Broadcast from | December 27, 2013 - May 23, 2014 |
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Judges |
Titi DJ "Kotak" Ahmad Dhani Bebi Romeo (Top 15 & Top 11) Raisa Andriana (Yogyakarta Auditions, Top 9 & Top 5) Indra Lesmana (Yogyakarta Auditions & Top 8) |
Host(s) |
Daniel Mananta Lolita Agustine (co-host, Top 15) Pica Priscilla (co-host, Spectacular Show) |
Broadcaster | RCTI |
Finals venue | Hall D2 JIExpo, Jakarta |
Nowela Elizabeth Auparay | |
Origin | Jayapura, Papua |
Song | "Membawa Cinta" |
Genre(s) | Pop, Pop rock |
Husein Alatas |
The eighth season of Indonesian Idol, also known as Indonesian Idol 2014: A Decade of Dreams, premiered on RCTI on December 27, 2013. and Ahmad Dhani returned as the judges. Agnes Monica was replaced by of Kotak, and Titi DJ, who returned to the show for her sixth season after her absence in season 6 and 7.Raisa and Indra Lesmana replace Titi and Anang during the Yogyakarta auditions. Later during the Spectacular weeks, Raisa replaced Titi during the Top 9 performances and Tantri during the Top 5. Indra replaced Tantri during the Top 8 performances.Daniel Mananta returns as the host.
The season was the sixth to have four judges, after the first five seasons.
In September 2013, it was confirmed that Ahmad Dhani and would return as the judges for another season, but was reported that Agnes Monica would not return as the judge for this season. On November 2013, The source wrote that Titi DJ signed a deal to join the panel as the third judge. On December 18, 2013, Tantri and Titi were officially announced as judges for this season. Titi is the first Indonesian Idol 2014 judge to return after being absent in Season 6 and 7.
In an attempt to refresh the show's audition process, new ways to audition were announced. First is the "Audition Bus Tour", a seven town nationwide tour that will give hopefuls who couldn't make it to one of the large audition cities a chance to try out. The cities are Jember, Malang, Madiun, Solo, Purwokerto, Cirebon and Sukabumi. Idol is also starting the "I Want You" program, which will let friends and family of individuals they think could be the next Indonesian Idol nominate said person in secret by filling out an online form and existing video or URL of their nominee—they must be singing solo and a capella. The chosen auditions will then be surprised on location by a film crew and given an opportunity to advance to the next round. Others way are "Idol Dream Box" and "Daniel's Choice". Finally, online auditions for season 8 were open from November 22–26, 2013. Closed auditions was held in Balikpapan, Ambon, Padang and Makassar. Open auditions took place in the following cities: