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Malaysian Idol

Malaysian Idol Finalists (with dates of elimination)
Season 1 (2004)
Jaclyn Victor Jaclyn Victor Jaclyn Joshua Thanaraj Victor is a singer and actress, popularly known as Jac, who won the inaugural Malaysian Idol and Ikon Malaysia. For being the winner of Malaysian Idol, she won a recording contract under Sony BMG Entertainment. She is under the management of The 8 Unit. She represented...	Winner
Faradina Mohd. Nadzir Faradina Mohd. Nadzir Faradina Mohd. Nadzir was the runner up for the first season of Malaysian Idol. She only discovered her singing voice at the age of 16.She's best known for her rock chick hand signs...	9 October
Mavick Teo Hui Mau	2 October
Andrew Tan	25 September
Saipul Bakeri	18 September
Nicolette Palikat Nicolette Palikat Nicolette Louisa Palikat , better known by her stage name, "Nikki", is a Malaysian singer from Tambunan, Sabah, and a finalist in the first season of Malaysian Idol. She is known for her vocal belting and her ability to sing in the whistle register.-Personal life:Nikki is of Dusun descent...	11 September
Ahmad Zamil Idris Ahmad Zamil Ahmad Zamil bin Mohd Idris, or Zamil Idris is best known as one of the Season 1 finalists in the popular Malaysian reality talent show, Malaysian Idol in 2004.-Malaysian Idol:...	4 September
Victor Lee Choon Keat	28 August
Rydiana Rahim	21 August
Fahmy Zakaria	21 August
Sufiah Mohamed Noor	14 August
Fazdli Zainal	14 August
Season 2 (2005)
Danell Lee Chieh Hun (Daniel Lee Chee Hun at the time of contest)	Winner
Norhanita Binte Hamzah	24 September
Farah Asyikin bt Zulkifli Farah Asyikin bt Zulkifli Farah Asyikin binti Zulkifli is a Malaysian singer and songwriter, who placed third on the second season of Malaysian Idol and fifth on the first season of its replacement show One in a Million...	17 September
Faizull Herman Bin Mohamad Yahya	10 September
Ash Nair Ash Nair Ashvin Kumar Nair, fondly known as Ash, is a Malaysian alternative musician and former contestant of season 2 of Malaysian Idol, where he first became widely known to the public.-Malaysian Idol:...	3 September
Adam Bin Alli	27 August
Tengku Hamisah Zaharah Binte Tengku Zaimi	20 August
Wong Shau Fui	13 August
Azam Bin Yakob	6 August
Atilia Binti Sarani	30 July
Tricia Priscilla D'Cruz	30 July

Malaysian Idol is the Malaysian version of the Idol Series

Idol series

The British talent search television series Pop Idol has spawned spin-offs in 42 territories, in what is now referred to as the "Idols" format, as described by FremantleMedia...

that started in UK

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

, similar to shows such as UK's Pop Idol

Pop Idol

Pop Idol is a British television series which debuted on ITV on 6 October 2001. The show was a talent contest to decide the best new young pop singer in the United Kingdom, based on viewer voting and participation. Two series were broadcast - one in 2001-02 and a second in 2003...

and American Idol

American Idol

American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...

in the franchise. This show is a contest to determine the best young singer in Malaysia, with the winner receiving a major record deal, although some runners-up have achieved enough fame to ink record deals of their own. Like any other Idol show, the winner is decided by public votes. The Malaysian Idol series has gained a following in Malaysia from people of all ages partly due to their interest in American Idol

American Idol

which had been introduced a few years prior. Malaysian Idol has been broadcast to Malaysian viewers via terrestrial television

Television

Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

, 8TV

8TV (Malaysia)

8TV is a private Malaysian Chinese television station, previously known as MetroVision Channel 8. Metrovision closed on 1 November 1999. 8TV was officially launched on Thursday, 8 January 2004 as 8TV after being acquired by Media Prima Berhad....

and TV3

TV3 (Malaysia)

Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad or TV3 began broadcasting on 1 June 1984 as Malaysia’s first commercial television station. It is part of Media Prima Berhad group of companies. It now transmits opened broadcasting business private 24-hours a day, 7 days a week since 1 January 2010...

