Akademi Fantasiaor simply known as AF is Malaysia's first reality show, which brought big changes to Malaysian entertainment scene in the year 2003, when the first season of the show aired by Astro Ria. Reality television is a genre of television programming in which the fortunes of real life people (as opposed to fictional characters played by actors) are followed. ... Astro Ria is a Malaysian 24 hour Bahasa Melayu television network broadcast on the Astro satellite television service. ...

At the beginning, 12 contestants (called students) will stay in a house called "Akademi" and spend their whole time practicing songs, acting and other activities that are related to performing arts. The classes are held by professional trainers (called teachers) that form part of a faculty

The host of the show is Aznil Hj Nawawi, a popular Malaysian TV host. He is known for adding humour to the proceedings. The academy is lead by the "Principal". For the past 3 seasons of the show, the principal has changed every year. Astro Ria is currently showing season 4 of the show with 12 new contestants, a new principal but the host of the show is still the same. Aznil Nawawi is a TV host in Malaysia. ...

The format of the show is taken from "La Academia", which originated in Mexico. Malaysia is the first country in Southeast Asia to have its own version of this show, and it has subsequently been followed by Indonesia and Thailand, all of which have been received better than the regional reach of the Idol series. La Academia (The Academy) is a Mexican reality television show shown on TV Azteca. ...

Winners of the series have all gone on to become the biggest selling music acts in Malaysia, with even former contestants making themselves a permanent fixture in the local music industry.

The winners of the four seasons have been Vince Chong, Zahid, Mawi who are among the biggest names in the business as well as the more recent winner, Faizal. Vincent Chong Ying-Cern (Chinese: please fill here) (born 30 October 1979), internationally known by his stage name Vince , is the first born reality TV star history from Malaysia called Akademi Fantasia. ... The Arabic word Zahed means Ascetic (adjective and noun). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Format

The contestants for Akademi Fantasia are selected through auditions nationwide. Sometimes, there are some additional contestants selected via a special case concert right before the beginning of a season, for example Mawi of Akademi Fantasia 3. The contestants will undergo special rehab classes such as vocal ,english , acting and choreography trained by professionals (usually Malaysian trainers). They will train for the sake of being shown on tv everyday for weekly concerts which are usually held on Saturday.

The judgement system totally depends on audiences pity SMS votes and Astro decoder votes (Astro users may need to connect their decoders to the phone line to vote) which costs RM50 per vote, where the contestants with the lowest SMS votes will be eliminated every week. There are about 10 weeks for each season and the final contestant who survived during the 10-week period will make it to the final concert. A received SMS being announced on a Nokia phone. ...

Controversy

• The main controversy during Akademi Fantasia season is about the judging system which is solely depending on SMS and Astro decoder votes. The judging system is heavily criticized because of allegations that most of the audience only vote their favorite contestants based on their looks rather than their talents.

• SMS system is weak with the sms count can be sent each day of everyday from the start of the season till the end.

• Most of the contestant have minimal talent and overacting.

Season 1 (2003)

• Principal: Freddie Fernandez
• Champions: Vince Chong
• Second Place: Khai
• Third Place: Azizi

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Season 2 (2004)

• Principal: Ramli M.S.
• Champions: zahid la
• Second Place: Linda Nanuwil
• Third Place: Adam

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Season 3 (2005)

• Principal: M.Nasir
• Champions: Mawi
• Second Place: Felix
• Third Place: Amylea

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Season 4 (2006)

• Principal: Ramli Sarip
• Champions: Faizal
• Second Place: Lotter
• Third Place: Farhan

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Season 5 (2007)

• Principal: Anjing@BabiRoslan Aziz
• Champions: tba
• Second Place: tba
• Third Place: tba

External links

• Akademi Fantasia Official Page