The eighth season of ''

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'' premiered on 13 March 2010 and continued until 22 May 2010 on the

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television channel. The show underwent a number of changes from the seventh season, including the return Adlin Aman Ramlie as judge while

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joined the judging panel following the departures of Dato' Khadijah Ibrahim and Edry Hashim. The professional trainers for this season were announced in a press conference for media which took place in

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on 8 February 2010. In the ceremony, Norman Abdul Halim was revealed to be the Principal for this season, while Sarimah Ibrahim and Jimmy Shanley were selected as the new hosts replacing AC Mizal. The eight season saw a new change to the format of the show. Instead of eliminating a student at the end of each concert, the elimination process was conducted in a new 30-minute segment called ''Debaran Akademi Fantasia'', which was conducted by Sarimah Ibrahim. The final concert was broadcast live in

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first, which was accessible for Astro B.yond subscribers in Channel 124 through

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. On 22 May 2010, Ahmad Shahir Zawawi from Kampar,

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was announced the winner of the eighth season of ''Akademi Fantasia'', defeating Siti Adira Suhaimi. He made history for being the first student to win the title after being re-entered into the competition through AFMASUK following his elimination in Week 7. As many as 3.75 million votes were cast the entire season.

Auditions

Auditions were held in the following cities: *

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- 9 & 10 January *The Zon,

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- 16 & 17 January *Redbox Gurney, Plaza Gurney,

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- 16 & 17 January *Promenade Hotel,

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- 22, 23 & 24 January *Merdeka Palace Hotel,

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- 23 & 24 January *National Stadium, Bukit Jalil,

- 30 & 31 January

List of songs during auditions

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* "Di Taman Teman" - Datuk Siti Nurhaliza * " When You're Gone" -

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Songs for male * "Situasi" – Bunkface * "Hujan" –

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* "Ada Untukmu" – Nubhan * "Berdendang Dalam Tangisan" –

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* "Fikirlah" – Aizat * " I'm Yours" -

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Contestants were required to be between the ages of 18 and 45, and are Malaysian and Singaporean citizens who are not embedded with recording or management contracts.

Concert summaries

Tirai Concert

''Original Airdate: 13 March 2010''

Week 1

''Original Airdate: 20 March 2010''

Week 2

''Original Airdate: 27 March 2010''

Week 3

''Original Airdate: 3 April 2010''

Week 4

''Original Airdate: 10 April 2010''

Week 5

''Original Airdate: 17 April 2010''

Week 6

''Original Airdate: 24 April 2010''

Week 7

''Original Airdate: 1 May 2010''

Week 8

''Original Airdate: 8 May 2010''

Week 9

''Original Airdate: 15 May 2010''

Week 10

''Original Airdate: 22 May 2010''

Students

''(ages stated are at time of contest)''

Summaries

Elimination chart

: The student won the competition : The student was the runner-up : The student was the second runner-up : The students were finalists : The student was the original eliminee but was saved : The student was re-entered into the competition through ''AFMASUK'' : The student was eliminated * In week 5, there was no elimination. The accumulated votes were forwarded to the following week. * In week 8, Shahir was re-entered into the competition after scoring the highest votes through ''AFMASUK''.

Cast members

Hosts

* Jimmy Shanley - Host of concert of Akademi Fantasia and ''Diari Akademi Fantasia'' * Sarimah Ibrahim - Host of concert of Akademi Fantasia and ''Debaran Akademi Fantasia''

Professional trainers

* Norman Abdul Halim - Principal * Adnan Abu Hassan - Vocal Technical * Siti Hajar Ismail - Vocal Presentation * Linda Jasmine -

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* Fatimah Abu Bakar - English Language Consultant & Counsellor * Que Haidar - Drama & Acting

Judges

* Adlin Aman Ramlie *

Season statistics

*Total number of students: 12 *Oldest student: Zafarina Jamhari, 28 years old *Youngest students: Dayang Nor Anum Arjuna Aharun & Muhammad Alif Kadim, both 18 years old *Tallest student: Muhd Firdaus Maulana Mohamed, 5'6.7" (173 cm) *Shortest student: Siti Adira Suhaimi, 4'9" (152 cm) *Heaviest student: Muhammed Shahril Mohd Saleh Hussein, 176 lbs (80 kg) *Lightest student: Nadia Emilia Roselan, 94 lb (43 kg) *Student with the most collective highest votes: Siti Adira Suhaimi, 5 times *Student with the most consecutive highest votes: Siti Adira Suhaimi, 3 times *Top 3's vote mean (excluding finale): Ahmad Shahir Zawawi – 3.5, Siti Adira Suhaimi - 2.22, Muhd Shahril Firdaus Eli - 4.0, *Top 3's vote median (excluding finale): Ahmad Shahir Zawawi – 3, Siti Adira Suhaimi - 1, Muhd Shahril Firdaus Eli - 3 *Student with the most collective bottom two appearances: Zafarina Jamhari, 5 times *Student with the most consecutive bottom two appearances: Zafarina Jamhari, 5 times *Student with no bottom two appearances: Siti Adira Suhaimi

References

External links

Official Site

Official Web Portal Akademi Fantasia
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