Idols (East African TV series)

Idols East Africa was a singing competition, serving as the second season of the pan-African franchise of the Idol series after Idols West Africa. It premiered on April 6, 2008, and ended on July 27, 2008.

Participating countries are located on the eastern and southern parts of Africa such as Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Audition venues will be held in each of these countries. The competition is also open to citizens of Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Réunion, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, and Swaziland, but would have to meet the requirements before auditioning in one of the seven audition venues.

Themes
June 2: African Americans

June 9: 50s, 60s and 70s

June 16: New Millennium

June 23: Birth Decade

June 30: African Home Grown

July 7: My Idols

July 14: Producer's Choice

July 21: Ultimate Wishlist

July 27: Grand Finale

Finals Elimination Chart

 * No real bottom three were announced on June 23. Mkhululi and Nicolette were just randomly placed alongside Cynthia in the "unsafe" group.
 * No real bottom three were announced on July 24. Trinah and Eric were just randomly placed alongside in the "unsafe" candidates group.

Voting
Voting is done by ranking the contestants per country and finding the average rank. This is to prevent countries with larger voting power from giving the contestants from their country an unfair advantage.