Idols South Africa (season 5)

Idols
Season 5
Broadcast from 1 February 2009 – 10 May 2009
Judges Dave Thompson
Mara Louw
Gareth Cliff
Randall Abrahams
Host(s) Liezel van der Westhuizen
Broadcaster M-net
Winner
Jason Hartman /
Sasha-Lee Davids
Origin Cape Town / Durban
Genre(s) Rock, folk / soul, pop
Runner-up
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Idols South Africa V was the fifth season of South African reality interactive talent show based on the British talent show Pop Idol. It premiered on Sunday, 1 February 2009, with a summer vibe and new rules. Instead of the search happening in autumn–winter as with previous seasons, the auditions began in mid-December and run through the holiday season.[1]

Colin Moss was unable to be the host of Season 5 due to movie commitments and the role open for auditions. Among those who auditioned were Top Billing presenter Janez Vermeiren, SABC 3 continuity presenter and radio DJ Liezl van der Westhuizen, television presenter and DJ Pabi Moloi - most recently seen in SABC 1s The Amazing Date —and Sami Sabiti, co-host of Idols 1. M-Net made an official announcement that Liezl van der Westhuizen will be the new host. She was presented to viewers in the first episode of Season 5 when Colin was run over by a car in a scene and she took the reins from him as the new host.

Final voting disaster

On the official finale Sasha Lee Davids was announced the winner, with 52.77% of the votes. Four days later, Idols announced that there had been problems with the voteline, and some of the votes that were sent before the cut-off time were not counted. 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)). After discussion between M-Net and FremantleMedia (the format owners), Jason Hartman and Sasha Lee Davids were declared winners. They both received identical full prizes.[2] This was the first time a win was shared on an Idol show. Neither Hartman nor Davids ever appeared in the bottom 3 or 2 prior to the final.

Finals

Finalists

(ages stated at time of contest)

Contestant Age Hometown Voted Off
Jason Hartman 29 Durban joint Winner
Sasha-Lee Davis 18 Cape Town joint Winner
Graeme Watkins 26 Cape Town 27 Apr 2009
Lendel Moonsamy 23 Durban 20 Apr 2009
Sithembiso Nkosi 19 Johannesburg 13 Apr 2009
Cameron Bruce 17 Johannesburg 6 Apr 2009
Pixie Bennett 24 Durban 30 Mar 2009
Lize Heerman 21 Durban 23 Mar 2009
Daniel Barron 17 Johannesburg 16 Mar 2009
Ntsepa Pitjeng 26 Johannesburg 9 Mar 2009

Elimination chart

Legend
Did Not Perform Female Male Top 14 Top 10 Winner
Safe Safe First Safe Last Eliminated
Stage: Semi Finals
Week: 02/23 03/02 03/09 03/16 03/23 03/30 04/06 04/13 04/20 04/27 05/03
Place Contestant Result
1 Jason Hartman Winners
Sasha Lee Davids
3 Graeme Watkins Btm 5 Btm 4 Btm 3 Elim
4 Lendel Moonsamy Btm 2 Btm 2 Btm 2 Elim
5 SiThembiso Nkosi Btm 3 Elim
6 Cameron Bruce Btm 3 Btm 3 Elim
7 Pixie Bennett Btm 6 Btm 4 Btm 2 Elim
8 Lize Heerman Btm 2 Btm 2 Elim
9 Daniel Baron Btm 4 Elim
10 Ntsepa Pitjeng Elim
11-12 Mathew Moolman Elim
Suzzi Swanepoel Btm 5
12-14 Thubalethu Myeki Elim
ReThabile Kgoroeadira

References

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