Akademi Fantasi Indosiar
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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.
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Akademi Fantasi Indosiar | |
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Based on | La Academia by Francel Diaz Lenero, Daniel Ortiz and TV Azteca |
Judges | Trie Utami (1–6) 2 Guest Judges each week |
Theme music composer | Aubrey Suwito |
Country of origin | Indonesia |
No. of seasons | 5 |
Production | |
Running time | approximately 2 hours |
Original release | |
Network | Indosiar |
Release | 6 December 2003 (2003-12-06) – 9 September 2006 (2006-09-09) |
The first season premiered in the end of November 2003 and was one of Indosiar's highest rated shows.[citation needed] 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.