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 season's first show was aired on July 13, 2014.
Auditions
Auditions began in February and ended in March. They took place in Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town and Pretoria.
Audition dates and venues Carnival City in Johannesburg: Saturday 15 February 2014 The Playhouse in Durban: Saturday 22 February 2014 Grand West Casino and Entertainment World in Cape Town: Sunday 9 March State Theatre, Pretoria: Saturday 22 March 2014
Performance themes Top 16: Current Hits Of 2014 (Elimination results: Chante Geary, Olivia Cloud, Mirandi Smith, Rowan DeVillers, Celine Homan) Top 11: Movie Magic (Elimination results:Ivan Roux and Vincent Verhoog) Top 9: How It Should Have Been Done (Elimination results:Roxy McVean) Top 8: Songs From 1994 (Elimination results:Tumi Morobane) Top 7: Stripped Down (Elimination results:Demi Lee Moore) Top 6: Showstopper Theme (Elimination results:Musa Mashiane) Top 5: Albums Of All Time + Most Downloaded Hits Of All Time (Elimination results:Kyle Deutschmann) Top 4: Old School Vs New School (Elimination results:London Louw) Top 3: Songs Chosen By The Producers +Songs From The Year You Were Born In + Songs You Wisheed To Perform On The Show (Elimination results:Lize Mynhardt) Top 2: Songs They Auditioned With + Judge's Favourite Performances + Their Own Singles (Final 2:Bongiwe Silinda and Vincent Bones)
Top 16 First Group
ContestantAgeHometownSexOccupation 1 Bongi Silinda 23 Nelspruit Female Singer 2 Celine Homan 17 Gordon's Bay Female Student 3 Chante Geary 20 eMalahleni Female Student 4 Ivan Roux 24 Centurion Male Hairdresser 5 London Louw 24 Mafikeng Male Dancer 6 Mirandi Smith 26 Rustenburg Female Singer 7 Vincent Bones 29 Pietermaritzburg Male Church worship leader 8 Vincent Verhoog 25 Durban MaleDriver
Order Contestant Song Original Artist Result 1 Mirandi Smith "Keep On" BlackByrd Eliminated 2 Vincent Verhoog "Rude" Magic! Top 11 3 Celine Homan "XO" Beyoncé Eliminated 4 London Louw "Rather Be" Clean Bandit Top 11 5 Chante Geary "Budapest" George Ezra Eliminated 6 Bongi Silinda "A Night to Remember" Mary J. Blige Top 11 7 Ivan Roux "Hey Brother" Avicii Top 11 8 Vincent Bones "Am I Wrong" Nico & Vinz Top 11
Second Group
ContestantAgeHometownSexOccupation 1 Demi Lee 24 Durbanville Female Singer2Kyle Deutschmann26DurbanMaleSinger3Lize Mynhardt21StellenboschFemaleSinger4Musa Mashiane27eMalahleniMaleSinger5Tumi Morobane20VosloorusFemaleStudent6Olivia Cloud16Hyde ParkFemaleStudent7Rowan De Villiers23DurbanvilleMaleHockey coach8Roxy McVean19Cape TownFemaleStudent
Order Contestant Song Original Artist Result 1 Olivia Cloud "I Will Never Let You Down" Rita Ora Eliminated 2 Kyle Deutschmann "Pretty Hurts" Beyoncé Top 11 3 Demi Lee "Latch" ft. Sam Smith Disclosure Wildcard 4 Rowan de Villiers "A Sky Full of Stars" Coldplay Eliminated 5 Roxy McVean "Waiting For Superman" Daughtry Wildcard 6 Tumi Morobane "Birthday" Katy Perry Top 11 7 Lize Mynhardt "Losing Sleep" John Newman Top 11 8 Musa Mashiane "The Man" Aloe Blacc Top 11
A voting error involving misinformation occurred during the Group 1's voting period with Ivan Roux and Vincent Verhoog's profiles aired with each other's voting numbers, that affected whether one of them had achieved the fourth spot to go to the Top 10. Therefore, in the best interest of the competition, the Producers put both of them into a Top 11, and only three of the remaining 6 contestants from Group 1 will advance to the Top 11 on the Public's vote.
Prior to the Voting Error, the Top 10 would consist of 8 contestants selected from the two Groups by the Public, and 2 contestants selected by the Judges as their Wildcard picks. This mechanic stayed after the Voting Error was discovered in Group 1's voting period. Demi Lee and Roxy McVean were chosen by the Judges to advance to the Top 11.
Top 11 – Movie Magic 21 September 2014
Order Contestant Song Featured Movie Result 1 Bongi Silinda "GoldenEye" GoldenEye Top 4 2 London Louw "Independent Women" Charlie's Angels Bottom three 3 Vincent Verhoog "Fly Like an Eagle" – cover by Seal Space Jam Eliminated 4 Tumi Morobane "There You'll Be" Pearl Harbor Safe 5 Ivan Roux "Kiss" – cover by Nicole Kidman Happy Feet Eliminated 6 Kyle Deutschmann "Radioactive" The Host Safe 7 Musa Mashiane "I Got A Woman" Ray Top 4 8 Lize Mynhardt "Unchained Melody" Ghost Top 4 9 Vincent Bones "Purple Rain" Purple Rain Top 4 10 Roxy McVean "Shut Up and Drive" The House Bunny Bottom four 11 Demi Lee "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" Armaggeddon Safe
Guest Mentor: Gordon Chambers Group performance: "Lost Stars" by Adam Levine
Top 9 – How It Should Have Been Done 28 September 2014
Guest Mentor: AKA Guest Performances:"Run Jozi" ft. K.O. by AKA"Lonely" by Mark Haze
Elimination chart Females Males Top 16 Top 11 Wild Card Winner
Safe Most votes Safe First Safe Last Eliminated
Stage:FinalsWeek:9/79/149/219/2810/510/1210/1910/2611/211/911/1611/23PlaceContestantResult 1 Vincent Bones Top 111st29.52%1st34.24%1st30.44%1st30.02%1st28.02%1st30.72%2nd32.32%1st39.37% Winner50.49% 2 Bongi Silinda Top 112nd13.81%2nd12.08%2nd14.33%2nd15.38%2nd21.11%2nd26.72%1st33.89%2nd36.17% 49.51% 3 Lize Mynhardt Top 114th9.72%3rd9.41%6th9.13%3rd13.90%3rd15.36%3rd15.84%3rd18.72% 3rd24.46% 4 London Louw Top 119th3.78%8th6.32%7th7.89%5th10.05% 4th12.66%4th13.40% 4th15.06% 5 Kyle Deutschmann Top 115th7.20%7th7.97%4th10.81%4th11.91%5th12.46% 5th13.31% 6 Musa Mashiane Top 113rd12.74%4th9.09%3rd10.86%6th9.43% 6th10.40%7 Demi Lee Wild Card 6th6.91%5th8.87%5th9.36% 7th9.31% 8 Tumi Morobane Top 11 7th5.74% 6th8.54% 8th7.18% 9 Roxy McVean Wild Card 8th4.18% 9th3.49% Vincent Verhoog Top 11 10th3.33% Ivan Roux Top 11 11th3.06% Rowan de Villiers Elim Celine Homan Chante Geary Mirandi Smith Olivia Cloud
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