Idols East Africa

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Idols East Africa
Format Interactive reality
game show
Created by Simon Fuller
Starring Lebogang Mzwimbi
Thato Matlhabaphiri
Angela Angwenyi
Trevor Siyandi
Kawesa Richard
Country of origin Flag of Kenya Kenya
Broadcast
Original channel M-Net
Original run 2008 –
Finalists (With dates of elimination)
Adiona Maboreke
Ammara Brown
Cynthia Kuto
Eric Moyo
Mkhululi Bhebhe
Nicolette Kiiga
Samantha Tirivacho
Trinah Chisanga
Faycal Birinkuzila June 9
Christine Adda June 2
External links
Official website

Idols East Africa is an ongoing singing competition, serving as the second season of the pan-African franchise of the Idol series after Idols West Africa. It premiered on April 2008.[1]

Participating countries are located on the eastern and southern parts of Africa such as Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Audition venues will be held in each of these countries. The competition is also open to citizens of Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Réunion, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, and Swaziland, but would have to meet the requirements before auditioning in one of the seven audition venues.[2]

Contents

[edit] Semi Final Qualifyings

Top 24
Format: 2 out of 6 making in each week + two wildcards

Date First Second
May 5 Ammara Brown Cynthia Kuto
May 12 Trinah Chisanga Faycal Birinkuzila
May 19 Nicolette Kiiga Eric Moyo
May 26 Samantha Tirivacho Christine Adda
Wildcards Mkhululi Bhebhe Adiona Maboreke

[edit] Bottom three statistics

Date Theme Bottom Three
June 2 African Americans Christine Adda Nicolette Kiiga Faycal Birinkuzila
June 2 50s, 60s & 70s Faycal Birinkuzila (2) Nicolette Kiiga (2) Samantha Tirivacho

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ A New Season of Idols, MNetAfrica.com
  2. ^ "Idols Africa: Zim gets chance to shine", The Financial Gazette (Zimbabwe), December 6, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-12-08.