Project Fame

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.

For the West African subregional version, see Project Fame West Africa.

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; Tusker Project Fame (season 1) began on 1 October – 17 December 2006. It continues to run each year and the latest is Tusker Project Fame season 4 which ended on 6 December 2010, and won by Ugandan Davis Hillary Ntare.

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

Final results

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

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