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So You Want To Be A Gospel Star?

Written by TVSA Team from the blog News on 23 May 2008
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Do you have it in you to be the next Sis Ribs? Are you a gospel star in the making but the world just doesn't know it yet?

If this is you, your time has come.

SABC2 is hooking up with music industry exec Lindelani Mkhize to create a reality show searching for the next big South African gospel star. The show, appropriately enough, is called I Want to Sing Gospel.

I Want to Sing Gospel will hold auditions in five regions and will be whisking 30 of the best singers away for 13 grueling, trying weeks in Johannesburg, where they'll have to prove to Mkhize why he should turn one of them into a superstar.

The prodigious producer and creator of the SAMA-winning gospel group Joyous Celebration, Mkhize has the Midas touch when it comes to record sales.

He has set forth a series of challenges for those hopefuls who'll be joining him and a panel of his most trusted confidantes to sort out the divas from the duds.

At the end of the 13 weeks, SABC2 viewers will help Mkhize choose the one singer whose disk they would like to see on their CD racks. Right next to their copy of Ukholo Lwam'.

The Auditions

Auditions will be held at the following venues:

Feathermarket Centre in Port Elizabeth on 22 May
BAT Centre in Durban on 28 May
Bassline in Johannesburg on 17 June
Sand du Plessis Theatre (PACOFS) in Bloemfontein on 25 June
Cape Town City Hall on 1 July

To enter, you are required to send an SMS with the city you want to audition in, your full names and ID number to 34709 (the SMS is charged at R2 and free minutes do not apply).

You will then receive an SMS with the code you'll need to show at the door and a number to call for further information and the competition rules.

The auditions start at 09h30 at each venue.

You want to sing gospel? So sing gospel. Go on - make TVSA proud.

67 Comments

Rebecca
23 May 2008 03:46

Bathong, do you honestly think you can be the next "sis Rebs"!! Haikona, that lady is in a league of her own and whatever we all try to do, never matches! Have you seen how she is wired on the minute she gets thi mic? Good luck to whoever wants to be humiliated into thinking they can match her!! She is an institution, not a musician!!

Tashi
23 May 2008 04:52

Reckon the show could discover some promising talent tucked away in choirs etc. It'll also be very interesting seeing a contest from the different angle of gospel - how it's different / the same from pop competitions and whether or not the meaning of the songs gets more punch because of it. It's a always a prob. in Idols etc that people don't connect with meaning - will be interesting to see if this goes a different way.

Sobza
23 May 2008 06:14

I am looking forward to ama auditions. Kudala ndizibhanxa, I've done Popstars twice and the Lion King (Moya Wam was the worst audition I've been to). But andiphali mandla ngazilingo. I will try again and I believe that this is my time to shine.

I've been practising none stop. Andikuthandi ukumiswa xa ndicula, this time I will make sure I close ma eyes and sing until ndive mna ukuba ndanele.

Bassline here I come!!!

nokubonga
23 May 2008 06:57

Oh my gwaad !!!!!!

Preshiii
23 May 2008 07:07

LMAO @ Sobza!!!

Tashi
23 May 2008 08:54

PS: reckon it should be called Gospel Star instead.

Brown Shuga
23 May 2008 15:35

Can all those people who embarass themselves on IDOLS (by singing Gospel) go audition for this???
I'm defs gonna be at Bassline for this one coz it's definitely bound to provide a dozen or more laughs.

Way to go Sobza!!! See you at Bassline!!

<<<At the end of the 13 weeks, SABC2 viewers will help Mkhize choose the one singer whose disk they would like to see on their CD racks. Right next to their copy of Ukholo Lwam'.>>> Whose CD is Ukholo Lwam?

<<Do you have it in you to be the next Sis Ribs?>>> Is this SABC 2's line or TVSA"s? If it's SABC 2 saying this then I"d like them to please reconsider coz our gospel industry is already "infested" with a lot of Rebecca wanna be's and it would be disastrous to use Rebecca's name to attract people to the show coz all those people are gonna go there and imitate her and I don't think we can handle any more of her kind. (of singers)

Dimago
23 May 2008 17:13

whoever wins shldnt try to be like Ribs ma Ribs. We need something fresh in this industry. Except 4 JC, I hardly buy SA gospel...

Sobza
24 May 2008 10:00

<<Do you have it in you to be the next Sis Ribs?>>>

No even in my dreams would I dream of being like her. Rebecca and his pretensious sister Lundi are fake.

Floh
24 May 2008 10:12

We want to see them on TV, embarasing themselves.....

LOL @ Sobza...............but pls don't sing Close Your Eyes....................

Tshd21
25 May 2008 12:31

Gud luck Sobza!!! Will be rooting for a fellow bloggers!!!!! Gaawd bless you!!

