Yeap. That's right, somehow I think that Akademi Fantasia is being infested with politics. Why do I say so, you see, someone who has been kicked out, yes. Shahir. Kicked out in the early weeks. He is back because of the wild card.

Every year, the story line is the same. Kick someone out, towards the end of the AF journey, some wild card candidate will rejoin and his/her vote will shoot up to number one spot. Then, the remaining students' fans are pushed to cast more and more vote.

So what do I see here?

1. its a marketing strategy.
- once the fans are shaken due to the fact there is a wildcard that dominates the number one spot, they will cast more vote. How many votes are needed to be count as 1%? Lets just say, to hit 1%, votes are supposed to reach at least 1000 counts. Each AFUNDI SMS sent cost 50 cent, with additional 15 cent*. SO that would be 65 cent per vote. to get 1%, fans are expected to spend RM650.00. That is just my speculation. Of course to get 1% vote, you will need more than 1000 votes.

2. the strongest student in the academy that I personally liked is from Borneo (Farina is not bad!!! English sucks though). So, by the time, final comes, the chances of another Borneo winning is very high. How to stop that? Kick one of the Sarawakian ( She is a mother with child with very good talent. But still, she is a mother, a single mother at that) and put someone from this side and hopefully, tweak the outcome and somehow the wild card will win????

3. its a scam!!!!
- refer to fact 1 please...

Sigh... What to do... Maybe this show is not based on talent after all. Lets just watch the real talent in AF!!!



Am I biased? Oh well. The thing is, everyone wanna be so biased. I will be one too.

So, do your own calculation, how many weeks have I missed documenting my high school friend's journey. Its Daus, thank you. LOL

I will track back and see which part of AF that I haven't documented. So lets just see week 7. What had happened during the week? No ASTRO network to watch one. No worries, go to youtube.com, search for user crystle87. This user have a lot of local( as in the ones in Astro Ria channel) tv series and shows.

Lets just look back at the concert in week 7. Yeap. The one that is held in Bukit Jalil National Stadium last Saturday. Eyh.. I just realized that it's coincide with the labor day.. eyh... mesti ramai orang kan?


The songs that they had as assignment for the week..

Farina - Jika Kau Ubah Fikiran
Daus - New Devide
Adira - Ayat Ayat Cinta
Shahir - Tiara
Maulana - Semalam
Ain - Seindah Biasa
Iwan - Warisan Wanita
Aril - Biar Begini

Eyh.. Kenapa Daus nyanyi lagu Inggeris lagi? Mungkin kah? But the talent is there.. So, there is no need to gang up and try to take on people with talent.. True?

Who got out? Herm... I guess there is no more chance for Shahir to get a tiara then.

Farina - Jika Kau Ubah Fikiran
Daus - New Devide
Adira - Ayat Ayat Cinta
Shahir - Tiara
Maulana - Semalam
Ain - Seindah Biasa
Iwan - Warisan Wanita
Aril - Biar Begini

So, how to cast your vote? Type AFUNDI DAUS and send it to 32999. That is an example. If you are crazy of Farina (who is also Sarawakian), you can send AFUNDI FARINA and send it to 32999.

Here is Daus' video.. Just for you to savor on.



I loike the green karer jacket... Can I has the jacket Daus??

So this is week 7.. I still owe you week 6 and 5 didnt I? but... no more surprise element because you have already know who is in concert 7... Then, takpe lah... No need week 5 and 6 yeah... I will just bribe you with week 4, 5 and 6 video of Daus in Akademi Fantasia 8 concert.. Okay?? haha...

Week 4. Daus is singing Mirage



Week 5. Daus is singing Benar benar



Week 6. Selamat Malam... So sweet one.. got girl some more... :P



Okay.. 3 weeks of Daus in one entry... Can ar??

Baiklah... saya sudah dapat comment untuk meng-update blog tentang Akademi Fantasia kerana sudah lama menghilang.

I will make it up to you....




now!!

ahahahah

So who is the victim last week?

Anum.

