BREAKING. A 10th season for Idols on M-Net and Mzansi Magic in 2014 as Musa Sukwene from Mpumalanga wins the 9th season.

There will be a 10th season of reality show Idols on M-Net and Mzansi Magic in 2014 the South African pay-TV broadcaster announced tonight as Musa Sukwene (26) became the winner of the 9th season of Idols and the first winner from the Mpumalanga province.

Auditions for the 10th season of Idols will start in February 2014 with preliminary auditions which will take place on 15 February in Johannesburg (Carnival City), 22 February in Durban (Playhouse Theatre), 7 March in Cape Town (GrandWest Casino) and 22 March in Pretoria (State Theatre).

Musa Sukwene won - according to M-Net (no voting statistics were released) - with a narrow margin of just over 1 000 votes over runner-up Brendan Ledwaba (19) from Graskop, also in Mpumalanga.

Idols is a co-production between the M-Net and Mzansi Magic channels.