Idols South Africa (season 14)

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Season of television series

Idols South Africa

Season 14
Hosted by| ProVerb
Winner| Yanga Sobetwa
Runner-up| Thato Makape
Release
Original network| Mzansi Magic
Original release| July 8 (2018-07-08) –
November 18, 2018 (2018-11-18)
Season chronology

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The fourteenth season of South African Idols premiered on July 8, 2018, on the Mzansi Magic television network. ProVerb continued his role as the show's host and an executive producer while Somizi Mhlongo, Unathi Nkayi and Randall Abrahams also remained as the main judges, with guest judges at each audition city.

## Auditions[edit]

Auditions began in January and ended in March.

Audition dates and venues  City  | Venue  | Guest Judge  | Date

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Durban  | North Beach Amphitheatre  |  | 20 January 2018
Cape Town  | Century City Conference Centre  | DJ Cleo  | 27 January 2018
Pretoria  | The State Theatre  |  | 10 February 2018
Johannesburg  | Carnival City  |  | 24 February 2018
Pop-up audition dates and venues  City  | Venue  | Date

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Bloemfontein  | Mimosa Mall  | 3 February 2018
Port Elizabeth  | Boardwalk Casino & Hotel  | 17 February 2018
Polokwane  | Savannah Mall  | 3 March 2018

## Finalists[edit]

Contestant  | Age  | Hometown  | Place finished

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| Yanga Sobetwa | 16  | Delft, Cape Town | Winner
| Thato Makape  | 23  | Postmasburg, Northern Cape | Runner-up
| Thando Mngomezulu  | 19  | Alberton, Gauteng | 3rd
| Basimane Melato (King B)  | 20  | Kagiso | 4th
| Niyaaz Arendse  | 22  | Cape Town | 5th
| Nosipho Silinda  | 17  | Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal | 6th
| Zamagambu Memela (Xae)  | 19  | Pinetown, Durban | 7th
| Lincoln Lewis  | 22  | Ravensmead, Cape Flats | 8th
| Ntokozo Makhathini  | 18  | Witbank, Emalahleni | 9th
| Mthokozisi Ngcobo  | 20  | Umlazi, Durban | 10th
| Bongiwe Mdaka  | 23  | Melelani, Mpumalanga | 11th/13th
| Dalene Swartz  | 21  | Eldorado Park, Johannesburg
| Lethabo Ramatsui (Wattahmelon)  | 18  | Atteridgeville, Pretoria
| Mnqobi Dlamini  | 21  | Piet Retief | 14th/16th
| Sandile Skosana  | 26  | Tsakane, Ekurhuleni
| Victor Matalane  | 25  | Riba Cross, Limpopo

## Weekly Song Choice and Result[edit]

### Top 16[edit]

#### Boys (2 September)[edit]

Act  | Order  | Song  | Result

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Victor Matalane  | 1  | "Nguwe" by Vusi Nova  | Eliminated
Mthokozisi Ngcobo  | 2  | "So Amazing" by Luther Vandross | Safe
Mnqobi Dlamini  | 3  | "Hold On, We're Going Home" by Drake | Eliminated
Sandile Skosana  | 4  | "Nomvula" by Nathi | Eliminated
Lincoln Lewis  | 5  | "Writing's On The Wall" by Sam Smith | Safe
Thato Makape  | 6  | "With You" by Chris Brown | Safe
King B  | 7  | "Stay With Me" by Sam Smith | Safe
Niyaaz Arendse  | 8  | "Mirrors" by Justin Timberlake | Wild Card

#### Girls (9 September)[edit]

Act  | Order  | Song  | Result

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Thando Mngomezulu  | 1  | "Giving Myself" by Jennifer Hudson | Wild Card
Bongiwe Mdaka  | 2  | "Beneath Your Beautiful" by Emeli Sandé | Eliminated
Wattahmelon  | 3  | "Lose to Win" by Fantasia | Eliminated
Nosipho Silinda  | 4  | "Alive" by Sia | Safe
Xae  | 5  | "Broken Clocks" by SZA | Safe
Yanga Sobetwa  | 6  | "Don't You Remember" by Adele | Safe
Ntokozo Makhathini  | 7  | "Ndiza" by Zahara | Safe
Dalene Swartz  | 8  | "It's Not Right, But It's Okay by Whitney Houston | Eliminated