1. Nadiawati Ainul Basir atau Ain, 23, Sabah
2. Dayang Nor Anum Arjuna Aharun atau Anum, 19, Sabah
3. Erma Suhaimi atau Ema, 21, Sabah (kakak kepada Adira)
4. Siti Adira Suhaimi atau Adira, 19, Sabah (adik kepada Erma)
5. Zafarina Jamhari atau Farina, 28, Sarawak
6. Muhd Shahril Firdaus Eli atau Daus, 22, Sarawak
7. Nadia Emilia Roselan atau Nad, 21, Selangor
8. Muhammed Shahril Mohd Saleh Hussein atau Shah, 26, Selangor
9. Muhammad Alif Kadim atau Alif, 18, Kuala Lumpur
10. Ahmad Shahir Zawawi atau Shahir, 21, Perak
11. Emirza Awan Zulazrin Chew atau Iwan, 20, Negeri Sembilan
12. Muhd Firdaus Maulana Mohamed atau Maulana, 22, Johor

Wow, Daus still hang on after so long. Talent can bring you far, I guess. Stay tuned to Akademi Fantasia Musim 8.

Who's going to be eliminated this week?

After 1 week of hiatus, I guess I really need to make it up to the readers. Last Sunday was the elimination round for week 2 in Akademi Fantasia 8. As i mentioned in my previous post on AF8, diaries and concerts can be watched from youtube

List of songs on Konsert Akademi Fantasia Minggu 2;

Ema - Pakai Buang
Daus - Menatap Matamu
Nad - Aku wanita biasa
Alif - Dance with my father
Farina - Ketentuan
Iwan - Mencari
Anum - Sekadar di pinggiran
Ain - Lagu Happy
Maulana - Hasrat hati
Shahir - Jangan Nakal
Adira - Ku percaya ada Cinta

That is the list of songs that are being bet on the student on week 2, Daus, for the first time after 2 upbeat songs, finally are presented with a more relax song.



This time I will let you be the judge. So far I am very proud with his progress in AF. All the naysayers may back off after Daus was off the hook after being in fragile position.

Then again, you can cast your vote by sending AFUNDI DAUS to 32999. By the way, is it me or the numbers are playing tricks on me, somehow, the video viewing numbers are more for daus and adira. maybe its just me. hmmm..

Who got out? Let the video speaks for itself.



1. Nadiawati Ainul Basir atau Ain, 23, Sabah
2. Dayang Nor Anum Arjuna Aharun atau Anum, 19, Sabah
3. Erma Suhaimi atau Ema, 21, Sabah (kakak kepada Adira)
4. Siti Adira Suhaimi atau Adira, 19, Sabah (adik kepada Erma)
5. Zafarina Jamhari atau Farina, 28, Sarawak
6. Muhd Shahril Firdaus Eli atau Daus, 22, Sarawak
7. Nadia Emilia Roselan atau Nad, 21, Selangor
8. Muhammed Shahril Mohd Saleh Hussein atau Shah, 26, Selangor
9. Muhammad Alif Kadim atau Alif, 18, Kuala Lumpur
10. Ahmad Shahir Zawawi atau Shahir, 21, Perak
11. Emirza Awan Zulazrin Chew atau Iwan, 20, Negeri Sembilan
12. Muhd Firdaus Maulana Mohamed atau Maulana, 22, Johor



10 student remains, who will be the next one eliminated?

about Akademi Fantasia?

This post is only for the hardcore addict who cant leave any update about Akademi Fantasia 8.

Years ago, 8 years ago to be exact. Akademi Fantasia fever has just started to infect everyone, almost making everyone to subscribe to paid TV network, ASTRO.

I was a hardcore AF addict, who isnt? I still remember all the Saturdays that turned into kinda a family day where everyone will nest in front of the TV, watching Astro Ria, channel 4 (back then). Bawling our eyes out when one of the student get eliminated. And during final concerts, my mom would ask me to text out the AFUNDI for the student that she really fond of.

The first ever Akademi Fantasia winner, Vincent Chong (brother of the the contestant of Amazing Race Asia, Vanessa and Pamela Chong) somehow reminds my mom of her own brother, I think that's why she voted so much.

