| Alt Name: | Idols East Africa |
| Creator: | Simon Fuller |
| Starring: | Lebogang Mzwimbi Thato Matlhabaphiri Angela Angwenyi Trevor Siyandi Kawesa Richard |
| Country: | East African |
| Language: | English |
| Network: | M-Net, DStv |
| Finalists | ||
|---|---|---|
| Eric Moyo | Winner | |
| Nicolette Kiige | July 27 | |
| Trinah Chisanga | July 21 | |
| Adiona Maboreke | July 14 | |
| Ammara Brown | July 7 | |
| Mkhululi Bhebhe | June 30 | |
| Cynthia Kuto | June 23 | |
| Samantha Tirivacho | June 16 | |
| Faycal Birinkuzila | June 9 | |
| Christine Adda | June 2 | |
Participating countries are located on the eastern and southern parts of Africa such as Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Audition venues will be held in each of these countries. The competition is also open to citizens of Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Réunion, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, and Swaziland, but would have to meet the requirements before auditioning in one of the seven audition venues.[2]
June 2: African Americans
June 9: 50s, 60s and 70s
June 16: New Millennium
June 23: Birth Decade
June 30: African Home Grown
July 7: My Idols
July 14: Producer's Choice
July 21: Ultimate Wishlist
July 27: Grand Finale
| Stage: | Semi Finals | Finals | |||||||||||
| Weeks: | 05/05 | 05/12 | 05/19 | 05/26 | 06/02 | 06/09 | 06/16 | 06/23 | 06/30 | 07/07 | 07/14 | 07/21 | 07/27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Contestant | Result | |||||||||||
| 1 | Eric Moyo | 1 | Btm3 | Winner | |||||||||
| 2 | Nicolette Kiige | 2 | Btm2 | Btm2 | Btm3 | Btm2 | Runner-up | ||||||
| 3 | Trinah Chisanga | 1 | Btm3 | Btm2 | Elim | ||||||||
| 4 | Adiona Maboreke | Elim | JURY | Btm2 | Btm2 | Elim | |||||||
| 5 | Ammara Brown | 1 | Elim | ||||||||||
| 6 | Mkhululi Bhebhe | JURY | Btm3 | Btm2 | Elim | ||||||||
| 7 | Cynthia Kuto | 2 | Elim | ||||||||||
| 8 | Samantha Tirivacho | 1 | Btm3 | Elim | |||||||||
| 9 | Faycal Birinkuzila | 2 | Btm3 | Elim | |||||||||
| 10 | Christine Adda | 2 | Elim | ||||||||||
| Female | Male | Safe | Safe first | Safe second | Wildcard | Eliminated |
Voting is done by ranking the contestants per country and finding the average rank. This is to prevent countries with larger voting power from giving the contestants from their country an unfair advantage.