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The executive mayor of Polokwane Freddy Greaver showed up earlier today at the Idols auditions when the M-Net reality show had its second leg of nationwide auditions and visited the Limpopo province for the first time ever.
''This province has so much talent to offer, said Freddy Greaver. ''If we are really serious about giving people opportunities, then it is wise for M-Net to have come here. If only one person was good enough,” he said, ''it will have been worth it''. Also on hand at the auditions was the new Miss South Africa, Bokang Montjane who is from Polokwane, while Yvonne Chaka Chaka will be the guest judge for this second leg of the show.
Speaking about Bokang Montjane, Freddy Greaver said, ''she is living proof that if you really believe in yourself and you do your best, you can make it. Just be yourself and be true and loyal to who you are.''
According to M-Net hordes of potential Idols contestants came from all over the province to take their shot at fame and fortune. On Monday they will come face to face with the Idols judges Randall Abrahams, Gareth Cliff, Unathi Msengana, as well as Yvonne Chaka Chaka.
One of the Idols contestants who will be singing in front of the judges this Monday will be Peter Oliver (20), hoping that the home court advantage will make all the difference this time. He audition for the 6th season of Idols last year in Durban and made it all the way through to the Theatre Week in Sun City.
''I'm feeling very confident this year, in my own home town,'' Peter Oliver said after making it through the preliminary audition round this morning. After Polokwane Idols will be moving along with the nationwide audition process to Durban (Moses Mabhida stadium, Saturday, 5 March), Soweto (Donsonville stadium, Saturday, 26 March) and Johannesburg (Montecasino, Saturday, 2 April).
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