During weekdays, we would bring our homework and do it in front of the TV to watch the Akademi Fantasia diary episodes. Maybe Malaysian just love watching people being confined in a house, enjoying the drama in life. lol. Maybe its just me. I love watching America's Next Top Model, Malaysian Dream Girl and such. I've stopped watching this phenomenon in 2006 or so. That was the starting year of me being away from home. My mom would still update me on it sometimes. Those were the days.

What got me interested in the new season of Akademi Fantasia if I have outdated myself for so long?

This; Muhd Shahril Firdaus Eli.

Yes, high school friend who I used to bully go to school with. We were never in the same class though. Okay, I have been writing sentence after sentence then end up pressing the backspace button and end up with the first 2 sentence. I guess, I have some fear that whatever that is written in this blog will be used against him once he got out from the academy. Or maybe I am just scared that people are going to say that I tumpang glamor. Oh well, some high school memories.

The only thing I remembered the most is he always hang out with his cousin who was in the same class with him.. From what I have heard, they are not that close anymore. I guess after years of separation after SPM, no one really contact each other. Everyone is scattered around pursuing studies and careers.

His puppy love? Of course we know about it. It's not very decent to disclose here. But lets just say that they are still in very good terms.

Private joke between us, we would always measures height. I dont know, maybe its a way of ice breaking. lol. Though he is petite, he does have the huge confidence and sheer determination. Though I never realise his talent in singing nor dancing, you can still have a sneak peak into it,here is his youtube channel.

Oh well, after this, he will be a star. And more people will flock with pretense of being friend.

So, enough with the trip down the memory lane. He still need Malaysians to vote for his talent. How to vote? Type AFUNDI(3/5/10) DAUS and send it 32999. Each SMS cost RM0.50. Telco charges apply. Remember, if you dont have ASTRO at home, you can still catch the update online via Youtube.

Who will be the next America's Next top Model? Malaysian Next Top Talent. Okay I made that up. It makes me happy. So, go vote.

Who will be eliminated tonight?

Debaran minggu 1 is basically the elimination round after the perfomances the night before. Is it me, or its getting more like Malaysian Idol?

Anyways, if you dont have Astro at home, you can still catch the updates on Akademi Fantasia in youtube. Just search for the user crystle1987 and look for the episodes that you want to watch.

Ain apparently had some complication and was admitted to hospital, thus having to miss the elimination night. Since she missed an important night after the concert. Will she be eliminated?



Debaran Konsert 1 Part 1



Debaran Konsert 1 Part 2



Debaran Konsert 1 Part 3

So, I have good news and bad news? Lets just go with the bad news first okay.

Shah is no longer in the academy. But he gets to see his family. Yes, betul, Shah tersingkir pada minggu pertama Akademi Fantasia 8, mungkin rezeki dia bukan di sini.

Ain is in the hospital but she is still in the academy.

And that also means, DAUS IS STILL IN THE ACADEMY!!!!!

You can cast your vote by sending AFUNDI DAUS to 32999. Lets just hope, this week's song selection is in more favour of everyone.

11 person left, who will the next AF winner? (say it the way Tyra Banks would on America's Next Top Model)

1. Nadiawati Ainul Basir atau Ain, 23, Sabah
2. Dayang Nor Anum Arjuna Aharun atau Anum, 19, Sabah
3. Erma Suhaimi atau Erma, 21, Sabah (kakak kepada Adira)
4. Siti Adira Suhaimi atau Adira, 19, Sabah (adik kepada Erma)
5. Zafarina Jamhari atau Farina, 28, Sarawak
6. Muhd Shahril Firdaus Eli atau Daus, 22, Sarawak
7. Nadia Emilia Roselan atau Nad, 21, Selangor
8. Muhammed Shahril Mohd Saleh Hussein atau Shah, 26, Selangor
9. Muhammad Alif Kadim atau Alif, 18, Kuala Lumpur
10. Ahmad Shahir Zawawi atau Shahir, 21, Perak
11. Emirza Awan Zulazrin Chew atau Iwan, 20, Negeri Sembilan
12. Muhd Firdaus Maulana Mohamed atau Mulana, 22, Johor

For those who dont have the privilege of having ASTRO network at home can still enjoy the concerts and diaries of Akademi Fantasia 8, thanks to crystle1987, a user in youtube.

