Idols (South Africa)
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| Idols South Africa | ||
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| Format | Interactive reality game show | |
| Created by | Fremantle Media & MNet | |
| Starring | Colin Moss Sean Else |
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| Country of origin |  South Africa |
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| Broadcast | ||
| Original channel | MNet (English Seasons) KykNet (Afrikaanse Season) |
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| Original run | 2002 – 2007 | |
| Finalists | (With dates of elimination) | |
| Season 1 | (2002) | |
| Heinz Winckler | Winner | |
| Brandon October | June 17 | |
| Melanie Lowe | June 17 | |
| Bianca Le Grange | June 10 | |
| Ezra Lingeveldt | June 3 | |
| Ayanda Nhlangothi | June 3 | |
| Cindy Bester | May 27 | |
| Lyndle Kearns | May 27 | |
| Nicole Billingham | May 20 | |
| David Fourie | May 20 | |
| Rian Swanepoel | May 20 | |
| Season 2 | (2003) | |
| Anke Pietrangeli | Winner | |
| Poseletso Sejosingoe | October 16 | |
| Jacques Terre'Blanche | October 13 | |
| Nazneen Leeman | October 6 | |
| Wafeeq Saffodien | October 6 | |
| Kgomotso Tsatsi | September 22 | |
| Karen Ferreira | September 15 | |
| Zama Sithole | September 8 | |
| Petro De Villiers | September 1 | |
| Thelma Jansen | September 1 | |
| Khwezi Kekana | August 25 | |
| Noluthando Meje | August 25 | |
| Season 3 | (2005) | |
| Karin Kortje | Winner | |
| Gift Gwe | November 27 | |
| Veronique De Lange (Nicky) |
November 21 | |
| Veronique Lalouette (V) |
November 21 | |
| Nhlanhla Mwelse | November 14 | |
| Ayanda Mpama | November 7 | |
| Deidré Visser | October 31 | |
| Martelize Van Niekerk | October 31 | |
| Kesha Charlton-Perkins | October 17 | |
| Pume Zondi | October 10 | |
| Bonolo Molosiwa | October 3 | |
| Jamie-Lee Blokdyk | September 26 | |
| Season 1 Afrikaans | (2006) | |
| Dewald Louw | Winner | |
| Alzonia Titus | August 28 | |
| Willem Botha | August 28 | |
| Nelda Janse Van Rensburg | August 21 | |
| Jaco Labuschagné | August 21 | |
| Valeska Smit | August 14 | |
| Joslin Pieterse | August 14 | |
| Tracey-Lee Oliver | August 7 | |
| Christiaan Kritzinger | August 7 | |
| Danelle De Vries | July 31 | |
| Crushanda Forbes | July 31 | |
| Jay Theron | July 31 | |
| Season 4 | (2007) | |
| Jody Williams | Winner | |
| Andriëtte Norman | December 19 | |
| Munro du Toit | December 3 | |
| Tender Mavundla | November 26 | |
| Daniel Büys | November 19 | |
| Björn Blignaut | November 12 | |
| Carla Louw | November 5 | |
| Yolanda Nabo | October 29 | |
| Caroline Borole | October 22 | |
| Dominic Momberg | October 15 | |
| External links | ||
| Official website | ||
Idols is a television show on the South African television networks M-Net and Kyknet, based on the popular British show Pop Idol. The show is a contest to determine the best young singer in South Africa. It was presented by Candy Litchfield, Matthew Stewardson and Sami Sabitiin in Season 1 and by Colin Moss and Letoya Makhene in Season 2, Colin Moss has gone solo for season 3.
In the show, people first audition but eventually the performers are narrowed down to 12 finalists, with each contestant performing live. There are four judges (Randall Abrahams, Dave Thompson, Marcus Brewster and Penny Lebyane in season one; Brewster and Lebyane did not return for the second season and were replaced by Mara Louw-Thomson and Gareth Cliff) who provide critiques of each contestant's performance. Viewers have several hours following the broadcast of the show to vote by phone, SMS or online for their favorite contestant. On the following night's episode, the contestant(s) with the fewest votes is sent home.
In the first season, Heinz Winckler won, with Brandon October coming in second and Melanie Lowe in third. Anke Pietrangeli won the second season contest, with Poseletso Sejosingoe placing second and Jacques Terre'Blanche placing third.
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[edit] Season 1
[edit] Semi Final Qualifyings
Top 50
Format: 1 out of 5 making the final in each group1
(Results for every second group got announced together meaning two people from different groups made the final at the same time)
| Date | Group Winner |
| March 10 | Brandon October1 |
| March 17 | Cindy Bester |
| March 24 | Nicole Billingham |
| March 31 | Rian Swanepoel |
| April 7 | David Fourie |
| April 14 | Bianca Le Grange |
| April 21 | Ayanda Nhlangothi |
| April 28 | Heinz Winckler |
| May 5 | Lyndle Kearns |
| May 12 | Ezra Lingeveldt |
- Melanie Lowe was allowed into the final group, making it a Top 11, because the vote lines were cut off too soon in Group 1 where she was closely placed second.
