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Created By
Daniel Ortiz
Akademi Fantasi Indosiar
Overview
Indosiar Fantasy Academy (abbreviated as AFI) is a talent-search singing competition adapted from La Academia in Mexico and is one of the earliest mass media singing talent search events in Indonesia. The finalists are called "academia" and undergo quarantine for 3 months with various training from vocal to acting, as they will compete to become the winner for various prizes.
Key Crew
Top Cast
Trie Utami
Judge
Maia Estianty
Judge
Piyu Padi
Judge
David Bayu Danangjaya
Judge
Stefanny Patilaya
Contestant
Dwi Nova Sada Putria Pandia
Contestant
Kevin M. Tangkau
Contestant
Yosua Pichaba Papsi Sitompul
Contestant
Seasons
Season 1 (2003)
In the first season, the Indosiar and AFI jury selected prospective students (academia) from 4 big cities in Indonesia (Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, and Medan). The audition, which was attended by thousands of participants, resulted in 12 finalists who were selected to receive various trainings from the mentors for approximately 90 days in Jakarta. In early December 2003, the 12 finalists were introduced through two non-elimination concerts. The first Elimination Concert was held at the end of December with an SMS and preliminary call scoring system, all the way through 9 Elimination Concerts until the Grand Final in March 2004.
14 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Episode 1
2003-12-06Episode 2: Episode 2
2003-12-13Episode 3: Elimination Concert 1
2003-12-20Episode 4: Elimination Concert 2
2003-12-27Episode 5: Elimination Concert 3
2004-01-03Episode 6: Elimination Concert 4
2004-01-10Episode 7: Elimination Concert 5
2004-01-17Episode 8: Elimination Concert 6
2004-01-24Episode 9: Elimination Concert 7
2004-01-31Episode 10: E-Club Concert
2004-02-07Episode 11: Elimination Concert 8
2004-02-14Episode 12: Elimination Concert 9
2004-02-21Episode 13: Grand Final
2004-02-28Episode 14: Inauguration Concert
2004-03-06
Season 2 (2004)
After the success of the first season, AFI 2 was held only one week after the Grand Final of AFI 1. Auditions were held in 6 cities (Jakarta, Medan, Bandung, Semarang, Jogja, & Surabaya) with 18 people as semi-finalists. The selection was then carried out to screen 12 people from the existing semi-finalists, via SMS & Premium Call polling by the audience at two Pre-Elimination concerts. This season was celebrated with 9 Elimination Concerts. The AFI 2 Grand Final is also the most popular program with the highest rating in Indonesian television history to this date.
16 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Preliminary 1
2004-03-13Episode 2: Preliminary 2
2004-03-20Episode 3: Episode 3
2004-03-27Episode 4: Together
2004-04-03Episode 5: Elimination Concert 1
2004-04-10Episode 6: Elimination Concert 2
2004-04-17Episode 7: Elimination Concert 3
2004-04-24Episode 8: Elimination Concert 4
2004-05-01Episode 9: Elimination Concert 5
2004-05-08Episode 10: Elimination Concert 6
2004-05-15Episode 11: Elimination Concert 7
2004-05-22Episode 12: E-Club Concert
2004-05-29Episode 13: Elimination Concert 8
2004-06-05Episode 14: Elimination Concert 9
2004-06-12Episode 15: Grand Final
2004-06-19Episode 16: Inauguration Concert
2004-06-26
Season 3 (2004)
The audition cities for AFI 3 were expanded to include 9 major cities in Indonesia, including Jakarta, Medan, Bandung, Semarang, Jogja, Surabaya, Denpasar, Makassar, and Palembang. In the finalist selection process this time there were 3 representatives in each city who would later be screened again through 3 pre-elimination concerts. Under the assessment of Trie Utami, Tamam Hosein, and the late Harry Roesli, 12 Academia were selected to continue to the next round.
