The fourth season of ''

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'' premiered on the

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television channel on 3 June 2006. The season introduced Adlin Aman Ramlie as a replacement for Kudsia Kahar, while

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returned as host once again. On 5 August 2006, a native of

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, Mohammad Faizal Ramly won the season, defeating runner-up Lotter P. Edwin Edin. Faizal remained the last male winner until the seventh season. As much as 20 short-listed contestants were revealed in ''Tirai Akademi Fantasia'', which was aired on 20 May 2006. However, all contestants were required to perform in the Prelude Concert in order to determine the final 12 contestants who would move on to the main competition in which 10 contestants would be chosen by the jury and the remaining two contestants by the audience's votes. The weekly concerts were held in MBPJ Civic Hall while the final concert was held in Stadium Putra Bukit Jalil. This season also witnessed an elimination of a student in the first concert, an ''Akademi Fantasia'' first. The entire season attracted as much as 7.4 million votes.

Concert Summaries

Week 1

''Original Airdate: 3 June 2006'' *Bottom two: Nordawati Daud & Velvet Laurence Aduk *Eliminated: Nordawati Daud *Special judges: Ahmad Fauzee & Hajah Wan Chik Daud

Week 2

''Original Airdate: 11 June 2006'' *Bottom two: Karen Tan Lee Suan & Richael L. Gimbang *Eliminated: Karen Tan Lee Suan *Special judges: Bob Lokman & Francisca Peter

Week 3

''Original Airdate: 18 June 2006'' *Bottom two: Nor Salima Habibi & Richael L. Gimbang *Eliminated: Richael L. Gimbang *Special judges: Deja Moss & M. Rajoli

Week 4

''Original Airdate: 24 June 2006'' *Bottom two: Nor Salima Habibi & Nur Azilah Seeron *Eliminated: Nur Azilah Seeron *Special judges: Harun Salim Bachik &

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Week 5

''Original Airdate: 1 July 2006'' *Bottom two: Nor Salima Habibi & Syamsul Hirdy Muhid *Eliminated: Nor Salima Habibi *Special judges: Cik Mat Poi & Juliza Adlizan

Week 6

''Original Airdate: 8 July 2006'' *Bottom two: Amirul Azwan Mohd. Ghazali & Syamsul Hirdy Muhid *Eliminated: Syamsul Hirdy Muhid *Special judges: Adnan Abu Hassan & Raja Azura

Week 7

''Original Airdate: 15 July 2006'' *Bottom two: Hazwan Haziq Rosebi & Lotter P.Edwin Edin *Eliminated: Lotter P.Edwin Edin *Special judges: Edry

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Week 8

''Original Airdate: 22 July 2006'' *Bottom two: Amirul Azwan Mohd. Ghazali & Hazwan Haziq Rosebi *Eliminated: Amirul Azwan Mohd. Ghazali *Special judges: Datin Seri Tiara Jacquelina & Siti Hajar Ismail

Week 9

''Original Airdate: 29 July 2006'' *Bottom two: Hazwan Haziq Rosebi & Velvet Laurence Aduk *Eliminated: None *Student who was recruited: Lotter P.Edwin Edin *Special judges: Liza Hanim & Sharifah Shahirah

Week 10

''Original Airdate: 5 August 2006'' *Fifth: Velvet Lawrence Aduk *Fourth: Hazwan Haziq Rosebi *Third: Nur Farhan binti Azizan *Runner-Up: Lotter P.Edwin Edin *Winner: Mohammad Faizal Ramly *Special judges:

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& Siti Hajar Ismail

Students

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

Post Akademi Fantasia Careers

*Richael L. Gimbang signed with EAD Entertainment and became the main vocalist of music band Estranged. In 2006, his band won the award Favourite Band at ERA Award. His group also won Best Rock and Best Video at Motorola Malaysian English Top 10. *Nur Azilah Seeron has released her first album in 2006, ''Realiti''. *Syamsul Hirdy Muhid also known as Diddy Hirdy has his duet single released with Yanie entitled ''Saling Terpesona''. Released his first album in 2007 and "Hilang" is in the top charts of all radio stations. Nominated for Anugerah Planet Muzik 2008 for Best New Male Artist, Anugerah Bintang Popular 2007 for Most Popular New Male Artist, Finalist for Anugerah Era 2007 avorite Male Vocal, Favorite Duo Vocal (Saling Terpesona), Favorite Pop Song (Hilang) and Most Promising Artist *Hazwan Haziq Rosebi appeared in several concerts organized by

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and Ministry of Culture, Art & Heritage in

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, and

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. *Nur Farhan Azizan was nominated in several prestigious award in Malaysia such as in 2007 ERA Award for Favorite Female Vocal; 2007 Planet Music Award for Best New Female Artist; and also 2007

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for Best New Artist and Best Vocal in Album. She has also recorded a theme song for ''Malam Sehati Berdansa'' in

, and also a theme song for a serial drama ''Cinta & Keadilan'' entitled ''Kau Cinta''. *Mohammad Faizal Ramly was chosen as the Ambassador for Mamee slurp in 2006. He has released his first album ''Datanglah'' in 2007.

Summaries

Elimination chart

: The student won the competition : The student was the runner-up : The student was the first runner-up : The students were finalists : The student was eliminated : The student was the original eliminee but was saved : The students were voted by the audience to enter the competition : The student was re-entered into the competition through ''AFMASUK'' *In Week Prelude, the pool of 20 contestants were reduced to 12 who moved on to the main competition as the new ''AF'' students. However, this first call-out does not reflect their performance that first week. Additionally, Nora and Amirul were voted by the audience through SMS to enter the competition. * In Week 9, there was no elimination. Additionally, Lotter was re-entered into the competition after scoring the highest votes through ''AFMASUK''.

Cast members

Host

Professional Trainers

*Ramli Sarip - Academy Principal *Ajai - Vocal Presentation *Fauziah Nawi - Drama Presentation *Corrie Lee & Linda Jasmine -

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*Shamril Saleh - Music Director *Dr. Fazley Yaacob - Motivation Consultor *Kevin Zahri - Health Consultor *Shafizawati Sharif - Technical Vocal

Judge

*Adlin Aman Ramlie

Season Statistics

*Total number of students: 12 *Oldest students: Lotter P.Edwin Edin & Richael G. Limbang, both 25 years old *Youngest students: Amirul Azwan Mohd. Ghazali, Hazwan Haziq Rosebi, Nor Salima Habibi, & Nur Azilah Seeron, all 19 years old *Tallest student: Syamsul Hirdy Muhid, 6'0" (183 cm) *Shortest student: Karen Tan Lee Suan *Heaviest student: Velvet Lawrence Aduk 147.7 lb (67 kg) *Top 3's vote mean (excluding finale): Mohammad Faizal Ramly - 2.0, Lotter P.Edwin Edin - 3.74, Nur Farhan Azizan - 1.78 *Top 3's vote median (excluding finale): Mohammad Faizal Ramly - 2, Lotter P.Edwin Edin - 4, Nur Farhan Azizan - 1 *Student with the most consecutive highest votes: Nur Farhan Azizan, 6 times *Student with the most collective highest votes: Nur Farhan Azizan, 6 times *Students with the most consecutive bottom two appearances: Hazwan Haziq Rosebi & Nor Salima Habibi, both 3 times *Students with the most collective bottom two appearances: Hazwan Haziq Rosebi & Nor Salima Habibi, both 3 times *Students with no bottom two appearances: Mohammad Faizal Ramly & Nur Farhan Azizan

References

External links

Official Site
{{Akademi Fantasia Akademi Fantasia seasons 2006 Malaysian television seasons