In the new group that viewers will get to follow over the course of the four weeks (until the season finale on Saturday, December 4 on e.tv) are Lihle Ngongoma (21) from Hillcrest in Durban; Lyle Volkwyn (23) from Johannesburg; Oscar Toorn (22) from Johannesburg who has a two year old daughter Jamie-Lee; and Zinhle Dube (22) from Mayville in Durban. Nne-Vida means ''for life'' and after two months, four cities and thousands of hopefuls, these are the now the four members of South Africa's latest music group who's new debut album Ready to Fly should be on shelves from this week and who's hit-sounding song Back Up from their 12 track album should find instant success. The total prizes for the four member group totals just over R1 million which comes to R250 000 each.
''Nne-Vida is very talented and we're proud to introduce these phenomenal performers to South Africa,'' says Lynn Gaines, e.tv's local productions manager.
''Hopefully as a group and as a band we will really be together for life and be there for each other during the rest of our lives,'' Nne-Vida member Zinhle Dube said to me.
''We as the judges were unanimous in the four people,'' Popstars judge PJ Powers told me. ''We couldn't have chosen a better group of people to be the new Popstars band.''
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