Indonesian Idol
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| Indonesian Idol | |
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 Indonesian Idol |
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| Genre | Interactive reality game show |
| Creator(s) | Simon Fuller |
| Starring | Amelia Natasha Daniel Mananta Indra Lesmana Titi DJ Meuthia Kasim (2004 & 2005) Indy Barends Dimas Djayadiningrat |
| Country of origin | Indonesia |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Aurora Maris |
| Running time | Varies |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | RCTI |
| Original run | 2004 – Present |
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| [[1] Official website] | |
Indonesian Idol is an Indonesian television show. It is shown on RCTI. It is part of the Idol series, originated as the UK show Pop Idol, a singing talent contest to determine the best "undiscovered" young singer in the country. In recent years it has become one of the most highly publicized music competitions in Indonesia. After Indonesian Idol 's appearrance, many new reality show has been airing.
Indonesian Idol is produced by FremantleMedia Asia. The same company that produced Singapore Idol, Malaysian Idol, and Philippine Idol. Indonesian Idol won a 2005 & 2006 Panasonic Awards for The Best Music Variety Show and defeated AFI, and Kontes Dangdut TPI, which were in the same nomination
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[edit] Background
Indonesian Idol won a 2005 and 2006 Panasonic Awards for the Best Music Variety Show. It also defeated its rival, Akademi Fantasi Indosiar or we may ussualy say AFI. Indonesian Idol also wasgiven an award by the Singapore Tourism Board when the Top 11 of Indonesian Idol Season 1 were at Singapore for the opening act of American Idol World Tour.
[edit] Overview
[edit] Early Auditions
The show is hosted by Amelia Natasha aka.Ata and Irgi Ahmad Fahrezi aka.Irgi. Later, Irgi was replaced by Daniel Mananta due to his high fame in MTV. In the show, hopeful contestants are screened by preliminary panels to be selected for singing talent or humorous potential and human interest. Those who pass the prelims are potentially aired on the show. There were 32,000 people that auditioned the first season of Indonesian Idol. 37,000 people in the second season. And 48,000 people in the third season. Contestants must be Indonesian citizens and, for the first season, had to be 18 to 24 years old. For the Second and Third season, the contestants had to be 16 to 28. As a result there were many teenagers and High School Students that made it to the Final 12 such as Monita and Vira from second season and also Tesa, Brinet, Christy, Gea,and Dirly from third season. Though Karen from first season were voted to be the finalist before the rule used.
Auditioning contestants must bring with them to auditions a valid proof of age (and citizenship) such as a birth certificate and a driver's license or a birth certificate and a passport, along with the registration form from the official website or from magazines and newspaper. Those who are ineligible are: those who have current talent representation or a recording contract(but may have had one at some point in the past); have made it to a top 11 on Season 1, top 12 on Season 2 and 3. Contestants that made it to the top 30 on Season 1, top 24 on Season 2, and top 28 on Season 3 may participate at the next seasons. As a result many contestants from the Season 1 participated on Season 2 and 3. For example, Yara from the second Season's top 24 made it to the top 28 at the third Season.
Place audition cities have included; Jakarta, Bandung, Yogyakarta, Medan, Makasar, and Surabaya. On Season 3, small auditions took place at Manado and Ambon. The contestants from Manado and Ambon that made to the second round of audition were brought to Surabaya for the second round of audition. There were 2 Rounds of Auditions. The audition ussualy take place in large convention hall where thousands of people wait in line for audition.The first round judges were the Sony BMG people.If the contestans are illigeble, they would go to the next round of audition and face the Main Judges.The main Judges are Indra Lesmana (Indonesia's Jazz Star), Titi DJ (Indonesia's Pop Diva), Meuthia Kasim (1st and 2nd season, Indonesia's famous Radio Announcer), Indy Barends (3rd Season, Indonesia's Best Television Host), and Dimas Djayadiningrat (Indonesia's Music Video Director). Contestants are required to sing a cappella. Poor singers often face intense and humbling criticism from the judges. Typically the judges express disgust or dismay or suppressed laughter. Those who impress the majority of the judges, move on to the Elimination Round which take place in Jakarta. Usually only 150 to 170 contestants who got through to the elimination round in Jakarta.