.

The last few finalists of Malaysian Idol have become celebrities because they have their own following of fans who supported them throughout their appearance on Malaysian Idol.

Overview

In Malaysian Idol, auditions were held for the top finalists.
The first season was hosted by Phat Fabes ("Phat") and Sharifah Aleya. However for the second season, Jien's new co-host was Cheryl Samad. Malaysian Idol was also unique in presenting in a bilingual English/Malaysian format, Jien representing a large portion of the English dialogue and the Malaysian part primarily Aleya/Samad which would have been of aid to Paul Moss

Paul Moss

Paul Raymond Moss is the general manager of Media Prima network's media portal and a judge in 8TV's One in a Million singing contest.Moss was the AS A&R director of record company Positive Tone from its inception in 1994 until last year...

' appearance on the show.

In a nutshell, the Malaysian Idol competition follows the Idol Series' main concept. All rounds of competition are broadcasted on television. Contestants who aspire to be singers sign up and audition for the preliminary round in front of three judges (refer Judges below). Successful candidates enter the next round. In the next phase, Idol contestants perform individually and in a group. This round of elimination is also known as the "Theatre Elimination" Round (equivalent to American Idols Hollywood Round) and their fate is again decided by the judges. The last phase involves weekly performances in front of an audience. The person with the least votes (as sent in by the audience throughout Malaysia through SMS

Short message service

Short Message Service is a text messaging service component of phone, web, or mobile communication systems, using standardized communications protocols that allow the exchange of short text messages between fixed line or mobile phone devices...

and telephone

Telephone

The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...

calls) for each week is eliminated. After each performance the judges will give their feedback; however they do not determine whether the contestant should stay or go. This goes on until the Malaysian Idol has been selected.

Judges

As in the format for American Idol

American Idol

where there were two American and one British judges, two of the judges in Malaysian Idol were native Malaysians, and the other a New Zealander. Similarly, two out of three of Malaysian Idol judges were male.

The judges included

Paul Moss
Paul Moss
Paul Raymond Moss is the general manager of Media Prima network's media portal and a judge in 8TV's One in a Million singing contest.Moss was the AS A&R director of record company Positive Tone from its inception in 1994 until last year...

— New Zealander singer, songwriter, producer, recording company Positive Tone's Artiste & Repertoire (A&R) director
Roslan Aziz
Roslan Aziz
Roslan Aziz is a Malaysian music producer/engineer and the man behind Malaysian acts such as Sheila Majid and Zainal Abidin, Amir Yusoff, Prema, Zubir Ali,Raja Atilia and 'aLi . Co-founder of the Roslan Aziz Productions label , the first local recording label to generate interest from abroad, R.A.P...

— Malaysian musician, album producer, songwriter. singer
Fauziah Latiff
Fauziah Latiff
Siti Fauziah Sheikh Abdul Latiff is a Malaysian singer and actress. Latiff first appeared to the world performing at a charity concert at Stadium Merdeka in 1987. Talent scouts from Happy Records spotted her and offered her her first recording contract...

— Malaysian singer, actress

Malaysian Idol Coaches

Aubrey Suwito
Aubrey Suwito
Aubrey Suwito is a Malaysian music composer and producer. Aubrey Suwito had written songs for many artists, most notably Gemilang for Jaclyn Victor which won multiple awards including the Asian Music Festival and Anugerah Juara Lagu. He was the musical director on Malaysian Idol...

- Music Director
Juwita Suwito - Vocal Coach
Michael Xavier Voon
Michael Xavier Voon
Michael Xavier Voon is a multi-faceted art practitioner based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He is known for coaching and choreographing for TV and stage such as Malaysian Idol, One in a Million, So You Think You Can Dance , HipHopera the Musical, Realiti and Jaclyn Victor Michael Xavier Voon (MXV;...

