Afrikaanse Idols was a special season of South African reality interactive show Idols South Africa based on the British talent show Pop Idol. In difference to the rest of the series this season was held entirely in Afrikaans as the host, judges and contestants did not speak English on the show and every song was performed in Afrikaans. Although the set and stage design remained the same, the entire judging panel was formed new consisting of Afrikaans-speaking singers Mynie Grové, Taliep Petersen, who was murdered just a few weeks after the competition ended and media personality Deon Maas. The show also switched channels to KykNET, an Afrikaans sisters station of MNet and was hosted by boyband member Sean Else (Eden). The Afrikaans season was aired between the third and fourth English seasons of the show. Dewald Louw from Bloemfontein won the show. Before that he was also a contestant on the second English season of the show where he made the top 24. He also auditioned for season three but failed to progress from the first round. Next to a recording contract with Sony BMG, winner Dewald Louw also won a Peugeot 206, R50,000 from the ATKV, a Shure microphone, R3200 worth of prizes from Look &Listen, a laptop computer and a gift pack from Truworths valued at R10,000.
Auditions took place in Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Port Elizabeth, Johannesburg and for the first time auditions took place internationally in Windhoek, Namibia.
During the Live Galas one guest judge was introduced to the audience each week. They were Jennifer Jones (30 July), Amanda Luyt (6 August), Coenie de Villiers (13 August), Chris Chameleon (20 August) and Kurt Darren (27 August).
Finals Finalists (ages stated at time of contest)
Contestant Age Hometown Voted Off Dewald Louw 19 Bloemfontein Winner Alzonia Titus 19 Great Brak River28 Aug 2006 Willem Botha 19 Riversdale Jaco Labuschagne 26 Secunda21 Aug 2006 Nelda Jansen van Rensburg 21 Witbank Joslin Pieterse 21 Mossel Bay14 Aug 2006 Valeska Smith 23 Randburg Christiaan Kritzinger 23 Pretoria7 Aug 2006 Tracey-Lee Oliver 26 Johannesburg Danelle de Vries 26 Worcester 31 Jul 2006 Crushanda Forbes 18 Kimberley Jay Theron 24 Durbanville
Themes 31 July: Favourite Songs 7 August: Dans, Luister, Folk 14 August: Alternative Afrikaans Hits 21 August: Viewers Choice 10 December: Grand Finale
Elimination Chart + Legend Did Not Perform Female Male Top 32 Wild Card Top 12 Winner SafeSafe FirstSafe LastEliminated
Stage:SemiFinalsWeek: 06/25 07/02 07/09 07/16 07/23 07/31 08/07 08/14 08/21 08/28 Place ContestantResult1Dewald Louw 1st Winner2Willem Botha 1st Runner-Up3Alzonia Titus 2nd Btm 3Btm 3Runner-Up4-5Jaco Labuschagné 1st ElimNelda Jansen van Rensburg Elim1stBtm 46-7Joslin Pieterse Elim2ndElimValeska SmithElim Saved Btm 38-9Christiaan Kritzinger 2nd ElimTracey Lee Oliver 2nd 10-13Danielle De Vries1st ElimCrushanda Forbes ElimSavedJay Theron2nd WildCardEmil StruwigElim ElimRebert Roodbol ElimCarlo de Goede Elim Jacobus WyngaardElim Semi-Final 4Eugene Julies ElimLizaan Vermeulen Tania Wiese Thiro Moshosho Semi-Final 3Bernice Breedt ElimKevin Douglas Tanja Badenhorst Semi-Final 2Jay Cee Krause ElimKevin Jacobs Klarina Jansen Nelda Janse Van Vuuren Peter Crafford Wendell Reed Semi-Final 1Genene WinaarElimHenrico HarnosterSamantha Brill Live show details Heat 1 (25 June 2006)
Order Artist Song (original artists) Result1Genene Winnaar"Sonder Jou" (Amanda Luyt)Eliminated2Jay Theron"Bymekaar" (Gian Groen)Advanced3Danelle de Vries"Deurmekaar" (Karen Zoid)Advanced4Jacobus Wyngaard"Droomland" (Anton Botha)Eliminated5Emil Struwig"Sal Die Wêreld Dan Verstaan" (Rian and Nicole)Eliminated6Henrico Harnoster"Gypsy" (Mynie Grové)Eliminated7Samantha Brill"Ons Is Een" (Natasha)Eliminated8Valeska Smit"Die Mense Wat Ek Liefhet" (Laurika Rauch)Eliminated Notes
References
External links Idols website