Idols South Africa season 15

The fifteenth season of South African Idols premiered on 7 July 2019, 17:30 SAST and concluded on 17 November 2019 on the Mzansi Magic TV. The season was won by Luyolo Yiba and the runner-up was Sneziey Msomi.

Idols South Africa
Season 15
Hosted byProVerb
Judges
WinnerLuyolo Yiba
Runner-upSneziey Msomi
Release
Original networkMzansi Magic
Original release7 July (2019-07-07) –
17 November 2019 (2019-11-17)
Season chronology
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Season 14
Next →
Season 16

ProVerb remained 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 of the four audition cities. The next season was showcasing on 2 August 2020.

Preliminary auditions

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City Venue Guest Judge Date
Pretoria State Theatre Rebecca Malope 26 January 2019
Durban North Beach Amphitheatre Vusi Nova 9 February 2019
Cape Town Century City Conference Centre Dj Fresh 2 March 2019
Johannesburg Ellis Park Arena Lady Zamar 16 February 2019
Pop-up Auditions[1]
City Venue Date
Bloemfontein PACOFS - Performing Arts Centre of the Free State 2 February 2019
Polokwane Meropa Casino & Entertainment World 23 February 2019
Port Elizabeth Dolphins Leap Conference & Events Centre 23 February 2019

A total of 86 golden tickets were issued at all four stops including pop-up stops this season.[2] Season 15 came with many surprises defying the history of the show, rules changed a bit during theatre week, back up singers were provided, with no backing required from the contestants, each contestant had to out-perform the other, and for the first time, 17 contestants were selected for the next round instead of the traditional 16 to accommodate twins Viggy and Virginia Qwabe.

Finalists

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Contestant Age Hometown Place finished
Luyolo Yiba 25 Qonce Winner
Sneziey Msomi 25 Umlazi Runner-up
Micayla Oelofse 18 Port Elizabeth 3rd
Nolo Seodisha 26 Soshanguve 4th
Viggy Qwabe 22 Stanger Withdrew
Virginia Qwabe 22 6th
Mmangaliso Gumbi 24 Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal 7th
Nqobile Gumede 21 KwaMashu 8th
Dinky Swartz 22 Ennerdale, Gauteng 9th
Innocentia Sibi 30 Khuma, Stilfontein 10th
Craig Jordan 21 Elsie's River 11th/13th
Treasure Mngadi 23 KwaMashu
Zia Fielies 19 Mannenberg, Cape Town
Andy Keys 20 Embalenhle, Secunda 14th/17th
Louise Nicholls 29 Strandfontein, Matzikama
Sizwe Hlatshwayo 27 Emalahleni
Xola Toto 21 Cape Town

Weekly Song Choice and Result

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Top 17

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The judges' job was now over and it was now up to the public to vote for their favourite contestant to advance to the next level of the competition, two methods were introduced to the public, every contestant was allocated a unique voting number. Contestants could be voted either by SMS, the voting number remained the same as other seasons 37400, or voting could be done for free on www.idolssa.tv.

Group A Theme: Songs that Trended (25 August)

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Act Order Song Result
Sizwe Hlatshwayo 1 "Tigi" by Sands Eliminated
Dinky Swartz 2 "Get You" by Daniel Caesar Safe
Mmangaliso Gumbi 3 "Egoli" by Mlindo the Vocalist Safe
Louise Nicholls 4 "Without Me" by Halsey Eliminated
Andy Keys 5 "Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 Eliminated
Virginia Qwabe 6 "Themba" by Kelly Khumalo Safe
Viggy Qwabe 7 "Mgodi" by Zahara Safe
Nolo Seodisha 8 "Talk" by Khalid Safe
Xola Toto 9 "Come With Me" by Black Coffee Eliminated

Group B Theme: Songs that Trended (1 September)

