Akademi Fantasi Indosiar
The 1st season premiered in the end of November 2003 and was one of Indosiar's highest rated shows. The theme song entitled "Menuju Puncak" was the same as Akademi Fantasia from Malaysia, composed by Aubrey Suwito.
The format of the show was taken from La Academia, which originated in Mexico. Indonesia is the 2nd country in Southeast Asia after Malaysia to have its own version of this show. Subsequently, it has also been followed by Thailand. Indosiar has make an announcement "Akademi Fantasi Indosiar" will return for season 6 in year 2013.The 2nd season started on 25 March 2003. Auditions were held from 15 February-17 March at five cities: Medan, Yogyakarta, Bandung, Semarang, Surabaya and Jakarta. The audition in Medan was canceled due to the tsunami on 2002 that destroyed most part of Aceh and North Sumatra. Then, as a replacement, an audition was held in Makassar. About 38,000 people turned out for the 2nd season auditions.
The Grand Final was held at the Pleanary Hall of Jakarta Convention Center. The winner for season 2 is Tia. In the Result Show, some stars became guest stars, one of them was Christian Bautista a famous male singer from the Philippines.
The 3rd season of Akademi Fantasi Indosiar was launched on April 21, 2004. The auditions were held at some Indonesia's major cities such as Jakarta, Bandung, Makaksar, Yogyakarta, Semarang, Surabaya and Medan. This season, Indonesian Idols also conducted small auditions at some other cities such as Manado and Ambon. The contestants who passed the initial round in both Manado and Ambon were eventually brought into an elimination round in Surabaya.
The Final Three consisted of Leo, Alvin, and Sutha. There were unconfirmed rumors arose saying that the Top 3 contestants made it to the top because of their looks.
The 3rd season also released a compilation album called, Tribute to Tonny Koeswoyo. Tonny, one of the founding members of Koes Plus, a legendary Indonesian Rock Band, died in 1987. Before his death, he and his brothers produced more than a few catch tunes that people still remember until today. The Top 12 Finalists sang Nusantara as well as Koes Plus' other famous hit songs such as Diana and Kembali ke Jakarta (Return to Jakarta).
Since the show ended, Alvin and Eky have acted in a TV drama called Idola which was aired on Indosiar every Monday on 8 pm. Sutha also acted in an Love series called Cinderella which was also aired by Indosiar.
The 4th season's theme was a compilation album called, "Fantasic". This album was released on the top 6 night.
On the top 5 Result Show, 4 alumni of Akademi Fantasi Indosiar, Romi (7th place on season 1), Adit (7th place of season 2), and Haikal (runner-up of season 2)) performed as guests. They were all named 'AFI Divo' which is likely to be adopted from Il Divo, who were formed by Simon Cowell, one of the judges of American Idol and Pop Idol. Luri was voted off at this point leaving the formation of 2 male and 2 females on the top 4. This is exactly the same formation as in season 1.
During the Grand Final, Ade, one of the grand finalists, had the chance to sing with Indonesian music divas, Titi DJ and Krisdayanti.
Ade along with the other top 12 also performed at the closing ceremony of the Asian Cup at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.
The 5th season with the name Akademi Fantasi Indosiar 2006 was won by Widi. This season gave the winner a trip to Las Vegas and got a chance to met up with Celine Dion.
| Indosiar has make an 6th season will return in | official announcement that the 2013 after Ramadhan. |
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