Sobza
25 May 2008 23:25

U are giving me i ooomffffffffff. I can feel the anointing inside me right now. Thanks Guys

Dino
26 May 2008 03:37

There was a similar show not too long ago and Collin Damans won, whatever happened from then? Sheila Bhengu and Thabo Mdhluli were presenting the show and I think Lindelani was on the panel too, if I'm not mistaken

OneonOne
26 May 2008 04:20

i have tryed to register several times but the numeber provided actually tells me to try later. HELP Shuga what must i do.

Labo ababhimbela enkosini bazonqoba bafane no Kelly Khumalo ONe day

Lerato
26 May 2008 05:31

good luk to you Sobza, looking forward to see you as my next Gospel Idol......

Lady an
26 May 2008 06:49

Hi guys. Mina i am still new. But how are this auditions conducted? Does it mean you appear on Gospel times on sundays?

Nonny
26 May 2008 06:53

Halleluyah maGospel singers Halleluyah bo Ribs gonna be!!!!

Nonny
26 May 2008 06:54

Welcome to TVSA Lady an!!!!

XhosaChick
26 May 2008 07:04

Im baaaaaaack! Hi guys!

XhosaChick
26 May 2008 07:06

Brown Shuga wrote: "Whose CD is Ukholo Lwam?" Hayi, angazi nam Shugs. Ribs, I assume?
Amen to something fresh and origional in terms of gospel, guys. Im tired of Ribs-wannabes, (is her show still on, bathong?) or people who imitate American singers. Lets stay true to who we are.

nokubonga
26 May 2008 07:07

Hallow Xhosa Chick...welcome back gal. Where is Marara a.k. a Raras. I have missed your comments!!!

XhosaChick
26 May 2008 07:08

Nonny, since whe are u in the welcoming commitee? Heee, "when the cat's away the mice will play" for real. Jokes.

XhosaChick
26 May 2008 07:09

Who are u, Nokubonga?

XhosaChick
26 May 2008 07:09

Who are u, Nokubonga?

XhosaChick
26 May 2008 07:09

Jokes. I have no idea, my dear. Getting back to the topic...

nokubonga
26 May 2008 07:12

Hawu Xhosa Chick....the famous one. How dare you ask such a question. I have missed your rudeness!!!!

Weiss
26 May 2008 07:16

Welcome back Xhosa Chick Im tired of Ribs-wannabes, (is her show still on, bathong?) Ja! the show is still on - yesterday there was another wanna be singing with a church choir. I got irritated at how that lady didn't have her own style. I think even Sis Ribs was mentally telling her that too.

Nonny
26 May 2008 07:16

"Nonny, since whe are u in the welcoming commitee? Heee, "when the cat's away the mice will play" for real. Jokes."
Welcome back XhosaChick, ubukhumbulekile. Since this is a Gospel blog, let me sing a a few lines for u in my best Sis Ribs voice *the voice she does mesevukwe umoya oyifake*...........LOL

♫ You are Alpha and Omega, ♫

♫ We worship you my Lord, you are worthy to be praised ♫

♫ We give you all the glory you are worthy to be praised ♫

This is to thank GAAAAAAD for ukuk'gcina sisi......!!!!

XhosaChick
26 May 2008 07:20

AAAAAMEEEN! (waving my handkerchief in the air)

Dimago
26 May 2008 07:21

Hello Xhosa Chick! Where have you been mara?

XhosaChick
26 May 2008 07:21

Thanks guys. Its good to be back.

XhosaChick
26 May 2008 07:23

Dimags: I've been trying to log on, but failing each time coz I forgot my password.I missed u guys. Id even stopped watching tvas much, coz I wouldnt have this crazy bunch to share tv stories with the next day :(

sanas
26 May 2008 07:26

lol @ Sobza : I've been practising none stop. Andikuthandi ukumiswa xa ndicula, this time I will make sure I close ma eyes and sing until ndive mna ukuba ndanele.

Thatha Sobza Thatha!

Miss K
26 May 2008 07:27

Yho wabuya unyana wolahleko. I believe this deserves a feast! Welcome back XC!

belz
26 May 2008 07:31

LOL @Nonny, hallelujah to Gaad, i can see BA is really playing a huge role in you being the child of Gaad that you are these days.!! Xhosa Chick, hola ntombazanza its good to have you back. sobza my gal, go do your thing.

carino
26 May 2008 07:32

My mouth is wide open at Nonny's playlist.

sho, sho, shoooo....

Trust a sis Reebs blog to bring the best out of people.

XhosaChick.... Its good to have you back, maan....iyho...

This article is surely a Call For Resurrection, i mean i also saw Lerato's name doing the rounds.

XhosaChick
26 May 2008 07:33

Yeah Miss K, a feast yamanqina, noo-dumplents, nomhluzi.

ngwana
26 May 2008 07:34

XC, even i missed your presence.

Bassline should be very entertaining.

