Idols South Africa (season 5)
| Idols | |
|---|---|
| Season 5 | |
| Broadcast from | 1 February – 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 |
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| Origin | Cape Town / Durban |
| Genre(s) | Rock, folk / soul, pop |
| Runner-up | |
| - | |
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.
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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
| 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 | ||||||||||||
