Yang Berbahagia Datuk Aznil Nawawi PMW JSM
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Born	Aznil bin Nawawi (1962-11-06) 6 November 1962 Kampung Datuk Keramat, Kuala Lumpur, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Nationality	Malaysian
Other names	Pak Nil
Alma mater	University of Malaya
Occupation(s)	Host, director, actor, singer, writer, radio presenter
Years active	1990–present
Spouse	Zahauyah Tarmizi (divorced)
Parents	Haji Nawawi bin Shirin (father) Hajah Norbaiti bin Haji Surur (mother)
Relatives	Nora Nawawi (sister)
Awards	Companion of the Gracious Order of the Territorial Crown of Malaysia (JMW) (2009) Media Hiburan 2004 – Special Award Anugerah Sri Angkasa (2004 & 2005) – Best TV Host Anugerah Bintang Popular (2003, 2005–2009) – Most Popular Male TV Host Anugerah Skrin 2007 – Best Talk Show Anugerah Juri 2008 – Best Entertainment Presenter Asian Television Awards 2010 – Best Game Show
Musical career
Genres	Pop
Instruments	Vocal
Years active	1996–present
Labels	Pony Canyon KRU Records

Datuk Aznil bin Nawawi (born 6 November 1962), better known as Aznil Nawawi (sometimes he credited as Aznil Haji Nawawi, Aznil or Pak Nil), is a Malaysian TV host, singer and actor.

He won the Best Talk Show Award at the Asian Television Awards 2005 in Singapore. In 2011, he marked 30 years of being involved in the local entertainment scene such as Akademi Fantasia.

Background

Aznil was born in Kampung Datuk Keramat, Kuala Lumpur. He graduated from University of Malaya with a Bachelor of Economics degree. He started his career in 1990 as a broadcaster and a media reporter with TV3. He first started doing news in broadcasting industry, then moved to hosting in 1992. Pop Kuiz was the first program he hosts.^[1] In 1994, he hosted Melodi and Teleskop. He then made the move to Astro Ria television channel, which also marked his entry as creative director for the channel. One of his more popular projects is his involvement with the reality programme, Akademi Fantasia.

In May 2007, Aznil said he wouldn't be back to host the highly-popular programme after hosting it for five consecutive seasons. His exclusive contract as a creative consultant with Astro was to expire in September 2007.

Personal life

Aznil has three children, Fildza Haifa whom he calls Fifi, Fariq Haizen whom he nicknames Riki, and a youngest son named Firdaus Hariz called Baby Riz.^[2]

On 27 June 2016, his mother Norbaiti Surur died at the Prince Court medical center at the age of 90 due to old age. Aznil confirms the news via WhatsApp.^[3] His mother's remains laid to rest at the Keramat Muslim Cemetery, at 10:45 am.^[4][5]

Honours

Programmes hosted

• 1990–1992 – Money Matters (site-reporter)
• 1992–1999 – Pop Kuiz (First programme that he hosted), TV3 with Rina Khan
• 1994 – Melodi with Fauziah Ahmad Daud
• 1995 – Teleskop
• 1999 – Kamera Apo? (What Camera?), NTV7^[7][8]
• 2000–2001 – Ad-Lib, TV2
• 2003–2007 Akademi Fantasia, Astro Ria^[9]
• 2003–2004 – Melodi, TV3 (for a year before he signed for an exclusive contract with Astro in October 2004)
• 2005 – Macam Macam Aznil (His own talk show), Astro Prima, formerly Astro Ria
• 2007–2019 – Tom Tom Bak, Astro Ceria^{[10][11][12][13]}
• 2008 – Kring-Kring, Astro Ria
• 2008 – Jangan Lupa Lirik! (Malaysia version of Don't Forget the Lyrics!), Astro Ria
• 2008 – Riuh Pagi, Era FM (daily weekday breakfast show, co-hosted with Din Beramboi until his death)
• 2010 – Riuh Pagi, Era FM (daily weekday breakfast show, co-hosted with Ray and Haniff)
• 2010 – Serasi Bersama, (Malaysia version of Mr & Mrs), Astro Ria with Sharifah Shahira
• 2011 – Akademi Fantasia 9
• 2014 – H! Live, Apa Kata Malaysia (Entertainment news on Astro)
• 2015 – Seiras Seirama Astro Ria
• 2016 – LePaknil
• 2017 – Karok Gram
• 2017 – Ring! Ring! Ringgit!
• 2017 – Go Pak Nil
• 2017 – AF Megastar
• 2019 – Mikrofon Impian
• 2019 – Ketuk-Ketul Ramadan
• 2020–2022 – The Masked Singer Malaysia
• 2021 – Panggung Memori
• 2021–2022 – Hard To Heart
• 2022 – Karaoke Superstar

Ad hoc programmes hosted

• 1993 – Anugerah Juara Lagu ke 8 (Song Champion), TV3 with Fauziah Ahmad Daud and Azwan Ali
• 1996 – Anugerah Skrin (Screen Award), TV3 with Amy Mastura
• 2003 – Anugerah Planet Muzik (Music Planet Award), MediaCorp TV12 Suria and Astro Ria with Sarah Sechan and Najib Ali
• 2003 – Anugerah Juara Lagu ke 18 (Song Champion), TV3 with Sarimah Ibrahim
• 2005 – Anugerah Seri Angkasa, TV1 with Raja Azura
• 2005 – Anugerah Planet Muzik (Music Planet Award), MediaCorp TV12 Suria and Astro Ria with Nirina Zubir
• 2006 – Anugerah Planet Muzik (Music Planet Award), MediaCorp TV12 Suria and Astro Ria with Ady Rahman
• 2007 – Anugerah Era 07

Filmography

Discography

Achievements

See also

• Astro Ria
• Akademi Fantasia
• Cicak Man

References

External links

• Aznil Haji Nawawi at IMDb
• Aznil's Profile Archived 13 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine