Big fight for Somizi Mhlongo and Thembi Seete on idols SA

On Sunday night, Idols SA left viewers hanging by hinting at a heated argument between the judges, Somizi Mhlongo and Thembi Seete. As shown in the now-viral video, the actress strongly informed Som that she is a judge and sought to silence him as Somizi tried to express his own opinions. Meanwhile, JR Bogopa, another judge, continued to conduct himself as usual.

Social media users discussed the debate; interestingly, a significant portion of people believe it is a publicity trick to increase viewership for the Sunday show the following week.

“Ma, it seems extremely staged. Many idols no longer have genuine real-life moments. For views, they therefore inject drama, Refilwe Modiselle wrote. Lady Du looked

#IdolsSA is a thing of the past, now they’re staging that dramatic argument between #somizi and Thembi to attract viewers😂 Like come-on we’re not stupid

— Zoe (@ZoeBlose) July 31, 2022

I love Thembi, she beautiful and all but l just think she is not the right person for the judging thing. It could have been Randall, Unathi, Somizi and JR their comments are or were objective #idolssa pic.twitter.com/dhjEmdiqXh

— Meisie Kopa (@MeisieKopa) July 24, 2022