# Project Fame > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Project_Fame > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Project_Fame.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Fame > Source revision: 1265911726 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Television series For the West African subregional version, see [Project Fame West Africa](/source/Project_Fame_West_Africa). This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Project Fame" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message) ***Project Fame*** was a pan-African version of the international talent/reality show *[Star Academy](/source/Star_Academy)*. Held in [Johannesburg](/source/Johannesburg), [South Africa](/source/South_Africa) from June to August 2004, the show had 16 African contestants – 9 of them South Africans – 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.[1] The contestants were eliminated in the following way: the judges placed four contestants on probation, the teachers could saved one, the other contestants could save another and viewers could 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](/source/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](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Davis_Hillary_Ntare&action=edit&redlink=1). The show can be described as *[Idols](/source/Idols_(South_Africa))* meets *[Big Brother Africa](/source/Big_Brother_Africa)* as the contestants' daily activities were recorded 24 hours a day. ## Final results Rank Contestant Date of elimination Ref 1 Lindiwe Alam Zambia winner [2] 2 Jonathan Ross South Africa 29 August 3 Daré Art Alade Nigeria 29 August [3] 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 [3] 8 Karen Lucas Kenya 15 August [4] 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.* ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Fame contestants on standby"](https://www.news24.com/news24/fame-contestants-on-standby-20040618). *News24*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20241130172146/https://www.news24.com/news24/fame-contestants-on-standby-20040618) from the original on 30 November 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Project Fame stand-off"](https://www.iol.co.za/entertainment/whats-on/project-fame-stand-off-922671). *Independent Online*. 6 August 2004. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20231028052419/https://www.iol.co.za/entertainment/whats-on/project-fame-stand-off-922671) from the original on 28 October 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_3-1) ["Africa's best in Project Fame"](https://www.newvision.co.ug/articledetails/undefined). *New Vision*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220428104839/https://www.newvision.co.ug/articledetails/undefined) from the original on 28 April 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Kenyan singer off to top world academy"](https://nation.africa/kenya/news/kenyan-singer-off-to-top-world-academy--738346). *Nation*. 3 July 2020. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20231102104938/https://nation.africa/kenya/news/kenyan-singer-off-to-top-world-academy--738346) from the original on 2 November 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023. v t e Star Academy Americas Argentina Canada (Quebec) Mexico United States Europe Bulgaria France Georgia Greece Russia Spain Ukraine United Kingdom Celebrity version Asia India Philippines Pan-Regional Adriatic Region Africa Arab World East Africa West Africa This article about a television show originating in South Africa is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:SouthAfrica-tv-prog-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3ASouthAfrica-tv-prog-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:SouthAfrica-tv-prog-stub) This article related to a reality television program is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Reality-tv-prog-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3AReality-tv-prog-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Reality-tv-prog-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Project Fame](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Fame) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Fame?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.