BREAKING. Idols judges narrow down the remaining contestants to the Top 16 in the M-Net reality show.

In what was an unnecessarily brutal episode (with lots of ships-setting-sail-for-the-open-seas producer added music) the judges in Idols in the M-Net reality show narrowed down the contestants to the Top 16 in tonight's episode.

The Top 16 Idols contestants will be narrowed down to a Top 15 through a one day viewers' vote. Either Kerry Sanssoucie from Johannesburg or Josslyn Hlenti from Durban will be dumped from the Top 16 and whoever gets the least amount of votes by Monday night at 22:00 will be out. This coming Sunday Idols will start at 17:00 (and not 17:30) on M-Net where it will be revealed which one got sent home.

The rest of the Idols contestants who've made it through in the 7th season of the reality show are:
(everyone I identified last week that would make the cut, did)

Noluthando Meje (Nolly) (24) Cape Town
Erin Fourie (27) Pietermaritzburg
Kelly Fortuin (21) Cape Town
Miss J (20) Durban
Mark Haze (29) Cape Town
Hahludi Melele (29) Polokwane
Phaksy Mngomezulu (20) Empangeni
Lefa Pike (29) Kimberley
Dene Vorster (16) Johannesburg
Power Simelane (26) Soweto
Dave van Vuuren (20) Johannesburg
Freddie van Dango (22) Johannesburg
Crushanda Forbes (23) Kimberley
Chloe Geldenhuys (16) Cape Town

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