Idols South Africa (season 14)
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 Mkayi and Randall Abrahams also remained as the main judges, with guest judges at each audition city.
| Idols South Africa | |
|---|---|
| Season 14 | |
| Hosted by | ProVerb |
| Winner | Yanga Sobetwa |
| Runner-up | Thato Makape |
| Release | |
| Original network | Mzansi Magic |
| Original release | July 8 – November 18, 2018 |
| Season chronology | |
Auditions
Auditions began in January and ended in March.
| City | Venue | Guest Judge | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| City | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Bloemfontein | Mimosa Mall | 3 February 2018 |
| Port Elizabeth | Boardwalk Casino & Hotel | 17 February 2018 |
| Polokwane | Savannah Mall | 3 March 2018 |
Finalists
| Contestant | Age | Hometown | Place finished | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Mvelase | 18 | Witbank | 9th | |
| Mthokozisi Ndaba | 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
Boys (2 September)
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Matalane | 1 | "Nguwe" by Vusi Nova | Eliminated |
| Mthokozisi Ndaba | 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 | Public Wild Card |
Girls (9 September)
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bongiwe Mdaka | 1 | "Beneath Your Beautiful" by Emeli Sandé | Eliminated |
| Dalene Swartz | 2 | "It's Not Right, But It's Okay by Whitney Houston | Eliminated |
| Nosipho Silinda | 3 | "Alive" by Sia | Safe |
| Ntokozo Mvelase | 4 | "Ndiza" by Zahara | Safe |
| Thando Mngomezulu | 5 | "Giving Myself" by Jennifer Hudson | Public Wild Card |
| Wattahmelon | 6 | "Lose to Win" by Fantasia | Eliminated |
| Xae | 7 | "Broken Clocks" by SZA | Safe |
| Yanga Sobetwa | 8 | "Don't You Remember" by Adele | Safe |
Top 10 (16 September)
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| King B | 1 | "Love On The Brain" by Rihanna | Safe |
| Lincoln Lewis | 2 | "Sondela" by Ringo Madlingozi | Safe |
| Mthokozisi Ndaba | 3 | "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)" by Maxwell | Eliminated |
| Niyaaz Arendse | 4 | "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran | Safe |
| Thato Makape | 5 | "I Got You" by Encore | Safe |
| Nosipho Silinda | 6 | "Collide" by Lady Zamar | Safe |
| Ntokozo Mvelase | 7 | "Fill Me Up" by Tasha Cobbs | Safe |
| Thando Mngomezulu | 8 | "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" by Aretha Franklin | Safe |
| Xae | 9 | "Please Mr" by Shekhinah | Safe |
| Yanga Sobetwa | 10 | "Amazulu" by Amanda Black | Safe |
Top 9: The 90s (23 September)
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| King B | 1 | "Remember The Time" by Michael Jackson | Safe |
| Lincoln Lewis | 2 | "Pony" by Ginuwine | Safe |
| Niyaaz Arendse | 3 | "Forever" by Damage | Safe |
| Thato Makape | 4 | "If I Ever Fall In Love" by Shia | Safe |
| Nosipho Silinda | 5 | "Open Arms" by Tina Turner | Safe |
| Ntokozo Mvelase | 6 | "He Wasn't Man Enough" by Toni Braxton | Eliminated |
| Thando Mngomezulu | 7 | "Bills, Bills, Bills" by Destiny's Child | Safe |
| Xae | 8 | "That's The Way Love Goes" by Janet Jackson | Safe |
| Yanga Sobetwa | 9 | "Before You Walk Out My Life" by Monica Brown | Safe |
Top 8 - Orchestral Delight (30 September)
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| King B | 1 | "Loliwe" by Zahara | Safe |
| Lincoln Lewis | 2 | "Elastic Heart" by Sia | Eliminated |
| Niyaaz Arendse | 3 | "Take Me To Church" by Hozier | Safe |
| Thato Makape | 4 | "Treat You Better" by Shawn Mendes | Safe |
| Nosipho Silinda | 5 | "Hurt" by Christina Aguilera | Safe |
| Thando Mngomezulu | 6 | "As Long As You Love Me" by Justin Bieber | Safe |
| Xae | 7 | "Cranes In The Sky" by Solange Knowles | Safe |
| Yanga Sobetwa | 8 | "Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart" by Alicia Keys | Safe |
Top 7: Showstopper (7 October)
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| King B | 1 | "Inde" by Heavy K & Busiswa | Safe |
| Niyaaz Arendse | 2 | "Turn Up The Music" by Chris Brown | Safe |
| Thato Makape | 3 | "Mamelani" by Naakmusiq | Safe |
| Nosipho Silinda | 4 | "Into You" by Ariana Grande | Safe |
| Thando Mngomezulu | 5 | "Single Ladies" by Beyoncé | Safe |
| Xae | 6 | "One Thing" by Amerie | Eliminated |
| Yanga Sobetwa | 7 | "Not Yet Uhuru" by Letta Mbulu | Safe |
Top 6: Celebration of South African Music (14 October)
| Act | Order | Love Song | Order | Celebration of SA Music | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King B | 1 | "Make You Feel My Love" by Adele | 7 | "Baby Please" by Kelly Khumalo | Safe |
