I love singing Afro-pop, says exiting pop idol

MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent | Tuesday April 3, 2007 00:00

 

' I love singing Afro-pop, that's what I intend doing in the future, I wish I had the chance to show it here, but they (directors) did not have Afro-pop instrumentals, so I had to perform international songs', she said the evening she was eliminated in a song contest against another possible evictee, Tshepo Dikomang.

After four weeks of television appearance, however, Selepiso says she has enjoyed the experience. ' I loved  being congratulated by unfamiliar faces other than people at home. Pop idols was wonderful, being part of them was great,' said the jovial singer. She could not predict the eventual winner though, saying, 'may the best win'. The former Madiba Secondary School student also revealed her future plans, to enter medical school next year.  'Music and medicine are related, because music heals, it is a medicine,' she said.

Unlike the last three eliminated pop idols, who no longer pitch up for the recording of the Btv shows at the Big Five Lodge, Selapiso has promised to continue attending. ' I do not see why I should stay away, I will definitely be coming to cheer them,' she said.

While Selapiso is convinced that pop idols is a good foundation for aspiring musicians, she feels directors should also put more effort into grooming the singers so that by the time they are eliminated, they are an improved lot.