The seventh season of Indonesian Idol premiered on RCTI on February 17, 2012. The show aired every Friday at 8:00 pm and Re-run aired every Sunday at 1:00 pm. Daniel Mananta returned as the host, while Anang Hermansyah and Agnes Monica returned as the judges, and musician and hits-maker Ahmad Dhani replaced Erwin Gutawa as the third judges. Fabian Dharmawan became the new Executive Producer. Vokal Plus founder & CEO Indra Aziz, and Irvan Nat, both of them are professional vocal couches, became the new in-house mentors to work with the contestants on a weekly basis. Universal Music Indonesia replaced Sony Music Entertainment Indonesia as Idol's official partner record label. Cross Mobile, Coolant, Honda and Mie Sedaap, were the official sponsors of the show. This season followed the same format as American Idol season 11 and used the new title screen & logo with a different font started from Spectacular round.
Season 7 is the first season to have a finale with two female contestants, while the second and third seasons had a finale with two male contestants. It is the first season where a saved contestant, Kamasean Matthews to reach the finale. Regina Ivanova is the second contestants of all seasons had never been in the bottom 2 or 3 prior to the finale and the first to be the winner.
On July 8, 2012, Regina Ivanova became the winner of the seventh season of Indonesian Idol, beating Kamasean Matthews, the first female recipient of the judges' save.
The top two finalists from this season — Regina Ivanova and Kamasean Matthews — and 6th place finalist, Maria Rosalia a.k.a. Rosa Yoladetta were signed to record labels.
Judges The two official judges, Anang Hermansyah and Ahmad Dhani confirmed on early December 2011. There is some issues that says Agnes Monica will not return as judge due to her duty of her international career In Los Angeles, USA. But on 30 January 2012 Untung Pranoto, Operational Production Manager of RCTI announced all official judges, includes Agnes Monica.
Hedi Yunus, Nina Tamam and Andien were brought as guest judges during the auditions in Medan, Surabaya and Yogyakarta because Agnes Monica didn't appear those auditions. Piyu 'PADI', Audy and Meltho 'PASTO' are the guest judges for school audition in Palembang, Padang, Manado and Ambon. While Nina Tamam, Charly Van Houten, Hedi Yunus and Baron are the guest judges for bus audition.
In the beginning, many people were rumored to be in the running to join the judging panel, including Rossa, Sherina Munaf, Ello, Dewi Sandra, Rio Febrian and Tompi. Rio Febrian and Tompi have said (by their Twitter) that they would not be judges for this show, while Rossa said (by her Twitter) her schedule was busy and that it would probably be only as a guest judge on this season.
Selection process
Auditions
Regional auditions Auditions took place in the following cities: Episode air date Audition city Date Venue Callback date Callback venue Golden tickets 17 February 2012 Bandung, West Java 4–6 January 2012 Sasana Budaya Ganesha 29 January 2012 RCTI Studio, Jakarta 19 Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta 14–15 January 2012 Jogja Expo Center 16 January 2012 Jogja Expo Center, Yogyakarta 15 24 February 2012 Surabaya, East Java 21–22 December 2011 Balai Prajurit 23 December 2011 Hotel Majapahit, Surabaya 22 Manado, North Sulawesi 29–30 November 2011 M ICON Ambon, Maluku 3–4 December 2011 Siwalima 2 March 2012 Medan, North Sumatra 10–11 December 2011 State University of Medan 12 December 2011 Asean International Hotel, Medan 22 Palembang, South Sumatra 26–27 November 2011 Palembang Sport & Convention Center Padang, West Sumatra 3–4 December 2011 UPI Convention Center 9 March 2012 Jakarta, Jakarta Special Capital Region 26–28 January 2012 Jakarta International Expo 30–31 January 2012 RCTI Studio, Jakarta 31Total number of Golden Tickets to Elimination Round 109 Requirement : Contestants must be 16–27 years old before 24 November 2011 and lives in Indonesia at least 5 years.
