Idols SA winner has high hopes

Vincent Bones is the winner of Idols SA 2014. Picture: Supplied

Vincent Bones is the winner of Idols SA 2014. Picture: Supplied

Published Nov 24, 2014

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Johannesburg - After several weeks of singing his heart out on Idols SA, Vincent Bones emerged as this year's winner.

The 30-year-old singer, who hails from Pietermaritzburg, heard on Sunday night at the Carnival City Casino and Entertainment Centre live finale that he received the most of the more than 4.5 million votes from fans. This meant he defeated 24-year-old Bongi Silinda, an equally talented singer from Nelspruit.

According to sources from DStv, all the previous Idols SA voting records were broken this year. The total number of votes came up to an incredible 24,364,245. Last year, 7,253,971 votes were received last year.

As the 2014 Idols SA winner, Bones scooped several prizes, including a R700 000 cash prize from headline sponsor Telkom, M-Net and Mzansi Magic; a 24-month SmartHome Supreme internet connectivity package from Telkom including a 55-inch Samsung SmartTV, a wi-fi router, a 3G mi-fi router, a range extender, and 100GB data, worth R50 000.

He also drove away in a R247 300 Ford Fiesta Titanium with award-winning 1 litre Ecoboost Engine from Ford South Africa; R80 000 worth of fashion from Truworths; a Shure ULXD Digital Wireless system and personal monitoring system worth R118 000; R60 000 worth of Yamaha musical equipment; and a DStv Explora decoder and three months DStv Premium subscription worth R4 219.

The main prize was a recording contract with Universal Music Africa.

“We have two incredibly talented singers with mature voices who are able to cover a large spectrum of music, and I think that they both have bright careers ahead of them. We look forward to working with Vincent on his album,” said Idols SA judge and Universal Music Managing Director Randall Abrahams.

The two finalists each have their original singles on South Africa’s airwaves. Bones released the catchy track Let Me Love, while Silinda has If I Got You.

Idols SA Season 10 is a co-production between pay-television channels M-Net and Mzansi Magic and the channels recently announced that, as a result of the popularity of this season, Season 11 will commence shortly. Auditions are scheduled for early 2015.

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