& Petra Elaine Pedley- Performance Coaches

Season 1

Jaclyn Victor

Jaclyn Joshua Thanaraj Victor is a singer and actress, popularly known as Jac, who won the inaugural Malaysian Idol and Ikon Malaysia. For being the winner of Malaysian Idol, she won a recording contract under Sony BMG Entertainment. She is under the management of The 8 Unit. She represented...

won the title as the first Malaysian Idol in 2004 while the runner-up was Faradina Mohd. Nadzir

Faradina Mohd. Nadzir

Faradina Mohd. Nadzir was the runner up for the first season of Malaysian Idol. She only discovered her singing voice at the age of 16.She's best known for her rock chick hand signs...

(Dina).

The Malaysian Idol winner's single is "Gemilang", written by Malaysian Idol music director Aubrey Suwito

Aubrey Suwito

Aubrey Suwito is a Malaysian music composer and producer. Aubrey Suwito had written songs for many artists, most notably Gemilang for Jaclyn Victor which won multiple awards including the Asian Music Festival and Anugerah Juara Lagu. He was the musical director on Malaysian Idol...

.

The list of the 12 finalists and their short names in alphabetical order: (refer table for the order of elimination)

Jaclyn (Jaclyn Victor
Jaclyn Victor
Jaclyn Joshua Thanaraj Victor is a singer and actress, popularly known as Jac, who won the inaugural Malaysian Idol and Ikon Malaysia. For being the winner of Malaysian Idol, she won a recording contract under Sony BMG Entertainment. She is under the management of The 8 Unit. She represented...

) - winner of 1st season
Dina (Faradina Mohd. Nadzir) - runner-up
Vick (Mavick Teo Hui Mau) - 2nd runner-up
Andrew (Andrew Tan Khin Huat)
Saiful (Mohd Saipul B. Bakeri)
Nikki (Nicolette Palikat
Nicolette Palikat
Nicolette Louisa Palikat , better known by her stage name, "Nikki", is a Malaysian singer from Tambunan, Sabah, and a finalist in the first season of Malaysian Idol. She is known for her vocal belting and her ability to sing in the whistle register.-Personal life:Nikki is of Dusun descent...

)
Zamil (Ahmad Zamil
Ahmad Zamil
Ahmad Zamil bin Mohd Idris, or Zamil Idris is best known as one of the Season 1 finalists in the popular Malaysian reality talent show, Malaysian Idol in 2004.-Malaysian Idol:...

)
Fahmy (Mohammad Fahmy bin Zakaria)
Victor (Victor Lee Choon Keat)
Rydee (Rydiana Abdul Rahim)
Fazdli (Fazdli Zainal)
Sufiah (Sufiah Mohamed Noor)

Elimination

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|bgcolor="pink"|Jaclyn Victor
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|bgcolor="pink"|Faradina Mohd. Nadzir
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|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|3
|bgcolor="cyan"|Mavick Teo Hui Mau
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|bgcolor="cyan"|Andrew Tan
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|bgcolor="cyan"|Saipul Bakeri
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|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|6
|bgcolor="pink"|Nicolette Palikat
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|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|7
|bgcolor="cyan"|Ahmad Zamil Idris
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|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|8
|bgcolor="cyan"|Victor Lee Choon Keat
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|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod" rowspan="2"|9-10
|bgcolor="pink"|Rydiana Rahim
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|bgcolor="cyan"|Fahmy Zakaria
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|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod" rowspan="2"|11-12
|bgcolor="pink"|Sufiah Mohamed Noor
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|bgcolor="cyan"|Fazdli Zainal
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Season 2

After the first selection round (auditions were open to the public throughout Malaysia), and the three Theater Elimination or "workshop" sessions were over, there were 11 finalists left. Every week of Malaysian Idol has resulted in the least-voted contestant going out of the contest.

The 11 finalists in alphabetical order are:

Daniel (Daniel Lee Chee Hun
Daniel Lee Chee Hun
Danell Lee Chieh Hun is a Malaysian singer most notable for winning the second season of Malaysian Idol and he is even video-featured in Singapore's popular youth TV station - .-Malaysian Idol 2:Better known as Daniel throughout the show, he beat over...

