For the first time in eight seasons of South African Idols, a judge insisted on an encore – which got Randall up and dancing behind the judges' desk.

Tenyane had the honour of closing the show on a high note with her upbeat version of the Whitney Houston hit, “How Will I Know”. After her performance she announced that it was her birthday tomorrow (Tuesday), and her birthday wish would be to survive the elimination.

“That was the performance of the night!” Idols judge Gareth Cliff said about her performance.

Fellow judge Unathi Msengana agreed with Cliff, saying Tenyane took a song that Whitney killed and then she killed it in a rock vibe. “For me it was not even a song of the night, it's a song of the season," Msengana praised

Performing for the first time in front of a 3,000 strong crowd, the pressure was gradually mounting for the finalists with cracks visibly showing during individual performances.

Consistency won the day last night and one bad performance will definitely send one contestant home tomorrow.

The front runners:

Tshidi Tenyane, Khaya Mthethwa and Simpiwe Gwegwe, Chloe Kiley and Nosipho Mngomezulu remain in contention.

The bottom half will be:

Melissa Allison - no matter how hard she tried she seemed to be lost singing Stevie Wonder’s classic “Superstition”, which also got Gareth worried. She could be heading home.

Gravel-voiced Obakeng Ramaboa was let down by song choice.

Shekhinah “Sheki” Donnel was overwhelmed by the big stage singing Tina Turner’s “Simply The Best”. She was disappointing and could be in danger of elimination.

Dominic Neill was playful as ever rendering Aloe Blacc’s “I Need A Dollar” but he had a below par performance, which lacked some energy. He could be saved by votes

Monde Msutwana singing Barry White's classic, “Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love, Baby” will have to re-think about his song choice if he survives this round.

• Voting lines will close tonight at 10pm with vote results announced in the live Top 10 Results Show at the Mosaïek Teatro tomorrow at 7.30pm.

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Aug 6, 2012

sekhebereshe

i screamed my lungs out last night,Tshidi was super amaizing...i even danced to to the encore
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Aug 6, 2012

Cope

Pity this idol will be won by a white person as usual.
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Aug 6, 2012

SKIZOBANTWANA

Umtana wase Tokoza.. Reppin 1426 iKasi lamaKasi, putting it on the map.

Wolla maTKzee amahle!!!
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Aug 6, 2012

Nwa-mahungu

Pity this idol will be won by a white person as usual.
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whites always win because their fellows votes for them, we blacks dont vote but just keep talking in front of the TV,,,, start voting things will change....

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Aug 6, 2012

candilious

No pulled it off in her own voice and own style Whitney definately would not have minded absolutely amazing
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Aug 6, 2012

Mellow

Tshidi is a diva no diggity no doubt about it she rocks ask Randall

@Cope No ways not this year Melissa, Chloe and Dominic dont stand a chance they wont even make it to top 5

My top 5
Tshidi
Khaya
Simphiwe
Obakeng
Shekhinah
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Aug 6, 2012

Shredder

@Cope - Pity this idol will be won by a white person as usual.
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Actually white people can't sing. Generally they have uncontrollable high pitch(very sharp voices) that can be not palatable to the ear. Celene Dion, Shakira (though she is Hispanic), etc. Their pitch is too high.
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Aug 6, 2012

golly459

Nwa-mahungu
Pity this idol will be won by a white person as usual.
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whites always win because their fellows votes for them, we blacks dont vote but just keep talking in front of the TV,,,, start voting things will change....
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@Nwa-mahungu you made my day( I ntiyiso yaleyo)
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Aug 6, 2012

beautiful4

obakeng the city is behind u 100% my brother make us proud!! good luck
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Aug 6, 2012

nono85y8

I think Tshidi is the best so far and Khaya Mthethwa is just overrated and last night he didn't impress at all. #Team Tshidi #Team Tshidi
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