Afrikaanse Idols Voting Results
The voting results of Afrikaanse Idols season 1 were released on Saturday 2 September 2006.
Top 32
Group 1
CONTESTANT % OF VOTES Danelle De Vries 22.10% Jay Theron 21.61% Valeska Smith 21.12% Emil Struwig 9.64% Samantha Brill 9.12% Henrico Harnoster 6.47% Jacobus Wyngaard 5.25% Genene Winaar 4.70% Total Votes 31,955
Group 2
CONTESTANT % OF VOTES Jaco Labuschagné 40.78% Tracey-Lee Oliver 20.63% Jay Cee Krause 14.84% Nelda Jansen van Vuuren 7.43% Kevin Jacobs 4.97% Klarina Jansen 4.35% Peter Crafford 4.29% Wendell Reed 2.72% Total Votes 63,364
Group 3
CONTESTANT % OF VOTES Willem Botha 43.42% Christiaan Kritzinger 19.79% Nelda Jansen van Rensburg 16.20% Carlo De Goede 5.47% Bernice Breedt 5.24% Joslin Pieterse 4.19% Kevin Douglas 2.87% Tanja Badenhorst 2.82% Total Votes 79,473
Group 4
CONTESTANT % OF VOTES Dewald Louw 30.86% Alzonia Titus 23.56% Lizaan Vermeulen 13.83% Thiro Moshosho 11.36% Rebert Roodbol 10.08% Tania Wiese 4.98% Crushanda Forbes 4.21% Eugene Julies 1.11% Total Votes 61,751
Wildcards
CONTESTANT % OF VOTES Nelda Jansen van Rensburg 31.28% Joslin Pieterse 18.98% Valeska Smith 13.47% Emil Struwig 9.76% Rebert Roodbol 9.19% Crushanda Forbes 7.33% Carlo De Goede 7.04% Jacobus Wyngaard 2.96% Total Votes 49,918
From the Top 12 onwards, the judges had a 40% leverage of the contestant votes (which are not factored into the list below), while the public had 60% leverage.
Top 12
CONTESTANT % OF VOTES Dewald Louw 13.68% Willem Botha 13.25% Jaco Labuschagné 12.99% Alzonia Titus 12.91% Christiaan Kritzinger 11.62% Joslin Pieterse 11.37% Tracey-Lee Oliver 10.77% Valeska Smith 10.34% Nelda Jansen van Rensburg 9.23% Crushanda Forbes 7.78% (Eliminated) Danelle De Vries 7.01% (Eliminated) Jay Theron 5.73% (Eliminated) Total Votes 103,265
Top 9
CONTESTANT % OF VOTES Jaco Labuschagné 16.15% Willem Botha 16.00% Dewald Louw 12.44% Joslin Pieterse 10.52% Nelda Jansen van Rensburg 10.52% Alzonia Titus 9.93% Valeska Smith 9.33% Tracey-Lee Oliver 7.70% (Eliminated) Christiaan Kritzinger 7.41% (Eliminated) Total Votes 184,675
Top 7
CONTESTANT % OF VOTES Willem Botha 18.10% Dewald Louw 16.90% Jaco Labuschagné 16.43% Nelda Jansen van Rensburg 13.81% Alzonia Titus 12.38% Valeska Smith 12.14% (Eliminated) Joslin Pieterse 10.24% (Eliminated) Total Votes 235,136
Top 5
CONTESTANT % OF VOTES Willem Botha 28.00% Dewald Louw 26.67% Alzonia Titus 17.33% Jaco Labuschagné 14.67% (Eliminated) Nelda Jansen van Rensburg 13.33% (Eliminated) Total Votes 286,128
Grand Final
CONTESTANT % OF VOTES Dewald Louw 43.33% (Winner ) Willem Botha 28.89% (Second place) Alzonia Titus 27.78% (Third place) Total Votes 400, 572
Total Season Votes: 2,750,425
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