<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17510075</id><updated>2012-02-09T08:00:33.391+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Nicky de Lange</title><subtitle type='html'>A Page Devoted to the Unique Veronique de Lange. She Will Always Be Our Idol.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Ricky</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16332867585122571211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>33</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17510075.post-116196109198302157</id><published>2006-10-27T16:53:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T17:04:23.806+02:00</updated><title type='text'>NKD - The Hottest Thing Since Fish Curry</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;Hi All!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm sorry it's been so quiet on here, I've just been very busy here lately. I will be updating the site in the very near future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you all know, the three hottest girls in SA; Nicky, Kesha and Deidre, have formed a super-girl-group with their initials as their name. NKD have released their debut album, What's That Noise, and their first video, What I Believe, is available to watch at &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no4e0bPsODE"&gt;www.youtube.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm sure you'll all agree, they're the hottest trio since...ever! Support them in anyway you can, which means: buy their album!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've had some very interesting revelations with regards to getting news about the girls, which got me very excited. Excited enought to pass out at my computer as I read it. The lady herself, yes, Nicky de Lange, has contacted me with her email address, so I should be able to post up-to-date news about her and the band's exploits. Not to mention, more pics, if I'm lucky. I can't promise anything, but keep your fingers crossed and keep checking the site.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to the Burg for his dedicated support of the girls and his marvellous website. Check the updated links and post a message on the new shoutbox please.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cheers&lt;br /&gt;Ricky&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/Nicky122.2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Picture courtesy of www.nkd.co.za (I hope you don't mind?)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt; &lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17510075-116196109198302157?l=nickydelange.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/feeds/116196109198302157/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17510075&amp;postID=116196109198302157' title='117 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/116196109198302157'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/116196109198302157'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/2006/10/nkd-hottest-thing-since-fish-curry_27.html' title='NKD - The Hottest Thing Since Fish Curry'/><author><name>Ricky</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16332867585122571211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>117</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17510075.post-116195599566872436</id><published>2006-10-27T15:33:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T15:57:27.323+02:00</updated><title type='text'>NKD - What I Believe Video</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://youtube.com/v/no4e0bPsODE"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://youtube.com/v/no4e0bPsODE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I thought I'd post the video here anyway. Nicky looks incredible, as always. Great song too.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17510075-116195599566872436?l=nickydelange.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/feeds/116195599566872436/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17510075&amp;postID=116195599566872436' title='18 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/116195599566872436'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/116195599566872436'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/2006/10/nkd-what-i-believe-video.html' title='NKD - What I Believe Video'/><author><name>Ricky</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16332867585122571211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>18</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17510075.post-114573590742930871</id><published>2006-04-22T21:36:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2006-04-22T21:58:27.446+02:00</updated><title type='text'>At Last...</title><content type='html'>Hello all you devoted Nicky fans!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I realise it has been awfully quiet round this neck of the woods of late, but as the immortal Mick Jagger said; "you can't always get what you want". Sorry, musings over how great the Rolling Stones are/were shall cease beyond this point. Maybe this point. I'm not intoxicated, I promise. Unless you count intoxicated as being drunk with joy. Coz that's what I am. I received news the other day, from Comrade Conrad at the Deidre Blog (a most exquisite fanpage if I might add), saying that there has been a group of mind blowing awesomeness formed. Three of the most talented, sexiest, spunkiest girls you could ever imagine have colluded to bring the music industry to its knees. And to its knees I mean in the form of kneeling in admiration and awe to worship what will become the greatest South African export since Charlize Theron, Kerry McGregor's WonderBra(C) adverts and, well, me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The group, consisting of Kesha Charlton-Perkins, Deidre Visser and our one and only Nicky de Lange, are, according to Conrad (a most reliable source), in the process of recording an album with Dave (Dave, the cool judge from Idols who didn't receive the credit he deserved for being the most balanced, impartial judge on the show) that should hit our stores (and blow our brains out - in the most pleasurable way that is) later this year. I can't wait!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, as has been proposed on Deidre's site, the group hasn't (at the time of writing this) officially got a name. So, with all the creative minds out there reading this, I'm sure we, as a fan community, could come up with something. I mean how hard can it be? If you'd like to submit your ideas, please feel free to do so in the Comments thingie down there some where &gt;&gt;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If your name isn't chosen, don't complain to me. It's not my fault that you're unoriginal or lack any imagination. KIDDING!!! Not about the no-complaining part though. This site is protected.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I look forward to hearing your ideas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other news, it was brought to my attention by the ever observant Will that Nicky appeared in the April issue of Sarie in the Winter-Fashion supplement. Thanks Will for pointing that out. I promptly bought the magazine and recommend that you all do the same (even if you are not Afrikaans, there are some great recipes in there too). Not only are the pictures brilliant and the first original material I've seen in months, Nicky is mind-blowingly hot! I hope she doesn't mind me saying that. She looks absolutely beautiful in the photos, particularly the close-up. Unfortunately I can't upload the images (due to copyright reasons), but I'm making progress. I might have some exclusives if I'm lucky. Fingers crossed. All the more reason to buy the Sarie. They should give me commission damnit!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope Nicky does appear in the FHM 100 Sexiest. She should be a model, the Sarie pictures prove that. She is so photogenic it's unbelievable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, that's me for this evening.&lt;br /&gt;NDL4EVA&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17510075-114573590742930871?l=nickydelange.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/feeds/114573590742930871/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17510075&amp;postID=114573590742930871' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/114573590742930871'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/114573590742930871'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/2006/04/at-last_22.html' title='At Last...'/><author><name>Ricky</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16332867585122571211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17510075.post-114072093308342264</id><published>2006-02-23T20:43:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-02-23T20:55:33.310+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Back from the Dead...</title><content type='html'>Hi Guys!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First off:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah and Happy New Year!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know it's a "bit" late, but I've been having problems with the blog. I had made some lovely posts to wish you all the most jolly festive season, but I've had no luck.