XhosaChick
26 May 2008 07:34

...and wash it down ngamarhewu!

Toodecent
26 May 2008 07:35

XC........ringa lenna o tswa kae?Since the embassy thing i never heard from you heh?

XhosaChick
26 May 2008 07:38

I have a sudden urge to join Sobza. Nithini bantu?
"Rebecca and his pretensious sister Lundi are fake" LMAO, Who is this Sobza? Shim is hilarious!

nokubonga
26 May 2008 07:39

Its true Ngwana...wish Marara could come back too!!!

XhosaChick
26 May 2008 07:40

Hi Belz, TDC, and the other legends. Heee heee, TDC - Don't hang my dirty laundry for all to see kaloku! Sana, I have been unable to access TVSA. I actually gave up. But now, ive re-registered.

XhosaChick
26 May 2008 07:42

Is Lindelani Mkhize the one with the poor boy cap?

faraimagic
26 May 2008 07:44

So wen is the Keneth Mashaba's gospel album cuming out?...Ndiwanga Morena>>>>>in Keneth's voice,emagine?

Nonny
26 May 2008 07:44

"LOL @Nonny, hallelujah to Gaad, i can see BA is really playing a huge role in you being the child of Gaad that you are these days.!!"
@ Belz, I'll admit BA's khohlwasim is rubbing of me.

Yini ngathi uXhosa Chick, uzovusa abahlala kwabafileyo, lets have a toast to that, Amen bazalwane, I can see GAAAD is already showing us the mhedeni bloggers that miracles happen.......*oh no alcohol njengoba singabantwana baThixo thina so asihlangani nezakaFaro!!!!*

Toxic
26 May 2008 07:45

XC welcum back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So glad to see u're still alive.

XhosaChick
26 May 2008 07:45

We'll be rooting for you, Sobza. The trick though, is to throw yourself on the ground, crying, singing, hiccupping, all simultaneously.

Toodecent
26 May 2008 07:47

LOL Ok I will take this offline....will ring yah soon .

XhosaChick
26 May 2008 07:48

Another legend! Hi Toxic. Thanks a mil my dear. I owe my fame to you :)

faraimagic
26 May 2008 07:50

XC where were you hidding mara?gud to have you back!

Toxic
26 May 2008 07:52

eish you and yr sarcasm!!! what fame? Phela i'll reveal your secrets nje kwangokhu!!!

Hlehle
26 May 2008 08:01

I was also wondering anyway Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back welcome back forgot who sings that song.

Sobza
27 May 2008 08:03

My Gaawd, some are calling me "Shim" others "Gal". What have I done to deserve such honour. I am honoured really. Thank you *crying*

@ Belz <<sobza my gal, go do your thing. >> Sobza (got da from name 4rm a friend @ tertiary. Derived from Sonwabiso)

I am guy sihlobo sam. Ufuna ndikuvezele, anytime (ndinombhobho). Ma profile is there for you to see with a pic of how I look like.

monwy
27 May 2008 11:37

Do you have it in you to be the next Sis Ribs? yes, Deborah Fraiser le yena oa bora

leoretta
06 Jun 2008 13:45

i wish you can basshunter

finding2nemo
09 Jun 2008 09:21

i wanna like must i know african songs?i can sing some of HILLSONG's music so can i still audition?finding2nemo@gmail.com please reply

Man of Rain Productions
10 Jun 2008 01:39

i wanna be in those auditions. will they expect me to sing a song of their choice or my own production?

BABA BEBE

voli
18 Jun 2008 06:34

sabc and lindelani why have you excluded Nelspruit , please if you can still consider and run the auditions in Nelspruit as well, there's lot of gospel wannabbbbssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

voli
18 Jun 2008 06:41

i was really excited to see the advert and immediatley i sms all the required details to my disappointment a reply "unfortunately you have loaded the incorrect city" ............ i know Nelspruit is not a city but has great potential........it means we will never make it unless we go to JHB, CP,DBN/BLM.

Tashi
20 Jun 2008 07:09

Just heard the show's had 10 000 entries.

Llcute1
16 Sep 2008 03:47

Charisma, you rock mntanabantu.

Llcute1
16 Sep 2008 03:48

Mzo angikukhohliwe, you are my number one!!!

Llcute1
16 Sep 2008 03:56

I am going to be Mzoxolo's tutor. Coz the final exams are on the way........

Cindilopa
02 Mar 2009 13:44

So i went to the auditions and got through to the 1st round and neva made it further after the 2nd round. I must honestly say that going to the audition itself is a beautiful experience bcoz u neva know what to expect. I won't give up, I have been 2 the Joyous Celebration auditions as well but also neva made it. It comes down to the right time and right moment as well as if it's meant to be or not. I love singing with all of my existence & if God has a plan 4 me on this earth, i wud be happy if he helps me achieve this dream of mine. I will wait.....as the saying goes, Patience is a Virtue.