[edit] Finals Elimination Chart
| Date | Theme | Bottom Four | |||
| May 20 | Greatest Hits | David Fourie | Rian Swanepol | Nicole Billingham | Cindy Bester |
| Date | Theme | Bottom Three | |||
| May 27 | My Idol | Lyndle Kearns | Cindy Bester (2) | Ezra Lingeveldt | |
| June 3 | Proudly South African | Ayanda Nhlangothi | Ezra Lingeveldt (2) | Brandon October | |
| June 10 | Judge's Choice | Bianca Le Grange | Melanie Lowe | ||
| June 17 | Grand Finale | Melanie Lowe (2) | Brandon October (2) | Heinz Winckler | |
[edit] Season 2
[edit] Semi Final Qualifyings
Top 32
Format: 2 out of 8 making the final each week + 4 Wildcards
| Date | First | Second |
| July 20 | Petro De Villiers | Thelma Jansen |
| July 27 | Jacques Terre'Blanche | Karen Ferreira |
| August 3 | Nazneen Leeman | Poseletso Sejosingoe |
| August 10 | Anke Pietrangeli | Wafeeq Saffodien |
| August 7 (Wildcard) |
Zama Sithole (Viewers choice) |
Francisca Blasich1 (Viewers choice) |
| Khwezi Kekana (Judges choice) |
Kgomotso Tsatsi (Judges choice) |
- Because Blasich withdrew from the competition, Noluthando Meje replaced her in the top 12.
[edit] Finals Elimination Chart
| Date | Theme | Bottom Three | ||
| August 25 | Award Winning Songs | Noluthando Meje | Khwezi Kekana | Karen Ferreira |
| September 1 | Proudly South African | Thelma Jansen | Petro de Villiers | Karen Ferreira (2) |
| September 8 | Movie Magic | Zama Sithole | Kgomotso Tsatsi | Wafeeq Saffodien |
| September 15 | Big Band Night | Karen Ferreira (3) | Kgomotso Tsatsi (2) | Wafeeq Saffodien (2) |
| September 22 | Y2K | Kgomotso Tsatsi (3) | Jacques Terre'Blanche | Poseletso Sejosingoe |
| September 28 | Lennon & McCartney | unannounced due to voting issues | ||
| October 6 | My Idols | Wafeeq Saffodien | Nazneen Leeman | Jacques Terre'Blanche (2) |
| October 13 | Viewers Choice | Jacques Terre'Blanche (3) | ||
| October 16 | Finale | Poseletso Sejosingoe (2) | Anke Pietrangeli | |
[edit] Season 3
The semi finals of Season 3 includes contestants singing two songs during the round instead of one, as seen in previous formats of Idols.
As of 19 November, Mara Louw-Thomson, one of the Idols judges, has decided not to continue her contract between herself and Mnet as a judge due to harsh criticism received on the official message board regarding racism and favouritism.
Viewer outrage ensued following the elimination of Nhlanhla Mwelse after it was revealed that the 4 judges had a 49% leverage to the total weekly votes & that this happened since the start of the semi finals. Before the series started, it was portrayed that the viewers would account for 100% of the total vote this year compared to the judges' 40% in season 1 & 2.
The Grand Final took place at Gold Reef City, Johannesburg on 27 November 2005 between Karin Kortje and Gift Gwe. Each contestant sang a favourite song chosen by them, a favourite song chosen by the judges, and a brand new single. After a record number of votes cast, Karin Kortje was crowned as the 2005 Idol with 62.58% of the votes.
[edit] Semi Final Qualifyings
Top 24
Format: 2 out of 6 making the final each week + 4 Wildcards
| Date | First | Second |
| August 30 | Deidré Visser | Pume Zondi |
| September 6 | Karin Kortje | Martelize Van Niekerk |
| September 12 | Nhlanhla Mwelse | Gift Gwe |
| September 19 | Kesha Charlton-Perkins | V Lalouette |
| Wildcards | Ayanda Mpama | Jamie-Lee Blokdyk |
| (no Show) | Bonolo Molosiwa | Veronique de Lange |
[edit] Finals Elimination Chart
| Date | Theme | Bottom Three | ||
| September 26 | Hits 2000 | Jamie-Lee Blokdyk | Bonolo Molosiwa | Ayanda Mpama |
| October 3 | Number 1 Hits | Bonolo Molosiwa (2) | Ayanda Mpama (2) | Pume Zondi |
| October 10 | Film Hits | Pume Zondi (2) | Kesha Charlton-Perkins | Nhlanhla Mwelse |
| October 17 | Viewer's Choice | Kesha Charlton-Perkins (2) | Martelize Van Niekerk | Deidré Visser |
| October 31 | Video Hits | Martelize Van Niekerk (2) | Deidré Visser (2) | Ayanda Mpama (3) |
| November 7 | Judges' Choice | Ayanda Mpama (4) | Nhlanhla Mwelse (2) | V Lalouette |
| Bottom Two | ||||
| November 14 | My Idols | Nhlanhla Mwelse (3) | Gift Gwe | |
| November 21 | Great Songs | V Lalouette (2) | Nicky de Lange | |
| November 27 | Finale | Gift Gwe (2) | Karin Kortje | |
[edit] Season 1 (Afrikaans Idols)
Season 1 of Afrikaans Idols represented a unique change in Idols format on a global scale by replacing all previous judges and hosts, moving networks (M-Net to sister station KykNet) and therefore changing the lingua franca of the show from English to Afrikaans as KykNet is solely an Afrikaans network.