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm terribly sorry. I realise your lives have been empty with the void created when Nicky left our TV screens. I feel your pain. I want to get the blog back up and running. I've had some nice stories from Stefan and others that I'd like to put up in the next few days. My life has been pretty hectic of late, so please excuse my lack of updates.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please, if you have ANY pictures or videos or soundbytes or newspaper clippings or autographs or anything please send it to me at &lt;a href="mailto:rickystarkey@gmail.com"&gt;rickystarkey@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also would like to make a request of you, the devoted Nicky fan. Please go to &lt;a href="http://www.fhmsa.co.za"&gt;www.fhmsa.co.za&lt;/a&gt; and vote for Nicky in the 100 Sexiest Women thingie. And while you're at it, please bug the editor for a photoshoot of her.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And if anyone has anyway of contacting Nicky, please let me know, 'cause I'd really love to have a bit of her input on the blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All the Best&lt;br /&gt;Rick&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17510075-114072093308342264?l=nickydelange.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/feeds/114072093308342264/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17510075&amp;postID=114072093308342264' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/114072093308342264'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/114072093308342264'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/2006/02/back-from-dead.html' title='Back from the Dead...'/><author><name>Ricky</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16332867585122571211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17510075.post-113403198730606159</id><published>2005-12-08T10:47:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-12-10T10:21:56.433+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Pics from Kwêla</title><content type='html'>Hello All,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I found these pics at &lt;a href="http://www.pietercilliers.co.za"&gt;http://www.pietercilliers.co.za&lt;/a&gt;. They are of Nicky at Kwêla with V. I hope they don't mind me using these.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/Nicky%20de%20Lange.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/Coenie%2C%20V%20en%20Nicky1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I must confess, I don't know much about Kwêla, so if anybody could enlighten me as to what went on, I'd appreciate it. She's also wearing that necklace again, if anyone could enlighten me about that, I'd appreciate it too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If somebody else has thought of this previously, please just pity my ignorance, but I realised the other day that if you move the 'L' in Lange to the end, you have: angel. No surname could be more appropriate.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17510075-113403198730606159?l=nickydelange.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/feeds/113403198730606159/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17510075&amp;postID=113403198730606159' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113403198730606159'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113403198730606159'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/2005/12/pics-from-kwla.html' title='Pics from Kwêla'/><author><name>Ricky</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16332867585122571211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17510075.post-113371002488065937</id><published>2005-12-04T17:16:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-12-04T17:27:05.043+02:00</updated><title type='text'>More Pics...</title><content type='html'>Here are some more great pics of Nicky from throughout the competition. Thanks to Steinie for sending me these. Thanks for everything man, you've been a great help to the blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/IMG_0276.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/IMG_0021.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/FIL45908.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/IMG_0298.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/IMG_0001.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/IMG_0041.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/FIL44640.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/FIL43788.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/FIL44945.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/FIL44910.jpg" border="0" /&gt;Pictures by Shane Louw. Thanks Shane.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17510075-113371002488065937?l=nickydelange.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/feeds/113371002488065937/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17510075&amp;postID=113371002488065937' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113371002488065937'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113371002488065937'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/2005/12/more-pics.html' title='More Pics...'/><author><name>Ricky</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16332867585122571211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17510075.post-113353132808063850</id><published>2005-12-02T15:20:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-12-02T16:02:01.003+02:00</updated><title type='text'>The most appalling piece of journalism...</title><content type='html'>Reading today's (Friday 2nd December) Mercury, I came across a piece entitled '&lt;em&gt;No awards for good behaviour' &lt;/em&gt;in the styleLife section of the Durban paper. In it the author, Omeshnie Naidoo, picks apart each of the contestants for their behaviour at the Idols after party in what could be considered slanderous.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She starts off by berating Karin for being rude and "snubbing" the after party. Lady, she has a son to worry about, is it wrong to be a responsible parent?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She rips off Deidre for being on her cellphone the entire evening - I admit, not an overly polite thing to do at a party, but come on, she's a teenage girl for heaven's sake! She rips off Martelize for being "too flirty with a certain member of the press" (wasn't me unfortunately). She even has time in the article to ridicule and sledge Colin Moss and Heinz Winckler. It's as if this woman's only job was to find flaws in people. She seemed to forget that these are still young people, they aren't professionals (yet) - the competition thrust these people into the limelight. At least they're not doing a "Russell Crowe" and slapping people with phones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What really made me angry though was this segment: "[G]rade 12 pupil [Nicky] De Lange has probably never heard the phrase 'under-age drinking'." This is a shocking statement. To accuse someone of under-age drinking in a newspaper is ridiculous, particularly when they &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;are &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;actually of &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;legal drinking age&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;! She's 18, you stupid [&lt;em&gt;strong word inserted here&lt;/em&gt;]! If you are going to be a reporter you must get your facts right before accusing people of such things! Nicky actually would have every right to sue you! It's called slander. To put someone in such opprobrium (look in the dictionary Ms Naidoo) by means of such calumnious, defamatory untruths is seriously appalling. I'm going to be writing an email to the paper, and I hope this "reporter" withdraws her comments. Actually I &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;expect &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;her to withdraw her comments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is it the sole job of the press to bring down people who've been more successful than the average person? "You know what I'm going to do today? Tarnish someone's thus far respectable image so that I can get a kick out of it, 'cause I'm not as good as they are." As they say, jealousy makes you nasty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.iol.co.za"&gt;www.iol.co.za&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17510075-113353132808063850?l=nickydelange.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/feeds/113353132808063850/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17510075&amp;postID=113353132808063850' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113353132808063850'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113353132808063850'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/2005/12/most-appalling-piece-of-journalism.html' title='The most appalling piece of journalism...'