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I've told you earlier today RIGHT HERE about the masses of people descending on Cape Town as the nationwide Idols auditions kicked off in Cape Town and also RIGHT HERE how contestants are still being registered and seen by the producers even thought it's almost 12 hours later since auditions opened this morning at 08:00.
Now I can bring you M-Net's reaction before anyone else after the pay broadcaster has been completely overwhelmed by the Idols response so far today. To put this into perspective: it's still ongoing, and so far today 1 400 contestants have registered in Cape Town. That is more than double the number who registered last year in Cape Town (690), and almost half of the total number of registrations for the previous fifth season of Idols.
''Today's huge numbers just prove again what a winning recipe Idols still is,” said M-Net's head of local content, Helen Smit. ''Trends in the past have shown that numbers tend to decrease season by season, but if this is an indication of the turnout we can expect in the other regions, it looks like season six might be the biggest South African Idols ever.''