[edit] On to Jakarta
There are 3 Elimination Rounds. In the first elimination round, 170 contestants from around Indonesia were separated in 17 groups of 10 contestants. In the 2nd elimination round, male and female contestants were paired and sang duet. In the last elimination round the remaining contestants sang his/her choice of song alone, in front of the judges. Finally, twenty eight contestants were then chosen for the workshop stage.At previous Seasons, thirty contestants were chosen to the Workshop Stage on the first Season, and twenty four contestants on the second Season. On the first season, 30 contestants were separated in groups of 10.And every week, 3 contestants from each group were chosen to the Top 10 or we may say The Spectacular Show. Television audiences could vote their favorites by SMS and Premium Calls. After 9 contestants were chosen, there were wild card round.10 contestants who were unlucky at the workshop were brought back at the Wild Card round. Only 1 contestant from the Wild Card round that will join the 9 contestants at the Spectacular Show and picked by the judges. However, the judges picked Karen Theresia Pooroe. However, the judges picked another contestant which was Lucky Octavian.At the second season, there were no Wild Card round. 24 contestants were separates in groups of 8. Every week, 4 contestants were picked to move on to the Top 12. At the third season, The workshop stage comprised of three rounds each for male and female contestants. There were 28 contestants that made it to the Workshop stage on the third season. In the first week, eight contestants (four males and four females) were sent home. Six contestants (three males and three females) were sent home in the second week, and the final workshop eliminated four more contestants (two males and two females). Before the spectacular round, pre-gala and wild card show was held. Four of the eliminated contestants were chosen by the judges and two of them, one male and one female, were given a place in the Spectacular Show based on voting result.
[edit] Spectacular Show
In the Spectacular Show, which last eleven weeks, each finalist performs a song live in prime time from a weekly theme (two songs in Top 5 and Top 4. And 3 Songs in Top 3 and Grand Final) at Balai Sarbini Concert Hall in Jakarta in front of a live studio audience. Unlike American Idol, Indonesian Idol's Result Show is 1 Hour after the Spectacular Show. For the Grand Final, the Result Show is 7 days after the Grand Final. In the Result Show, 3 Finalists that have the fewest vote will be in the bottom three. And each week, the finalist with the fewest vote will be sent home. The bottom three vote-getters are separated from the remaining contestants. Over the course of the episode, two are revealed as being "safe" for the week, and the loser is sent home after performing one final song to end the episode. This process is repeated each week until the one remaining contestant is declared the winner. Indonesian Idol 's famous sentence for the result is Indonesia Memilih! (Indonesia has chosen!) along with a 1 minute pause and at last, the result. For the Grand Finasl the stage is moved to the Plenary Hall of Jakarta Convention Center/Istora Senayan Jakarta for the finale showdown, where the two remaining Finalists perform for an audience of at least 7000. Every season, the two remaining finalists in the Grand Final would sing a new single for the Winner's Record. The song will be owned by the winner. On the first season, the Winner Song was Karena Cinta (Because of Love).And on the Second Season, the Winner Song was Semua Untuk Cinta (All For Love).
