Sasha-Lee Davids (born on 2 September 1990,[1] in Atlantis, Western Cape, South Africa) is a singer and the 2009 co-winner of Idols South Africa season 5.
But apparently, there had been a mix-up with late votes arriving after the cutoff time on the night of the finale.
M-Net made the public aware of the matter within a day and assured everyone that a recount of the votes would be done as soon as possible.
The recount showed that Jason Hartman, the then runner-up, was actually the winner, with 1.3 million votes—or 54% of the total.
M-Net decided however that "200,000 votes are not significant enough, and the results so close, the only fair thing to do under the circumstances is to declare a tie".