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 Auditions began in January and ended in March. +Audition dates and venuesCityVenueGuest JudgeDateDurbanNorth Beach Amphitheatre20 January 2018Cape TownCentury City Conference CentreDJ Cleo27 January 2018PretoriaThe State Theatre10 February 2018JohannesburgCarnival City24 February 2018 +Pop-up audition dates and venuesCityVenueDateBloemfonteinMimosa Mall3 February 2018Port ElizabethBoardwalk Casino & Hotel17 February 2018PolokwaneSavannah Mall3 March 2018
Finalists ContestantAgeHometownPlace 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 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
Top 16
Boys (2 September) + Act Order Song Result Victor Matalane 1"Nguwe" by Vusi NovaEliminated Mthokozisi Ngcobo 2"So Amazing" by Luther VandrossSafe Mnqobi Dlamini 3"Hold On, We're Going Home" by DrakeEliminated Sandile Skosana 4"Nomvula" by NathiEliminated Lincoln Lewis 5"Writing's On The Wall" by Sam SmithSafe Thato Makape 6"With You" by Chris BrownSafe King B 7"Stay With Me" by Sam SmithSafe Niyaaz Arendse 8"Mirrors" by Justin Timberlake Wild Card
Girls (9 September) + Act Order Song Result Thando Mngomezulu 1"Giving Myself" by Jennifer Hudson Wild Card Bongiwe Mdaka 2"Beneath Your Beautiful" by Emeli SandéEliminated Wattahmelon 3"Lose to Win" by FantasiaEliminated Nosipho Silinda 4"Alive" by SiaSafe Xae 5"Broken Clocks" by SZASafe Yanga Sobetwa 6"Don't You Remember" by AdeleSafe Ntokozo Makhathini 7"Ndiza" by ZaharaSafe Dalene Swartz 8"It's Not Right, But It's Okay by Whitney HoustonEliminated
Top 10 (16 September) + Act Order Song Result Nosipho Silinda 1"Collide" by Lady ZamarSafe Mthokozisi Ngcobo 2"Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)" by MaxwellEliminated Lincoln Lewis 3"Sondela" by Ringo MadlingoziSafe Xae 4"Please Mr" by ShekhinahSafe Niyaaz Arendse 5"Perfect" by Ed SheeranSafe Ntokozo Makhathini 6"Fill Me Up" by Tasha CobbsSafe Thato Makape 7"I Got You" by EncoreSafe Thando Mngomezulu 8"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" by Aretha FranklinSafe King B 9"Love On The Brain" by RihannaSafe Yanga Sobetwa 10"Amazulu" by Amanda BlackSafe
Top 9: The 90s (23 September) + Act Order Song Result Lincoln Lewis 1"Pony" by GinuwineSafe Xae 2"That's The Way Love Goes" by Janet JacksonSafe Niyaaz Arendse 3"Forever" by DamageSafe Yanga Sobetwa 4"Before You Walk Out My Life" by Monica BrownSafe Thato Makape 5"If I Ever Fall In Love" by ShaiSafe Thando Mngomezulu 6"Bills, Bills, Bills" by Destiny's ChildSafe Nosipho Silinda 7"Open Arms" by Tina TurnerSafe Ntokozo Makhathini 8"He Wasn't Man Enough" by Toni BraxtonEliminated King B 9"Remember The Time" by Michael JacksonSafe
Top 8 - Orchestral Delight (30 September) + Act Order Song Result Niyaaz Arendse 1"Take Me To Church" by HozierSafe Xae 2"Cranes In The Sky" by Solange KnowlesSafe King B 3"Loliwe" by ZaharaSafe Nosipho Silinda 4"Hurt" by Christina AguileraSafe Lincoln Lewis 5"Elastic Heart" by SiaEliminated Yanga Sobetwa 6"Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart" by Alicia KeysSafe Thato Makape 7"Treat You Better" by Shawn MendesSafe Thando Mngomezulu 8"As Long As You Love Me" by Justin BieberSafe
Top 7: Showstopper (7 October) + Act Order Song Result Thato Makape 1"Mamelani" by NaakmusiqSafe Nosipho Silinda 2"Into You" by Ariana GrandeSafe Niyaaz Arendse 3"Turn Up The Music" by Chris BrownSafe Yanga Sobetwa 4"Not Yet Uhuru" by Letta MbuluSafe Xae 5"One Thing" by AmerieEliminated King B 6"Inde" by Heavy K & BusiswaSafe Thando Mngomezulu 7"Single Ladies" by BeyoncéSafe
