At this point, I can’t really see because the lights of the car were blinding me.”. Broadcasting of the 10th season of Idols commenced on M-Net on 13 July 2014. standing figure in the entertainment industry with an enduring career spanning decades. Season 14 began to broadcast on 8 July 2018 and finale was held on 18 November 2018 naming the 14th Season winner Yanga. The decision came after she was reprimanded for mixing painkillers and alcohol before a show. After several auditions the performers are narrowed down to 100 in the theatre rounds. Each contestant sang a favourite song chosen by them, a favourite song chosen by the judges, and a brand new single. For the first time since Season 2 the jury has no impact on the outcome which now reflect a 100% viewer's verdict. Season three aired in the second half of 2005 with an unchanged judging panel and Colin Moss as the only host of the show. Idols judge Dave Thompson did not return to the panel this season. On 2 November 2010, 30-year-old Elvis Blue from George in the Western Cape was declared the winner. "The search for SA's new Idol starts in Feb", http://citizen.co.za/420411/somizi-to-debut-as-idols-sa-judge/, "17 Year Old Paxton Finally Crowned The New SA Idol", "News - Media: Snubbed Karin signs the Blues", "Sasha-Lee and Jason to share Idols' crown", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Idols_South_Africa&oldid=983490269, 2002 South African television series debuts, 2006 South African television series debuts, 2006 South African television series endings, South African television series based on British television series, All Wikipedia articles written in South African English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 14 October 2020, at 14:46. In that film he also served as choreographer. The first season of Idols South Africa started in March 2002. The investigation hit the front page of the Times on 8 May 2009 and later in the day it was announced on www.mnet.co.za/idols/ that the recount had showed that Jason Hartman had received 200000 more votes than Sasha Lee Davids(of 2.3 million total votes in the finale (recount)). She is the daughter of South African celebs, Her father Somizi Mhlongo is the Idols SA judge while her mother is an actress Palesa Madisakwane. Somizi Mhlongo was added to the judging panel, and the duration of each episode was increased to two hours. [1] Nationwide auditions took place from February 2013. Viewers have several hours following the broadcast of the show to vote by phone, SMS or online for their favourite contestant. Several attempts were made to get a comment from the Douglasdale Police Station were this case was reported but they had not given a comment by the time of publishing. On 20 January 2011 it was announced that Mara Louw would not return to the judging panel for the seventh season. The Grand Final took place at Gold Reef City, Johannesburg on 27 November 2005 between Karin Kortje and Gift Gwe. The 8th season of Idols was shown on M-Net and Mzansi Magic on DStv simultaneously. It was presented by Candy Litchfield and Matthew Stewardson in Season 1. Early Life and Career. If it wasn’t for them my children would have lost a mother and a sister.”. The investigation hit the front page of the Times on 8 May 2009 and later in the day it was announced on the official Idols website that the recount had showed that Jason Hartman had received 200,000 more votes than Sasha Lee Davids, who was originally declared as the winner on the grand finale, with 52.77% of the votes. TV personality Palesa Madisakwane was involved in a tragic car accident which was allegedly caused by a drunk driver. Nationwide auditions took place from February 2012. Jody Williams, a 17-year-old from Cape Town, emerged as the eventual winner. Half of the judging panel were replaced as were the two hosts, with Colin Moss and Letoya Makhene now hosting. On 2 October 2012, Khaya Mthethwa from Durban in Kwa-Zulu Natal was declared the winner, becoming the first black contestant in the show's history to win. Unfortunately Thami passed away three years after entering Idols. ', and I said yes because at the time I thought I was bisexual," Somizi Mhlongo said. DRUM will update the article once the comment has been received. In the final showdown of Season 5 there have been problems with the voteline, and some of the votes that were sent before the cut-off time were not counted. The fifteenth season of South African Idols premiered on July 7, 2019, 17:30 CAT on the Mzansi Magic television network. In that film he also served as choreographer. Somizi Mhlongo was in a relationship with South African actress, Palesa Madisakwane. The top two were Noma Khumalo and Thami Shobede where Noma won season 12. He later went on to star in the film adaptation of Sarafina!, which also became the first big project he choreographed. He was also a judge on the SABC 1 dance show, Dance Your Butt Off, he has a reality show Living the Dream with Somizi and he co-host the Metro FM breakfast show with DJ Fresh. Liezl van der Westhuizen became the host in season 4 and was sidekicked by ProVerb in season 5 who hosted the semifinal rounds. On 13 April 2007, M-Net announced the series would return to their network for a fourth season in English. 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. Season 12. 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. Auditions were held in January. The actress, who shares a daughter with Somizi Mhlongo, took to her Instagram page to express her gratitude that she and her 9-year-old daughter made it out alive after they were involved in a head-on collision last week.

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