Idols south africa ii was the third season of south african reality interactive talent show based on the british talent show pop idol. Here are the idols sa 2019 top 10 contestants idols sa. Tee leaves it all on the stage with her ode to one of mzansis foremost performers for more information visit. She comes back older and wiser and ready to go all the way to the top. The 31yearold who was the runner up of season 12 died on thursday after a long illness. With colin moss and letoya makhene new hosts were introduced and half of the juding panel was replaced as mara louw and gareth cliff replaced penny lebyane. During the course of sundays show, judges unathi msengana and garreth cliff said that if the top 16 was a mixed performance night and if the. The next episode of idols sa is airing sunday on mzansi magic, and top 10 contestants will be announced during the live show. In the tradition of idols, this is where a significant cut is made. Idols sa season winner, paxton and tresor graced the stage with their latest single kiss the haze. It was a poignant evening as the idols top 10 paid tribute to the late, great icons of music with tonights theme fallen legends. After the top 14s first round of performances on the iconic american idol stage, america got to vote to secure their top seven contestants to move on to the american idol 2019 top 10.
Proverb opened the show by acknowledging and paying respect to randall abrahams who has been part of idols sa from season 1, and he is celebrating 15 years with idols this season. Ryan seacrest returned as host for his thirteenth season. Watch mmangaliso performing be without you by mary j blige. Idols sa has annouced its top 10 finalists for season 14 the judges threw their own spanner in the works when they announced they would not be using their wild card picks this year. As the longest standing idols judge, randall gave this advice to the remaining 10. In the past two weeks, group one and group two gave their best performances to try and earn a spot in the top 10.
The top sixteenth contestants on 2018 idols sa season 14 have been revealed. The auditions will be crisscrossing south africa in search of the velvet vocals of our next idols. Last week, we saw the idols sa top 17 contenders whittled down to 10 wouldbe idols. From the opening strands of their cover of boyz ii mens poignant, one sweet day, it was an emotional evening punctuated by raw and powerful performances from the contestants. It was a fitting swan song for the two as they stood together on the idols stage for the last time before paxton was crowned the winner of idols sa season. For randall and somizi, however, she delivered as expected. Tonight mmangaliso gumbi was booted out of the competition leaving us with this seasons top 6 and. Rickey minor returned to the show as musical director after leaving the show after season 9 to join the tonight show. The competition was narrowed down to the top 32 and tonight, the judges randall abrahams, somizi mhlongo, and unathi msengana. The showcase performances got off to a lively start with faith singing pinks what about us in a postapocalyptic set. Idols south africa 20 the top 7 perform together for the first time this. Top 10 performance surprised coaches in the voice usa auditions 2018 duration.
Group two in formation idols sa season youtube theatre week highlight. Americas vote finally arrived this week on american idol 2019, with fans getting their chance to vote for their favorite contestants to move forward in the competition. Mzansis most watched reality show and music competition, idols, has revealed the remaining top 17 contestants. The season was won by luyolo yiba and the runnerup was sneziey msomi. Here are all the performers for the 2019 idols sa top 10.
Two more contestants were given a second chance at victory. South africa voted for their favourite, bringing them one step closer to be crowned idols sa season 15 winner. Sundays show saw the pair debut their first singles and the streets were impressed with their performances. Thousands of hopefuls had auditioned to be the season 15 south african idol. It was aired from june 2003, exactly one year after the first season ended, to october of the same year. Former judge jennifer lopez, who returned after one season absence, and harry connick jr. Cape town on sunday idols sa paid tribute to former contestant thami shobede in a moving episode. After sundays performances, it is safe to say that the girls will be giving the top 5 boys a run for their money. With only two weeks to go before the finale, last nights idols sa season xiii came with a twist a plane ticket to london, uk, for the three remaining at the end of the show the top four were paired with former idols contenders for their duet round, which saw the return of season nine winner musa, season 10 and 11s top 10 finalists kyle deutsch and amanda black, as well as last year.
