Idols South Africa IV is the fourth season of South African reality television series Idols South Africa. Idols South Africa is a competitive talent show based on Pop Idol in the United Kingdom. Idols South Africa IV premiered in September 2007 after a one-year hiatus.
The judging panel remained the same for the third season in a row; Colin Moss returned for what was to be his final season. As in previous seasons, each performer's score is an aggregate of the audience's votes (51%) and the judges' votes (49%).
The winner was 17-year-old Jody Williams, who bested Andriëtte Norman on 9 December 2007, at Ellis Park Stadium in Williams' hometown of Johannesburg. Williams was the youngest winner of the show to date, and she was the third consecutive woman to be named "SA Idol". Her winning song was a cover of "Love Is All Around" by Swedish singer Agnes Carlsson. (Carlsson was previously named the winner of Sweden's Idol 2005.)
Finals Finalists Ages are as stated in the contest.
Contestant Age Hometown Outcome Jody Williams 17 Cape Town Andriëtte Norman 20 Brackenfell Munro du Toit 26 Cape Town Tender Mavundla 25 Port Shepstone Eliminated on 26 November 2007 Daniel Büys 22 Bryanston Eliminated on 19 November 2007 Björn Blignaut 26 Radiokop Eliminated on 12 November 2007 Carla Louw 20 Pretoria Eliminated on 5 November 2007 Joel Mabuso Mogale 17 Johannesburg Eliminated on 29 October 2007 Caroline Barole 23 Gauteng Eliminated on 22 October 2007 Dominic Momberg 20 KwaZulu-Natal Eliminated on 15 October 2007
Themes 15 October: Songs from the last Century 22 October: Crooners and Divas 29 October: Rock 5 November: Best of South Africa 12 November: New Millennium Magic 19 November: Seasons and Colours 26 November: My Idols 3 December: Judges Choice 10 December: Grand Finale
Elimination chart
The first four weeks are the semi-finals, followed by nine weeks of finals.
Place Contestant Result for the week 09/24 09/26 10/01 10/08 10/15 10/22 10/29 11/05 11/12 11/19 11/26 12/03 12/10 Jody Williams Andriëtte Norman Munro du Toit 4 Tender Mavundla colspan="2" 5 Daniel Büys colspan="3" 6 Björn Blignaut colspan="4" 7 Carla Louw colspan="5" 8 Yolanda Nabo colspan="6" 9 Caroline Borole colspan="7" 10 Dominic Momberg colspan="8" 11–12 PJ Simeoni rowspan="2" colspan="9" Sabelo Mthembu colspan="9" 13–14 Nicky Burger rowspan="2" colspan="10" Jarred De Kock colspan="10" 15–23 Belinda Cherry rowspan="5" colspan="11" Dominique Burger colspan="11" Duduzile Ndlovu colspan="11" Heidi Boyssen colspan="11" Jackoleen Aasvoel colspan="11" Lucky Linksteen rowspan="4" colspan="12" colspan="12" Richard Hala colspan="12" Rob Warren colspan="12" 24 Richard Mtsweni colspan="12"
Live show details Heat 1: Top 12 boys (16 September 2007) Order Artist Song (original artists) Result Richard Mtsweni 1Dominic Momberg"Footloose" (Kenny Loggins) 2Peter Llewellyn Moss"Remember When It Rained" (Josh Groban) 3Sabelo Mthembu"Kiss from a Rose" (Seal)4PJ Simeoni"Beautiful Soul" (Jesse McCartney)5Jarred De Kock"Sway" (Dean Martin)6Richard Hala"Hotel California" (Eagles)7Rob Warren"One" (U2)8Munro du Toit"Sugar Man" (Just Jinger)9Daniel Büys"Your Body Is a Wonderland" (John Mayer)10Björn Blignaut"Wonderful World" (James Morrison)11Lucky Linksteen"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Queen)
