Heinz Winckler lays down the law; South African `Idol' is seduced by the theater.(ETC.)

From: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) | Date: January 6, 2008 | Copyright information

Byline: Richard Duckett

He was working hard in law school, but then he became an idol.

Heinz Winckler has never looked back.

Winckler won the first "South African M-Net Idols" competition - the equivalent of "American Idol" - in 2002, and a showbiz career was launched.

It has taken on several different aspects. Band member, singer, actor ...

Winckler is in Massachusetts for the first time this week to appear in the national t...

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