Finalists Eric Moyo Winner Nicolette Kiige July 27 Trinah Chisanga July 21 Adiona Maboreke July 14 Ammara Brown July 7 Mkhululi Bhebhe June 30 Cynthia Kuto June 23 Samantha Tirivacho June 16 Faycal Birinkuzila June 9 Christine Adda June 2 Idols East Africa is the East African edition of the international Idols franchise. It was the second series of the pan-African version of the franchise, following Idols West Africa. The show premiered on 6 April 2008 and ended on 27 July 2008.
Several countries from eastern Africa participated in the show. These countries included Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Audition venues were held in each of these countries. The competition was also open to citizens of Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Eswatini Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Réunion, Rwanda, Seychelles, and Somalia, but would have to meet the requirements before auditioning in one of the seven audition venues.
Themes DateThemeJune 2African AmericansJune 950s, 60s and 70sJune 16New MilleniumJune 23Birth DecadeJune 30African Home GrownJuly 7My IdolsJuly 14Producer's ChoiceJuly 21Ultimate WishlistJuly 27Grand Finale
Finals Elimination Chart
Stage:Semi FinalsFinalsWeeks:05/0505/1205/1905/2606/0206/0906/1606/2306/3007/0707/1407/2107/27PlaceContestantResult1Eric Moyo1 Btm3 Winner2Nicolette Kiige2 Btm2 Btm2 Btm3 Btm2 Runner-up3Trinah Chisanga1 Btm3 Btm2 Elim4Adiona Maboreke Elim JURY Btm2 Btm2 Elim5Ammara Brown1 Elim6Mkhululi Bhebhe JURY Btm3 Btm2 Elim7Cynthia Kuto2 Elim8Samantha Tirivacho1 Btm3 Elim9Faycal Birinkuzila2 Btm3 Elim10Christine Adda2 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 was done by ranking the contestants per country and finding the average rank. This was to prevent countries with larger voting power from giving the contestants from their country an unfair advantage.
References
External links Official Website