Gareth Cliff leaves Idols SA

MBOMBELA – M-Net has confirmed that Idols SA judge, Gareth Cliff, has resigned after eleven years on the show.
Cliff dropped the bombshell on his Facebook page on Monday.

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“It’s time! After eleven seasons of Idols, it’s time for me to say goodbye. What better way to bring this chapter to a close than a trip to New York and meeting American Idols judge, Harry Connick Jr, and being on his post-Idols show – ‘Harry’,” he said.

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Earlier this year, Cliff brought an urgent application to the High Court in Johannesburg to have M-Net reinstate him after he was fired, following his tweet on a racist post by Penny Sparrow.