After one season Letoya Makhene left the show making Colin Moss the solo host, similar to Ryan Seacrest on American Idol.
[1] Viewer outrage ensued following the elimination of Nhlanhla Mwelse after it was revealed that the 4 judges had a 49% leverage to the total weekly votes & that this happened since the start of the semi-finals.
Karin Kortje, a young mother from Grabouw, Cape Town wowed the audience and judges with her big voice and won the final against Gift Gwe with 62.58% and was also leading throughout the competition by a landside.
[2] However Kortje was not so lucky in her personal life after the contest ended as her boyfriend was charged of robbery and murder just months after the show.
[3] Twelfth place finalist Jamie-Lee Blokdyk would later return in the sixth season, albeit with the surname "Sexton".