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It was presented by Candy Litchfield and Matthew Stewardson in Season 1. Halway through the show Stewardson was replaced by Sami Sabitiin. After Colin Moss and Letoya Makhene hosted together in Season 2, Moss has gone solo for season 3. Liezl van der Westhuizen became the host in season 4 and was sidekicked by ProVerb in season 5 who was hosting the semifinal rounds. In 2006 the show had a spin-off on sister channel KykNet where the exactly same format was executed. However the entire programme was in afrikaans as well as the songs that were performed. The so far only season of Afrikaans Idols was hosted by Sean Else. After several auditions the performers are narrowed down to ca. 100 in the theatre rounds. After that the semifinalists are performing live and are chosen by the audience to qualify for the round of the last 10-12 finalists. There are four judges (Randall Abrahams, Dave Thompson , Marcus Brewster and Penny Lebyane in season one; Brewster and Lebyane did not return for the second season and were replaced by Mara Louw-Thomson and Gareth Cliff) who provide critiques of each contestant's performance. Viewers have several hours following the broadcast of the show to vote by phone, SMS or online for their favorite contestant. On the following night's episode, the contestant(s) with the fewest votes is sent home. |
