(Vincent Bones)
The winner of Idols SA
Season 10 is Vincent Bones. The 30 year-old worship leader from
Pietermaritzburg heard at the recent spectacular live finale at the Carnival
City Casino and Entertainment Centre that he received the most of the more than
4.5 million votes that were cast during the last week of this tough singing
competition, thereby defeating fellow finalist, the charismatic Nelspruit
singer Bongi Silinda (24).
Apart from winning the coveted title, Vincent walks away
with a prize package worth in excess of R1 million, comprising a R700,000 cash
prize from headline sponsor Telkom, M-Net and Mzansi Magic; a 24 month
SmartHome Supreme internet connectivity package from Telkom including a 55 inch
Samsung SmartTV, a wi-fi router, a 3G mi-fi router, a range extender, and 100GB
data, worth R50,000.
He also receives a R247,300 Ford Fiesta Titanium with
award-winning 1 litre Ecoboost Engine from Ford South Africa;
R80,000 worth of fashion from Truworths;
a Shure ULXD Digital Wireless system and personal monitoring
system worth R118,000;
R60,000 worth
of Yamaha musical equipment
and an installed DStv
Explora decoder and three months DStv Premium subscription worth R4,219 from
DStv.
All of this topped off by a recording contract with
Universal Music Africa which will launch his career as South Africa’s next
superstar!
Idols Season 10 is
a co-production between pay-television channels M-Net and Mzansi Magic and the
channels recently announced that, as a result of the popularity of this season,
Season 11 will commence shortly. Auditions are scheduled for early 2015.
For more information and exclusive extra content, visit the
official Idols X website at www.mnet.co.za/idolssa
and follow Idols SA on Twitter @IdolsSA and the official Idols Facebook page at
“Idols South Africa”.