20/3 marks the first concert in Akademi Fantasia 8. Meaning that Akademi Fantasia has been on air for 1 week now.

Being in this academy, everything is captured on camera. But not everything is put on air, some of the student may come across as the quiet ones.

These students are given 1 week, well, more like 5 days to me to learn all the choreograph, song and to perform every Saturday looking as ready as ever.

This week, the first concert of Akademi Fantasia 8, after a stressful week of learning, their song according to their turns during concert is;

Maulana - Extravaganza
Adira - Bertamu di kalbu
Shahir - Khatimah cinta
Nad -ERT (I wonder if this means Ekonomi Rumah Tangga)
Daus - Cari jodoh
Farina - Paparazzi
Alif - Kau aku
Anum - Apa kata
Shah - Bengang
Ain - Hey Ladies
Ema - Yang terbaik
Iwan - Havent met you

There you go the 12 students with their song. How was their perfomances, those are for you to judge.

I was quite surprised that Daus was required to dance, after having a dance number the precious week. Oh well, you see, you can always look at the silver linings of clouds. Why do you think that they gave him that particular number with a dance routine? Obviously because he can dance, oh come on. See for yourself, he can really dance. He swayed! How many manly guys can do that?



One thing I dont get is, Why is the judge a little bit too biased? or is it just me?

This guy got talent, but he is from Borneo. Nope, nothing wrong with that. I am from Borneo too. Its just that, some "people" just cant see someone else on top and they just try so hard to crush them down. Somehow I really think that the choice of songs that are given to him really dont do any justice to him. What do you think? You dont trust me? Look at this;




He does have talent ha? To prove his talent, he need his help to let him stay in the academy. So, send in your votes by sending in AFUNDI DAUS and send it to 32999.

Oh I found a way of voting more but just by sending 1 sms, type AFUNDI(3/5/10) DAUS and send it to 32999.

One thing I dont get is, Why is the judge a little bit too biased? or is it just me? They bombarded Daus like nobody's business. But seriously, I think the fellow Sarawakian didnt really shine as well. But her comment is so acceptable, its not even harsh. And dont even get me started on the rest.. Oh Well, we just got to do what we gotta do.

If this is your first time reading this post, you can join the fan page in facebook, here.

P/S: to those of you think that I dont know how it feels to be criticised, trust me. I have got enough from this blog. There are even people who said my writing sucks and spammed my comment box.

Senarai website / fan club pelajar Akademi Fantasia musim ke 8;

1. Nadiawati Ainul Basir atau Ain, 23 tahun, Sabah
Ain Facebook FC

2. Dayang Nor Anum Arjuna Aharun atau Anum, 19 tahun, Sabah
Anum Facebook FC

3. Erma Suhaimi atau Ema, 21 tahun, Sabah (kakak kepada Adira)
Ema Facebook FC

4. Siti Adira Suhaimi atau Adira, 19 tahun, Sabah (adik kepada Ema)
Adira Facebook FC

5. Zafarina Jamhari atau Farina, 28 tahun, Sarawak
Farina Facebook FC

6. Muhd Shahril Firdaus Eli atau Daus, 22 tahun, Sarawak
Daus Facebook FC, Blog fan club, Ning website

7. Nadia Emilia Roselan atau Nad, 21 tahun, Selangor
Nad Facebook FC (its private though, you need to request to join)

8. Muhammed Shahril Mohd Saleh Hussein atau Shah, 26 tahun, Selangor
Shah Facebook FC

9. Muhammad Alif Kadim atau Alif, 18 tahun, Kuala Lumpur
Alif Facebook FC

10. Ahmad Shahir Zawawi atau Shahir, 21 tahun, Perak
Shahir Facebook FC, Akademi Fantasia Diari

11. Emirza Awan Zulazrin Chew atau Iwan, 20 tahun, Negeri Sembilan
Iwan Facebook FC

12. Muhd Firdaus Maulana Mohamed atau Maulana, 22 tahun, Johor
Maulana Facebook FC

I can see that facebook is the platform chosen for the fan to create a page for their idol. Any how, you can vote them by typing AFUNDI NAME and send it to 32999. eg; AFUNDI DAUS send it to 32999.

