Jan Hoogendyk better known by his stage name Elvis Blue (born in Linden, Gauteng Johannesburg, South Africa on 28 December 1979) is a South African musician and songwriter. He is the winner of the sixth season of South African Idols. In 2010, Elvis Blue took part in Idols (South Africa) and was announced winner on the finals held on 2 November 2010. For the finals, he sang "The Things My Father Said" originally by Black Stone Cherry. He was awarded R250,000, a record deal, as well as a car and...
Jan Hoogendyk better known by his stage name Elvis Blue (born in Linden, Gauteng Johannesburg, South Africa on 28 December 1979) is a South African musician and songwriter. He is the winner of the sixth season of South African Idols.
In 2010, Elvis Blue took part in Idols (South Africa) and was announced winner on the finals held on 2 November 2010. For the finals, he sang "The Things My Father Said" originally by Black Stone Cherry. He was awarded R250,000, a record deal, as well as a car and R50,000 worth of music equipment. Elvis received 64% of the votes. The runner up was Lloyd Cele who sang another specially written song for Idols titled "Thanks to You" also ended up receiving R250,000 splitting the grand prize. In an unprecedented gesture of friendship, Elvis and Lloyd had decided before the results of the final show to share the cash prize equally. The winning song became the debut single of the album "Elvis Blue". Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
