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• Idols 17: Salut to Sia Mzizi
  17 Oct 2021 22:33 (0 replies)

  

  The Top 5 finalists are promised a recording deal as Sia misses a contract by two spots.
  

• Idols 17: Eliminations hit pause, videos hit play on Showstopper night
  10 Oct 2021 23:34 (0 replies)

  

  Everyone lands extra sleeps in the Idols house.
  

• Idols 17: Top 7 Showstopper song choices
  8 Oct 2021 16:15 (0 replies)

  

  Time to make big impressions without trying too hard.
  

• Idols 17: Bags packed for Bulelani
  3 Oct 2021 21:58 (0 replies)

  

  Another hopeful leaves the breakfast table in the Idols house.
  

• Idols 17: Monique feels the impact first
  26 Sep 2021 22:23 (0 replies)

  

  Monique's pretty smile becomes the first casualty of the Live Shows.
  

• Idols 17: Sudden Top 9 sing for their supper
  19 Sep 2021 21:58 (2 replies)

  

  It's down from 10 to 9 as Ithana withdraws from the competition.
  

• Idols 17: And the Top 10 are...
  12 Sep 2021 21:45 (0 replies)

  

  One step closer. Nine more to go to be the One.
  

• Idols 17: Judges' feedback on the Top 16 part II
  5 Sep 2021 22:11 (0 replies)

  

  Another eight wannabes took a shot at the Top 10 on Sunday.
  

• Idols 17: Top 16 showdown - Part II song choices
  4 Sep 2021 15:01 (0 replies)

  

  Another eight voices get to grips with these songs on Sunday (5th)...
  

• Idols 17: Top 16 showdown part I - what the judges said
  30 Aug 2021 10:50 (0 replies)

  

  Lady Du joined the panel, and these eight dropped their mics...
  

• Idols 17: Top 16 showdown - the first eight song choices
  27 Aug 2021 15:51 (0 replies)

  

  See who's up first as the live shows begin.
  

• Mzansi Magic's solution to Somgagagate
  27 Aug 2021 10:23 (1 replies)

  

  Could it be a glorified audition for a whole new panel?
  

• Idols 17: Q&A's with the Top 16
  23 Aug 2021 12:29 (0 replies)

  

  See which former Idols inspire them. Get to know their perspectives.
  

• Idols 17: First eight at the gate for the title
  16 Aug 2021 12:39 (0 replies)

  

  Sunday's episode delivered these eight Chosen Ones.
  

• Idols 17: 66 culled in Part 1 of Theatre Week
  9 Aug 2021 13:58 (0 replies)

  

  Next stop: the battle for a spot in the live shows.
  

• Now he's just Somgaga that we used to know
  6 Aug 2021 11:21 (4 replies)

  

  Somizi's off Idols in the wake of the abuse allegations.
  

• Idols 17: 108 Golden Tickets pocketed for Theatre Week
  2 Aug 2021 11:31 (0 replies)

  

  The screeching is over. Or is it? 108 wannabes must prove they have the chops.
  

• Idols 17: Roller skates and 24 nods on Day 3
  26 Jul 2021 10:56 (0 replies)

  

  Diverse ages this season. Many in their late 20s.
  

• Mzansi Magic's new telenovela DiepCity: who's in it and what it's about
  12 Mar 2021 16:38 (4 replies)

  

  Everything you need to know about Isibaya's replacement.
  

• And our 16th Idol is... Zama!
  13 Dec 2020 20:46 (0 replies)

  

  Oskido at the post show prize-giving: "To everyone who voted, we're not going to disappoint you."
  

• Your lowdown on the Idols 16 finale
  11 Dec 2020 12:50 (1 replies)

  

  A 10-point flash guide to Sunday's showdown.
  

• Idols 16: Brandon leaves the title to Zama or Mr Music
  6 Dec 2020 22:18 (1 replies)

  

  Listen-up, scrutenize their singles, choose.
  

• Idols 16: Top 2 reveal! - song choices
  2 Dec 2020 15:25 (1 replies)

  

  The final three release their singles this Sunday before the ejection of one. See their descriptions of their tracks...
  

• Idols 16: The gospel of ZanoThando ends with elimination
  29 Nov 2020 22:48 (0 replies)

  

  Now the final 3 need to pray they get good singles from Kalawa Jamzee.
  

• Idols 16: Top 3 song choices
  26 Nov 2020 17:00 (0 replies)

  

  Can Sis Ribs save ZanoThando? Will Benjamin Dube's pipes protect Brandon in Sunday's triple whammy?
  

• Idols 16: Ndoni eliminated from Final Four chorus line
  22 Nov 2020 21:59 (0 replies)

  

  When the audition for a record label doesn't go well.
  