| Niyaaz Arendse | 2 | "Crazy Love" by Brian McKnight | 8 | "Jika" by Mi Casa | Safe |
| Thato Makape | 3 | "U Got It Bad" by Usher | 9 | "Tell Me" by Stimela & Ray Phiri | Safe |
| Nosipho Silinda | 4 | "Halo" by Beyonce | 10 | "Destiny" by Zahara | Eliminated |
| Thando Mngomezulu | 5 | "I Believe In You & Me" by Whitney Houston | 11 | "Nizalwa Ngobani" by Thandiswa Mazwai | Safe |
| Yanga Sobetwa | 6 | "If This Isn't Love" by Jennifer Hudson | 12 | "Xa Bendino Mama" by Zahara | Safe |
Top 5 (21 October)
| Act | Order | Song | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King B | 1 | "Irreplaceable" by Beyoncé | 6 | "Say Something" by Laura D | Safe |
| Niyaaz Arendse | 2 | "Too Good At Goodbyes" by Sam Smith | 7 | "Lost Without U" by Robin Thicke | Eliminated |
| Thato Makape | 3 | "Imibuzo" by Nathi | 8 | "Inkomo" by The Soil | Safe |
| Thando Mngomezulu | 4 | "Spotlight" by Jennifer Hudson | 9 | "The Weakness In Me"" by Keisha White | Safe |
| Yanga Sobetwa | 5 | "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston | 10 | "What Is Love" by V. Bozeman | Safe |
Top 4 (28 October)
| Act | Order | Song | Order | Song - Soweto Gospel Choir | Order | Duet | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King B | 1 | "Kahle" by Amanda Black | 5 | "Lion of Judah" by Soweto Gospel Choir | 10 | "Smother" by Craig Lucas & Paxton (with Mmatema Moremi)
Eliminated | |
| Thato Makape | 2 | "If" by Davido | 6 | "Many Rivers to Cross" by Soweto Gospel Choir | 10 | "Ngamthanda Umuntu" by Linda (with Amanda Black) | Safe |
| Thando Mngomezulu | 3 | "Thando" by Naima Kay | 7 | "Ka Na Le Modisa" by Soweto Gospel Choir | 11 | "The Closer I Get To You" by Beyoncé & Luther Vandross (with Karabo Mogane) | Safe |
| Yanga Sobetwa | 4 | "Impilo" by Sjava | 8 | "Avulekile Amasango/One Love" by Soweto Gospel Choir | 12 | "Beauty and the Beast" by Ariana Grande & John Legend (with Khaya Mthethwa) | Safe |
Top 3: Semi-Final (4 November)
| Act | Order | Song | Order | Idols Produced Single | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thato Makape | 1 | "Thandiwe" by Vusi Nova | 4 | "Blow by Blow" by Thato | Safe |
| Thando Mngomezulu | 2 | "Never Say Never" by Justin Bieber | 5 | "Wasting Time" by Thando | Eliminated |
| Yanga Sobetwa | 3 | "Mkulumsebenzi" by Khaya Mthethwa | 6 | "Scars (All Over Me)" by Yanga | Safe |
Top 2: Final (11 November)
| Act | Order | Favourite Previous Performance | Order | Best Performance | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thato Makape | 1 | "I'm Not the Only One" by Sam Smith | 3 | "If" by Davido | 5 | "Mamelani" | Runner-up |
| Yanga Sobetwa | 2 | "Heaven" by Emeli Sandé | 4 | "Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart" by Alicia Keys | 6 | "Not Yet Uhuru" | Winner |
Yanga and Thato performed a duet they sung - "Dusk Till Dawn" by Zayn Malik & Sia
Elimination Chart
- Colour key
| – | Winner |
| – | Runner-up |
| – | Public Wild Card |
| – | Eliminated |
| Act | Top 16 | Top 10 | Top 9 | Top 8 | Top 7 | Top 6 | Top 5 | Top 4 | Top 3 | Top 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys | Girls | ||||||||||||
| Yanga Sobetwa | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner | ||
| Thato Makape | Safe | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-up | ||
| Thando Mngomezulu | N/A | Public Wild Card | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 3rd place | Eliminated | ||
| King B | Safe | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 4th place | Eliminated | |||
| Niyaaz Arendse | Public Wild Card | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 5th place | Eliminated | ||||
| Nosipho Silinda | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 6th place | Eliminated | |||||
| Xae | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 7th place | Eliminated | ||||||
| Lincoln Lewis | Safe | N/A | Safe | Safe | 8th place | Eliminated | |||||||
| Ntokozo Mvelase | N/A | Safe | Safe | 9th place | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Mthokozisi Ndaba | Safe | N/A | 10th place | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Bongiwe Mdaka | N/A | 11th/13th place | Eliminated | ||||||||||
| Dalene Swartz | N/A | ||||||||||||
| Wattahmelon | N/A | ||||||||||||
| Mnqobi Dlamini | 14th/16th place | Eliminated | |||||||||||
| Sandile Skosana | |||||||||||||
| Victor Matalane | |||||||||||||
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