MISS
DYNAMITE LEAVES IDOLS SA by Amanda Ranganawa
DINEO MOSEKI’s PERFOMANCE IN THE
TOP SIX
(Picture taken by Amanda
Ranganawa)
When l walked in to interview Miss Dineo Moseki she looked at me, stood and said l was wondering where you were. I thought you weren’t coming. l felt honoured by her and l also felt her humility to the core, because l felt that she remembered and valued each media she came across. Interviewing
Dineo Moseki, l could tell that she was holding back tears. I could tell that she
hadn’t been ready to leave the competition. She might have mentally prepared
that at some point she could go home, but her fighting spirit had given her
hope that she would go further than the top 6.
The once shy
girl was nothing close to being shy; Dineo was funny throughout the interview.
Her actions were big and dramatic as she used every body part in her body to
express her feelings from her eyes, to her face, to her hands, to her chest and
to her feet. Her whole body was in sync with everything she said. The singer
was going to entertain us with two songs one from Tracy Chapman ‘’Baby can l
hold you’’ and Etta James ‘’All l could do was cry’’.
Dineo feels that
SA ldols has taught her the ways of the industry and made her meet with so many
people.
‘’It's such a
great platform, I mean I went to places, I went to functions and I got to learn
how to meet and mingle….I got to a point where l was like you need to go to people
and say hi, you know and it has taught me humbleness can get you to places, you
just need to be yourself. So being myself has helped me not to have a second
job of being somebody else, because people love you the way you are’’. Dineo
explains that Idols SA has been a great place for her to be known by people, to
also show people her talent and it has been amazing for her.
She has strong conviction that she is a brand that stands for other
struggling artists in and outside her community. She feels that she is the hope
that they need and their support is what has brought her this far. She also
recalled the show stopper performance as her worst performance. Apparently she
has many fears such as heights, darkness, and moving things. Hence, the entire
performance for her was filled with conquering one fear after another. ‘’…I
have so many fears. Fears of that…fears of that, and I just had to pull through
for my supporters….It has taught me that life is not milk and honey, not
everything can be sugar coated’’ she says. However, her fears didn’t show during the
performance and it could be because they told her ‘’It’s going to be fine’’ as
she puts it. She also says that she doesn’t see her fears as a weakness because
‘’ l face them…’’she says and gives an example of her riding on a roller
coaster. ‘’ I believe l have these fears in order for me to face them so that l
can be a better person. If l didn’t have them then l would be in one place all
the time. So it’s also an adventure to be me’
DINEO’s
SHOW STOPPER PERFORMANCE
( Picture taken by
Amanda Ranganawa)
Moseki also
explains that when you want to achieve something you have to give yourself
enough room to expect that things may not go your way. She says that ‘’ Not
everything is going to go our way…. You need to believe in yourself, love
yourself but don’t overdo it to the point that your hurt yourself’’ She also
explains that the aim she had when she came to Idols was to accept what they
would give her. She did not want to give herself the mind-set that she is the
winner or the best.’’ I wanted to win, yes; but what l also wanted was to have
that platform to do what l love and l was given that platform and l cannot go
on about and be selfish enough to say and it wasn’t enough it was more than
enough for me and whoever wins, deserves it. It’s God’s plans. God has already
chosen a winner because he knows. He has plans so we must just accept and
follow in Gods plans’’
The Miss
Dynamite as she is popularly known says that she came to Idols in order to have
that platform to showcase her music talent. She smiles and giggles when l ask
her about her community and says, ‘’ l love this question’’. She is emotional as
she slowly emphasizes with so much love how much she loves where she comes from
and she is grateful of where she comes from.
‘’I love my
community, I love where l come from and the love and support they have been
giving me it’s enormous, it’s out of this world…I am proud to say that l come
from where l come from. I’m proud to say that l love where l come from and l
wouldn’t change where I come from…I mean South Africa as a whole has been
amazing. People have been supportive and l have been getting supporters from
Capetown woooouuuwww….yes! Like it’s...it’s amazing’’
The difference
between a musician who grooms themselves and a person who has managed to be on
Idols according to Dineo is in the mind-set of the person. You can groom
yourself and make it. It’s how they make it and however they make it is their
platform and the opportunity that they make with it. She says she will be international, big and
everyone is going to talk about her and she is going to be an entrepreneur and
give back to the people who have supported her in any way she can.
Dineo says she
will miss the two impersonators Karabo and Mmatema, Loyiso who thinks she is
his little sister because of her height, the one she always sits next to and
make facial expressions Rhema and the funny Siphelele who is always joking
about her. She makes a face as she explains how weird it is for Loyiso to think
that she can be his little sister considering that she is older than him.
‘’It’s not about where you make it, it’s about how you make that making, making
make….you make the best out of an opportunity you are given’’ she says. Dineo
feels that she has given hope to other artists and she needs to go back and
give back to her community.
Dineo Moseki and Siphele Ncgobo were in the bottom two
(Picture taken by Amanda Ranganawa)
I asked a
few Idols avid fans what they thought of Dineo going home and they were mixed
responses about it. An Idols fan Trevor mentioned with disapproval that '' Dineo
should not have left but Siphelele should have. Siphelele comes
from Kwa-Zulu Natal which is like the second biggest province hence due to his
background and Zulu ethnicity he has managed to gain much support unlike Dineo
who comes from a small town'' he says.
Another fan,
Tina says that Siphelele survived whilst Dineo went home because he sings South
African songs. She pointed out that South Africans love it when someone sings
their songs and because ‘’Siphelele is the well-known traditional guy when it
comes to picking songs. Those songs make him unique in the competition and
unfortunately Dineo couldn’t beat that’’. Maybe Tina’s point is the reason why
contestants such as Loyiso and Karabo also chose to sing South African songs
that Sunday.
Other fans
thought that Dineo’s performances also contributed to her not making in the top
five. Mosedi says that, ‘’Her last two performances were not good and her song
choices were not good’’.
Mapule agrees
with her and says ‘’I think Dineo was great throughout the competition, except
for her last performances. Her inconsistencies came at the wrong time. Siphelele
listens. He took Somizi’s advice and he knows the songs that work well for his
voice’’.
However, all reasons put on the table the truth is Miss Dineo Moseki will surely be missed in the competition. The love and talent she still has to give is fortunately not lost. Hence, keep those hearts and ears open for her when she comes back with her beautiful voice to grace our musical spirits.
Posted
on 2/11/2015
*Amanda
Ranganawa is a writer, poet, actress and entertainment lover. Follow her on
twitter @Mandy SR90.