[edit] Season synopses
[edit] Season 1
| Indonesian Idol | |
| Indonesian Idol Finalists (with dates of elimination) |
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| Season 1 (2004) | |
| Joy | Winner |
| Delon | Runner Up September 4 |
| Nania | August 21 |
| Helena | August 14 |
| Michael | August 7 |
| Lucky | July 31 |
| Bona | July 24 |
| Karen | July 17 |
| Winda | July 10 |
| Suci | July 17 |
| Adika | July 17 |
| Season 2 (2005) | |
| Mike | Winner |
| Judika | Runner Up August 13 |
| Firman | July 29 |
| Monita | July 23 |
| Harry | July 16 |
| Maya | July 9 |
| Glenn | July 2 |
| Yudi | June 24 |
| Vira | June 18 |
| Wisnu | June 11 |
| Ronald | June 4 |
| Danar | May 28 |
| Season 3 (2006) | |
| Ihsan | Winner |
| Dirly | Runner Up August 19 |
| Gea | August 4 |
| Nobo | July 28 |
| Maria | July 21 |
| Ilham | July 14 |
| Christy | July 7 |
| Sisi | June 30 |
| Brinet | June 23 |
| Tesa | June 16 |
| Lee | June 9 |
| Depe | June 2 |
[edit] Season 1
The show started in 2004 and auditions were held at five cities: Medan, Yogyakarta, Bandung, Surabaya and Jakarta. There were 32.000 people that auditioned Season 1. The show grew into a phenomenon ending with a finale viewed by an estimated 4 million viewers in September 2004. There were several funny audition losers that were selected for the Coba Lagi Awards (Try Again Awards) and came to the Wild Card as the guest star. Season 1 finalists was planned only 10, but in the Wildcard round the judges picked another contestants which is Lucky Octavian. Indonesian Idol released its first compilation album, Indonesian Idol: Indonesian All Time Hits. The album made a huge success and had a Gold Platinum status. In the album, the Top 11 sang their first hit, Ekspresi.Guy Sebastian that was in Indonesia for his album promo tour, came as a guest star at the Top 7 Spectacular Show. The two finalists that battled at the Grand Finale were Joy Destiny Tobing and Delon Thamrin. With 7.000 live audiences, the Grand Finale was held at Istora Senayan, Jakarta. The winner was Joy Destiny Tobing from Jakarta. She signed with BMG Indonesia the label in partnership with Indonesian Idol's 19 Management. Immediately post-finale, Joy released her first album, Terima Kasih (Thank You)and her new single, most notably the coronation song Karena Cinta. After the complication of her album, along with the other 10 finalists, had a tour around Indonesia. The cities that participated on the tour were Bandung, Semarang, Surabaya, and Medan.Indonesian Idol's Top 11, had been given an opportunity as an opening act at American Idol tour in Singapore. A few weeks after the tour, Joy's contract with the show's producer, FremantleMedia was terminated after problems regarding terms of her contract. As a result, runner-up Delon Thamrin was more heavily promoted by Fremantle afterwards. In this season, Addry Danuatmadja was announced as the Demam Indonesian Idol (Indonesian Idols Fever) hosts.
After leaving Indonesian Idol, Joy made her first international album called Rise. Rumors said that Joy had been planning for resigning from Indonesian Idol since the audition for her fame. Delon was starring at his first film, Vina Bilang Cinta with Indonesia's famous actress Rachel Maryam.The film made a big success at Indonesia's Film Industry. Later, Delon starred many commercial such as Panin Bank along with Season 2 winner Mike, and Monita. After Joy, Helena resigned from Indonesian Idol and made her first solo album called Keajaiban Cinta. The album made a huge success at the market, and had a Gold Platinum status.Winda also has been starring at a local sitcom called OB Office Boy. Nania who were at the 3th position, featured in Indra Lesmana's album and sang Sedalam Cintamu (As Deep as Your Love) with Indra Lesmana. Nania is planning to release an album. Her album will be release fall 2006 after her mysterious marriage. Nania, who was enganged to an Indonesian Band Vocalist suddenly broke up and married with an infamous man. Delon's first album was released on October 2004. With the hits single Bahagiaku. His album also made a huge success.However he also featured Indonesian Famous Singer, Andre Hehanusa in his single Aku Masih Cinta ( I still Love You ). Delon's Christmas album, also his second album was releases on December 2005. Delon also was nominated as the Best New Singer in Anugrah Planet Muzik 2005. He also won a 2005 SCTVAward as The Best New Artist. Michael Jakarimilena (5th) starred a movie about a papuan boy, he starred as one of the villagers in the movie. He was chosen to star it because of his papuan background. The movie was released in Indonesia in fall 2006. Adika Priatama has been working for RCTI as ananchor. In the second season of Indonesian Idol, Suci Wulandari hosted a show on RCTI along with Junot Ali called Indonesian Idol Extra.