• Idols 16: Top 4 song choices
  19 Nov 2020 17:40 (0 replies)

  

  The Season 16 winner warms-up for the show's new record label this week.
  

• Idols 16: Ntokozo knocks on the Exit door
  15 Nov 2020 23:44 (0 replies)

  

  Ntokozo's motto: seize the day. She seized it, it slipped away, and she managed to wear it with style.
  

• Idols 16: Top 5 song choices
  12 Nov 2020 10:43 (0 replies)

  

  Big claims this week. The potential for cringe looms large.
  

• Idols 16: The future is decided for Bongi
  8 Nov 2020 22:41 (0 replies)

  

  If her motto's anything to go by, she's going to be okay.
  

• Idols 16: Top 6 Song Choice
  5 Nov 2020 17:01 (0 replies)

  

  It's past vs present this Sunday as the six finalists try to change their future.
  

• Idols 16: The show stops for Jooma
  1 Nov 2020 21:52 (1 replies)

  

  While the distractions of Showstopper Week, social media, socio-economic-and-political injustice, Covid-19 and Trump proved too much for some.
  

• Idols 16: Top 7 Song Choices
  28 Oct 2020 16:18 (0 replies)

  

  So no pressure on the hopefuls this week then.
  

• Idols 16: It's not to be for Be
  25 Oct 2020 22:26 (0 replies)

  

  One week you're In and the next you're Out.
  

• Idols 16: Top 8 Song Choices
  22 Oct 2020 12:38 (0 replies)

  

  On Sunday's playlist: numbers by Cici, Billie Eilish, Musa and...
  

• Idols 16: No win for Succedor - close but no cigar
  18 Oct 2020 23:22 (0 replies)

  

  The Top 10 balloon burst on Sunday as the countdown begins.
  

• Idols 16: Top 9 Song Choices
  14 Oct 2020 15:16 (4 replies)

  

  The sounds of Lockdown echo on this week's show.
  

• Idols 16: Top 10 Song Choices
  7 Oct 2020 16:23 (0 replies)

  

  And this week's theme is... a clue: hallelujah!
  

• Idols 16: Top 16 girls' song choices
  23 Sep 2020 17:47 (0 replies)

  

  Oh girls just wanna have fun.
  

• Idols 16: Top 16 guys' song choices
  18 Sep 2020 16:24 (0 replies)

  

  See what the eight are singing come Sunday (20th).
  

• The Idols 16: pics, mottos and music video
  13 Sep 2020 23:38 (2 replies)

  

  Predict the right winner now, brag later.
  

• There's no escaping Idols - it's on track for a 2020 Season 16
  10 Jun 2020 10:22 (2 replies)

  

  Hang onto your sanity. We're living through a pandemic with another season of Idols.
  

• Who's who on Season 2 of Mzansi Magic's Housekeepers
  1 Jun 2020 17:49 (1 replies)

  

  Last season's family are all dead so instead of turning the series into a ghost story...
  

• Muzi Mthabela exits Isibaya for a lead role on... Shaka ILembe!?
  27 May 2020 13:58 (0 replies)

  

  Place your bets.. we bet THIS is the future: Duma leaves the valley after seven years to tell the story of the Zulu kingdom.
  

• Our Perfect Wedding's Khanyisa Titus, in her own words
  3 Apr 2020 17:22 (0 replies)

  

  10 Seasons. 11 presenters. And now a 12th. The 411 on OPW's new host.
  

• Idols 15: Micayla's Tragic exit
  10 Nov 2019 22:17 (2 replies)

  

  She sang the song and then she was gone. (Includes the three debut singles.)
  

• Idols 15: Top 2 Theme and Song Choice
  8 Nov 2019 14:44 (4 replies)

  

  While the Top 3 release their singles now, Nolo has to wait until January.
  

• Ifalakhe: Behind-the-scenes on Mzansi Magic's African fantasy
  7 Nov 2019 12:44 (2 replies)

  

  Executive Producer and Director Mmamitse Thibedi gives us the inside scoop on what went into creating Ifalakhe.
  

• Idols 15: No Nolo in the Top 3
  3 Nov 2019 22:44 (2 replies)

  

  One of the three sleep-deprived will miss out on a final shot at the title when they return from New York this week.
  

• Idols 15:Top 3 Theme and Song Choices
  31 Oct 2019 10:22 (0 replies)

  

  The wannabes bring out the big guns this week by singing three songs each in their bid to wear the title of Idol.
  

• Idols 15: Top 4 live show - what the judges said
  27 Oct 2019 23:10 (0 replies)

  

  The show went on after Twexit but the plot didn't go anywhere as the Top 4 sang comfy-comfy.
  

• Idols 15: Top 4 Theme and Song Choices
  24 Oct 2019 09:28 (2 replies)

  

  The families have been hauled in this week as the final four put on their game faces to sing these songs...
  

