Zama was on Sunday night crowned this season’s winner of Idols SA.
The star from Witbank in the Mpumalanga beat out Mr Music for the crown at a packed in Pretoria.
Zama won a prize package worth over R1.5-million, including R1-million in cash, a Samsung,Toyota Starlet, R100,000 Truworths voucher, R80,000 Yahama music instruments and a record deal with Kalawa.
The show opened with this seasons’ eliminated contestants performing a powerful collaboration.
There was also fire performances by Cassper Nyovest, Busiswa, Somizi and Vusi Nova, DJ Zinhle and last year’s Idols SA winner Zama.
Zama and Mr Music treated fans to a feast of music with show stopping renditions alongside the Mzansi Gay Choir, Vusi Nova and former contestants of the season.
And there you have it: the WINNER of #IdolsSA season 16 is… Zama! @IdolsSA_Zama #IdolsZAMA 🙌
What a year. What a season! Look out for us in 2021! pic.twitter.com/sDM2YklTUo
— Idols South Africa (@IdolsSA) December 13, 2020
More than 40 million votes were cast in the week leading up to the final, with 180 million votes cast over the course of the whole season.
Judge Randall Abrahams said the competition was the tightest he had ever been a part of.
Next season’s auditions kick off in February next year.