[edit] Season 2
The second season started on 25 March 2005. Auditions were held earlier from 15 February-17 March at five cities: Makassar, Yogyakarta, Bandung, Surabaya and Jakarta. The audition for Medan was replaced to Makassar due to the Tsunami that destroyed Aceh and some part of North SumatraThere were 38,000 people around Indonesia that auditioned the second season of Indonesian Idol. It's increased from the first season's 32,000 people that auditioned. In Season 2, the Workshop round is different with Season 1's.Because there were no Wildcard round. The amount of Females and Males in the second season weren't the same.The Males are more than the Females. There were 8 Males, and 3 Females that made it to the Top 12.Because in Season 2 the age limit grew from 18 to 16, many teenager made it to the Top 12 such as Monita.Indonesian Idol Season 2 Compilation was released 3 weeks after the Spectacular Show had begun. The title of the album was Seri Cinta or Love Songs. The album single hits was Cintaku, sang by the Season 2's Top 12.The two finalists that battled in the Grand Final round were Mike and Judika.The Grand Final was held at the Pleanary Hall of Jakarta Convention Center. The winner for season 2 is Mike. In the Result Show, there were many Guest Star especially Christian Bautista a famous male singer from Philippine. Ruth Sahanaya, Indonesia's Pop Diva made a surprise appearance for Mike and Judika when they sang her song, Tak Kuduga. Season 1's finalists came to the Result Show and sang with season 2's finalists.Mike won a car from RCTI and FremantleMedia and signed with SonyBMG for his album.
The vote percentage difference between Judika and Mike was only 0.6%. Before the Final Result Show, Judika led the vote. But, finally Mike led the vote and won. Mike signed with BMG Indonesia the label in partnership with Indonesian Idol's 19 Management. Immediately post-finale, he released his self-titled album with his new single, Semua Untuk Cinta (All For Love). Mike's album made a huge success at the market. Many great Indonesian musician made some songs for Mike first album, including, Cinta Tak Bertuan created by Indonesia's Most Favorite Male Singer, Glenn Fredly. Runner up Judika is making his first solo album. His album will be released on August 2006. The top 12 had a tour to Surabaya. The tour was planned to Medan, Bandung, Yogyakarta], and Makassar, but the Fremantle stopped the tour without any reasonable reason. Wisnu is working for RCTI as an anchor.
[edit] Season 3
The third season of Indonesian Idol was launched on April 21, 2006. The auditions were held Indonesia's major cities such as Jakarta, Bandung, Yogyakarta, Surabaya and Medan. This season, Indonesian Idols conducted small auditions in minor cities such as Manado and Ambon. The contestants who went through the initial round in both Manado and Ambon were eventually brought into an elimination round in Surabaya. After an additional elimination round, the final group of contestants were finally brought into Jakarta to determined the final twelve contestants that made it onto the Indonesian Idols Spectacular Show.
As with previous Indonesian Idol seasons, the spectacular show has been holding in Balai Sarbini (Sarbini Building) located in South of Jakarta. The Third Season's finalists were considered better than the previous seasons. However, there were still many unexpected eliminations going on at the Spectacular Show. Depe, who was a huge favorite to be at the Grand Final, was unfortunately landed on the bottom three along with Gea and Nobo after the first Spectacular Show. He was eventually the first Idol to be eliminated by fans votes. Indra Lesmana said that Depe was too soon to be eliminated. After this elimination, Gea and Nobo were always save until they were eventually voted out. The other unexpected elimination was Sisi, who was a huge favorite amongst judges to be the Season 3 winner, got eliminated on the fifth Spectacular Show.