One auditioner who received widespread publicity was M. Ridho, also known as "Neng Neng Nong Neng", he auditioned with his original song titled "Ku Ingin Kita Lama Pacaran Disini". His catchy song was bought by Ahmad Dhani as 5 million rupiahs and he will get the royalty for 5 years.
Online audition Online audition is the new feature in seventh season. Audition was opened from 1–15 January 2012 and can be voted by viewers from YouTube until 23 January 2012. Contestant with the highest 'LIKE' automatically will through to judging in Jakarta.
Street auditions & School auditions Street audition held in city centers such as the mall, markets, station, town square and others. While the school auditions held in schools with the best musical talent in each city. Indonesia is first country in the world to do school auditions and these have now been picked up by Indian Idol.
Bus audition It's the third season of Indonesian Idol auditioned with the bus. Bus audition has gone to Malang, Madiun, Solo, Semarang, Tegal, Cirebon and Sukabumi.
Elimination round The Elimination rounds were held at Studio 4 RCTI Jakarta starting 7 February 2012. There were 109 contestants at the start of Elimination round (one of them was disqualified because didn't attend the judging). The contestants performed solo for the first round, and 52 advanced to the next round, where the contestants performed in groups. The contestants were then separated into five rooms, with two room of contestants being eliminated and one room of contestants that must perform again in front of judges. The remaining 27 contestants made it through to the final "Sing For Your Life" round. In that round, each contestant performed a song of their own choosing. Only 15 contestants made it through to the Top 15.
Semi-finalists After the 27 remaining contestants sang their final solo in the Sing For Your Life round, they were called one by one to hear the final judgement. The semi-finalists were announced in the 30 March episode, with the top fifteen being revealed at the episode’s end. For personal reasons, Henriyanto, one of Top 15 chosen, withdrew from the competition and was replaced by previously eliminated contestant Kanza Dinar.
Females Contestant Age Occupation Hometown Audition Location Belinda Hanrisna Fueza 20 Cafe singer Bekasi, West Java Jakarta, Jakarta Special Capital Region Intania Ayu 20 College student Bandung, West Java Bandung, West Java Kamasean Yoce Matthews 16 High-school student Bekasi, West Java Bandung, West Java Kanza Dinar Adibah 17 College student Jakarta, Jakarta Special Capital Region Jakarta, Jakarta Special Capital Region Maria Rosalia Yola Detta 20 College student Solo, Central Java Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta Ni Putu Ayu Christy Karina 18 High-school student Semarang, Central Java Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta Non Dera Anggia Putri Prawitasari 18 College student Cianjur, West Java Bandung, West Java Regina Ivanova Polapa 26 Cafe singer Jakarta, Jakarta Special Capital Region Jakarta, Jakarta Special Capital Region Shandy Eugene Maihulu 27 Marketing staff Jepara, Central Java Jakarta, Jakarta Special Capital RegionMales Contestant Age Occupation Hometown Audition Location Dionisius Agung Subagyo 25 Driver Purwokerto, Central Java Jakarta, Jakarta Special Capital Region Febri Yoga Sapta Rahardjo 23 Freelancer Tegal, Central Java Jakarta, Jakarta Special Capital Region Rio Agung Pangestu Hamdan 17 High-school student Sumedang, West Java Bandung, West Java Ivan Saputra 23 College student & Employer Jakarta, Jakarta Special Capital Region Jakarta, Jakarta Special Capital Region Prattyoda Bhayangkara 25 Band-vocalist Kebumen, Central Java Jakarta, Jakarta Special Capital Region Rosandy Sriwidia Nugroho 25 Street-singer Jakarta, Jakarta Special Capital Region Jakarta, Jakarta Special Capital Region
