Idols South Africa 4 was a competition held from June to August in 2006. The voting results were released on 2 September 2006.
Votes were accepted via a 08622777+ phone number, voting of the contestant name via SMS to 33676 & finally an online voting option via the official website which was open to viewers worldwide.
Danelle De Vries -- 22.10%
Jay Theron -- 21.61%
Valeska Smit—21.12%
Emil Struwig—9.64%
Samantha Brill—9.12%
Henrico Harnoster—6.47%
Jacobus Wyngaard—5.25%
Genene Winaar—4.70%
Total votes: 31,955
Jaco Labuschagné -- 40.78%
Tracey-Lee Oliver -- 20.63%
Jay Cee Krause—14.84%
Nelda Janse Van Vuuren—7.43%
Kevin Jacobs—4.97%
Klarina Jansen—4.35%
Peter Crafford—4.29%
Wendell Reed—2.72%
Total votes: 63,364
Willem Botha -- 43.42%
Christiaan Kritzinger -- 19.79%
Nelda Jansen Van Rensburg—16.20%
Carlo De Goede—5.47%
Bernice Breedt—5.24%
Joslin Pieterse—4.19%
Kevin Douglas—2.87%
Tanja Badenhorst—2.82%
Total votes: 79,473
Dewald Louw -- 30.86%
Alzonia Titus -- 23.56%
Lizaan Vermeulen—13.83%
Thiro Moshosho—11.36%
Rebert Roodbol—10.08%
Tania Wiese—4.98%
Crushanda Forbes—4.21%
Eugene Julies—1.11%
Total votes: 61,751
Nelda Jansen Van Rensburg -- 31.28%
Joslin Pieterse -- 18.98%
Valeska Smit -- 13.47%
Emil Struwig—9.76%
Rebert Roodbol—9.19%
Crushanda Forbes—7.33%
Carlo De Goede—7.04%
Jacobus Wyngaard—2.96%
Total votes: 49,918
From the Top 12 onwards, the judges had a 40% leverage of the contestant votes (which are not factored into the list below), while the public had 60% leverage.
Dewald Louw -- 13.68%
Willem Botha -- 13.25%
Jaco Labuschagné -- 12.99%
Alzonia Titus -- 12.91%
Christiaan Kritzinger -- 11.62%
Joslin Pieterse -- 11.37%
Tracey-Lee Oliver -- 10.77%
Valeska Smit -- 10.34%
Nelda Jansen Van Rensburg -- 9.23%
Crushanda Forbes -- 7.78% (Eliminated)
Danelle De Vries -- 7.01% (Eliminated)
Jay Theron -- 5.73% (Eliminated)
Total votes: 103,265
Jaco Labuschagné—16.15%
Willem Botha—16.00%
Dewald Louw—12.44%
Joslin Pieterse—10.52%
Nelda Jansen Van Rensburg—10.52%
Alzonia Titus—9.93%
Valeska Smit—9.33%
Tracey-Lee Oliver—7.70% (Eliminated)
Christiaan Kritzinger—7.41% (Eliminated)
Total votes: 184,675
Dewald Louw—18.90%
Jaco Labuschagné—18.43%
Nelda Jansen Van Rensburg—15.81%
Alzonia Titus—13.38%
Willem Botha—12.10%
Valeska Smit—12.14% (Eliminated)
Joslin Pieterse—10.24% (Eliminated)
Total votes: 235,136
Dewald Louw—29.67%
Willem Botha—25.00%
Alzonia Titus—17.33%
Jaco Labuschagné—14.67% (Eliminated)
Nelda Jansen Van Rensburg—13.33% (Eliminated)
Total votes: 286,128
Grand Final (27 August 2006)
Dewald Louw—43.33% (Winner)
Alzonia Titus—37.78% (Second place)
Willem Botha—18.89% (Third place)
Total votes: 400, 572
Total season votes: 2,750,425
