Project Fame

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Project Fame was a pan-African version of the international talent/reality show Star Academy. Held in Johannesburg, South Africa from June to August 2004, the show had 16 African contestants - 9 of which were South African - groomed for stardom, with the weakest being eliminated on a weekly basis; the top three received record deals and the winner got a lot more prizes.

The contestants were eliminated in the following way: the Board (judges) place four contestants on probation, the teachers save one, the other contestants save another and viewers save a third, thereby eliminating the last contestant. As the show progressed, the number of contestants placed on probation rose to five resulting in two contestants being eliminated. The last five remaining contestants' fates were determined by viewers' votes.

An East African version called Tusker Project Fame aired from October 1st to December 17 2006.

The show can be described as American Idol meets Big Brother as the contestants' daily activities were recorded 24 hours a day.

[edit] Final results

Rank	Contestant		Date of elimination
1	Lindiwe Alam	Zambia	winner
2	Jonathan Ross	South Africa	August 29
3	Daré Art Alade*	Nigeria	August 29
4	Tebogo Moloto	South Africa	August 29
5	Tracey-Lee Oliver	South Africa	August 29
6	Johan du Plooy*	South Africa	August 22
6	Monica Burger	South Africa	August 22
8	Kudzai Sevenzo*	Zimbabwe	August 15
8	Karen Lucas	Kenya	August 15
10	Claudia Mohr*	South Africa	August 8
10	Steve Peralta	South Africa	August 8
12	Didge Nyatome	Kenya	August 1
13	Robyn Hendricks	South Africa	July 25
14	Tumi Ramailane	South Africa	July 18
15	Carl "Bodea" Eckle	Tanzania	July 11
16	Jid'dah Ado-Ibrahim	Nigeria	July 4

*These contestants performed better than their equally
ranked contestants as they were on probation less often.