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At the end of tonight there will only be a Top 10 Idols contestants left in the M-Net reality show, and I can reveal that after today the top 10 of the 7th season will all be staying in this Idols mansion in Johannesburg - the exact same place used for the 6th season of Idols: the Northcliff Palms.
The boutique-style manor high on the northern slope of Northcliff Hill with a sweeping vista of Johannesburg has a ''music room'' where the top 10 Idols will be able to practise and prepare. Or they would be able to lounge next to the pool at the pool deck, play pool in the one lounge, or take long luxurious baths. Well, maybe not long luxurious baths - there's no time.
I can tell that up until now some of the contestants have been staying at another guest house further up the street and some in Northcliff Palms, but once 5 contestants get cut from the top 15 in tonight's live episode, the remaining 10 will all stay in Northcliff Palms, which I've visited last September during the 6th season of the show.
Ten is the maximum number of guests the Northcliff Palms can accomodate, so some have been staying there for the past two weeks after they've decided who will get the mansion and who will stay in the guest house. Whoever remains after tonight, will all move (or remain) at the Northcliff Palms.
The weary Idols will rest their heads on 100% cotton percale linen in the Northcliff Palms and would be able to look at themselves on large flat screen TV's. The formal lounge even has a fireplace - a sanctuary for the singing stars that's going to have to up their game weekly as their fame quotient increases.