17 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Episode 1
2004-06-28Episode 2: Preliminary Concert 1
2004-07-03Episode 3: Preliminary Concert 2
2004-07-10Episode 4: Preliminary Concert 3
2004-07-17Episode 5: Episode 5
2004-07-24Episode 6: Elimination Concert 1
2004-07-31Episode 7: Elimination Concert 2
2004-08-07Episode 8: Elimination Concert 3
2004-08-14Episode 9: Elimination Concert 4
2004-08-21Episode 10: Elimination Concert 5
2004-08-28Episode 11: Elimination Concert 6
2004-09-04Episode 12: Elimination Concert 7
2004-09-11Episode 13: E-Club Concert
2004-09-18Episode 14: Elimination Concert 8
2004-09-25Episode 15: Elimination Concert 9
2004-10-02Episode 16: Grand Final
2004-10-09Episode 17: Inauguration Concert
2004-10-16
Season 4 (2005)
In the fourth season, AFI no longer uses numbers to signify the season and started to choose the year instead. This is one of the means of change to overcome the decline in ratings last season. The auditions were held in 11 major cities in Indonesia, with the participants taking part in a selection concert where they will be grouped into the Hip group and Hop group. The preliminary selection system still uses SMS and Premium Call from the audience, to have the 12 best finalists enroll into the AFI dormitory. The finalists in this season are considered to be the youngest and freshest AFI generation compared to other seasons.
14 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Hip & Hop Concert 1
2005-06-12Episode 2: Hip & Hop Concert 2
2005-06-19Episode 3: Hip & Hop Concert 3
2005-06-26Episode 4: Elimination Concert 1
2005-07-03Episode 5: Elimination Concert 2
2005-07-10Episode 6: Elimination Concert 3
2005-07-17Episode 7: Elimination Concert 4
2005-07-24Episode 8: Elimination Concert 5
2005-07-31Episode 9: Elimination Concert 6
2005-08-07Episode 10: Elimination Concert 7
2005-08-14Episode 11: Elimination Concert 8
2005-08-21Episode 12: Elimination Concert 9
2005-08-28Episode 13: Grand Final
2005-09-04Episode 14: Inauguration Concert
2005-09-11
Season 5 (2006)
The fifth season of AFI took 6 major cities to participate in the audition process. The 12 selected finalists then went through Duel Concerts to become the winner and take home the prize of a Las Vegas vacation and a Celine Dion concert.
17 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Preliminary Concert 1
2006-05-21Episode 2: Preliminary Concert 2
2006-05-28Episode 3: Preliminary Concert 3
2006-06-04Episode 4: Elimination Concert 1
2006-06-11Episode 5: Elimination Concert 2
2006-06-18Episode 6: Elimination Concert 3
2006-06-25Episode 7: Elimination Concert 4
2006-07-02Episode 8: Elimination Concert 5
2006-07-09Episode 9: Elimination Concert 6
2006-07-16Episode 10: Elimination Concert 7
2006-07-23Episode 11: Wild Card Concert
2006-07-30Episode 12: Elimination Concert 8
2006-08-06Episode 13: Elimination Concert 9
2006-08-13Episode 14: Elimination Concert 10
2006-08-20Episode 15: Elimination Concert 11
2006-08-27Episode 16: Grand Final
2006-09-03Episode 17: Inauguration Concert
2006-09-10
Season 6 (2013)
Auditions for the sixth season of AFI began on 27 August 2013 in 7 major cities in Indonesia, namely Medan, Jakarta, Bandung, Semarang, Yogya, Surabaya, and Makassar. This time the online audition system on the official website was implemented to attract prospective participants from cities that were not included in the list of audition cities or from outside Indonesia. The number of finalists this season increased to 14 people, who then underwent 13 weeks of training in vocal, dance, and acting. The elimination round starts with the Choose Me Concert to showcase the top 12 auditions for each city, the 5+ Concert, the Hip & Hop Concert, and eventually the weekly Elimination Concert for the Grand Final.
24 episodes