/><author><name>Ricky</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16332867585122571211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17510075.post-113350812317618126</id><published>2005-12-02T09:07:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2005-12-02T09:29:41.186+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Returning Home To Bloem</title><content type='html'>The kind folks at OFM (&lt;a href="http://www.ofm.co.za"&gt;www.ofm.co.za&lt;/a&gt;), the Free-State's finest radio station, have some pics of Nicky's return to Bloemfontein on their website. She was met by several members of the Cheetahs rugby team, including Naka Drotské, Willem de Waal, Barend Pieterse and Alwyn Hollenbach. They even brought along the Currie Cup for the ride. A very nice gesture from them, she showed her support for them, they returned the favour. I must confess, being a Natalian, I am a Sharks fan, but big up to the Cheetahs for that. Good men, I was glad when you beat the Bulls.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/nicky_07.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/nicky_10.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/nicky_04.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pics courtesy of &lt;a href="http://www.ofm.co.za"&gt;www.ofm.co.za&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.fscheetahs.co.za"&gt;www.fscheetahs.co.za&lt;/a&gt;. Thanks, I hope you don't mind me using these. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17510075-113350812317618126?l=nickydelange.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/feeds/113350812317618126/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17510075&amp;postID=113350812317618126' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113350812317618126'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113350812317618126'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/2005/12/returning-home-to-bloem_02.html' title='Returning Home To Bloem'/><author><name>Ricky</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16332867585122571211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17510075.post-113347489732198783</id><published>2005-12-01T23:54:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-12-02T10:14:49.510+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Her Autograph</title><content type='html'>You've been waiting for it (well, I have been anyway) and it's finally here. No, I'm not talking about PVR or affordable ADSL (cough, cough - not in my lifetime)&lt;cough,&gt;. I'm talking about one of Nicky's signature cards. Isn't it magical...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/nickysignaturecard.0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kindly donated to me by Marcus (&lt;a href="http://www.mxonline.co.za"&gt;www.mxonline.co.za&lt;/a&gt;). Dankie vir alles. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also I received this a while ago from Jes, a pic of a shirt that she signed with a very nice message:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/400/IM004468.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks Jes for everything and all the pics you've sent.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Please keep submitting anything you have of Nicky, my email address, as always, is &lt;a href="mailto:rickystarkey@gmail.com"&gt;rickystarkey@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17510075-113347489732198783?l=nickydelange.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/feeds/113347489732198783/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17510075&amp;postID=113347489732198783' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113347489732198783'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113347489732198783'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/2005/12/her-autograph.html' title='Her Autograph'/><author><name>Ricky</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16332867585122571211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17510075.post-113346859571778077</id><published>2005-12-01T22:00:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-12-01T22:23:16.580+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Unbelievable</title><content type='html'>No, not a song by EMF in the '80s, but rather the voting results. They are completely and utterly rubbish and unbelievable. Thanks to Simone for bringing these to my attention:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voting Period : Top 5 Date : 2005/11/14&lt;br /&gt;Karin Kortje 30.88%&lt;br /&gt;Nicky de Lange 25.03%&lt;br /&gt;V Lalouette 18.37%&lt;br /&gt;Gift Gwe 16.60%&lt;br /&gt;Nhlanhla Mwelse 9.12%&lt;br /&gt;Totals : 1,074,568 (100%)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voting Period : Top 4 Date : 2005/11/21&lt;br /&gt;Karin Kortje 32.65%&lt;br /&gt;Gift Gwe 29.80%&lt;br /&gt;Nicky de Lange 23.87%&lt;br /&gt;V Lalouette 13.68%&lt;br /&gt;Totals : 1,788,291&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voting Period : Finals Date : 2005/11/27&lt;br /&gt;Karin Kortje 62.58%&lt;br /&gt;Gift Gwe 37.42%&lt;br /&gt;Totals : 1,894,395&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How could she have gone from being the second most popular in the Top5 pulling 25% of the votes, whilst Gift pulled a mere 16%, to 23,87% in the Top 4, whilst Gift pulled 29.8%???&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It begs the question, where did all those supporters come from? Nhlanhla fans? No, they were too few anyway, even if you put every single one of them to Gift you still wouldn't have enough to make that amount. These are dubious. Considering the landslide margin by which Karin won in the Final, it still shows that Gift wasn't as popular as the Top4 results say he was. I don't want to sound like a conspiracy theorist, screaming "rigged!" but these are very dodgy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is only one thing we could have done, voted more for Nicky. According to those results I would have needed to have voted 106,045 times to secure Nicky's place in the final. I wish I had! With the amount that would have cost I could've bought Nicky a record contract - well with Telkom's charges anyway.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Telkom, you know we love you. We just wish you'd charge us more for ADSL, we can't get enough of paying 48 times as much for a service than India or Nigeria.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17510075-113346859571778077?l=nickydelange.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/feeds/113346859571778077/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17510075&amp;postID=113346859571778077' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113346859571778077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113346859571778077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/2005/12/unbelievable.html' title='Unbelievable'/><author><name>Ricky</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16332867585122571211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17510075.post-113327829309527599</id><published>2005-11-29T16:59:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-12-01T23:47:34.926+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Idols Finals</title><content type='html'>Well, with this series of Idols over you'd think that the blogs devoted to its contestants would suddenely cease to be. If you'd thought that, in most cases you'd be right. However the blog for one of the twelve will not follow the norm. You see, we here at &lt;a href="http://nickydelange.blogspot.com"&gt;http://nickydelange.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; have faith in our fav and, seeing as ours is the most promising of all the contestants, will be continuing normal functioning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As more news, media, photos and information of Nicky (which there is sure to be) comes out, rest assured you'll be able to find it here. There might be a quite patch whilst Nicky finishes her Matric between now and February/March, but after that expect there to be much hype surrounding the young starlet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am relying on you, the reader, to be active in your pursuit of information and media of Nicky as I, being from Durban (that little place by the sea), haven't got access to any first-hand photos or news. Whatever you find, please send it to me - my email address is &lt;a href="mailto:rickystarkey@gmail.com"&gt;rickystarkey@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;. Keep up your support of Nicky - she deserves it. Whilst others fade into relative obscurity, Nicky will keep shining - you can be sure of that. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/DSC_9112.2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/DSC_9177.5.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/DSC_8810.0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/DSC_9206.5.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/DSC_9188.2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/DSC_9002.2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/DSC_8800.1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;Pictures courtesy of Marcus Maschwitz Photography and Melon Graphics. Thanks again man. &lt;a href="http://www.mxonline.co.za"&gt;www.mxonline.co.za&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17510075-113327829309527599?l=nickydelange.