Idols SA Season 8 Voting Results

by Refiloe · Published April 28, 2021 · Updated October 3, 2024

M-Net and Mzansi Magic released the Idols SA Season 8 voting results on Tuesday 9 October 2012, keeping its promise to fans of the show.

Khaya Mthethwa, the winner of Idols SA Season 8, was South Africa’s favourite throughout the entire season.

The voting results indicate that the voting public rated Khaya as the show’s number one performer for ten weeks in a row.

For the first time in the history of Idols South Africa, voters had 100% voting power during the Top 18 phase.

In Idols SA Season 7, for example, the voting public determined five of the Top 10 contestants, while the judges added the remaining five contestants.

As opposed to the 8,053,612 votes received for Idols SA Season 6 and the 8,411,8869 for Idols SA Season 7, Season 8’s total number of votes tallied a whopping 9,005,342.

For the Grand Finale, Season 6 and Season 7 drew 2,399,002 votes and 1,905,532 votes respectively in comparison with Season 8’s 2,987,087 votes.

M-Net’s Corporate Communications Manager, Lani Lombard, stated that the overwhelming viewer interaction was a testament to the popularity of the brand and quality of Season 8’s Top 10 contestants.

The voting results that appear below on this page are based on votes received from the public via MXit, SMS, the Idols South Africa website and Mobi-site.

To avoid unfair syndicated voting, votes were limited to just 100 votes per voting period on Mxit and via SMS, and to one vote per hour on the Idols SA website and Mobi-site.

Each week, the votes were verified by the auditing firm, Deloitte.

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The statistics for the competition from the Top 18 phase through to the Grand Finale, appear below with each contestant’s number of votes represented by a percentage of the total.

Top 18 Round (Boys)

Contestant	% Of Votes
*Matthew Samson*	3.24% (Eliminated)
*Dumi Masilela*	4.91% (Eliminated)
Obakeng Ramaboa	6.29%
*Jean Huisman*	*4.88% (Eliminated)*
Simphiwe Gwegwe	14.40%
Dominic Neill	5.02%
Monde Msutwana	8.47%
Khaya Mthethwa	49.36%
*Treasure Mushwana*	*3.41% (Eliminated)*

Top 18 Round (Girls)

Contestant	% Of Votes
*Sihle Ndaba*	*6.63% (Eliminated)*
Tshidi Tenyane	14.69%
*Maryke Buffel*	*7.99% (Eliminated)*
*Thabisa Mhlakulwana*	*6.85% (Eliminated)*
Chloe Kiley	11.23%
Shekhinah Donnell	25.78%
Nosipho Mngomezulu	10.36%
Melissa Alison	11.75%
*Candida Mosoma*	*4.70% (Eliminated)*

Top 10

Contestant	% Of Votes
Nosipho Mngomezulu	3.86%
*Obakeng Ramaboa*	3.00% (Eliminated)
Monde Msutwana	3.89%
Chloe Kiley	5.80%
Simphiwe Gwegwe	9.01%
Dominic Neill	3.40%
Melissa Allison	3.29%
Khaya Mthethwa	33.09%
Shekhinah Donnell	9.64%
Tshidi Tenyane	25.01%

Top 9

Contestant	% Of Votes
*Nosipho Mngomezulu*	3.77% (Eliminated)
Monde Msutwana	6.95%
Chloe Kiley	5.03%
Simphiwe Gwegwe	11.46%
Dominic Neill	5.63%
Melissa Allison	8.80%
Khaya Mthethwa	29.73%
Shekhinah Donnell	12.56%
Tshidi Tenyane	16.06%

Top 8

Contestant	% Of Votes
Monde Msutwana	9.84%
*Chloe Kiley*	*5.66% (Eliminated)*
Simphiwe Gwegwe	11.15%
Dominic Neill	5.67%
Melissa Allison	10.13%
Khaya Mthethwa	31.91%
Shekhinah Donnell	13.65%
Tshidi Tenyane	11.98%

Top 7

Contestant	% Of Votes
Monde Msutwana	12.28%
Simphiwe Gwegwe	11.51%
*Dominic Neill*	*6.57% (Eliminated)*
Melissa Allison	9.67%
Khaya Mthethwa	33.12%
Shekhinah Donnell	14.94%
Tshidi Tenyane	11.91%

Top 6

Contestant	% Of Votes
Monde Msutwana	12.07%
Simphiwe Gwegwe	14.48%
Melissa Allison	13.75%
Khaya Mthethwa	36.58%
*Shekhinah Donnell*	10.98% (Eliminated)
Tshidi Tenyane	12.15%

Top 5

Contestant	% Of Votes
Monde Msutwana	14.41%
*Simphiwe Gwegwe*	13.66% (Eliminated)
Melissa Allison	14.95%
Khaya Mthethwa	40.41%
Tshidi Tenyane	16.57%