Each sms cost RM0.50. with standard telco charge.

I spent hours searching and compiling.. Send me some love by clicking on the advertisement. haha.. Thanks you all!

oh oh.. its out.. the video was uploaded 6 hours ago. Of course, from Shahril Firdaus @ Daus, to vote, type AFUNDI DAUS and send it 32999.

Here is the video of last night's performance.



Good choice of song, obviously I am in love with Justin Timberlake. My point is, he danced *gasp* just like N'SYNC. And his voice is melodic okay.. And tonight is the first performance, he must be a little bit nervous. Fuh... I know he can do better than that. Okay if you wanna say he semput, go jump around and sing at the same time during karaoke session. then record urself. (wah defensive mode)

Farina's perfomance is here;



Wah... lagu kesukaan juga.. tapi kalau i nyanyi tak sedap la.. haha


For the rest of the perfomance, click here then search the video you want okay..

P/s: Dont forget to vote AFUNDI DAUS and send to 3299. You can afundi me also, but it will just be waste of time. haha.. cos im not even competing.

P/P/S: Why i so bias one only give sarawakian free promo? haha... some more Daus' vid is bigger. Grrrr... Be angry. Go promote farina then. I promote Daus, deal?

I realised that after i blogged about Akademi Fantasia 8 finalist, especially my ex-schoolmate, Mohd. Shahril Firdaus @ Daus (by the way, start voting tonight by sending AFUNDI DAUS to 32999) with special post some more. I got more views, why? Because people have been searching for information about him and the other contestant. I found his facebook personal account, but since its personal, I guess we shouldn't flood his inbox with request.

Other than Daus, I've received a lot of search result from fellow Sarawakian finalist, Farina. So, I guess its quite disappointing for those who stumbled to this blog without much information about her. I will go read up now and tell you about Farina.

Okay, this is the information that I got about Farina courtesy of Shinystar.

NAMA: Zafarina Jamhari
NAMA PANGGILAN: Farina
TARIKH LAHIR: 7 Oktober 1982
TEMPAT LAHIR: Bintulu, Sarawak
UMUR: 28 tahun
BANGSA: Melanau
AGAMA: Islam
TINGGI: 162 sm
BERAT: 50 kg
STATUS: Ibu tunggal (anak 1)
PEKERJAAN: Pengurusan (Shell MDS Sdn. Bhd)
PENDIDIKAN TERTINGGI: SPM
NAMA BAPA: Jamhari Mohamad (40 tahun)
PEKERJAAN BAPA: Pengurusan
NAMA IBU: Zaleha Mohamad (47 tahun)
PEKERJAAN IBU: Suri Rumah
ADIK BERADIK: 5 orang (anak pertama)
HOBI: Menyanyi
GAMBARAN PERIBADI: Periang, Mudah bergaul, degil
MAKANAN KEGEMARAN: Nasi Goreng
MINUMAN KEGEMARAN: Teh O Ais
MUZIK KEGEMARAN: Balada, Jazz, Rock
PELAKON LELAKI KEGEMARAN: Afdlin Shauki
PELAKON PEREMPUAN KEGEMARAN: Elly Suriati
PENYANYI LELAKI KEGEMARAN: Bob AF2
PENYANYI PEREMPUAN KEGEMARAN: Kris Dayanti
FILEM/DRAMA KEGEMARAN: Papadom & Drama Balqis
FESYEN KEGEMARAN: Urban
WARNA: Hitam

There are information on the other 11 finalist too on this website.

There you go... Information on Farina.



Just one extra bit of details. You guys have been searching for Farina AF 8 Facebook. Here it is. Her page.

Is love at first sight counted as real love? Its very clichéd and cheesy. I know right.

Well. I first know about him when I was in college. A friend of mine, Zue introduced him to me. I was skeptic at first, knowing that I wont fall for a guy so easily. Zue said that I will fall for him head over heels. I just shrugged.

Zue then took out her phone and showed his picture to me. I nonchalantly look at the screen, to make sure that I don’t offend her. Holy mama. There he is, with a killer gaze, looking straight at me. It struck me there and then. I have this mushy feeling in my stomach and I just stared back at him (the picture lah). Being an egocentric, I shrugged and said that he is okay. He is totally my type anyway. Yes, I have a type.

