Dave van Vuuren (born 30 June 1990)[1][2] is a South African singer-songwriter and guitarist from Westville near Durban. He first gained popularity through winning the seventh season of Idols South Africa after a close public vote in the finale held on 4 October 2011, with Van Vuuren getting 50.49% of the votes,[3] against 49.51% for the other finalist and eventual runner-up Mark Haze. He was the first series winner who came back after landing in the bottom 3 in an earlier performance.