Musa wins Season 9 of Idols SA

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Musa wins Season 9 of Idols SA --

Wed, 27 Nov 2013 08:40

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In a neck-and-neck finale, Musa Sukwene won Idols SA on Tuesday 26 November, and made history as the first contestant from Mpulanga to win the competition.

Commented Lani Lombard, M-Net s head of Publicity and Special Projects: We have never experienced such a close race before on Idols SA. Its testament to the calibre of the contestants as well as the passion of the fans. Its fantastic to be able to provide such a phenomenal platform for untapped local singing talent.

Musa won more than R1m in prizes, including:

- A R60 000 voucher towards state-of-the-art musical instruments, as well as a Bi-Wizz Scooter valued at R20,000, from Idols sponsor Yamaha;

- A monitor system valued at over R57,000 and Premiere Wireless Technology Shure UHF-R Wireless Microphone Systems valued at over R40,000 from Shure Microphones;

- R30,000 in fashion vouchers from Idols clothing sponsor Truworths;

- R350,000 cash from Samsung, an All Share set worth over R50,000 as well as R350,000 from Idols SA.

- A new Ford Fiesta 1.0 (1 litre) Ecoboost Titanium valued at R238,600 from Ford;

- And the ultimate Idols prize: a recording contract from Universal Music South Africa.

Universal will release a four-track mini-album from Musa in time for Christmas, which will be available exclusively for Samsung customers to download from the Kleek music app.

M-Net and Mzansi Magic also announced that another season of Idols will follow in 2014. Auditions for Season 10 kick off in February 2014. Details of the dates and venues are:

15 February Johannesburg: Carnival City

22 February Durban: Playhouse Theatre

7March Cape Town: GrandWest Casino and Entertainment World

22 March Pretoria: State Theatre

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