Radiant Rainbow showed her true colours: Banyana Banyana goalkeeper Andile Dlamini bamboozled The Masked Singer South Africa’s detectives
The seventh South African superstar showing face on S3’s spectacular mystery singing contest, The Masked Singer South Africa, was Banayana Banyana and Mamelodi Sundowns goalkeeper Andile Dlamini.
The famous shot-stopper, also fondly known as “Sticks“, kept her identity intact right until the studio audience gave host Mpho Popps the green light to see who was at the end of this radiant Rainbow, sporting the most beautiful voice.
Even though Skhumba and Somizi dribbled on the soccer field, neither these two distinguished detectives nor their bloodhound colleagues, J’Something and Sithelo Shozi, could unravel Rainbow’s true colours when locking in their final guesses.
Despite mentioning Andile’s “spiritual sister” and mentor, former Banyana Banyana captain Amanda Dlamini, as a possibility, Skhumba settled on Rainbow being muso Toya Delazy. At the same time, Somizi picked our current national team leader, Thembi Kgatlana. However, Sithelo and J’Something’s guesses, Pabi Moloi and Nandi Madida, entirely missed the sticks.
After two rounds of undercover song and dance, this week’s episode marked a milestone on The Masked Singer South Africa calendar, showcasing five of the top ten masked celebrities. In this phase of the competition, there are no more head-to-heads. Instead, the celebrities hiding inside the dazzling costumes all fight on equal terms in their quest to stay anonymous.
So, Rainbow tried to outshine Diamond, Butterfly, Giraffe and Mielie, while next week’s showdown will see Gold, Ice Cream, Blue Crane, and Owl battling it out to keep their identity under wraps.
From the moment Rainbow lit up the stage at the start of the season with a rendition of “Sorry” by Justin Bieber, this exceptional singer tangled the detective panel’s minds. For starters, although the voice seemingly belonged to a female star, Rainbow’s mannerisms appeared masculine.
Rainbow’s second performance of “Rock3t” by Madism and J’Something’s Micasa raised the detetives’ state of confusion even higher. Added to the binary mix, Rainbow’s clue package contained references to food, a home with multiple stars and a supportive mother.
Then, after Rainbow’s swan song this week, detective Sithelo sighed that in this complex case, “the guessing game just gets worse” as more clues are revealed. Skhumba also acknowledged that Rainbow was the most difficult Mask they faced in the history of The Masked Singer South Africa.
In the video filled with clues leading in Rainbow’s electrifying performance of “So sick” by Neo, the multi-coloured creature, filmed pumping iron in a gym, shared info about being a leader who works well in a team, resulting in being able to work with many of her heroes. Yet, the father of our nation, Nelson Mandela, was – and is – her ultimate hero. Whilst receiving some medals, Rainbow conveyed that she’s regarded as one of the best in her field.
Sithelo ascertained from these hints that Rainbow was a fitness bunny, and Somizi was dead sure they were dealing with an athlete. Still, Somizi couldn’t marry the name that popped up for him at this stage, namely Caster Semenya, with Rainbow’s angelic voice.
Helping the clues detectives out of their misery, Rainbow’s brother – with his face concealed, of course – appeared on screen with more facts about his sibling. He spoke about Rainbow’s competitive nature, preparing obsessively for everything she sets out to do. But what was the significance of the hair dryer in Brother Rainbow’s video?
In the end, when the studio audience voted for their favourites, Giraffe and Diamond came out tops. The detectives saved Mielie afterwards, leaving Butterfly and Rainbow awaiting their fate.
As Andile dropped her Rainbow mask, Somizi, raving about her voice, immediately encouraged her to record music. J’Something agreed and was blown away by her performance of his song, “Rocket“.
With that, J’Something joined Andile on stage to perform the hit song.
Afterwards, Andile confessed backstage that sharing the spotlight with J’Something was a dream come true, and she even shed some tears of joy.
The celebrated goalkeeper plans to follow J’Something and Somizi’s advice to further her singing career.
“I am glad I could have such an amazing journey with this beautiful mask representing my community,” Andile said. “It also showed my flipside. Besides my soccer talent, I am also a musician. The show has been an incredible platform to explore and showcase my other talent.”
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