Heat 2: Top 12 girls (23 September 2007) Order Artist Song (original artists) Result1Heidi Boyssen"I'm Holdin' On to Love (To Save My Life)" (Shania Twain)2Duduzile Ndlovu"Waterloo" (ABBA)3Nicky Burger"Candyman" (Christina Aguilera)4Yolanda Nabo"Put Your Records On" (Corinne Bailey Rae)5Liza Bronner"Total Eclipse of the Heart" (Bonnie Tyler)6Belinda Cherry"Brass in Pocket" (The Pretenders)7Tender Mavundla"Careless Whisper" (George Michael)8Jackoleen Aasvoel"Can't Give Up Now" (Mary Mary)9Jody Williams"The Greatest Reward" (Celine Dion)10Carla Louw"L-O-V-E" (Nat King Cole)11Caroline Borole"Listen" (Beyoncé)12Andriëtte Norman"Love the One You're With" (Stephen Stills)
Heat 3: Top 14 (30 September 2007) Order Artist Song (original artists) Result1Yolanda Nabo"Walk Away" (Kelly Clarkson)2Dominic Momberg"What's Left of Me" (Nick Lachey)3Tender Mavundla"The Weakness in Me" (Keisha White)4Nicky Burger"Unfaithful" (Rihanna)5PJ Simeoni"Everything" (Michael Bublé)6Andriëtte Norman"Songbird" (Eva Cassidy)7Jarred De Kock"This Love" (Maroon 5)8Caroline Borole"Feeling Good" (Nina Simone)9Daniel Büys"Faith" (George Michael)10Sabelo Mthembu"Superstition" (Stevie Wonder)11Jody Williams"Run to You" (Whitney Houston)12Munro du Toit"Wicked Game" (Chris Isaak)13Carla Louw"99 Red Balloons" (Nena)14Björn Blignaut"It's My Life" (Bon Jovi)
Heat 4 – Top 12 (7 October 2007) Order Artist Song (original artists) Result1Carla Louw"Don't Speak" (No Doubt)2Jody Williams"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" (Whitney Houston)3Björn Blignaut"I Swear" (All-4-One)4Andriëtte Norman"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" (Bryan Adams)5Daniel Büys"Fever" (Peggy Lee)6PJ Simeoni"Fly Me to the Moon" (Frank Sinatra)7Yolanda Nabo"Reach" (Gloria Estefan)8Sabelo Mthembu"Yesterday" (The Beatles)9Dominic Momberg"Walking Away" (Craig David)10Tender Mavundla"Another Sad Love Song" (Toni Braxton)11Caroline Borole"Show Me Heaven" (Maria McKee)12Munro du Toit"Mustang Sally" (Wilson Pickett)
Live show 1: Songs from the Last Century (14 October 2007) Order Artist Song (original artists) Result1Munro du Toit"Smooth" (Santana & Rob Thomas)2Yolanda Nabo"This Kiss" (Faith Hill)3Daniel Büys"Big Yellow Taxi" (Joni Mitchell)4Tender Mavundla"Show Me Love" (Robin S.)5Dominic Momberg"Summer of '69" (Bryan Adams)6Andriëtte Norman"Declaration of Love" (Celine Dion)7Caroline Borole"Gloria" (Laura Branigan)8Björn Blignaut"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (Marvin Gaye)9Carla Louw"Walking on Sunshine" (Katrina and the Waves)10Jody Williams"The Best" (Tina Turner)
Live show 2: Crooners and Divas (21 October 2007) Order Artist Song (original artists) Result1Yolanda Nabo"Say My Name" (Destiny's Child)2Björn Blignaut"Have I Told You Lately" (Van Morrison)3Andriëtte Norman"Said I Loved You...But I Lied" (Michael Bolton)4Carla Louw"Will You Love Me Tomorrow" (The Shirelles)5Daniel Büys"Old Devil Moon" (Jamie Cullum)6Munro du Toit"Sweet Caroline" (Neil Diamond)7Jody Williams"Over and Over" (Puff Johnson)8Caroline Borole"Anytime You Need a Friend" (Mariah Carey)9Tender Mavundla"Shackles (Praise You)" (Mary Mary)