Auditions took place in Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Port Elizabeth, Johannesburg & for the first time auditions took place internationally in Windhoek, Namibia.
Afrikaans Idols season 1 premiered at 5:30pm South Africa time on May 28, 2006.
[edit] Contestants
Despite universal critical acclaim, and being rescued twice by the judges following low audience votes, Valeska Smith was voted out on 14 August 2006.
Next to a recording contract with Sony BMG, winner Dewald Louw also won a Peugeot 206, R50,000 from the ATKV, a Shure microphone, R3200 worth of prizes from Look &Listen, a laptop computer and a gift pack from Truworths valued at R10,000.
[edit] Judges
- Taliep Petersen
- Deon Maas
- Mynie Grové
During the Live Galas one guest judge was introduced to the audience each week. They were Jennifer Jones (July 30), Amanda Luyt (August 6), Coenie de Villiers (August 13), Chris Chameleon (August 20) and Kurt Darren (August 27).
[edit] Host
- Sean Else
[edit] Semi Final Qualifyings
Top 32
Format: 2 out of 8 making the final each week + 4 Wildcards
| Date | First | Second |
| June 25 | Danelle De Vries | Jay Theron |
| July 2 | Jaco Labuschagné | Tracey-Lee Oliver |
| July 9 | Willem Botha | Christiaan Kritzinger |
| July 16 | Dewald Louw | Alzonia Titus |
| July 23 (Wildcard) |
Nelda Jansen Van Rensburg (Viewers choice) |
Joslin Pieterse (Viewers choice) |
| Valeska Smit (Judges choice) |
Crushanda Forbes (Judges choice) |
[edit] Finals Elimination Chart
| Date | Theme | Bottom Four | |||
| July 31 | Favourite Songs | Jay Theron | Crushanda Forbes | Danelle de Vries | Nelda Jansen van Rensburg |
| Date | Theme | Bottom Three | |||
| August 7 | Dans, Luister, Folk | Christiaan Kritzinger | Tracey-Lee Oliver | Valeska Smith | |
| August 14 | Alternative Afrikaans Hits | Joslin Pieterse | Valeska Smith (2) | Alzonia Titus | |
| August 21 | Viewers Choice | Nelda Jansen van Rensburg (2) | Jaco Labuschagne | Alzonia Titus (2) | |
| August 28 | Grand Finale | Alzonia Titus (3) | Willem Botha | Dewald Louw | |
[edit] Season 4
On April 13, 2007, M-Net announced the series would return to their network for a fourth season in English. The initial auditions were completed on August 6 with the judging and public vote stages due to start on 19 August. The results from each show display a merge of the judges (49%) and audience (51%) vote. Jody Williams, a 17 year old from Cape Town, emerged as the eventual winner. Her best performances included moving ballads such as "Greatest Reward" by Celine Dion and "Dance with my Father" by Luther Vandross. However, she proved her versatility and impressed the judges with excellent renditions of more up-tempo songs such as "Dance with Somebody" by Whitney Houston and "Ain't no Other Man" by Christina Aguilera. Her first single, which she and fellow finalist, Andriette Norman, performed at the finale, was called "Love is All Around" and was sold out the day after the finale.
| Date | Theme | Bottom Three | ||
| October 15 | Songs From The Last Century | Dominic Momberg | Yolanda Nabo | Carla Louw |
| October 22 | Crooners and Divas | Caroline Borole | Yolanda Nabo (2) | Daniel Büys |
| October 29 | Rock | Yolanda Nabo (3) | Carla Louw (2) | Munro du Toit |
| November 5 | Best Of South Africa | Carla Louw (3) | Björn Blignaut | Daniel Büys (2) |
| November 12 | New Millennium Magic | Björn Blignaut (2) | Tender Mavundla | Daniel Büys (3) |
| Date | Theme | Bottom Two | ||
| November 19 | Seasons and Colours | Daniel Büys (4) | Tender Mavundla (2) | |
| November 26 | My Idols | Tender Mavundla (3) | Andriëtte Norman | |
| December 3 | Judges Choice | Munro du Toit (2) | Jody Williams | |
| December 10 | Finale | Andriëtte Norman (2) | Jody Williams | |
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