• Newsflash: Twin Viggy Qwabe withdraws from Idols!
  21 Oct 2019 11:47 (9 replies)

  

  Where one goes, the other follows.
  

• Idols 15 Top 5: The twins get separated in family whammy
  21 Oct 2019 01:07 (3 replies)

  

  The concept of "the twins" is oves on Idols as Viggy kisses Virginia goodbye.
  

• Idols 15: Top 5 Theme and Song Choices
  17 Oct 2019 17:18 (3 replies)

  

  Tick-tock. It's all about time this week. More of it as finale time approaches.
  

• Idols 15 Top 6: The show stops for Mangaliso
  13 Oct 2019 23:09 (3 replies)

  

  Sunday's Idols was a showstopper for Mangaliso - literally.
  

• Idols 15: Top 6 Theme and Song Choices
  9 Oct 2019 13:04 (2 replies)

  

  This Sunday the wannabes need prove they don't wanna be wannabes no more.
  

• Idols 15 Top 7: The audience breaks up with Nqobile
  6 Oct 2019 22:40 (2 replies)

  

  It was all about lurve for everyone on Sunday except Nqobile who lost viewers' hearts.
  

• Idols 15: Top 7 Song Choices and Theme
  2 Oct 2019 12:21 (10 replies)

  

  Who will best capture the essence of romantic lurve?
  

• Idols 15 Top 8: It's D-Day for Dinky
  29 Sep 2019 22:34 (3 replies)

  

  If at first you don't succeed, try and try again. Dalene da Dinky did this but...
  

• Idols 15: Top 8 Theme and Song Choice
  26 Sep 2019 12:32 (3 replies)

  

  Two wannabes place their bets on songs by former Idols winners...
  

• Idols 15 Top 9: It's oves for Innocentia before it begins
  22 Sep 2019 23:03 (3 replies)

  

  In the words of Heidi Klum: One day you're In and the next day you're Out.
  

• Please Step In scam alert!
  19 Sep 2019 12:11 (0 replies)

  

  Please note: scammers are using a fraudulent "Please Step In" phone number to scam people. THIS is the correct number to reach the show...
  

• Idols 15: Top 9 Theme and Song Choice
  18 Sep 2019 15:34 (4 replies)

  

  DJ Tira wields the power for this week's live show as the Top 9 tackle these songs...
  

• Idols 15: Top 10 showdown - what the judges said
  16 Sep 2019 10:39 (3 replies)

  

  Do you agree with the judges' take on Sunday's episode? (Includes vids of each performance.)
  

• Idols 15: Top 10 theme and song choices
  12 Sep 2019 10:02 (9 replies)

  

  See which songs your faves will be singing in this Sunday's Top 10 showdown.
  

• Place your bets! Pick your Idols 15 Top 2 from the Top 10
  9 Sep 2019 11:51 (3 replies)

  

  An album of the Idols Top 10 featuring videos and deets to help you predict this season's finalists. Play along even if you don't have DStv.
  

• Your one-stop guide to Mzansi Magic's bumper July line-up
  2 Jul 2019 10:25 (1 replies)

  

  New shows and seasons premiere at 20h00 each night next week, with Andile Gaelesiwe in the reality mix.
  

• Unwrapped! Mzansi Magic's new winter dramas The Republic and Impilo: The Scam
  28 Jun 2019 14:04 (0 replies)

  

  Florence Masebe steps up as Madam President and Desmond Dube battles baaaad debt. TVSA has the inside scoop.
  

• Mzansi channels reveal new shows and renewals for 2019
  23 Nov 2018 15:41 (4 replies)

  

  The lowdown on what to expect from Mzansi Magic, Wethu and 1Magic in the new year.
  

• Mzansi Magic's The Imposter returns with new cast and production company
  27 Sep 2018 14:26 (1 replies)

  

  Ferguson Magic gives the cameras to Seriti Films for the new season.
  

• Idols 14: Close-up on the Top 10
  10 Sep 2018 11:51 (4 replies)

  

  Find out more about the Season 14 finalists with these Q&A's feat. surprising facts...
  

• 5 flash facts on Mzansi Magic's new Sunday night drama The Herd
  2 Jul 2018 13:12 (6 replies)

  

  Sello Maake Ka-Ncube, Winnie Ntshaba and former Uzalo star Sihle Ndaba headline the channel's next supernatural instalment.
  

• Ring of Lies replaced by new Mzansi Magic series The Throne
  27 Jun 2018 12:03 (6 replies)

  

  See if you can work out what the new series is about.
  

• Meet the new characters on Lockdown 3
  4 Jun 2018 17:10 (9 replies)

  

  Manaka Ranaka takes on the role of a serial killer and Mmabatho Montsho shrinks the minds of criminals.
  

