The only season of The X Factor South Africa, aired on SABC 1 from September 6, 2014 until December 13, 2014. It won by trio Four who were mentored in the Groups category.

The X Factor SA
Hosted byAndile Ncube
JudgesArno Carstens
Oskido
Zonke Dikana
WinnerFour
Runner-upEliezer Hilmer
Release
Original networkSABC 1
Original release6 September (2014-09-06) –
13 December 2014 (2014-12-13)

Due to poor finances from the company that aired it, a second season was not commissioned.

Selection process

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Auditions

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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

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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

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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

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Summary of judges' homes
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

Contestants

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Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-up
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

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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

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Colour key
  – Contestant was in the bottom two and had to sing again in the final showdown
  – Contestant received the most public votes
Weekly results per contestant
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 1 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.