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Act Order Song Result
Sneziey Msomi 1 "Ewe Getsemane" by Sbu Noah Safe
Nqobile Gumede 2 "Love Theory" by Kirk Franklin Safe
Luyolo Yiba 3 "Say You Won't Let Go" by James Arthur Safe
Zia Fielies 4 "Better" by Khalid Eliminated
Treasure Mngadi 5 "The Middle" by Zedd feat. Maren Morris & Grey Eliminated
Craig Jordan 6 "Dancing with a Stranger" by Sam Smith feat. Normani Eliminated
Micayla Oelofse 7 "New Rules" by Dua Lipa Safe
Innocentia Sibi 8 "Scars to Your Beautiful" by Alessia Cara Wild Card

Top 10: Inspirational Hits (15 September)

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Act Order Song Result
Dinky Swartz 1 "One Wing" by Jordin Sparks Safe
Viggy Qwabe 2 "Phumelela" by Miss Pru feat. Amanda Black Safe
Luyolo Yiba 3 "Set Fire to the Rain" by Adele Safe
Nqobile Gumede 4 "Can't Give Up Now" by Mary Mary Safe
Sneziey Msomi 5 "Heal My Soul" by Tshwane Gospel Choir Safe
Virginia Qwabe 6 "Yebo Linamandla" by Benjamin Dube Safe
Nolo Seodisha 7 "Modimo Ke Lerato" by Joyous Celebration Safe
Innocentia Sibi 8 "Ave Marie" by Beyoncé Eliminated
Mmangaliso Gumbi 9 "Ngangingazi " by Benjamin Dube Safe
Micayla Oelofse 10 "Rise Up" by Andra Day Safe

Top 9 (22 September)

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Act Order Song Result
Virginia Qwabe 1 "Umsindo" by Durban Safe
Sneziey Msomi 2 "Pakisha" by Dladla Mshunqisi Safe
Dinky Swartz 3 "No Rush (Remix)" by DJ Tira feat. Prince Bulo Eliminated
Micayla Oelofse 4 "Best Part" by Daniel Caesar feat. H.E.R. Safe
Nqobile Gumede 5 "Malokazi" by Mduduzi Safe
Nolo Seodisha 6 "Jika" by AKA Safe
Mmangaliso Gumbi 7 "A Couple of Forevers" by Chrisette Michele Safe
Viggy Qwabe 8 "Amaxoki" by Distruction Boyz Safe
Luyolo Yiba 9 "Abangani" by Sjava Safe

Top 8 (29 September)

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Act Order Song Result
Sneziey Msomi 1 "Burnout" by Sipho Hostix Safe
Viggy Qwabe 2 "Chandelier" by Sia Safe
Luyolo Yiba 3 "Green Light" by John Legend Safe
Nqobile Gumede 4 "I'm Every Woman" by Chaka Khan Safe
Nolo Seodisha 5 "Mkhaya Lo" by Jabu Khanyile Safe
Virginia Qwabe 6 "Titanium" by David Guetta feat. Sia Safe
Micayla Oelofse 7 "Angifuni" by Paxton Safe
Mmangaliso Gumbi 8 "Lady Marmalade" by Labelle Safe

Top 7 (6 October)

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Act Order Song Result
Nolo Seodisha 1 "Close the Door" by Teddy Pendergrass Safe
Virginia Qwabe 2 "Yim Okhthandayo" by Linda Gcwensa Safe
Mmangaliso Gumbi 3 "Be Without You" by Mary J. Blige Eliminated
Luyolo Yiba 4 "I Love You" by Thami Shobede Safe
Micayla Oelofse 5 "Run to You" by Whitney Houston Safe
Viggy Qwabe 6 "Sthandwa Sami" by Thee Legacy Safe
Sneziey Msomi 7 "Have You Ever?" by Brandy Safe

Top 6: Showstopper (13 October)