Being all excited (still), I told a friend of mine about him and she just shoots those laser beamed eye at me saying that this guy is plastic. He is not that good looking without make up. Ah well, its okay if he uses make up to hide his flaw, every girl do that, I said. My friend left without saying anything, shaking her head.

Since then, I pestered Zue about him, asking non stop about everything, every single detail that I can think of, for the need of knowing him better. Zue is not like the other friend though. Zue is very supportive, maybe because we share the same zodiac and her birthday is exactly 7 days after mine, compared to others. We would spend most of our free time in her room where I would ogle on the cuteness of the guy.

I then turn very obsessive towards the guy; I search online for his profile and sneakily "steal" his pictures and set it as my phone wallpaper. How cheesy is that? I have always told Zue that he serenades me in my sleep, every single night. It is always the same song and it stuck in my head. It goes something like this;

Girl I'm going out of my mind

And even though I don't really know you

I guess I feel I'm running out of time

I'm waiting for the moment I can show you

And baby girl I want you to know

I'm watching you go; I'm watching you pass me by

Its real love that you don't know about

Now tell me if its not love... sigh...

6 months or so after that, we left college. Zue and I still talk to each other. Yapping away about out updates. But it was one thing that I miss the most; the guy that I was in love with no longer lingers in my dream. Not until recently, he is back. One fine day, and he just slipped into my dream and starts to sing the same old song that I fell in love with. But now he is famous. He even have a lot of videos in you tube, with 7 to 8 digit of views.

And I think I am ready to show you this guy. Scroll down for his picture, and video.

When your friend in high school, lost contact like 5 years, suddenly joins the Akademi Fantasia season 8? what do you do?

The name list is out people. The only reason I know that its out is because Sarah Rezel sent me a wall post on Facebook. Then it occurs to me. We never contact each other for like 5 years. Takkan tiba tiba nak contact, sebab dia masuk AF8, betul tak?

So, I was thinking, should I promote this particular guy on the blog? cause we were schoolmates.. I know gossips. but you aint getting anything..

Here is the list of Akademi Fantasia Musim 8 finalist;
1. Nadiawati Ainul Basir atau Ain, 23, Sabah
2. Dayang Nor Anum Arjuna Aharun atau Anum, 19, Sabah
3. Erma Suhaimi atau Erma, 21, Sabah (kakak kepada Adira)
4. Siti Adira Suhaimi atau Adira, 19, Sabah (adik kepada Erma)
5. Zafarina Jamhari atau Farina, 28, Sarawak
6. Muhd Shahril Firdaus Eli atau Daus, 22, Sarawak
7. Nadia Emilia Roselan atau Nad, 21, Selangor
8. Muhammed Shahril Mohd Saleh Hussein atau Shah, 26, Selangor
9. Muhammad Alif Kadim atau Alif, 18, Kuala Lumpur
10. Ahmad Shahir Zawawi atau Shahir, 21, Perak
11. Emirza Awan Zulazrin Chew atau Iwan, 20, Negeri Sembilan
12. Muhd Firdaus Maulana Mohamed atau Mulana, 22, Johor



Haha.. too biased? I guess so. siap highlight lagi.. hambik kau

Okay I just realised that he even have fan club already!! WTH.. I am still so in denial..

6 out of 12 is from borneo. I know Sabahan is known for their melodic voices.

There are words going around saying that Sarawakian is very generous in sending in SMS votes, generating revenue for the organiser. I rather not comment on that. The principal said that, They are chosen based on talents, no hidden agenda. but its a competition with sms vote based.

Some even say that you dont need to be talented to join, you just have to kiss ass. aiyo, how to kiss ass when you croak and not sing? and when you sing, you dont have to kiss ass la diu.

Watch out for the number 0187, thats shahril.



My oh my.. his voice is actually very dreamy.. *blush*

Okay.. to vote for Shahril ( I cant call his by the fehmes name, Daus yet..) type AFUNDI DAUS and send it to 32999

I guess by creating this post, I need to update on Akademi Fantasia weekly. oh well, I can always ask my sister's help.