Career
Sasha-Lee comes from Atlantis in the Western Cape. She is one of 10 children, and her father is a pastor. But apparently there had been a mix-up with late votes arriving after the cutoff time on the night of the finale.
The SMS messages had been sent before the cutoff time but were only received after the deadline.
M-Net made the public aware of the matter within a day and assured everyone that a recount of the votes would be done as soon as possible. Sasha-Lee had come second, with 1.1 million votes, or 46% only.
M-Net decided however that "200,000 votes are not significant enough, and the results so close, the only fair thing to do under the circumstances is to declare a tie". Thus giving Jason and Sasha-Lee Davids the same prizes.
This was a first, world-wide, in the competition and created extensive media coverage at the time.