Top 15 show The Top 15 Show was aired LIVE on 6 April at 8:30 pm. Below are the contestants listed in their performance order. The top five viewers' choice and top five judges' choice advanced to the Spectacular. There were fifteen semifinalists, nine females and six males. The contestants perform songs of their choice (there was no particular theme). Order Contestants Song (Original Artist) Result 1 Non Dera "Pejuang Cinta" (Hello) Viewers' Choice 2 Maria Rosalia "Cinta Terlarang" (The Virgin) Wild Card 3 Ni Putu Karina "Apalah Arti Menunggu" (Raisa) Wild Card 4 Ivan Saputra "Sedang Ingin Bercinta" (Dewa 19) Judges' Choice 5 Rosandy Nugroho "Yang Terlupakan" (Iwan Fals) Judges' Choice 6 Prattyoda "Aku Terjatuh" (ST 12) Viewers' Choice 7 Belinda Fueza "Satu-Satunya Cinta" (Mahadewi) Judges' Choice 8 Dionisius Agung "Sik Asik" (Ayu Ting Ting) Viewers' Choice 9 Kamasean Matthews "Akhir Cerita Cinta" (Glenn Fredly) Judges' Choice 10 Shandy Eugene "Abracadabra" (Mulan Jameela) Wild Card 11 Regina Ivanova "Someone Like You" (Adele) Viewers' Choice 12 Intania Ayu "Menangis Semalam" (Audy) Wild Card 13 Kanza Dinar "Kulakukan Semua Untukmu" (RAN) Judges' Choice 14 Rio Agung "Rindu" (Agnes Monica) Viewers' Choice 15 Febri Yoga "I'm Yours" (Jason Mraz) Wild Card
Wild Card round At the end of the episode revealing the top ten, it was announced that the judges (except Anang Hermansyah) wanted to add two more finalists in Spectacular. The five possibilities were Ni Putu Karina, Intania Ayu, Febri Yoga, Maria Rosalia and Shandy Eugene. After the judges discussed, it was announced that Febri Yoga and Maria Rosalia were the top twelve finalists. Order Semifinalist Result 1 Febri Yoga Agnes' Choice 2 Intania Ayu Eliminated 3 Maria Rosalia Dhani's Choice 4 Ni Putu Karina Eliminated 5 Shandy Eugene Eliminated
Finalists Regina Ivanova Polapa (born December 4, 1985) is from Jakarta, Jakarta Special Capital Region and was 26 years old at the time of the show. She had auditioned for Idol 6 times before and never made it through. She auditioned in Jakarta with Adele's "One and Only". She is the sister of Topodade personnel, Mia Sani who won the DreamGirls Indonesia in 2009. She was the oldest contestant to reach the Spectacular and Finale. Her musical influences are Adele and Beyoncé Knowles. She is the second contestants of all seasons that had never been in the bottom 2 or 3 prior to the finale. Regina was announced as the winner on 7 July 2012. Kamasean Yoce Matthews (born June 30, 1995) is from Bekasi, West Java and was 16 years old at the time of the show. She auditioned in Bandung with Agnes Monica's "Cinta Mati". She had competed on season 3 of Akademi Fantasi Indosiar Junior, and made it to the ninth place. She was the youngest contestant to reach the Spectacular and Finale. Her musical influence is Alicia Keys. She was saved from elimination by the judges after receiving the lowest number of votes in the top five round, making her the first female contestant to be saved by the judges. Kamasean was announced as the runner-up on 7 July 2012. Prattyoda Bhayangkara (born February 9, 1987) is from Kebumen and was 25 years old at the time of the show. He auditioned in Jakarta with Bad English's "When I See You Smile". He is the vocalist of the Today band. He was eliminated on 23 June 2012 and came in 3rd place. Dionisius Agung Subagyo (born April 30, 1986) is from Purwokerto, Central Java and was 25 years old at the time of the show. He was born in Temanggung. He auditioned in Jakarta with "Tanjung Perak" in the jazz version. He impressed the judges with his performance of "Tanjung Perak" in his final solo Sing For Your Life round. He was eliminated on 16 June 2012 and came in 4th place.