Supersterre is an Afrikaans language singing talent show created by South African singer Patricia Lewis and produced by Lewis and her husband Mark Whitehead in which contestants work with a celebrity coach each week and are eliminated by public vote until one winner remains.
The show premiered in 2005 as a four-minute insert on Patricia's television show Blonde Ambisie (Blonde Ambition) and developed into a show of its own in 2006.
The series proper premiered on SABC2 on Friday 25 August 2006, at 19h30. See "Seasons" below for seasonal broadcast dates and times.
Season 3 premiered on SABC2 on Friday 19 March 2010, at 19h30. New episodes aired weekly. There are 13 hour-long episodes in the third season.
The final two in the season were: Burger Le Roux and Giovanni Divito. On Friday, 11 June 2010 the season was won by Burger. The finale was filmed for a studio audience on Tuesday, 8 June 2010.
Season 3 Repeats
Saturdays: 20h00
Synopsis
The competition starts with a country-wide search for voices across South Africa and focuses on the training and performances of the contestants chosen as the finalists.
In addition to being a competition between the contestants, the show is also a competition between established South African artists who each mentor two of the finalists and coach them through the process.
Each episode features the contestants working on a song which they perform for a live audience, as well as their relationships with each other, their celebrities and ultimately the judges.
Judges include well-known South African singers, actors and entertainers and each week one or two contestants are eliminated by them until there are two left.
During the course of the 12-week competition viewers can participate by SMSing for their favourite contestants, which will result in one contestant who's left, returning for a final three finale showdown.
If the most popular SMS contestant is already one of the final two, the contestant with the second highest number of SMS votes returns.
The returning contestant is called the SuperNova and the public's vote for them counts towards 51% of the judges final decision.
All episodes of the show - except for the finale - are pre-recorded and and the live performances are filmed on Sundays at the Mardis Theatre at Carnival City, Johannesburg.
The winning contestant won a recording contract with Sony BMG as well as various other prizes to the value of a million rand and the celebrity who's helped them wins a million rand property at a game farm, sponsored by South African singer Steve Hofmeyr.
Seasons
(All seasons aired exclusively on SABC2, on Fridays at 19h30)
Season 1 (12 episodes)
Premiere: 25 August 2006 | Finale: 10 November 2006
Season 2 (13 episodes)
Premiere: 7 September 2007 | Finale: 30 November 2007
Season 3 (13 episodes)
Premiere: 19 March 2010 | Finale: 11 June 2010