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/feeds/113327829309527599/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17510075&amp;postID=113327829309527599' title='118 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113327829309527599'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113327829309527599'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/2005/11/idols-finals.html' title='Idols Finals'/><author><name>Ricky</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16332867585122571211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>118</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17510075.post-113304487972223532</id><published>2005-11-27T00:09:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-11-27T00:42:57.990+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Songs you wish Nicky would sing...</title><content type='html'>Little idea I had; if anybody would like to submit three songs that they wish Nicky would sing, please leave them in the form of a comment on this post or in the tagboard. Hell, it might even be inspiration for her in the future, if she ever reads the site.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mine are:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart&lt;br /&gt;Roxette - Listen to Your Heart&lt;br /&gt;Ace of Base - Any AoB Song&lt;br /&gt;Jennifer Paige - Sober&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A bit '80s inspired, but I think she could sing all of the above very well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If any of these are on her album you know who to thank.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17510075-113304487972223532?l=nickydelange.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/feeds/113304487972223532/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17510075&amp;postID=113304487972223532' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113304487972223532'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113304487972223532'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/2005/11/songs-you-wish-nicky-would-sing.html' title='Songs you wish Nicky would sing...'/><author><name>Ricky</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16332867585122571211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17510075.post-113299068683873418</id><published>2005-11-26T09:19:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-11-26T09:42:50.706+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Final Tomorrow</title><content type='html'>Here's another photo of Nicky. Don't you just love her smile? Photo is courtesy of Shane Louw. Thanks again Steinie. Check out Steinie's site for "the other" Veronique. It's very impressive, I'm sure V will be proud.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There's a link to it just about there &gt;&gt;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/Nicky_11.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nicky, if you read this, what's your favourite colour? I'd like to change the blog template to something a little more exciting.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yay! I've reached the 20 Post mark. Such a proud moment in my life.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17510075-113299068683873418?l=nickydelange.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/feeds/113299068683873418/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17510075&amp;postID=113299068683873418' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113299068683873418'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113299068683873418'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/2005/11/final-tomorrow.html' title='Final Tomorrow'/><author><name>Ricky</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16332867585122571211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17510075.post-113296170589290027</id><published>2005-11-26T01:28:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-11-26T01:35:05.893+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Pics of the Sad Moment</title><content type='html'>Here are some photos of Nicky shortly after she was eliminated. Isn't it amazing how she still manages to stay so beautiful even when crying?  Thanks go to the nocturnal Steinie for sending me these. Pictures are courtesy of photographer Neil McCartney.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/vn03.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/vn02.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/vn04.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17510075-113296170589290027?l=nickydelange.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/feeds/113296170589290027/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17510075&amp;postID=113296170589290027' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113296170589290027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113296170589290027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/2005/11/pics-of-sad-moment.html' title='Pics of the Sad Moment'/><author><name>Ricky</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16332867585122571211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17510075.post-113295035142460493</id><published>2005-11-25T22:23:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-11-25T22:25:51.440+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Pictures continued...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/1600/DSC_8347.3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/DSC_8347.3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/1600/DSC_8435.3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/DSC_8435.3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/1600/DSC_8430.3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/DSC_8430.3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/1600/DSC_8367.3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/DSC_8367.3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks again Marcus. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mxonline.co.za"&gt;www.mxonline.co.za&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17510075-113295035142460493?l=nickydelange.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/feeds/113295035142460493/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17510075&amp;postID=113295035142460493' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113295035142460493'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113295035142460493'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/2005/11/pictures-continued.html' title='Pictures continued...'/><author><name>Ricky</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16332867585122571211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17510075.post-113294978706902193</id><published>2005-11-25T21:58:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2005-11-27T22:35:16.783+02:00</updated><title type='text'>The Countdown to the Final...</title><content type='html'>I received the most amazing email today. A photographer (a very skilled photographer, with exceptionally good taste in Idols contestants) sent me an email of some of the pics of Nicky that he'd taken. Here are some very nice backstage pictures of de lovely Nicky de Lange:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/DSC_7796.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/DSC_8270.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/DSC_8246.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/DSC_8316.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/DSC_8242.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/DSC_7747.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/DSC_7655.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/DSC_7728.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/DSC_7794.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/DSC_7657.jpg" border="0" /&gt; (More in the next post)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;The photos are courtesy of Marcus (the coolest guy in the Southern Hemisphere). Visit his website at &lt;a href="http://www.mxonline.co.za"&gt;www.mxonline.co.za&lt;/a&gt;. There are some more photos of Nicky there in his Idols 2005 Top 5 portfolio. Thanks again Marcus.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The finals are coming...do you care? Well, you should, because Gift needs and deserves your support. He's a great contestant and was my second favourite, after Nicky of course. I'll be watching, as the Top 12 are reportedly all going to be present. Should be a good show, especially if Nicky is on it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17510075-113294978706902193?l=nickydelange.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/feeds/113294978706902193/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17510075&amp;postID=113294978706902193' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113294978706902193'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113294978706902193'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/2005/11/countdown-to-final_25.html' title='The Countdown to the Final...'