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I can reveal that the new Idols judge Unathi Msengana has just given birth to a baby girl but won't be missing a single episode of the new 7th season of the reality show on M-Net (Sundays, 17:30).
During the first episode this past Sunday of Idols Unathi Msengana was six months pregnant - but the first episode of this season was actually filmed four months ago in mid-February. I'm now told by a reliable source close to the show that Unathi Msengana gave birth last week to a beautiful baby girl. It's her second child with husband Thomas Msengana, formerly known as Bad Boy T. ''It's all VERY private,'' I'm told.
Since the next few weeks' Idols episodes are already in the can and were recorded during the countrywide audition process visiting Polokwane, Durban and Johannesburg, followed by three weeks and three theatre round episodes in July at Sun City that has also been recorded, Unathi Masengana will be back - and not have missed an on-screen episode - once the new episodes as well as the live eviction episodes of Idols start on M-Net.
Unathi Msengana is now spending some time with her newborn baby girl at home while the pre-recorded Idols episodes in which she appears, are playing out over the next two months. While Unathi Msengana is nursing her new baby at home the next few months will give her plenty of time to think and make one weighty decision: which one of her Idols co-judges - Gareth Cliff or Randall Abrahams - will make the better godfather for her new pink bundle?
