Nowela Elizabeth Mikhelia Auparay (born 19 December 1987) is an Indonesian singer and winner of the
eighth season of ''
Indonesian Idol
''Indonesian Idol'' is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by RCTI Production Team and FremantleMedia Asia, which began airing on RCTI in March 2004 and became one of the most popular shows in the hist ...
''.
Career
Nowela was born in
Wamena
Wamena is a town and the capital of the Indonesian province of Highland Papua. It also serves as the seat of Jayawijaya Regency. It is the largest town in Indonesian Papua's highlands, in the Baliem Valley and had a population of 64,967 at the ...
,
Papua. Her father is of
Papuan descent and her mother is
Batak
Batak is a collective term used to identify a number of closely related Austronesian ethnic groups predominantly found in North Sumatra, Indonesia, who speak Batak languages. The term is used to include the Karo, Pakpak, Simalungun, Toba, ...
descent. After graduating from high school, she worked as a café singer for six years before participating in the
eighth season of ''
Indonesian Idol
''Indonesian Idol'' is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by RCTI Production Team and FremantleMedia Asia, which began airing on RCTI in March 2004 and became one of the most popular shows in the hist ...
''.
Nowela Optimis Indonesian Idol Bisa Meraih Mimpinya
Okezone.com . Access date 13 May 2014
Performances and results
References
External links
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Profile at official website Indonesian Idol
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21st-century Indonesian women singers
Indonesian Idol winners
1987 births
People from Wamena
Indonesian Christians
People of Batak descent
Living people
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