After Sisi and Depe, other finalists were eventually eliminated such as Lee, Brinet, Tesa, Maria, Christy, Nobo and Ilham. The Final Three consisted of Gea, Dirly, and Ihsan. There were unconfirmed rumors arise that the Top 3 singers made it to the top because of their looks were not as good as the other finalists who were eliminated. The third season's theme this year is 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 timely death, he and his brothers produced more than a few catch tunes that people still remembered until today. The 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 ).
Gea the Top 3 finalist was fan favorite to be the winner of the season three because of her energetic and "cutesy" performance. However, her fans votes were not enough to safe her from elimination from the Top 3. That left Dirly and Ihsan to battle at the Grand Finale for the Indonesian Idol Season 3 title. As with the previous Indonesian Idols seasons, the Grand Finale was held at the Istora Senayan (Senayan Athletic Complex) in Central Jakarta. The live audience who attended the Grand Finale was estimated approximately about 7.000 persons. The winner's single for the 3rd Season is Kemenangan Hati. It was written by Indonesia's top composer, Yovie Widyanto, who also served as guest judge at the Indonesian Idols season two auditions. When the dust was settled, Ihsan was announced by Ata the host as the winner for Indonesia Idols Season 3. Ihsan then performed an encore performance to close the season.
Since the show ended, Dirly and Gea have been seen debuted their acting career in a TV drama called Idola (Idol) which has been airing on RCTI every Mondays on 8pm.
Ihsan also debuted his acting career in an Islamic religious series called Maha Kasih which is also aired by RCTI.
[edit] Season 4
On Wednesday, January 10, 2007, Fremantle Media Asia officially launched the fourth edition of award winning Indonesian Idols. The show was initially announced at the 2006 Panasonic Awards when the Indonesian Idols judges were on hand to received the award for the Best Music and Variety Show. The 4th season commercial also have been airing in RCTI prior to the official launch date. In the official Indonesian Idols website, it was stated that starting from Season 4, future Idols participants can register online and print the audition form rather than using the current registration process which might take up to a whole day to complete. The organizers have added more pre-audition cities compared to last season which received additional host towns such as Banjarmasin, Makassar, Manado, Palembang, Manokwari, Denpasar & Semarang. So far, more than 60,000 people have taken advantage of the new registration process and registered online.Ata and Daniel are back as fourth season's colorful hosts. Later, in the audition and elimination episodes, Daniel will be hosting the show alone. Ata will join him after giving birth to her second child, in the Spectacular Show. Nirina Zubir and Indra Bekti was also announced as the Idol Banget (Extreme Idols) hosts.
However, changes were made to the judging team this season. While Titi DJ and Indra Lesmana are back as the judges, due to scheduling difficulties of their career, Indy Barends and Dimas Djayadiningrat have resigned from judging fourth season Indonesian Idols. Their colorful judging and commentary will be missed. They both are going to be replaced by Anang and Jamie Aditya. Anang, who is the husband of Indonesia's most famous Pop Diva, Krisdayanti, is also known as an established musician as well as a music producer. He was very well known for writing, singing and co-producing Multi-Platinum albums alongside his wife in the duo "Anang dan Krisdayanti". Jamie Aditya, was a Video Jockey during MTV Asia early years. Jamie, a talented musician in his own right, is rumored to launch an LP in 2007 which he hopes to be as successful as Indonesian singer Anggun
The fourth season will premier on 30 March 2007.
[edit] Controversy
- Joy (The winner of the first season)ceased all ties with Fremantle Media and the Indonesian Idol franchise within weeks of her win due to contractual disagreements between Joy and the show's management Indomugi Pratama. This included a six-year contract with Sony BMG and several appearance commitments including singing at local malls. Joy found this offensive to the Idol title. All traces of her Idol journey were removed from the official site.
- Before Joy, Helena (the third runner-up from the first season) resigned from Indonesian Idol, just several days before the final, and made her first solo album called Keajaiban Cinta. The album made a huge success at the market, and had a Gold Platinum status.
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