/><author><name>Ricky</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16332867585122571211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17510075.post-113260383569002150</id><published>2005-11-21T21:57:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-11-22T06:24:19.686+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Goodbye Nicky...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/1600/21Nov_Results_SM.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/21Nov_Results_SM.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tonight, well, you know what happened. The end, it finally came. Tears were shed. Harsh words were said. But in the end we unfortunately had to say goodbye to Nicky from the competition, even under dubious circumstances. I don't want to rant and rave about it - it'll just spoil the success that Nicky has had and the excitement, laughter and pleasure that we gained from her time on the competition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nicky, if you're reading this, know one thing: we love you and are always behind you in whatever decisions you make in the future. You've been a joy to watch and a pleasure to listen to. We're just so sorry that it came to an end in the competition. When you release your album rest assured that it'll be bought by the many fans you have. We're sorry we didn't do enough to help you win. Hope to see you in the spotlight soon and I'm sure that the experience you've had on Idols and the publicity you have received will stand you in good stead and help you to become an Idol, competition or not. Ons is baie trots op jou. Veronique, jy is die beste en ons is lief vir jou.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17510075-113260383569002150?l=nickydelange.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/feeds/113260383569002150/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17510075&amp;postID=113260383569002150' title='20 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113260383569002150'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113260383569002150'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/2005/11/goodbye-nicky.html' title='Goodbye Nicky...'/><author><name>Ricky</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16332867585122571211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>20</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17510075.post-113252496193489092</id><published>2005-11-21T10:12:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-11-21T00:16:01.936+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Reason to Vote</title><content type='html'>We don't want sad faces tomorrow night:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/1600/Nicky-sad.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/400/Nicky-sad.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We want smiles and happy faces:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/1600/Nicky1.1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/400/Nicky1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vote and make it so.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17510075-113252496193489092?l=nickydelange.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/feeds/113252496193489092/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17510075&amp;postID=113252496193489092' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113252496193489092'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113252496193489092'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/2005/11/reason-to-vote.html' title='Reason to Vote'/><author><name>Ricky</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16332867585122571211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17510075.post-113252466214267966</id><published>2005-11-20T23:57:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-11-21T00:11:02.156+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Wallpapers and Viewer's Pics</title><content type='html'>Again - I call to anybody who has anything Nicky related; be it pictures, wallpapers, sound clips, interviews (in magazines, etc), autographs cards (still haven't seen Nicky's autograph :( ) or anything to please email them to me at &lt;a href="mailto:rickystarkey@gmail.com"&gt;rickystarkey@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;. Anything would be greatly appreciated - no matter the quality. Here are a few things I received today:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/400/Ons%20fave.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/400/Nicky%20De%20Lange%20Wallpaper.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/400/Nicky%20Banner.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first pic I received from Jes - great picture. If anyone has any pics like this please send. The last two (the wallpaper and the banner) are from SaintGuy. Great work - thank you for taking the time and the effort to make these, they are very good. I hope you will be able to use the wallpaper - I'm not sure what resolution this will appear on the blog. I'll also be using the banner in the blog template. Thank you again guys for contributing. And to all those who have contributed in the past - I thank you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep voting for Nicky - I'm getting nervous for tomorrow night - I want that number to be engaged nearly everytime I call it (a sign that someone else is also voting for her). Please people make her dream come true, she deserves it. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17510075-113252466214267966?l=nickydelange.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/feeds/113252466214267966/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17510075&amp;postID=113252466214267966' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113252466214267966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113252466214267966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/2005/11/wallpapers-and-viewers-pics.html' title='Wallpapers and Viewer&apos;s Pics'/><author><name>Ricky</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16332867585122571211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17510075.post-113252379906383629</id><published>2005-11-20T20:38:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-11-20T23:56:39.083+02:00</updated><title type='text'>VOTE!!! VOTE!!! VOTE!!!</title><content type='html'>I cannot stress the importance of voting even more. It is crucial that everyone votes for Nicky - as much as humanly possible. Keep her in the competition and help her win - she deserves it. She's the only developing talent left in the competition. Nicky and Gift deserve to be in the final together, they have both improved since their auditions and are youthful, spunky, good looking and talented. The epitome of what an Idol should be. Help Nicky win - vote!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/RawToJPG145_JFRForWeb.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I enjoyed both her performances this evening. Her first performance seemed a bit rushed, and I don't know about you, but to me she seemed pretty breathless near the end of the song and I think the audience thought the song was over and began cheering loudly before she was finished. Nonetheless it was still a great performance - her second song was even better though. She sounded controlled and hit the high notes well (with maybe one exception; when she carried the note a bit too long at the end and there was a bit of a warble). Over the last two shows I've noticed a slight "scratchiness" when Nicky sings lower notes - it's only recently developed, maybe due to an over-strained voice. The scratchiness isn't necessarily a bad thing - as many singers do do that - and it actually sounds quite good; maybe something to add a distinctive appeal. Maybe I'm being a little over critical and perhaps slightly pedantic, but it's just because I care and I hope she wins. She is the soul of the competition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nicky you were phenomenal tonight. Jy is die beste en ons is baie trots op jou. Keep up the good work - we'll be seeing you in the final.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17510075-113252379906383629?l=nickydelange.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/feeds/113252379906383629/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17510075&amp;postID=113252379906383629' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113252379906383629'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113252379906383629'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/2005/11/vote-vote-vote.html' title='VOTE!!! VOTE!!! VOTE!!!'/><author><name>Ricky</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16332867585122571211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17510075.post-113252264439198725</id><published>2005-11-18T20:31:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-11-20T23:37:24.410+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Great Photos from Julie</title><content type='html'>More wonderful photos from Julie - I won't submit them all, rather check them out at her Idols Blog - &lt;a href="http://idolsiii.blogspot.com"&gt;http://idolsiii.