• US star Tichina Arnold chats to TVSA about her role on Mzansi's Lockdown 3
  30 May 2018 12:18 (4 replies)

  

  We interrogate the American comedy star in her prison cell about her new role on South African TV.
  

• Music industry at heart of Mzansi Magic's new drama Ingoma
  22 Mar 2018 16:20 (2 replies)

  

  Mzansi Magic's new Monday night drama tackles the exploitative music industry in this story about small-town artists getting lured to the big city.
  

• Mzansi Magic's new Sunday nighter: Abomama
  20 Mar 2018 17:06 (5 replies)

  

  Four church women who are sucked into the criminal underworld when they are forced to turn their stokvel into a money-laundering scheme.
  

• Unveiling Mzansi Magic's new Cape Town drama: Nkululeko
  11 Dec 2017 15:54 (8 replies)

  

  You saw the audition call on TVSA, now find out about the series and see who landed the lead roles.
  

• YouTuber Moshe Ndiki lands Mzansi Magic double deal
  7 Dec 2017 12:40 (4 replies)

  

  He's the new host of Uyang’thanda Na? and debuts on The Queen soon.
  

• Double trouble: The Imposter director on what it takes to film the twins
  30 Oct 2017 09:55 (6 replies)

  

  The inside scoop on how Mzansi Magic's The Imposter turns Thishiwe Ziqubu into the twins.
  

• iNumber is up... what's next? The Imposter
  3 Oct 2017 14:34 (4 replies)

  

  Twin takes on twin in Ferguson Magic's new Sunday night drama.
  

• OPW Presenter Search: the reality show - coming soon
  27 Sep 2017 10:26 (0 replies)

  

  The initial auditions have wrapped and now the power moves into the hands of viewers.
  

• First look: Linda Sebezo as the most dangerous inmate in South Africa
  7 Sep 2017 17:07 (1 replies)

  

  Prison bars clang for her in Lockdown 2.
  

• Why Flo Masebe isn't on Ring of Lies 2
  21 Jul 2017 11:59 (4 replies)

  

  The reason Masindi disappears.
  

• Former Gen star Thato Molamu: a man of law on The Queen
  20 Jul 2017 12:50 (3 replies)

  

  The countdown to Season 2 begins.
  

• All star cast revealed for iNumber Number: the TV series
  8 Jun 2017 15:56 (5 replies)

  

  It started with SABC1's Class Act, it went on to become an award winning movie and now it's an all star series on Mzansi Magic.
  

• And the next OPW host is...
  17 Mar 2017 15:09 (1 replies)

  

  Ma "Slenda" Mnisi a.k.a Nomsa Buthelezi.
  

• Mzansi Magic reveals plans for 2017
  9 Mar 2017 15:58 (15 replies)

  

  Multiple renewals, a burst of new series and an awards ceremony. Your ticket to Mzansi Magic in 2017.
  

• Mzansi Magic does it for millennials with new telenovela Isithembiso
  24 Feb 2017 12:21 (2 replies)

  

  The 411 on what to expect once Greed & Desire wraps at the end of March.
  

• Renewed! Mzansi Magic's Ring of Lies
  16 Feb 2017 00:00 (7 replies)

  

  KAPOW!
  

• Dineo's Diary spin-off on the way to Mzansi Magic
  23 Nov 2016 13:54 (2 replies)

  

  The whole family's moved in to headline The Ranakas.
  

• Dawn Thandeka King headlines new all-girl prison drama
  16 Nov 2016 15:42 (9 replies)

  

  She starts 2017 in Lockdown on Mzansi Magic.
  

• The craziest credit on TV?!
  19 Oct 2016 10:47 (0 replies)

  

  See if you can say Nomuzi Mabena's Rich Kids credit in one breath...
  

• Introducing It's Complicated Season 2: new characters, more drama
  21 Sep 2016 17:36 (9 replies)

  

  It's back on Mzansi Magic in October with a bevy of new characters played by some of Mzansi's biggest TV names.
  

• Ninja girls unite on Mzansi Magic's new teen drama Is'thunzi
  15 Sep 2016 18:27 (3 replies)

  

  They call themselves the Ninjas and they're on a mission to make the Cinderella story come true.
  

• Lerato Mvelase: no easy pushover on isiBaya
  31 Aug 2016 17:15 (1 replies)

  

  She debuted as Lieutenant Mkhize this week and she's a force that everyone underestimates.
  

• Why Brenda Ngxoli isn't on Rockville 4
  21 Jul 2016 11:51 (5 replies)

  

  See why Gladys isn't on the new season.
  

• Introducing the new characters on Rockville 4
  8 Jul 2016 17:16 (9 replies)

  

  A snack pack of all the important new characters on Rockville 4 and who's playing them.
  

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