[1] Colin Moss was unable to be the host of Season 5 due to movie commitments and the role open for auditions.
M-Net made an official announcement that Liezl van der Westhuizen will be the new host.
She was presented to viewers in the first episode of Season 5 when Colin was run over by a car in a scene and she took the reins from him as the new host.
Four days later, Idols SA announced that there had been problems with the voteline, and some of the votes that were sent before the cut-off time had not been counted.
After discussions between M-Net and FremantleMedia (the format owners), Hartman and Davids were declared joint winners.