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are a few to give you a taste:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/Nicky1.0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/Nice%20Couple.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/RawToJPG143_JFRForWeb.0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/RawToJPG147_JFRForWeb.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/Nicky-sad.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks again Julie - keep up the great site (and please vote for Nicky). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17510075-113252264439198725?l=nickydelange.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/feeds/113252264439198725/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17510075&amp;postID=113252264439198725' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113252264439198725'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113252264439198725'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/2005/11/great-photos-from-julie.html' title='Great Photos from Julie'/><author><name>Ricky</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16332867585122571211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17510075.post-113234704548469364</id><published>2005-11-17T22:40:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-11-18T22:50:45.496+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Charl's Desperate Plea</title><content type='html'>CALLING ALL NICKY FANS!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Seeing that Nicky is the contestant with the smallest fanbase in the Top 4; I would like to make a statement!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why did you vote for Nicky? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Because:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1. She was sassy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;2. Sexy&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;3. Young talent&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;4. Amazing personality&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;5. Phenominal stage presence&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;6. Extremely beautiful voice&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;7. Took notice of her fans&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;8. Sexy (Again!)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;People; Nicky is the only one left in the competition who still has these qualities. I beg you, please vote for Nicky!! There might be two contestants going home this coming Monday, and seeing that Nicky has one of the smallest fanbases, she might be in danger! THAT'S WHY, WE WHO WANTED A YOUNG PERSON TO WIN, MUST VOTE FOR THE ONLY YOUNG, NATURAL TALENT LEFT!! People, if she had to leave, the competition would turn into a bunch who sings for old age pensioners; no raw, young talent left! Wasn't it the purpose of the competition to get young, raw talent and turn them into superstars?? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thank you all&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A #1 Nicky fan!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(Thanks Charl - great words. Look at this face. How could you not vote for her?)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;thanks&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/IMG_1881ForWeb.0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;Picture courtesy of &lt;a href="http://idolsiii.blogspot.com"&gt;http://idolsiii.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For more pics of Nicky and the other contestants go to &lt;a href="http://idolsphotos.blogspot.com"&gt;http://idolsphotos.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17510075-113234704548469364?l=nickydelange.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/feeds/113234704548469364/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17510075&amp;postID=113234704548469364' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113234704548469364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113234704548469364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/2005/11/charls-desperate-plea.html' title='Charl&apos;s Desperate Plea'/><author><name>Ricky</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16332867585122571211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17510075.post-113214166453687722</id><published>2005-11-16T13:31:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2005-11-16T13:47:44.550+02:00</updated><title type='text'>School Yearbook Photos</title><content type='html'>Hello all.&lt;br /&gt;I received these pics of Nicky today from Elmarie. The first one I believe is from the Melodrama 2004, from her school, Jim Fouché (&lt;a href="http://www.jf.co.za"&gt;www.jf.co.za&lt;/a&gt;). There was something significant about the first photo - but my Afrikaans is nie die beste nie and I didn't quite understand it. The second photo is van die Aardklop deelneemers. I hope I'm permitted to submit these - I'm sure no one will mind anyway.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So here they are:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/Melodrama%202004.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/Aardklop%20Deelname.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Baie dankie Elmarie vir die foto's. I hope Nicky doesn't mind me submitting them Good lucky Nicky!!! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nicky's song choices for this Sunday are:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;''It’s All Coming Back To Me'', Celine Dion; ''How Do I Live'', LeAnn Rimes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I think she's gonna pull them off nicely. I love the first song - I think that'll ensure her the win. Nice songs, suitable for Nicky's voice. I think anyone who had doubted Nicky's vocal ability will change their minds after those two. I hope I'm not being overconfident - but I have a feeling Nicky will shine this Sunday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;By the way - if you have a bit of spare time - go to the Official Idols site (&lt;a href="http://www.idols.mnet.co.za"&gt;www.idols.mnet.co.za&lt;/a&gt;) and vote for Nicky in their poll. Currently (16th November 2005 - 1:38PM) she is leading the poll by 700 votes! A good omen - I hope. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17510075-113214166453687722?l=nickydelange.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/feeds/113214166453687722/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17510075&amp;postID=113214166453687722' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113214166453687722'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113214166453687722'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/2005/11/school-yearbook-photos_16.html' title='School Yearbook Photos'/><author><name>Ricky</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16332867585122571211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17510075.post-113205446934661878</id><published>2005-11-15T13:08:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-11-15T13:34:29.366+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Top 4!!!</title><content type='html'>Well, not long to go now. I have just one thing to say this week;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;"&gt;YAY!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span &gt;She made it through to the Top 4. Nicky, you rock! Just keep up the good performances and your fans will keep voting for you. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span &gt;Here are some pics courtesy of M-Net/Fremantle (&lt;a href="http://www.mnet.co.za"&gt;www.mnet.co.za&lt;/a&gt;). I know some of these are already posted - but here are the complete ones, not chopped up into tiny little squares.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/DSC_2918.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/DSC_2857.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/192-9232_IMG.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/186-8646_IMG.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/186-8653_IMG.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks again go to Greg. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Need a new Poll. Any suggestions? Please feel free to leave any suggestions on the tag-board. Thanks for your continued support of Nicky. Keep it up and she'll win for sure. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Any pics to submit? If so please send them to &lt;a href="mailto:rickystarkey@gmail.com"&gt;rickystarkey@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks. Cheers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17510075-113205446934661878?l=nickydelange.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/feeds/113205446934661878/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17510075&amp;postID=113205446934661878' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113205446934661878'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113205446934661878'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/2005/11/top-4.html' title='Top 4!!!'