Guess who is coming back to compete for the grand prize. Zia fielies, 19, from manenberg, cape town, is a returnee. Faith takes us to church with a moving ode to the late sifiso ncwane for more information visit. The judges rounded off the top 10 by saving lindo and christo. The stage has now officially been set for a really tight competition, starting this week, under the theme. Michelle harripersadth idols sa fans had their say last night at the results show when they chose their top 10 girls for season 9. Season of american idol premiered on january 15, 2014 on fox and concluded on may 21, 2014. News schooler thapelo takes on a memorable alumnus zamajobe, with a spirited rendition of her hit ndawo yami for more information visit. The fifteenth season of south african idols premiered on july 7, 2019, 17. Idols sa top 16 ladies performances raises more than a few. She was part of idols sa season, which was won by paxton fielies. The show is a contest to determine the best young singer in south africa. November 20, 2017 from the dramatic set, resplendent in strobe and laser lights, to the black lacquered stage that made the top two look like they were gliding on water, carnival citys.
Unathi was disappointed, saying she had anticipated more. Viggy qwabe quits idols sa after her twin virginia is. More than 3500 fans turned up to support the two finalists. Idols is a television show on the south african television network mzansi magic based on the popular british show pop idol.
The thirteenth season of american idol, styled as american idol xiii, premiered on the fox television network on january 15, 2014. The best way to describe this years idols sa top 16 allfemale round is in the immortal words of jay z, a fresh out of the frying pan into the fire spectacle the remaining eight female vocalists set the stage ablaze with their rendition of rihannas work at pretorias state theatre as. Paxton hits all the right notes idols sa season youtube top 4 reveal. Give us a like if youre in the crowd this morning and good luck to everyone. Idols season 8 winner and awardwinning musician khaya mthethwa made it to the other side of the table as a guest judge in last nights episode, and his experience as a contestant saw him. It has been a gruelling journey, from mass auditions to an intense theatre week that included group and solo performances. Luyolo dance till you drop idols sa guest performance. Luyolo yiba was on sunday night crowned this seasons winner of idols sa the star from king williams town in the eastern cape beat out snenhlanhla sneziey msomi for the crown at a. On sunday the top 17 was whittled down to the top 10 after mzansi had their say. South africa s biggest reality show returns for its 15th season on mzansi magic. Tonights performances brought the competition full circle for the top 3 contestants, sneziey msomi, micayla oelofse and luyolo yiba. Proverb remained as the shows host and an executive producer while somizi mhlongo, unathi nkayi and randall abrahams also remained as the main judges, with guest. Ryan seacrest returned as the host with the judging panel consisting of keith urban, jennifer lopez, and harry connick, jr. Mthokozisi and gugus groups leave the arena speechless with their respective interpretations of beneath your beautiful and for their efforts.
Fresh from their inspiring trip to new york, our idols contestants returned to the stage to give us one last chance to decide who gets to be the last man or woman standing in 15th season of idols south africa. Botlhale takes on vusi novas nanini na for more information visit. The teen from bishop lavis is a grade 11 pupil and has the full backing of her family and school when it comes to pursuing her musical dream. After announcing yanga sobetwa as the winner for season 14, idols sa has already revealed auditions for next season the auditions for season 15 will kick off in january 2019 and will happen in 4 cities. Idols south africa x is the tenth season of the south african reality interactive talent show based on the british talent show pop idol the seasons first show was aired on july, 2014. Here are the top 17 idols contestants gq south africa. The idols finale has been one of the biggest in the history of the show. Idols top 9 performances fail to set any sparks flying sunday nights idol sa top 9 performance was the most underwhelming of the season so far. The idols sa season auditions saw the young and ambitious come out in droves to take a chance in front of the judges at the state theatre in pretoria. Its all ears on johannesburg today as the search for mzansis next great singing sensation lands in the city of gold. The grammy nominated singer syleena johnson to grace idols sa, as well as performances by grammy award winning group ladysmith black mambaso, gqom singer shado m, idols sa season winner paxton and malawianborn afropop singer tressor. After revealing how thrilled they were to perform thats what i like by bruno mars group one do justice to his smash hit for more information. Mzansi here are your idols sa season 15 top 10 contestants. Keith urban was the only judge from the twelfth season to return.