KUALA LUMPUR – Organisers of the popular talent search contest Akademi Fantasia have ended speculations about who will head the academy for its eighth season, with the first concert kickimg off on March 13.
Astro Entertainment has named Norman Abdul Halim, of the popular hip-hop trio KRU as the academy's principal for the season while the show presenters will be TV celebrities Sarimah Ibrahim and Jimmy Shanley.
Norman Halim of KRU fame (fourth from right) and his team of coaches for the new Akademi Fantasia season
Astro Entertainment director Zainir Aminull announced this at a media conference at the Hilton Hotel here on Tuesday night.
The team of coaches
Others on the team are actor Que Haidar (who will be drama coach), music teacher Siti Hajar (vocal techniques), choreographer Linda Jasmine (dance), composer Adnan Abu Hassan (song performance) and former journalist Fatimah Abu Bakar (counsellor and English coach).
Sarimah will also host the show's side programme 'Debaran AF8' while Jimmy will host the 'Diari AF8' event.
Zainir said the two presenters of the new AF season will not emulate hosts of other talent programmes and their presence is expected to strengthen the show's appeal.
Assess then vote
He said the talents will perform every Saturday while the following day would be the elimination segment, where one of them has to leave the show.
He added that this would give fans an opportunity to assess the performance of the participants before submitting their votes (via SMS). - Malaysian Mirror
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