Live show 3: Rock (28 October 2007) Order Artist Song (original artists) Result1Björn Blignaut"Eye of the Tiger" (Survivor)2Tender Mavundla"Anytime" (Kelly Clarkson)3Yolanda Nabo"Sk8er Boi" (Avril Lavigne)4Daniel Büys"Somebody to Love" (Queen)5Jody Williams"Behind These Hazel Eyes" (Kelly Clarkson)6Munro du Toit"The One I Love" (R.E.M.)7Carla Louw"Piece of My Heart" (Janis Joplin)8Andriëtte Norman"I'm Outta Love" (Anastacia)
Live show 4: Best of South Africa (4 November 2007) Order Artist Song (original artists) Result1Carla Louw"Special Star" (Mango Groove)2Jody Williams"Secrets" (Jamali)3Tender Mavundla"Vul'indlela" (Brenda Fassie)4Andriëtte Norman"African Dream" (Vicky Sampson)5Björn Blignaut"Sondela" (Ringo Madlingozi)6Daniel Büys"What He Means" (Just Jinjer)7Munro du Toit"Hello" (Prime Circle)
Live show 5: New Millennium Magic (11 November 2007) Order Artist First song (original artists) Second song Result1Jody Williams"I Don't Need a Man" (The Pussycat Dolls)"Heaven" (Bryan Adams)2Tender Mavundla"Umbrella" (Rihanna)"Irreplaceable" (Beyoncé)3Björn Blignaut"Beautiful Girls" (Sean Kingston)"If There's Any Justice" (Lemar)4Daniel Büys"Waiting on the World to Change" (John Mayer)"Makes Me Wonder" (Maroon 5)5Andriëtte Norman"Other Side of the World" (KT Tunstall)"Who Knew" (Pink)6Munro du Toit"Chasing Cars" (Snow Patrol)"How You Remind Me" (Nickelback)
Live show 6: Seasons and Colours (18 November 2007) Order Artist First song (original artists) Second song Result1Munro du Toit"Paradise in Summertime" (Just Jinjer)"Behind Blue Eyes" (Limp Bizkit)2Jody Williams"Black or White" (Michael Jackson)"The Colour of My Love" (Celine Dion)3Tender Mavundla"True Colors" (Cyndi Lauper)"GoldenEye" (Tina Turner)4Daniel Büys"Brown Eyed Girl" (Van Morrison)"Yellow" (Coldplay)5Andriëtte Norman"I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" (Elton John)"Black Velvet" (Alannah Myles)
Live show 7: My Idols (25 November 2007) Order Artist First song (original artists) Second song Result1Tender Mavundla"I'm Every Woman" (Chaka Khan)"Stranger in My House" (Tamia)2Munro du Toit"Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" (Creedence Clearwater Revival)"Kryptonite" (3 Doors Down)3Jody Williams"I Surrender" (Celine Dion)"Hurt" (Christina Aguilera)4Andriëtte Norman"Honesty" (Billy Joel)"Left Outside Alone" (Anastacia)
Live show 8: Choices (2 December 2007) Order Artist First song (original artists) Second song Third song Result1Andriëtte Norman"Over the Rainbow" (Eva Cassidy)"Walking in Memphis" (Cher)"Loving Arms" (Dixie Chicks)2Jody Williams"On the Wings of Love" (Jeffrey Osborne)"Ain't No Other Man" (Christina Aguilera)"Dance with My Father" (Luther Vandross)3Munro du Toit"Tears in Heaven" (Eric Clapton)"Hey There Delilah" (Plain White T's)"Born to Be Wild" (Steppenwolf)
Live final (9 December 2007) Artist First song Second song Third song ResultAndriëtte Norman"Black Velvet""I'm Outta Love""Love Is All Around" Jody Williams"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)""Run to You""Love Is All Around"
References
External links Idols website