SA's Got Talent (season 5)

SA's Got Talent
Season 5
Broadcast from September 7, 2014 – November 9, 2014
Judges Shado Twala
DJ Fresh
Lalla Hirayama
Host(s) Tats Nkonzo
Broadcaster E.tv
Winner
Tholwana Mohale
Origin Northern Cape
Genre(s) Singer

In 2014 SA's Got Talent returned for another season. The season started on 7 September. Tatz remained the host. It has been announced that Shado is also staying, but Ian and Kabelo will leave. Lalla Hirayama and DJ Fresh are joined the judging panel this year.[1]

Auditions

Open Auditions

City Audition Dates Venue
Durban 24 May 2014 Olive Convention Centre[2]
Cape Town 31 May- 1 June 2014 Belmont Square [3]
Johannesburg 7–8 June 2014 Focus Rooms[4]

Judges Auditions

Acts who were accepted in the open auditions, make it through to the judges audition, where it is televised with a live audience. For the judges auditions, there is 1 episode per city where hundreds of acts are put through to have a chance to get to the next round - the semi finals, although only 18 acts will get through.

Episode # City Audition Date Venue
1 Cape Town 26-7-2014 Baxter Theatre
2 Cape Town 27-7-2014 Baxter Theatre
3 Johannesburg 2-8-2014 UJ Arts Theatre
4 Johannesburg 3-8-2014 UJ Arts Theatre

Semi Finals

There are 3 episodes in the semi finals part of this competition. Each episode consists of 6 acts. There are also 3 result episodes in which 2 acts from each episode are put through to the finals.

Semi finalist summary

Key
  Eliminated
  Advanced to the finals
Bold Won the competition
Name Category/Act
Airforce Singers (a cappella) (group act)
Arise Dancers (children group act)
Black Lace Singers (a cappella) (group act)
Choppa Boys Dancers (gumboot) (group act)
Franklin Fredericks Other act category(balancing act)
Freeze Frame Crew Dancers (group act)
Honey Singers (group act)
Joe Fredreicks Singer
Jude Harpstar Other act category(harpist)
Lew Tasker Other act category (contact juggler)
Matrix Aviators Dancers (group act)
New Creation and The Band Singer/ Band (group act)
Noelle Thea Jansen Singer (opera)
Phelelani and Jacobus Other act category (circus performers)
Tessa Hijner Singer
Tholwana Mohale Singer/ guitarist
The Young Weezy Boys Dancers (group act)
Zaklya Brown Singer

First episode

Key

Buzzed
  Advanced to the finals (Viewers choice)
  Advanced to the finals (Judges choice)
  Eliminated
Bold Won the competition

Result show guest: Johnny Apple

Order Name Act Shado Twala DJ Fresh Lalla Hirayama
1 Phelelani and Jacobus Other act category (circus performers)
2 Zaklya Brown Singer
3 The Young Weezy Boys Dancers (group act)
4 Airforce Singers (a cappella) (group act)
5 Choppa Boys Dancers (gumboot) (group act)
6 Joe Fredreicks Singer

Second episode

Key

Buzzed
  Advanced to the finals (Viewers choice)
  Advanced to the finals (Judges choice)
  Eliminated
Bold Won the competition

Result show guest: Cassper Nyovest

Order Name Act Shado Twala DJ Fresh Lalla Hirayama
1 Freeze Frame Crew Dancers (group act)
2 Noelle Thea Jansen Singer (opera)
3 Franklin Fredericks Other act category(balancing act)
4 Lew Tasker Other act category (contact juggler)
5 Tessa Hijner Singer
6 New Creation and The Band Singer/ Band (group act)

Third episode

Key

Buzzed
  Advanced to the finals (Viewers choice)
  Advanced to the finals (Judges choice)
  Eliminated
Bold Won the competition

Result show guest: Harrison Crump

Order Name Act Shado Twala DJ Fresh Lalla Hirayama
1 Black Lace Singers (a cappella) (group act)
2 Tholwana Mohale Singer/ guitarist
3 Arise Dancers (children group act)
4 Honey Singers (group act)
5 Jude Harpstar Other act category(harpist)
6 Matrix Aviators Dancers (group act)

Finals

Key Buzzed
  Won the competition
  Finished in top 3
  Eliminated

6 acts are put through to the finals with 1 winner, ultimately, that wins the grand prize of R250 000.

Result show guest: AKA

Order Name Act Shado Twala DJ Fresh Lalla Hirayama
1 New Creation and The Band Singer/ Band (group act)
2 Honey Singers (group act)
3 The Young Weezy Boys Dancers (group act)
4 Tholwana Mohale Singer/ guitarist
5 Joe Fredreicks Singer
6 Freeze Frame Group Dancers (group act)

Episode summary

Episode Date
Johannesburg Auditions 7-9-2014
Durban Auditions 14-9-2014
Cape Town Auditions 21-9-2014
Cape Town Auditions 2 28-9-2014
Johannesburg Audition 2 5-10-2014
Cape Town Auditions 3/ Finalists announcement12-10-2014
Semi final 1 19-10-2014
Result 1 20-10-2014
Semi final 2 26-10-2014
Result 2 27-10-2014
Semi final 3 2-11-2014
Result 3 3-11-2014
Final 9-11-2014
Final result 9-11-2014

References

  1. Website, 2014 http://www.channel24.co.za/TV/News/SAs-Got-Talent-on-etv-loses-judges-Ian-von-Memerty-and-Kabelo-Mabalane-20140603
  2. Website, 2014 http://www.etv.co.za/news/2014/05/12/sa-s-got-talent-audition-details
  3. Website, 2014 http://www.etv.co.za/news/2014/05/27/sas-got-talent-cape-town-auditions
  4. Website, 2014 http://www.etv.co.za/news/2014/06/02/sas-got-talent-johannesburg-auditions
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