Mathew Moolman, 1032, Cape Town

Mathew’s coping mechanisms include eating, humming and closing his eyes.

When I asked Mathew whether there was anything or anyone that’s ticking him off during the theatre stage he said: “Yes, there is a guy from Jo’burg, that has not stopped talking. Since day one, on the plane, off the plane, he’s been talking. If he wants to sing, he feels like singing. If he’s not supposed to talk, that’s when he talks. I hope he falls out this round… But I’m a nice guy, I’m a nice guy.”

Steven, Number NA, Cape Town

Which reminds me - another familiar face I spotted at the CT auditions was Steven’s. He made it to the Top 10 or something in that yucky High School Musical program…The poor dude didn’t even make it into the Top 100 in Idols - his fans still caused so much uproar when he “left the competition way too early” in his HSM experience…

His performance was quite lame though - he sang a xmas carol and to keep time he did a really annoying “musical type” finger click through-out his performance… Sure he’s got nice dimples, but other than that I really don’t see the attraction.

Stacey Lee Noble, 1178, Cape Town

After watching the Cape Town show the other day and seeing Stacey Lee get ripped to shreds about how she previously had some argument with Jody… gripping stuff. Her singing wasn’t bad at all and I absolutely loved her hair, yet the judges were being rather blunt to the lass. She was NOT happy about their responses.

Natalie van Wyk, 3412, Cape Town

Someone who I really enjoyed talking to was Natalie van Wyk; now that was one classy bird. She was pretty well-spoken for a pretty girl and considering she’s pretty well-traveled just adds bonus points for me personally. I hope this chica goes far.

She seems “real” enough and is quite sexy in a sophisticated kind of way. She’s the one who worked on the Diana Ross and The Supremes tribute show in the Canary Islands for no less than two and a half years. When I asked if she’s the living embodiment of Diana Ross since she’s lived for the show for so long, she laughed and said “I am a Supreme”.

When we asked her if someone ever requested her to be their private dancer, she again laughed but this time round she said “Geen kommentaar. No Comment.”

Christoph Kotze, 3458, Cape Town

After spending some time sitting on Cristoph Kotze’s lap, he confided in me that he does his best song-writing on the toilet… eww. Just eww… Not to mention that I quickly moved off his lap after that comment.

Christoph was the first person to make it into Idols with an original composition. His songs are about opinions on life and he believes that his guitar is an extension of himself, “a comfort zone” he says. He’s also slept with his guitar and sometimes plays himself to sleep. He’s still adamant that the best place to play is on the toilet because of the great acoustics.

Here are some of Cristoph’s lyrics:

One day you’re gonna die
For now you have to fly
Keep living it the way that God has planned it

Samantha Legnard, 3346, Cape Town

The little blonde thing from Kimberly – I keep on forgetting her name – has an obsession with Patricia Lewis and wants hair exactly like hers (how difficult is it to get hold of flashpoints nowadays?). She sports some glitter in her hair like a fairy princess and I of course retorted that if she was a true Patricia fan she needed to apply some glitter to her chest area – whoops, she already did. She also did a very sassy hair flip and a twirl for us to show off her Patricia hair.

After the audition she had a bit of a cry and was slightly overwhelmed by making it into the Top 100. She very much believes in making her dreams become a reality and is quite the little realist. She knows that she sounds corny when she says that becoming the next Idols winner is her dream, but it’s still her dream.

She's also a Supersterre contestant.

Marthinus Oosthuizen, 1176, Cape Town

Marthinus Oosthuizen, showed up at the Cape Town auditions wearing cut off denim jeans and some khaki blur – the judges asked him to change his outfit three times and eventually gave him a golden ticket. Marthinus plays the most horrific harmonica I’ve heard in my entire life. It’s almost as if he’s lost the ability to use his arms and as a practical joke someone taped a harmonica to his face whilst he’s having some sort of epileptic fit. He might be able prove me wrong one day, but when I requested a song, the aforementioned happened.

He is a tad weird looking; tall, lanky, massive dark rings around his eyes. Now that he’s made it into the Top 100, he said he’d go for a Jim Morrison look, even though Jim’s “a bit commercial” according to Marthinus.