KHAYELITSHA, SOUTH AFRICA — “American Idol” viewers will never see this particular performance of anti-AIDS songs and dances in a modest community hall, but they helped pay for it. After a ...

K-pop’s first African idol, Fatou of girl group Blackswan, pushes the boundaries of what it means to be a star in the historically exclusive genre. Fatou, whose full name is Fatou Samba, was born in ...

Karin Kortje, a former apple packer from the small town of Grabouw in the apple-growing region of the Western Cape, became South Africa’s third ‘Idol’ Sunday night in an emotional finale to the most ...

JOHANNESBURG — African paybox M-Net is capitalizing on the passion for music in West Africa by airing the region’s first local “Idols” hunt for a new star. War refugees, students, the unemployed and ...

ABC’s “American Idol” Season 18 winner, Samantha Diaz, is reportedly back to singing in subway stations for money. As a profound singer with a powerful voice, fans were shocked to see the ...

Singer Khaya Mthethwa's win breaks a seven season-long trend for a country still emerging from the apartheid system. By Stuart Kemp LONDON – Singer Khaya Mthethwa became South Africa’s first black ...

*Maybe we were a bit off with Columbus Short being on the second season of “Empire.” While the former “Scandal” star didn’t confirm talk of him joining the hit Fox show during an interview with E!

The $75-million that television viewers contributed to charity during an American Idol episode in April is starting to be distributed to nonprofit groups in the United States and Africa, reports the ...

There’s a good chance Fatou Samba is just like you. The 27-year-old Aries, who describes herself as a Myers-Briggs ENTP to a T, enjoys watching anime, Korean dramas, and Dylan O’Brien movies — and ...

At age 29, Heinz Winckler knows with success comes sacrifice. The young man who won South African Idol in 2002 is a member of the touring company of "Rent," which will be presented Tuesday at the ...