) - winner of 2nd season
Nita (Norhanita Bte Hamzah) - runner-up
Farah (Farah Asyikin bt Zulkifli
Farah Asyikin bt Zulkifli
Farah Asyikin binti Zulkifli is a Malaysian singer and songwriter, who placed third on the second season of Malaysian Idol and fifth on the first season of its replacement show One in a Million...

) - 2nd runner-up
Faizul (Faizull Herman b Mohd Yahya)
Ash (Ash Nair)
Adam (Adam b Alli @ Abu Kawi)
Xerra (Tengku Hamisah Zaharah)
Ejay (Ejay Wong Shau Fui)
Azam (Azam b Yakab @ Yakob)
Atilia (Atilia Bt Sarani)
Tricia (Tricia Priscilla D'Cruz)

Elimination

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|bgcolor="cyan"|Danell Lee Chieh Hun
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|bgcolor="lightgreen"|1st
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|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|2
|bgcolor="pink"|Norhanita Binte Hamzah
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|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|3
|bgcolor="pink"|Farah Asyikin bt Zulkifli
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|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|4
|bgcolor="cyan"|Faizull Herman Bin Mohamad Yahya
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|bgcolor="lightblue"|Btm 3
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|bgcolor="red"|Btm 2
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|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod"| 5
|bgcolor="cyan"|Ash Nair
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|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|6
|bgcolor="cyan"|Adam Bin Alli
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|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|7
|bgcolor="pink"|Tengku Hamisah Zaharah Binte Tengku Zaimi
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|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|8
|bgcolor="cyan"|Wong Shau Fui
|bgcolor="lightblue"|Btm 3
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|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod" |9
|bgcolor="cyan"|Azam Bin Yakob
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|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod" rowspan="2"|10-11
|bgcolor="pink"|Atilia Binti Sarani
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|bgcolor="pink"|Tricia Priscilla D'Cruz
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The winner of 2005 season of Malaysian Idol was Daniel Lee Chee Hun

Daniel Lee Chee Hun

Danell Lee Chieh Hun is a Malaysian singer most notable for winning the second season of Malaysian Idol and he is even video-featured in Singapore's popular youth TV station - .-Malaysian Idol 2:Better known as Daniel throughout the show, he beat over...

(Daniel) who defeated Norhanita Hamzah (Nita) (Note: Daniel has always been in the top position throughout the weeks leading to the finals, as mentioned occasionally in the show). According to the press conference, Daniel garnered a massive 1.2 million out of 1.67 million votes (or about 68%) by the audience to win the finals (the voting time window was approximately 24 hours after the final show). The final show was on September 23, 2005 and the results show was on September 24, 2005 and held in Genting Highlands

Genting Highlands

Genting Highlands otherwise known as Resorts World Genting is the flagship integrated resort developed by Genting Group. It is nestled on a mountain peak within the Titiwangsa Mountains on the border between the states of Pahang and Selangor of Malaysia...

's Arena of Stars. On the live broadcast aired on TV3

TV3 (Malaysia)

and 8TV

8TV (Malaysia)

, the three judges spoke highly of both the finalists.

The second season's theme (winner's) song is "Mimpi", written by Pot, a member of the Malaysian band Innuendo

Innuendo (band)

Innuendo is a Malaysian band, best known for their remake of the Carefree's evergreen ballad, "Belaian Jiwa", and most recently, their 70's style single, "Only Dancin'"....

. It was also through this song that enabled Daniel to shine in the finals.

Cancellation

On 12 March 2006, 8TV's CEO announced that Malaysian Idol will not be running a 3rd season. However, the show was spiritually succeeded by One in a Million

One in a Million (TV series)

One in a Million is a Malaysian reality-competition show. It is the first reality singing competition to offer a RM 1 million prize to the winner...

, another reality TV series singing competition which bears a similar format.

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