/><author><name>Ricky</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16332867585122571211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17510075.post-113188768489873852</id><published>2005-11-13T14:54:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-11-13T15:23:02.983+02:00</updated><title type='text'>De Lovely.....</title><content type='html'>"It's delightful, it's delicious, it's delectable, it's delirious, it's dilemma, it's de limit, it's deluxe, it's de-lovely!!!"&lt;br /&gt;(De-Lovely by Robbie Williams. Lyrics by Cole Porter. Great song, pity Robbie Williams is such a twazzik. )&lt;br /&gt;Who else could that song be referring to other than de lovely Nicky de Lange. Her name even fits in. Maybe not delirious (she makes me delirious), but all the other things.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, holding thumbs for tonight. Anxious? Very. Confident? Quite.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some pics of the Back o' the Moon parties courtesy of GRC (&lt;a href="http://www.goldreefcity.co.za"&gt;www.goldreefcity.co.za&lt;/a&gt;). If anyone is going to any of said parties please take either your cameras, cell-phones, video-cameras, dictaphones, easels and sketch pads with you so that we unfortunates can catch a glimpse (or possibly hear) of the party.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/party17.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/party19.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/party23.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/party31.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Got photos? Anyone? Please. Submit to &lt;a href="mailto:rickystarkey@gmail.com"&gt;rickystarkey@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;. Please.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh and get your fingers ready for the assault on your cellphones tonight - 64259 spells....NICKY!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17510075-113188768489873852?l=nickydelange.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/feeds/113188768489873852/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17510075&amp;postID=113188768489873852' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113188768489873852'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113188768489873852'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/2005/11/de-lovely.html' title='De Lovely.....'/><author><name>Ricky</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16332867585122571211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17510075.post-113174668854486437</id><published>2005-11-10T10:58:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-11-12T00:06:16.283+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Even more pics...</title><content type='html'>Hi all. Received some nice pics from people over the past few days. Thanks to Steinie for the following pics of ons meisie (I hope she doesn't mind me using these):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/Image006.1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/Image004.1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/Image002.1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/Image003.1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And the wonderful lady responsible for Nicky (again I hope she doesn't mind me using this), her mom:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/Nicky%27s%20mom.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks again.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Good Luck Nicky.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17510075-113174668854486437?l=nickydelange.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/feeds/113174668854486437/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17510075&amp;postID=113174668854486437' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113174668854486437'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113174668854486437'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/2005/11/even-more-pics.html' title='Even more pics...'/><author><name>Ricky</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16332867585122571211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17510075.post-113161019141517480</id><published>2005-11-10T10:02:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-11-12T00:09:53.216+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Latest Pics</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/1600/party25.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/party25.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/1600/6Nov_Nicky_8_LG.1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/6Nov_Nicky_8_LG.1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/1600/idols_iii_2005_emp_001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/idols_iii_2005_emp_001.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/1600/6Nov_Nicky_3_LG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/6Nov_Nicky_3_LG.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/1600/6Nov_Nicky_6_LG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/6Nov_Nicky_6_LG.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/1600/6Nov_Nicky_2_LG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/6Nov_Nicky_2_LG.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/1600/IMG_1800ForWeb.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/IMG_1800ForWeb.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some more great pictures of Nicky. Thanks to Julie for the first two photos (no longer the one that got away).&lt;br /&gt;Nicky's song choice for this Sunday is as follows:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jewel - 'Foolish Games'&lt;br /&gt;Karen Zoid - 'Small Room'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't know these songs and so can't comment, but if anyone else does, please feel free to - your opinions are welcome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Good luck Nicky, ons glo in jou!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Pictures courtesy of idolsiii.blogspot.com &amp;amp; www.idols.mnet.co.za)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17510075-113161019141517480?l=nickydelange.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/feeds/113161019141517480/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17510075&amp;postID=113161019141517480' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113161019141517480'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113161019141517480'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/2005/11/latest-pics.html' title='Latest Pics'/><author><name>Ricky</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16332867585122571211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17510075.post-113148347711981025</id><published>2005-11-08T19:41:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-11-08T22:58:40.900+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Previous Performances</title><content type='html'>For those of you too lazy to sift through the Idols website; here are a couple of pics of some of Nicky's previous performances. My favourite being her 'My Immortal' performance (great rendition). A few more like that will help Nicky win for sure. I still maintain that Nicky could pull off nearly any Roxette (and to an extent Annie Lennox/Eurythmics) song. Mostly "higher" notes which Nicky can achieve easily, also not too fast ('Just a Little Bit' required more than one singer). Whatever her choice I'm sure she'll perform it brilliantly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are the pics:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/Veronique%20de%20Lange%20%281%29.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/Veronique%20de%20Lange%20%28135%29.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/Veronique%20de%20Lange%20%286%29.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/Veronique%20de%20Lange.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/Veronique%20de%20Lange%20%28132%29.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to all contributors, particularly Julie for the above photo. Much appreciated. (Images courtesy of &lt;a href="http://www.idols.mnet.co.za"&gt;www.idols.mnet.co.za&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; idolsiii.blogspot.com).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17510075-113148347711981025?l=nickydelange.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/feeds/113148347711981025/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17510075&amp;postID=113148347711981025' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113148347711981025'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113148347711981025'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/2005/11/previous-performances.html' title='Previous Performances'/><author><name>Ricky</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16332867585122571211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17510075.post-113139652068826199</id><published>2005-11-07T21:47:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-11-07T22:49:06.726+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Wallpapers &amp; Pics</title><content type='html'>If anyone out there has any pics of Nicky or any of the other contestants, please feel free to send them to: &lt;a href="mailto:rickystarkey@gmail.com"&gt;rickystarkey@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;, be they from a cellphone or a 10 megapixel SLR. Even newspaper or magazine scans are welcome - anything please. Nicky fans are being outshone by the Deidre blog. We're looking shabby people!