- Idols East Africa
infobox television
show_name = Idols East Africa
caption =
rating =
format = Interactive reality
game show
creator =
starring = Kawesa Richard
producer =
country = KEN
network =M-Net ,DStv |
network =M-Net
first_aired = 2008
last_aired =Finalists (With dates of elimination)
Eric Moyo "Winner"
website = http://www.mnetafrica.com/idols/"Idols East Africa" was a singing competition, serving as the second season of the pan-African franchise of the
Idol series afterIdols West Africa . It premiered on April 2008 and ended on July 27. [http://www.mnetafrica.com/idols/About.asp A New Season of Idols] , MNetAfrica.com]Participating countries are located on the eastern and southern parts of
Africa such asBotswana ,Kenya ,Malawi ,Tanzania ,Uganda ,Zambia , andZimbabwe . Audition venues will be held in each of these countries. The competition is also open to citizens ofBurundi ,Comoros ,Djibouti ,Ethiopia ,Eritrea ,Lesotho ,Madagascar ,Mauritius ,Mozambique ,Namibia ,Réunion ,Rwanda ,Seychelles ,Somalia , andSwaziland , but would have to meet the requirements before auditioning in one of the seven audition venues.cite news| title="Idols Africa": Zim gets chance to shine| date=December 6 ,2007 | publisher=The Financial Gazette (Zimbabwe)| url=http://www.fingaz.co.zw/story.aspx?stid=1818| accessdate=2007-12-08]emi Final Qualifyings
Top 24
Format: 2 out of 6 making in each week + two wildcardsBottom three statistics
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colspan=17 style="font-size:85%"| Notes:- No bottom three were announced this week. Mkhululi and Nicolette were just randomly placed alongside Cynthia in the "unsafe" group.
- No bottom three were announced this week. Trinah Chisanga and Eric Moyo were just randomly placed alongside in the "unsafe" candidats group.
Voting
Voting is done by ranking the contestants per country and finding the average rank. This is to prevent countries with larger voting power from giving the contestants from their country an unfair advantage.
External links
* [http://www.mnetafrica.com/idols/ Official Website]
References
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