Project Fame was a pan-African version of the international talent/reality show Star Academy. Held in Johannesburg, South Africa from June to August 2004, the show had 16 African contestants - 9 of which were South African - groomed for stardom, with the weakest being eliminated on a weekly basis; the top three received record deals and the winner got a lot more prizes.
The contestants were eliminated in the following way: the Board (judges) place four contestants on probation, the teachers save one, the other contestants save another and viewers save a third, thereby eliminating the last contestant. As the show progressed, the number of contestants placed on probation rose to five resulting in two contestants being eliminated. The last five remaining contestants' fates were determined by viewers' votes.
An East African version; Tusker Project Fame (season 1) began on October 1st to December 17 2006. It continues to run each year and the latest is Tusker Project Fame season 4 which ended on December 6, 2010, and won by Ugandan Davis Hillary Ntare.
The show can be described as Idols meets Big Brother Africa as the contestants' daily activities were recorded 24 hours a day.
| Rank | Contestant | Date of elimination | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lindiwe Alam | Zambia | winner |
| 2 | Jonathan Ross | South Africa | August 29 |
| 3 | Daré Art Alade | Nigeria | August 29 |
| 4 | Tebogo Moloto | South Africa | August 29 |
| 5 | Tracey-Lee Oliver | South Africa | August 29 |
| 6 | Johan du Plooy* | South Africa | August 22 |
| 6 | Monica Burger | South Africa | August 22 |
| 8 | Kudzai Sevenzo* | Zimbabwe | August 15 |
| 8 | Karen Lucas | Kenya | August 15 |
| 10 | Claudia Mohr* | South Africa | August 8 |
| 10 | Steve Peralta | South Africa | August 8 |
| 12 | Didge Nyatome | Kenya | August 1 |
| 13 | Robyn Hendricks | South Africa | July 25 |
| 14 | Tumi Ramailane | South Africa | July 18 |
| 15 | Carl "Bodea" Eckle | Tanzania | July 11 |
| 16 | Jid'dah Ado-Ibrahim | Nigeria | July 4 |
*These contestants performed better than their equally
ranked contestants as they were on probation less often.
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