### Top 10 (16 September)[edit]

Act  | Order  | Song  | Result

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Nosipho Silinda  | 1  | "Collide" by Lady Zamar | Safe
Mthokozisi Ngcobo  | 2  | "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)" by Maxwell | Eliminated
Lincoln Lewis  | 3  | "Sondela" by Ringo Madlingozi | Safe
Xae  | 4  | "Please Mr" by Shekhinah | Safe
Niyaaz Arendse  | 5  | "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran | Safe
Ntokozo Makhathini  | 6  | "Fill Me Up" by Tasha Cobbs | Safe
Thato Makape  | 7  | "I Got You" by Encore  | Safe
Thando Mngomezulu  | 8  | "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" by Aretha Franklin | Safe
King B  | 9  | "Love On The Brain" by Rihanna | Safe
Yanga Sobetwa  | 10  | "Amazulu" by Amanda Black | Safe

### Top 9: The 90s (23 September)[edit]

Act  | Order  | Song  | Result

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Lincoln Lewis  | 1  | "Pony" by Ginuwine | Safe
Xae  | 2  | "That's The Way Love Goes" by Janet Jackson | Safe
Niyaaz Arendse  | 3  | "Forever" by Damage | Safe
Yanga Sobetwa  | 4  | "Before You Walk Out My Life" by Monica Brown | Safe
Thato Makape  | 5  | "If I Ever Fall In Love" by Shai | Safe
Thando Mngomezulu  | 6  | "Bills, Bills, Bills" by Destiny's Child | Safe
Nosipho Silinda  | 7  | "Open Arms" by Tina Turner | Safe
Ntokozo Makhathini  | 8  | "He Wasn't Man Enough" by Toni Braxton | Eliminated
King B  | 9  | "Remember The Time" by Michael Jackson | Safe

### Top 8 - Orchestral Delight (30 September)[edit]

Act  | Order  | Song  | Result

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Niyaaz Arendse  | 1  | "Take Me To Church" by Hozier | Safe
Xae  | 2  | "Cranes In The Sky" by Solange Knowles | Safe
King B  | 3  | "Loliwe" by Zahara | Safe
Nosipho Silinda  | 4  | "Hurt" by Christina Aguilera | Safe
Lincoln Lewis  | 5  | "Elastic Heart" by Sia | Eliminated
Yanga Sobetwa  | 6  | "Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart" by Alicia Keys | Safe
Thato Makape  | 7  | "Treat You Better" by Shawn Mendes | Safe
Thando Mngomezulu  | 8  | "As Long As You Love Me" by Justin Bieber | Safe

### Top 7: Showstopper (7 October)[edit]

Act  | Order  | Song  | Result

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Thato Makape  | 1  | "Mamelani" by Naakmusiq  | Safe
Nosipho Silinda  | 2  | "Into You" by Ariana Grande | Safe
Niyaaz Arendse  | 3  | "Turn Up The Music" by Chris Brown | Safe
Yanga Sobetwa  | 4  | "Not Yet Uhuru" by Letta Mbulu | Safe
Xae  | 5  | "One Thing" by Amerie | Eliminated
King B  | 6  | "Inde" by Heavy K & Busiswa  | Safe
Thando Mngomezulu  | 7  | "Single Ladies" by Beyoncé | Safe

### Top 6: Celebration of South African Music (14 October)[edit]

Act  | Order  | Celebration of SA Music  | Order  | Love Songs  | Result

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Thato Makape  | 1  | "Tell Me" by Stimela & Ray Phiri | 7  | "U Got It Bad" by Usher | Safe
Nosipho Silinda  | 2  | "Destiny" by Zahara | 8  | "Halo" by Beyonce | Eliminated
Niyaaz Arendse  | 3  | "Jika" by Mi Casa | 9  | "Crazy Love" by Brian McKnight | Safe
Thando Mngomezulu  | 4  | "Nizalwa Ngobani" by Thandiswa Mazwai | 10  | "I Believe In You & Me" by Whitney Houston | Safe
King B  | 5  | "Baby Please" by Kelly Khumalo | 11  | "Make You Feel My Love" by Adele | Safe
Yanga Sobetwa  | 6  | "Xa Bendino Mama" by Zahara | 12  | "If This Isn't Love" by Jennifer Hudson | Safe

### Top 5 (21 October)[edit]

Act  | Order  | Song  | Order  | Song  | Result

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Thando Mngomezulu  | 1  | "Spotlight" by Jennifer Hudson | 6  | "The Weakness In Me"" by Keisha White | Safe
Niyaaz Arendse  | 2  | "Too Good At Goodbyes" by Sam Smith | 7  | "Lost Without U" by Robin Thicke | Eliminated
King B  | 3  | "Irreplaceable" by Beyoncé | 8  | "Say Something" by Laura D  | Safe
Yanga Sobetwa  | 4  | "What Is Love" by V. Bozeman | 9  | "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston | Safe
Thato Makape  | 5  | "Imibuzo" by Nathi | 10  | "Inkomo" by The Soil | Safe

