The 19-year-old gave a sterling performance doing Cher's Shoop Shoop Song but all is not lost yet, as the judges still have the prerogative to choose two contestants who they feel deserve to be in the top 10 and give them the wild card. Mogwe was in the first group of six contestants whose performances were shown this past Sunday on DStv's M-Net channel. The public or rather DStv viewership was given a chance to vote for their favourite contestants, selecting two with the most votes to make it into the top 10 stage of the contest. The two who got the nod are Kenya's Cynthia Kutu and Zimbabwe's Ammara Brown. Even though she has not found herself among the top 10 as yet, Mogwe does not regret trying, as the exposure has helped refine her singing talent. Speaking to Showbiz yesterday, Mogwe stated that even though she does not know whether she will be one of the contestants the judges will pick as deserving a wild card, she treasures the opportunity given her by M-Net to showcase her talent; above all getting the immense publicity, being watched by the whole of Africa. She said the opportunity will work in her favour when she decides to release an album, as she has plans of taking her music career to a new level.
"People will always know who I am (after the auditions)," she said with a giggle. While she may have failed to impress the viewers to a point of giving her the chance to go further, her experience was not without challenges. She explained that soon after reaching Kenya, she fell sick, and was worried that she might be unable to perform. Mogwe said as a result of the illness her voice just went, and she had to stay silent for a few days to regain it. She finally did and was able to perform as scheduled. She described the whole experience and selection process as fair, explaining that throughout the contest she did not detect any form of favouritism towards certain contestants. Mogwe told Showbiz that they were given at least 60 to 70 songs to choose from, clarifying that each contestant was asked to choose three songs they felt comfortable with. She said in scenarios where more than one contestant had picked the same song, the two contestants would be told to go with their second choices.