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also if there are any creative viewers out there; a wallpaper or two wouldn't go a miss. Here's my lame effort:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/Nicky.jpg" border="0" /&gt;I used to be pretty handy with Photoshop, lost my touch though.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Keep supporting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17510075-113139652068826199?l=nickydelange.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/feeds/113139652068826199/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17510075&amp;postID=113139652068826199' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113139652068826199'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113139652068826199'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/2005/11/wallpapers-pics.html' title='Wallpapers &amp; Pics'/><author><name>Ricky</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16332867585122571211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17510075.post-113139562364888526</id><published>2005-11-07T20:26:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-11-07T22:38:07.570+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Top Vyf!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/1600/6Nov_Nicky_1_LG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/6Nov_Nicky_1_LG.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"YAY!!!"&lt;br /&gt;Is all I can say at the moment. Possibly also "Wow!!!", but whatever the case our girl is through to the Top 5! Well done girl, keep it up!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By the way, Gareth was horribly discombobulated when he said her first performance was "awful". What kind of stupid comment was that? Anyone who agrees with me say "aye". Awful? He must be smoking something.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nicky, if you're reading this, my song suggestion is Roxette - Listen to your Heart. Lovely, meaningful song that I think you could pull of nicely. Just a thought.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another thing; sounds a bit gay, but nice top this evening.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Coming Soon: More pics. More great stuff from Nicky.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17510075-113139562364888526?l=nickydelange.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/feeds/113139562364888526/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17510075&amp;postID=113139562364888526' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113139562364888526'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113139562364888526'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/2005/11/top-vyf.html' title='Top Vyf!!!'/><author><name>Ricky</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16332867585122571211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17510075.post-113088083678808302</id><published>2005-11-01T23:28:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-11-01T23:37:42.283+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Top 6!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/1600/30Oct_Nicky_a1_LG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/30Oct_Nicky_a1_LG.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/1600/TV_Nicky_LG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/TV_Nicky_LG.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To all those naysayers and doubters; I give you one big raspberry: DBBHHHHH!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our sweet little girl from Bloem has done it - she's through to the Top Half of the Top 12 (for those not particularly mathematical that's the Top 6). Thanks to some sterling performances over the past few weeks Nicky has cemented her position in the Top 6.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's only a few weeks away - help keep Nicky in die kompetisie and keep her dreams alive. Vote - I mean what would Idols be without her? She's the best thing on TV!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nicky, jy kan dit doen!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17510075-113088083678808302?l=nickydelange.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/feeds/113088083678808302/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17510075&amp;postID=113088083678808302' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113088083678808302'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/113088083678808302'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/2005/11/top-6.html' title='Top 6!!!'/><author><name>Ricky</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16332867585122571211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17510075.post-112949491981219686</id><published>2005-10-16T22:24:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-11-01T23:21:34.470+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Sunday Nights Alright For...</title><content type='html'>Nice performance from Nicky this evening, unfortunately though I think the song was a little too big for her (Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It). I hope the voting public disagrees with the latter, but sadly I think this weeks elimination is between her and Kesha. Although Ayanda's performance wasn't too hot either - and from the numerous polls on the net it appears she has a smaller support base than both Nicky and Kesha - I still think our Wildcard Child's run is nearing its untimely end. Prove me wrong people!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come on balman! Buy more airtime!&lt;br /&gt;Remember it's Nicky @ 33676 or call 0862277707.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(By the way, I have subsequently found out that I'm not much of a rebel for using the photos (sigh - the charade is over; it was quite a lady puller). Thanks to Greg and Mnet for their great service and nice personal touch.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17510075-112949491981219686?l=nickydelange.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/feeds/112949491981219686/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17510075&amp;postID=112949491981219686' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/112949491981219686'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/112949491981219686'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/2005/10/sunday-nights-alright-for.html' title='Sunday Nights Alright For...'/><author><name>Ricky</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16332867585122571211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17510075.post-112854718984873753</id><published>2005-10-05T23:18:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-10-08T14:44:39.026+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Great Pics of Nicky</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Adorable Nicky de Lange&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/1600/Veronique%20de%20Lange%20(71).jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/Veronique%20de%20Lange%20%2871%29.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/Veronique%20de%20Lange%20%2878%292.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/Veronique%20de%20Lange%20%2870%29.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/Veronique%20de%20Lange%20%2868%29.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/1600/Veronique%20de%20Lange%20(72).jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/Veronique%20de%20Lange%20%2872%29.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/1600/Veronique%20de%20Lange%20(69).jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4643/1689/320/Veronique%20de%20Lange%20%2869%29.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Wow! Some Great Pics of a Great Girl&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Pictures Courtesy of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.idols.mnet.co.za"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;www.idols.mnet.co.za&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt; (Used without permission - I'm a rebel!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17510075-112854718984873753?l=nickydelange.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/feeds/112854718984873753/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17510075&amp;postID=112854718984873753' title='16 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/112854718984873753'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17510075/posts/default/112854718984873753'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nickydelange.blogspot.com/2005/10/great-pics-of-nicky.html' title='Great Pics of Nicky'/><author><name>Ricky</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16332867585122571211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>16</thr:total></entry></feed>
