There was a woman who sang and when we asked her why she took so long to perform she said "Life happened". She didn't have to say much because you could see she'd had a difficult life — she'd said she?d been busy living for what everyone else wanted instead of herself and now that everything had failed she decided to do the audition for herself because it's what she always wanted to do.

She didn't even need to say that, just saying "Life happened", — when she sang I understood and just broke down and cried.

And the little girl who finished you up?
Ah, there she was just giving it all, living her dream, believing in herself. The essence of who people are comes out and that's why you can tell a gifted singer from someone who's been practicing all their lives versus someone who feels it in their gut.

If you were to hire any act for a party, which would it be?
The beat-boxer without a doubt, he would set it alight. He really knows how to read the audience, automatically.

Who do you want to slap most: Randall or Ian?
I'm thinking ... I sometimes think that Ian gets too technical — I appreciate that he can tell people things that are good to know but I think that sometimes, some of them are so heartsore that telling them what to do better doesn't help.

Randall does what he does very well and now and again I want to slap him — I wanted to slap him for keeping that snake there for longer than he should have. I was very happy when she didn't get through.

Have you ever had a bad snake experience before: like come face-to-snake?
No but I don't Do them, black people just don't Do snakes *laughs*.

Who's your ultimate talent hero/shero of all time? In the world.
Busi Mhlongo. She's the most amazing singer and writer, she's absolutely amazing, she's had an ongoing battle with breast cancer and now she's releasing her new album, I'm actually going to the launch in Jozi this week.

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