Top 6: Celebration of South African Music (14 October) + Act Order Celebration of SA Music Order Love Songs Result Thato Makape 1"Tell Me" by Stimela & Ray Phiri 7"U Got It Bad" by UsherSafe Nosipho Silinda 2"Destiny" by Zahara 8"Halo" by BeyonceEliminated Niyaaz Arendse 3"Jika" by Mi Casa 9"Crazy Love" by Brian McKnightSafe Thando Mngomezulu 4"Nizalwa Ngobani" by Thandiswa Mazwai 10"I Believe In You & Me" by Whitney HoustonSafe King B 5"Baby Please" by Kelly Khumalo 11"Make You Feel My Love" by AdeleSafe Yanga Sobetwa 6"Xa Bendino Mama" by Zahara 12"If This Isn't Love" by Jennifer HudsonSafe
Top 5 (21 October) + Act Order Song Order Song Result Thando Mngomezulu 1"Spotlight" by Jennifer Hudson 6"The Weakness In Me"" by Keisha WhiteSafe Niyaaz Arendse 2"Too Good At Goodbyes" by Sam Smith 7"Lost Without U" by Robin ThickeEliminated King B 3"Irreplaceable" by Beyoncé 8"Say Something" by Laura DSafe Yanga Sobetwa 4"What Is Love" by V. Bozeman 9"I Will Always Love You" by Whitney HoustonSafe Thato Makape 5"Imibuzo" by Nathi 10"Inkomo" by The SoilSafe
Top 4 (28 October) + Act Order Song - Soweto Gospel Choir Order Song Result Thato Makape 1"Many Rivers to Cross" by Soweto Gospel Choir 6"If" by DavidoSafe Thando Mngomezulu 2"Ka Na Le Modisa" by Soweto Gospel Choir 7"Thando" by Naima KaySafe Yanga Sobetwa 3"Avulekile Amasango/One Love" by Soweto Gospel Choir 8"Impilo" by SjavaSafe King B 1"Lion of Judah" by Soweto Gospel Choir 5"Kahle" by Amanda BlackEliminated
Top 3: Semi-Final (4 November) + Act Order Duet Order Song Result Yanga Sobetwa 1"Beauty and the Beast" by Ariana Grande & John Legend (with Khaya Mthethwa) 4"Mkulumsebenzi" by Khaya MthethwaSafe Thando Mngomezulu 2"The Closer I Get To You" by Beyoncé & Luther Vandross (with Karabo Mogane) 5 "Never Say Never" by Justin BieberEliminated Thato Makape 3"Ngamthanda Umuntu" by Linda (with Amanda Black) 6"Thandiwe" by Vusi NovaSafe 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) + Act Order Idols Produced Single Order Favourite Previous Performance Order Best Performance Result Yanga Sobetwa 1"Scars (All Over Me)" by Yanga 3"Heaven" by Emeli Sandé 5"Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart" by Alicia KeysWinner Thato Makape 2"Blow by Blow" by Thato 4"I'm Not the Only One" by Sam Smith 3"If" by DavidoRunner-up Before her elimination Thando performed her debut single "Wasting Time".
Elimination Chart Colour key –Winner –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 Boys Girls Yanga Sobetwa Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe SafeWinner Thato MakapeSafe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe SafeRunner-up Thando MngomezuluWild Card Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe3rd place Eliminated King B Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe4th place Eliminated Niyaaz ArendseWild Card Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe5th place Eliminated Nosipho Silinda Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe6th place Eliminated Xae Safe Safe Safe Safe7th place Eliminated Lincoln Lewis Safe Safe Safe8th place Eliminated Ntokozo Makhathini Safe Safe9th place Eliminated Mthokozisi Ngcobo Safe10th place Eliminated Bongiwe Mdaka11th-16th place Eliminated Dalene Swartz Wattahmelon Mnqobi Dlamini11th-16th place Eliminated Sandile Skosana Victor Matalane
References Idols South Africa Website TVSA Idols Page Idols South Africa Fan Website