While the first lot of ‘survivors’ thought they were safe. the second bus of golden ticket winners were just touching the ground. The same fate befell them.
With the first round of theatre week auditions out of the way it was time for the make or break group stage or as one contestant put it, "Welcome to the 10th annual Hunger Games".
Scrabbling for songs and groups made for interesting viewing and in the end it was a battle between the North and the South with two groups going head to head with the same song. In the end there were only 31 survivors left standing.
Here’s what went down!
Hot seat vs the safe seat.
Just when they thought they were safe they got shuffled.
Bring on the scrambling for groups and songs.
And then commenced the battle of North vs South.
And then came the casualties of group stage.
Here's what Twitter had to say about the group round.
Group performances suck i dnt thnk thy should sent ppl home at this stage #IdolsSA
— #7thsepbigbrother (@dineo_mothlele) August 10, 2014
OMG some if these harmonies ?? kanti wat are these coaches for??? #idolsSa
— Omuhle Makaziwe Gela (@Omuhle_Gela) August 10, 2014
This show gets better at every stage #IdolsSA
— Stone Hendreson IG: (@Stone_Hendres0n) August 10, 2014
Damn can't get enough of #IdolsSA good singing indeed. @GroupStages was so epic!
— Vusumndeni (@Mndeni4eva) August 10, 2014
My first *Wooooooooo moment on #IdolsSA. The south hit that 'unconditionally' song for me!!! I'm sooooo excited to watch this season :D
— ♥Leb-Leb♥ (@LBUGANG) August 10, 2014
Unathi just sits there looking soo unimpressed. Theatre week. Though! #IdolsSA
— nonkululeko mdlalose (@nkuleGogo) August 10, 2014