### Top 4 (28 October)[edit]

Act  | Order  | Song - Soweto Gospel Choir | Order  | Song  | Result

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Thato Makape  | 1  | "Many Rivers to Cross" by Soweto Gospel Choir | 6  | "If" by Davido | Safe
Thando Mngomezulu  | 2  | "Ka Na Le Modisa" by Soweto Gospel Choir | 7  | "Thando" by Naima Kay | Safe
Yanga Sobetwa  | 3  | "Avulekile Amasango/One Love" by Soweto Gospel Choir | 8  | "Impilo" by Sjava | Safe
King B  | 1  | "Lion of Judah" by Soweto Gospel Choir | 5  | "Kahle" by Amanda Black | Eliminated

### Top 3: Semi-Final (4 November)[edit]

Act  | Order  | Duet  | Order  | Song  | Result

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Yanga Sobetwa  | 1  | "Beauty and the Beast" by Ariana Grande & John Legend (with Khaya Mthethwa)  | 4  | "Mkulumsebenzi" by Khaya Mthethwa | Safe
Thando Mngomezulu  | 2  | "The Closer I Get To You" by Beyoncé & Luther Vandross (with Karabo Mogane)  | 5  | "Never Say Never" by Justin Bieber | Eliminated
Thato Makape  | 3  | "Ngamthanda Umuntu" by Linda (with Amanda Black)  | 6  | "Thandiwe" by Vusi Nova  | Safe

* Before the Top 3 were announced, King B also got to duet with Mmatema Moremi they performed Smother by Craig Lucas & Paxton

### Top 2: Final (11 November)[edit]

Act  | Order  | Idols Produced Single  | Order  | Favourite Previous Performance  | Order  | Best Performance  | Result

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Yanga Sobetwa  | 1  | "Scars (All Over Me)" by Yanga  | 3  | "Heaven" by Emeli Sandé | 5  | "Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart" by Alicia Keys | Winner
Thato Makape  | 2  | "Blow by Blow" by Thato  | 4  | "I'm Not the Only One" by Sam Smith | 3  | "If" by Davido | Runner-up

* Before her elimination Thando performed her debut single "Wasting Time".

## Elimination Chart[edit]

Colour key
– | Winner

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– | Runner-up
– | Wild Card
– | Eliminated
Weekly results per act  Act  | Top 16 | Top 10 | Top 9 | Top 8 | Top 7 | Top 6 | Top 5 | Top 4 | Top 3 | Top 2

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Boys | Girls
Yanga Sobetwa  | —  | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner
Thato Makape  | Safe | —  | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-up
Thando Mngomezulu  | —  | Wild Card | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 3rd place | Eliminated
King B  | Safe | —  | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 4th place | Eliminated
Niyaaz Arendse  | Wild Card | —  | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 5th place | Eliminated
Nosipho Silinda  | —  | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 6th place | Eliminated
Xae  | —  | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 7th place | Eliminated
Lincoln Lewis  | Safe | —  | Safe | Safe | 8th place | Eliminated
Ntokozo Makhathini  | —  | Safe | Safe | 9th place | Eliminated
Mthokozisi Ngcobo  | Safe | —  | 10th place | Eliminated
Bongiwe Mdaka  | —  | 11th-16th place | Eliminated
Dalene Swartz  | —
Wattahmelon  | —
Mnqobi Dlamini  | 11th-16th place | Eliminated
Sandile Skosana
Victor Matalane

## References[edit]

Idols South Africa Website TVSA Idols Page Idols South Africa Fan Website

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Idols South Africa

Seasons|

| English|

* 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5
* 6
* 7
* 8
* 9
* 10
* 11
* 12
* 13
* 14
* 15
* 16
* 17
* 18
* 19

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Afrikaans|

* 1

Winners|

* Heinz Winckler
* Anke Pietrangeli
* Karin Kortje
* Dewald Louw
* Jody Williams
* Sasha-Lee Davids / Jason Hartman (co-winners)
* Elvis Blue
* Dave van Vuuren
* Khaya Mthethwa
* Musa Sukwene
* Vincent Bones
* Karabo Mogane
* Noma Khumalo
* Paxton Fielies
* Yanga Sobetwa
* Luyolo Yiba
* Zama Khumalo
* Berry Trytsman
* Thapelo Molomo
* Thabo Ndlovu

Winner's singles|

* "Once in a Lifetime"
* "Silver Lining"
* "I'm So Ready"
* "In Jou Oë"
* "Love Is All Around"
* "True Believer"/"Break the Silence"
* "Things My Father Said"
* "Hall of Mirrors"
* "Move"
* "I Still Feel It"
* "Let Me Love"
* "Ding Dong"
* "Want It to Feel Like It Did With You"
* "Demonstrate"
* "Scars (All Over Me)"
* "Sunshine Through the Rain"
* "Ndizobizwa"
* "Ungowami"
* "Phanda"
* "iSlungu"

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