Countdown with . . . CRAIG LUCAS

He may never have performed in front of an audience before his blind audition for The Voice SA, but CRAIG LUCAS has taken to a career in music like a duck to water. His first single, I Said This, is getting plenty of airplay and the singer is hard at work on his debut album.

Thanks to his winning performance in the second season of The Voice SA, we’ve nominated Craig in the rising star category in this year’s YOU Spectacular Awards (see page 94). We asked him five quick questions to get a glimpse of the man behind the amazing voice. minutes to make for a drink? New Zealand singersongwriter yourself something Lorde (ABOVE), to eat – what will it be? rapper Kanye West and Swedish An extra-crunchy peanut singer-songwriter Max Martin.

butter sandwich. things you can’t live without? Headphones, sinus meds, flip-flops, Chinese food. people with whom you’d like to go out things you’d tell your teenage self? Stop wanting to grow up and enjoy being young! And don’t let fear hold you back from trying new things. place you’d run away to? Any outdoor camp.