The X Factor SA
| The X Factor SA | |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | |
| Broadcast from | 6 September – 13 December 2014 |
| Judges |
Arno Carstens Oskido Zonke Dikana Martin Nievera |
| Host(s) | Andile Ncube |
| Broadcaster | SABC 1 |
| Winner | |
| Four | |
| Origin | Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Song | "I Do" |
| Genre(s) | R&B |
| Runner-up | |
| Eliezer Hilmer | |
Series 1 of The X Factor South Africa, aired on SABC 1 from September 6, 2014 until December 13, 2014. It was won by trio Four who were mentored in the Groups category.
Due to poor finances from the company that aired it, a second series was not commissioned.
Selection process
Auditions
Audtionees, by choice, were given a card for them to sing on stage. The chosen songs were mainly, Lady Gaga, Little Mix, Destiny's Child etc. This discontinued from, Auditions Week 2. The age limit this year was 13 years old.
Auditions were held in Durban, Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Polokwane, Johannesburg, Nelspruit and Pietermaritzburg.
Six Chair Challenge
In this round, the Auditionees had to sing a song themed from the Song Jukebox for one week. The ongoing chosen theme was R&R. If the auditionees did not sing a R&R song, they would be kicked out of the contest, into the Danger Zone stage.
Danger Zone
This is the round, where if five different auditionees did not sing the selected theme for the Six Chair Challenge, they would end up here, and would have to sing a song chosen by the judges, and if they do good, they move to the next round, and someone who has already got a seat at the sixth chair challenge is going home. If they didn't, the auditionee, is going home themselves.
Home visits
| Judge | Category | Assistants | Contestants eliminated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carstens | 13-24s | Toya Delazy | Mikhail Jones, Sindile Mavimbela, Siyabonga Mpanza |
| Dikana | Over 25s | Zakes Bantwini | Gamelihle Ngogoma, Nonhle Beryl, Thembeka Mnguni |
| Oskido | Groups | Theo Kgosinkwe | Faith, Quirky, Soul Renovators |
Finalists
Key:
- – Winner
- – Runner-up
- – Third place
| Category (mentor) | Acts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13–24s (Carstens) | Bubbles Mnomiya | Mikhail Jones | MJ Scholtz | Princess Mekoa |
| Over 25s (Dikana) | Eliezer Hilmer | Gavin Edwards | Wandaboy Ngubani | |
| Groups (Oskido) | Avodah | Four | Iziqhaza | |
Live Shows
Like the Six Chair Challenge, the Song Jukebox, will be used to decide what genre of music the contestants will sing. If they fail to sing the selected genre, they will be going to Danger Zone, and will be asked to sing again, and will be given a song, the judges picked out. If they sing beautifully, they are through to the next stage of the Live Shows, and a contestant who has gotten through to the next round will leave, and if the contestant doesn't sing their heart out, their going home, themselves.
Before the presenter declared the winner, the Winner him or herself will appeared on the X Factor App.
Results summary
- Colour key
| – | Contestant was in the bottom two and had to sing again in the final showdown |
| – | Contestant received the most public votes |
| Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Four | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner (week 8) | |
| Eliezer Hilmer | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-up (week 8) | |
| Iziqhaza | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Bottom two | 3rd place (week 8) | |
| Wandaboy Ngubani | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 7) | |
| Bubbles Mnomiya | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 6) | ||
| Princess Mekoa | Bottom two | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 5) | |||
| Gavin Edwards | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 4) | ||||
| Avodah | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 3) | |||||
| Mikhail Jones | N/A1 | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 2) | ||||||
| MJ Scholtz | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 1) | |||||||
| Final showdown | Scholtz, Mekoa |
Jones, Mnomiya |
Avodah, Mekoa |
Edwards, Hilmer |
Mekoa, Mnomiya |
Iziqhaza, Mnomiya |
Iziqhaza, Ngubani |
No final showdown or judges' votes; results were based on public votes alone | |
| Eliminated | MJ Scholtz | Mikhal Jones | Avodah | Gavin Edwards | Princess Mekoa | Bubbles Mnomiya | Wandaboy Ngubani | Iziqhaza 3rd place | |
| Eliezer Hilmer Runner-up | |||||||||
- ^1 Mikhal Jones were brought into the live shows after week 1.