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Act Order Song Result
Luyolo Yiba 1 "Dance Till You Drop" by NaaqMusiq Safe
Virginia Qwabe 2 "Khona" by Mafikizolo feat. Uhuru Eliminated
Viggy Qwabe 3 "Hamba" by Zanda Zakuza Safe
Sneziey Msomi 4 "Proud Mary" by Tina Turner Safe
Nolo Seodisha 5 "Speed of Sound" by DaCapo Safe
Micayla Oelofse 6 "Worth It" by Fifth Harmony feat. Kid Ink Safe

Top 5 (20 October)

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Act Order Song Order Song Result
Micayla Oelofse 1 "Lights" by Ellie Goulding 6 "Until the End of Time" by Justin Timberlake feat. Beyoncé Safe
Nolo Seodisha 2 "Buza" by Letta Mbulu 7 "What Goes Around... Comes Around" by Justin Timberlake Safe
Sneziey Msomi 3 "Black Sheep" by Gin Wigmore 8 "Drunk in Love" by Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z Safe
Luyolo Yiba 4 "Learn to Love Again" by Lawson 9 "Cry Me a River" by Justin Timberlake Safe
Viggy Qwabe 5 "Sinazo" by Amanda Black 10 "Apologize" by OneRepublic Withdrew

Top 4 (27 October)

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Act Order Song Order Song Result
Nolo Seodisha 1 "Let's Groove" by Earth, Wind & Fire 5 "The Lazy Song" by Bruno Mars Eliminated
Micayla Oelofse 2 "It Must Have Been Love" by Roxette 6 "Dangerous Woman" by Ariana Grande Safe
Luyolo Yiba 3 "Nightshift" by The Commodores 7 "OMG" by Usher feat. will.i.am Safe
Sneziey Msomi 4 "Umuntu Ngabantu" by Brenda Fassie 8 "Superman" by Black Coffee Safe

Top 3 (3 November)

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Act Order Song Order Song Result
Luyolo Yiba 1 "Photograph" by Ed Sheeran 4 "Ikanyesi" by Mondli Nqcobo Safe
Sneziey Msomi 2 "Save Me" by Thembisile 5 "Bhutiza" by Mobi Dixon feat. Nichume Safe
Micayla Oelofse 3 "Fallin'" by Alicia Keys 6 "Suited" by Shekhinah Eliminated

Top 2 (10 November)

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Act Order Idols Produced Single Order Song Order Song Result
Sneziey Msomi 1 "Kungumusa" by Sneziey Msomi 3 "Through the Fire" by Chaka Khan 5 "Pakisha" by Dladla Mshunqisi feat. Distruction Boyz & DJ Tira Runner-up
Luyolo Yiba 2 "Sunshine Through The Rain" by Luyolo Yiba 4 "Zanele" by Brian Temba 6 "Abangani" by Sjava Winner
  • Before her elimination Micayla performed her single Tragic.

Elimination Chart

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Colour key
  – Winner
  – Runner-up
  – Wild Card
  – Eliminated
  – Withdrew
Weekly results per act
Act Top 17 Top 10 Top 9 Top 8 Top 7 Top 6 Top 5 Top 4 Top 3 Top 2
Group A Group B
Luyolo Yiba Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Winner
Sneziey Msomi Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Runner-up
Micayla Oelofse Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 3rd place Eliminated
Nolo Seodisha Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 4th place Eliminated
Viggy Qwabe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Withdrew Eliminated
Virginia Qwabe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 6th place Eliminated
Mmangaliso Gumbi Safe Safe Safe Safe 7th place Eliminated
Nqobile Gumede Safe Safe Safe 8th place Eliminated
Dinky Swartz Safe Safe 9th place Eliminated
Innocentia Sibi Wild Card 10th place Eliminated
Craig Jordan 11th-17th place Eliminated
Treasure Mngadi
Zia Fielies
Andy Keys 11th-17th place Eliminated
Louise Nicholls
Sizwe Hlatshwayo
Xola Toto

References

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  1. ^ "Idols 15 adds three pop-up audition venues: dates and deets". TVSA.
  2. ^ "Jozi bags 14 golden tickets in the final round of auditions". Channel 24.