Idols (East African TV series)

Idols East Africa was a singing competition, serving as the second season of the pan-African franchise of the Idol series after Idols West Africa. It premiered on April 6, 2008 and ended on July 27, 2008.[1]

Idols East Africa
Created bySimon Fuller
StarringLebogang Mzwimbi
Thato Matlhabaphiri
Angela Angwenyi
Trevor Siyandi
Kawesa Richard
Country of originEast African (filmed in Kenya)
Original languageEnglish
Release
Original networkM-Net, DStv
Original releaseApril 6 (2008-04-06) –
July 27, 2008 (2008-07-27)
External links
Website
Finalists
(With dates of elimination)
Eric MoyoWinner
Nicolette KiigaJuly 27
Trinah ChisangaJuly 21
Adiona MaborekeJuly 14
Ammara BrownJuly 7
Mkhululi BhebheJune 30
Cynthia KutoJune 23
Samantha TirivachoJune 16
Faycal BirinkuzilaJune 9
Christine AddaJune 2

Participating countries are located on the eastern and southern parts of Africa such as Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Audition venues will be held in each of these countries. The competition is also open to citizens of Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Réunion, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, and Swaziland, but would have to meet the requirements before auditioning in one of the seven audition venues.[2]

Themes

June 2: African Americans
June 9: 50s, 60s and 70s
June 16: New Millennium
June 23: Birth Decade
June 30: African Home Grown
July 7: My Idols
July 14: Producer's Choice
July 21: Ultimate Wishlist
July 27: Grand Finale

Finals Elimination Chart
Stage: Semi Finals Finals
Weeks: 05/05 05/12 05/19 05/26 06/02 06/09 06/16 06/23 06/30 07/07 07/14 07/21 07/27
Place Constestant Result
1 Eric Moyo 1 Btm3 Winner
2 Nicolette Kiiga 2 Btm2 Btm2 Btm3 Btm2 Runner-up
3 Trinah Chisanga 1 Btm3 Btm2 Elim
4 Adiona Maboreke Elim JURY Btm2 Btm2 Elim
5 Ammara Brown 1 Elim
6 Mkhululi Bhebhe JURY Btm3 Btm2 Elim
7 Cynthia Kuto 2 Elim
8 Samantha Tirivacho 1 Btm3 Elim
9 Faycal Birinkuzila 2 Btm3 Elim
10 Christine Adda 2 Elim
  • No real bottom three were announced on June 23. Mkhululi and Nicolette were just randomly placed alongside Cynthia in the "unsafe" group.
  • No real bottom three were announced on July 24. Trinah and Eric were just randomly placed alongside in the "unsafe" candidates group.
Legend
Female Male Safe Safe first Safe second Wildcard Eliminated

Voting

Voting is done by ranking the contestants per country and finding the average rank. This is to prevent countries with larger voting power from giving the contestants from their country an unfair advantage.

References
  1. A New Season of Idols Archived 2007-12-10 at the Wayback Machine, MNetAfrica.com
  2. "Idols Africa: Zim gets chance to shine". The Financial Gazette (Zimbabwe). December 6, 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
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