The voting results are in for Idols and the numbers reveal that the showdown between Karabo Mogane and Mmatema Moremi came down to 9.94%.
Karabo won 54,97% of the votes in the final week of the show, beating Mmatema's 45,03%.
It was the biggest difference between them throughout the competition which suggests that many of Rhema Varrie's fans voted for Karabo once Rhema was eliminated.
As you'll see from the chart below, Karabo and Mmatema were the top contenders from the start of the Top 10, winning four rounds each which put them neck-and-neck. They were joined by Rhema who did surprisingly well considering the fact that he couldn't remember a thing. In fact, he did so well that he beat Karabo in the Top 4 round.
Here's a look at the voting percentages from the Top 10 as verified by Deloittes & Touche:
Top 10
Nadia: 2,30%
Elwira: 5,07
Amanda: 5,15%
Lungisa: 6,80%
Siphelele: 7,29%
Loyiso: 9,22%
Dineo: 10,65%
Rhema: 10,74%
Karabo: 21,20%
Mmatema: 21,59%
Top 9
Elwira: 4,65%
Lungisa: 7,06%
Amanda: 7,26%
Siphelele: 7,99%
Loyiso: 8,62%
Dineo: 11,87%
Rhema: 15,28%
Mmatema: 18,28%
Karabo: 18,98%
Top 8
Lungisa: 6,17%
Amanda: 7,15%
Loyiso: 7,72%
Siphelele: 7,87%
Dineo: 11,01%
Rhema: 18,90%
Karabo: 19,44%
Mmatema: 21,74%
Top 7
Amanda: 6,73%
Loyiso: 7,62%
Siphelele: 9,40%
Dineo: 12,39%
Rhema: 17,46%
Mmatema: 21,96%
Karabo: 24,44%
Top 6
Dineo: 10,60%
Loyiso: 12,12%
Siphelele: 13,50%
Rhema: 17,87%
Mmatema: 22,51%
Karabo: 23,40%
Top 5
Loyiso: 12,11%
Siphelele: 15,98%
Rhema: 19,54%
Karabo: 24,43%
Mmatema: 27,94%
Top 4
Siphelele: 16,21%
Karabo: 26,92%
Rhema: 27,26%
Mmatema: 29,61%
Top 3
Rhema: 30,49%
Mmatema: 32,61%
Karabo: 36,89%
Top 2
Mmatema: 45,03%
Karabo: 54,97%