Twins Viggy Qwebe and Virginia Qwebe have hogged headlines since making history by both making it into the top 17, which was a first for Idols.

The pair have appeared on the cover of Drum magazine talking about how they were derided on social media, being called ugly. Now they have secured a place in the top 10 don’t seem to be slowing down.

“I’ve never seen a talented person not make it to Idols because they were called ugly. Talent counts- beauty can be bought,” Virginia This after the Loliwe hit maker posted a picture of herself with the twins and captioned it: “They opened for me 2017 wow wow look at God now, if you guys don’t win at idols I’m here I will help you to tell your story”.

The horrific car accident, which left Hlengiwe Mhlaba hospitalized, happened in Melmoth, northern Zululand. The gospel start was travelling to Ermelo, Mpumlanga, where she was booked to perform.

Family spokesperson, Nkululeko Khanye, said Hlengiwe’s car rolled car rolled when she tried tried to avoid an oncoming vehicle that was driving towards her.

Hlengiwe sustained serious internal injuries and was admitted at a hospital in Empangeni, Kwa-Zulu-Natal, where she is under doctors supervision.

“On Saturday it was very wet when the incident happened. Hlengiwe saw a car that was driving straight towards her and tried to avoid it but lost control and the car rolled.” – Nkululeko told Sowetan Live.

“We ask the nation to continue to pray for her speedy recovery as well ,” Khanye said.

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This is the second time they have tried their hands in the Idols, in 2017, they also tried to participate but only to the very early stages. They chickened out from the long queue to the auditions, and did not even went as far as standing before the judges, Virginia said, during the 2017, edition of the Idols, they were not that ready for the competition.

“This year is our year. We want to win,” said Virginia added that “Even if we do not make it, at least we would have given the other guys the chance.”

They admitted that the competition has been so tough, added that at times they had to sacrifice their sleep times, and woke up during the night to write songs, and to do rehearsals.

Virginia added that the most hardest thing in the competition is to face the judges, saying it is not easy to be criticised and still maintain composure.

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