Aug 11, 2011

Bastard2

I agree mostly white people have DSTV, but that still does not mean that a black person cannot win.

The other difference is. white people go out there and canvas for there people and do the blacks to the same No.
The only black people that I know that canvass was Bokkie's people.

If Idols go to SABC and a white person win, what are your excuse going to be then?

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Aug 11, 2011

Davidson

@ Tsabeng Metsiameneng

I find your statements against Unathi extremely unfair and ridiculous to be very honoust.

Firstly throughout the auditions there are 4 judges, so to single her out and hold her responsible for the lack of success among black contestants just blows my mind.

IDOLS as a show is designed to empower the viewer at home to decide who they want to make it to the final and win the competition.

So blame the people back home who refuse to spend 1.50 to vote the black contestant of their choice in to winning the show.

SO STOP COMPLAINING LIKE A OLD WET BLANKET AND VOTE

UNATHI YOU ROCK!!!!!!!
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Aug 11, 2011

KeRataBasadi

I'd have to say this is one of the most poorly written articles or whatever you want to call it, i have read on sowetan, I can conclude you do not like Unathi but the reasons sound so childish and just vague, how does someone who is clearly a hater get this drivel to see the light of day on this paper. What is awful about her judging? How is she a boring singer? I'm not a fan or anything, but c'mon this is that PHD (Pull Her Down Syndrome).
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Aug 11, 2011

michael1969

Help black talent win the title! Why dont you just vote,or must it be given to you because you are black aghhh shame!!!!!!! Blame it on apartheid like every thing els .
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