Akademi Fantasi Indosiar

Akademi Fantasi Indosiar
Created by	Francel Diaz Lenero Daniel Ortiz
Judges	Trie Utami (1 - 5) 2 Guest Judges each week
Theme music composer	Aubrey Suwito
Country of origin	Indonesia
No. of seasons	5
Production
Running time	approximately 2 hours
Release
Original network	Indosiar
Original release	November 2003 - September 9th, 2006
External links
Website

Akademi Fantasi Indosiar (commonly abbreviated as AFI) was Indonesia's second reality television show after Popstars Indonesia in which a number of contestants called students competed for the winning title and a chance to start their career in the entertainment industry.

The first 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 second country in Southeast Asia after Malaysia to have its own version of this show. Subsequently, it has also been followed by Thailand. Akademi Fantasi Indosiar was replaced by The Voice Indonesia (also on Indosiar) in 2013.

Host

• Adi Nugroho (season 1 - season 5)
• Najib Ali Singapore presenter (season 4)

Judges

• Trie Utami - Musician, Composer, Sound Engineer, Producer (season 1-present)
• Hetty Koes Endang - Multi-genre Singer (season 1-present)
• Harry Roesli - Musician, Composer, Singer, Music Producer (season 1-season 3)
• Rieka Roeslan - Musician, Composer, Singer, Music Producer, ex Vocalist of The Groove (season 4-present)
• Hedy Yunus - Singer (season 1 & 2)
• Melly Goeslaw - Presenter (season 3)
• Pongki Jikustik - Vocalist of Jikustik (season 4)

Seasons

Season 1

Season 2

The second 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 second 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.

Season Two Elimination Chart

Season 3

The third 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 third 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 (Nusantara is the other name for Indonesia) 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 (Idol) 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.

Third Season Elimination Chart

Season 4

The fourth season's theme was a compilation album called, "Fantasic". This album was released on the top 6 night (Friday, 22 June 2005).

On the top 5 Result Show, 4 alumni of Akademi Fantasi Indosiar (Kia (runner-up 3 of season 1), 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 (later to become the winner), 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.

Top 12 AFI 2005 contestants were:

• Ade Alfonso/Ade (24, Manado)~WINNER
• Indri Suhantrie Tribuana/Indri (20,Makassar)~RUNNER-UP (September 3, 2005)
• Jisindo Beagutes/Bojes (19, Jakarta)~VOTED OFF (August 28, 2005)
• Prastiwi Dwiarti/Tiwi (19, Bandung) ~VOTED OFF (August 21, 2005)
• Luri Dini Ayu Pratiwi/Luri (20, Surabaya) ~VOTED OFF (August 14, 2005)
• Anjar/Anjar (19, Yogyakarta) ~VOTED OFF (July 24, 2005)
• Rizwar Rizali/Rizwar (25, Banjarmasin) ~VOTED OFF (July 17, 2005)
• Kartika Yudhia Ramlan/Tika (19, Bandung) ~VOTED OFF (July 10, 2005)
• Fibri Hening MAM/Fibri (20, Semarang) ~VOTED OFF (July 3, 2005)
• Yongki Waringit/Yongki (25, Yogyakarta)~VOTED OFF (June 26, 2005)
• Dewa Anggie/Dewa (19, Denpasar) ~VOTED OFF (June 19, 2005)
• Arjuna Prima/Arjuna (20, Makassar) ~VOTED OFF (June 12, 2005)

Eliminated Contestants on The HIP HOP concert Round:

• Nonie/Nonie (19, Medan) ~VOTED OFF (May 30, 2005)
• Justicka Siska Febe/Tisya (21, Manado) ~VOTED OFF (May 29, 2005)
• Iwan/Iwan (25, Surabaya) ~VOTED OFF (May 23, 2005)
• Rika Indah Sari/Rika (21, Palembang) ~VOTED OFF (May 22, 2005)
• Fauziah AR/Fauzi (18, Banjarmasin) ~VOTED OFF (May 16, 2005)
• Benny Irawan/Benny (21, Jakarta) ~VOTED OFF (May 15, 2005)
• Bunga Nada Apriliandis (22, Semarang) ~VOTED OFF (May 9, 2005)
• Aris Sanjaya/Ari (24, Denpasar) ~VOTED OFF (May 8, 2005)
• Rafika Utami Putri/Fika (19, Lampung) ~VOTED OFF (May 2, 2005)
• Marissa Natra/Marissa (19, Pekanbaru) ~VOTED OFF (May 1, 2005)

Four Season Elimination Chart

Season 5

The fifth 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.

Fifth Season Elimination Chart

Season 6

Indosiar has make an official announcement that the sixth season will return in 2013 after Ramadhan.

International versions

• Malaysia: Akademi Fantasia
• Mexico: La Academia
• Thailand: Academy Fantasia
• United States: La academia USA
• Singapore: Academy Fantasia

References

External links

• Official Site