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,^[1] and musician and hits-maker Ahmad Dhani replaced Erwin Gutawa as the third judges.^[2] 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,^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5]

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

Palembang

Bandung

Yogyakarta

Surabaya

Manado

Ambon

Medan

Padang

Jakarta

Cities where the auditions were held.

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. Due to personal reasons, Henriyanto, one of Top 15 chosen, withdrew from the competition and was replaced by previously eliminated contestant Kanza Dinar.

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).

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.
• Febri Yoga Sapta Rahardjo (born February 28, 1988) is from Tegal, Central Java and was 23 years old at the time of the show. He auditioned in Bus Audition Tegal with Krisdayanti's "Menghitung Hari". Febri was chosen by Agnes Monica as one of the Wild Cards to join the Top 12 finalists. His musical influence is Matthew Bellamy from Muse which his vocal is similar to. He was eliminated on 9 June 2012 and came in 5th place.
• Maria Rosalia Yola Detta (born October 31, 1991) is from Solo, Central Java and was 20 years old at the time of the show. She auditioned in Yogyakarta with Kotak's "Pelan-Pelan Saja". She competed on Suara Indonesia, making it to the finale and placed as first runner-up. Maria was chosen by Ahmad Dhani as one of the Wild Cards to join the Top 12 finalists. She was eliminated on 25 May 2012 and came in 6th place.
• Non Dera Anggia Putri Prawitasari (born December 2, 1993) is from Sukabumi, West Java and was 18 years old at the time of the show. She was born in Cianjur. She auditioned in Bus Audition Sukabumi with Dewa 19's "Cemburu". She was eliminated on 18 May 2012 and came in 7th place.
• Rosandy Sriwidia Nugroho (born August 6, 1986) is from Jakarta, Jakarta Special Capital Region and was 25 years old at the time of the show. He was born in Solo. He auditioned in Jakarta with David Cook's cover song "Always Be My Baby". He used to be vocalist of the Putih band. He was eliminated on 11 May 2012 and came in 8th place.
• Rio Agung Pangestu Hamdan (born July 19, 1994) is from Sumedang, West Java and was 17 years old at the time of the show. He auditioned in Bandung with Ruth Sahanaya's "Ingin Ku Miliki". He impressed the judges with his great voice in the audition room, although his first look wasn't convincing the judges. He was eliminated on 4 May 2012 and came in 9th place.
• Ivan Saputra (born July 12, 1988) is from Jakarta, Jakarta Special Capital Region and was 23 years old at the time of the show. He auditioned in Jakarta with Adera's "Lebih Indah". He was eliminated on 27 April 2012 and came in 10th place.
• Belinda Hanrisna Fueza (born March 7, 1992) is from Bekasi, West Java and was 20 years old at the time of the show. She auditioned in Jakarta. She competed on season 3 of Mamamia, making it to the quarterfinals. Belinda's only appearance in season 7 was during the green mile round. She sang "Selalu Cinta" by Kotak for the Sing for Your Life round and she impressed the judges. She was eliminated on 20 April 2012 and came in 11th place. Her musical influence is Demi Lovato.
• Kanza Dinar Adibah (born June 19, 1994) is from Jakarta, Jakarta Special Capital Region and was 17 years old at the time of the show. She auditioned in Jakarta with Bebi Romeo's "Aku Cinta Kau dan Dia". She was cut in the green mile round, but she was called back by judges to replace Henriyanto, who withdrew from the competition. She was eliminated on 13 April 2012 and came in 12th place.

Spectacular show

This is the fifth season in which there are 10 weeks of the Spectacular and 12 finalists, with one of the 12 finalists eliminated each week. The Andra & The Backbone's "Selamat Tinggal Masa Lalu" became the send-off song played when a contestant is eliminated.

Elimination chart

Results show performances

Indonesia Nielsen ratings

The premiere was watched by 18.9 million viewers. It was up 10 percent from the previous year's premiere, which was watched by 17.7 million viewers. Season 7 of Indonesian Idol is the most successful series in the history of Indonesian Idol.

Controversies

Southeast Asia television rights

Country / Region	Network	Channel	Dubbing	Subtitle
Indonesia (origin)	MNC	RCTI	Indonesian
Brunei	RTB, MNC	RTB4 International, RCTI, MNC International		Malaysian
Cambodia	TVK	TVK1		Khmer
Laos	LNTV	LNTV1		Lao
Malaysia	STMB, MNC	TV3, RCTI, MNC International		Malaysian
Myanmar	MRTV	Myanmar International		Burmese
Philippines	GMA Network	DZBB-TV		Filipino-Tagalog
Singapore	MediaCorp TV10, MNC	Channel 510, RCTI, MNC International		English10
Thailand	BEC-TERO, MNC	TV3, RCTI, MNC International		Thai
East Timor	RTTL, MNC	TVTL, RCTI, MNC International		Tetum
Vietnam	VTV	VTV1		Vietnamese

Notes:

1. ^ Republic of Singapore was delayed telecasts in 2012 Indonesian reality television singing competition Indonesian Idol with Indonesian dubbing and English subtitles.

See also

• Indonesian Idol
• Indonesian Idol (Season 1)
• Indonesian Idol (Season 2)
• Indonesian Idol (Season 3)
• Indonesian Idol (Season 4)
• Indonesian Idol (Season 5)
• Indonesian Idol (Season 6)

References

External links

• Official Site Archived 2021-01-28 at the Wayback Machine