All previous voting
Idols SA records were shattered in 2014. The total number of votes amounted to 24 364 245 – that is 236% more than the 7 253 971 received during season 9.
Apart from winning the coveted title, Bones walks away with a prize package worth in excess of R1-million, comprising:
- R700 000 cash prize from headline sponsor Telkom, M-Net and Mzansi Magic;
- 24 month SmartHome Supreme internet connectivity package from Telkom including a 55 inch Samsung SmartTV, wi-fi router, 3G mi-fi router, range extender, and 100GB data worth R50 000;
- R247 300 Ford Fiesta Titanium with award-winning 1 litre Ecoboost Engine from Ford South Africa;
- R80 000 worth of fashion from Truworths;
- Shure ULXD Digital Wireless system and personal monitoring system worth R118 000;
- R60 000 worth of Yamaha musical equipment;
- an installed DStv Explora decoder and three months DStv Premium subscription worth R4219 from DStv; and
- a recording contract with Universal Music Africa.
“We have two incredibly talented singers with mature voices who are able to cover a large spectrum of music, and I think that they both have bright careers ahead of them. We look forward to working with Vincent on his album,” says Universal Music’s managing director Randall Abrahams.
Both Bones and Silinda are already burning up South Africa’s airwaves with the hit singles that were written especially for them; Bones’
Let Me Love, and a song called
If I Got You for Silinda.
Idols Season 10 is a co-production between pay-television channels M-Net and Mzansi Magic and the channels recently announced that, as a result of the popularity of this season, Season 11 will commence shortly. Auditions are scheduled for early 2015.
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