The third season of Rising Star Indonesia aired on RCTI starting 17 December 2018. Judika, Ariel "Noah", and Rossa returned as experts from the previous season, while Indonesian composer Yovie Widianto replaced Anang Hermansyah. Audition was held in four major cities in Indonesia: Bandung, Surabaya, Medan, and Jakarta.

Regional Auditions

Bandung

Surabaya

Medan

Jakarta

Cities where the auditions were held.

On 11 September 2018, it was announced that Rising Star Indonesia 2018 would begin the auditions in four big cities in Indonesia: Bandung, Medan, Surabaya, and Jakarta. Four cities also added as a special hunt auditions, those cities are Yogyakarta, Kupang, Makassar, and Ambon. Those who passed their first audition would go in front of the experts in Room Auditions.

The open call auditions were held in the following locations:^[1]

Room Auditions

The room auditions aired over five episodes from 17 December 2018 until 24 January 2019. The contestants who passed the first auditions then asked to sing their chosen song, and then at the end the experts would comment and also decided whether the contestant could go to the next round with a yes or a no. The contestant that received at least three yeses advanced to the Live Auditions. 70 soloist, duos, and group bands later selected to go through to the Live Auditions.

Live Auditions

Each performance begins with the contestant singing behind a screen ("The Wall"). Once the contestant reaches 70% of "Yes" votes, the wall was raised and the contestant goes to the next round of the competition. Alongside the viewers' vote, four of the experts have 5% of the vote each, which will be added should they vote "Yes". New twist was added this season, each experts had a golden arrow vote to immediately save a contestant who failed to reach the minimum bar to open the wall.

Color key

	Expert gave a yes vote
	Expert gave a no vote
	Expert gave the golden arrow vote
	Contestant advanced to the next round
	Contestant advanced to the next round after received the golden arrow vote
	Contestant was eliminated

Live Auditions 1 (Jan. 7)

Order	Contestant	Age	Hometown	Song	Score	Expert Vote				Result
						Judika	Rossa	Nazril Irham	Yovie Widianto
1	Jacqueline Caroline	16	Batam	"I'd Rather Go Blind"	47%					Golden Vote
2	Adriansyah Alfaridzi	25	Bekasi	"I'll Never Love Again"	27%					Eliminated
3	Rayfa Qadra	17	Medan	"Mantan Terindah"	43%					Eliminated
4	Sasya Sava	19	Jakarta	"Takkan Terganti"	42%					Eliminated
5	Fathdina Kartika	17	Malang	"Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing"	44%					Eliminated
6	Ringga Desilina	41	Jakarta	"Piece Of My Heart"	41%					Eliminated
7	Angeline Victoria	15	Surabaya	"Ride"	77%					Advanced
8	Krishna Mukti	22	Denpasar	"Let It Be"	83%					Advanced
9	Febrian Naben	18	Poso	"Jadi Gila"	59%					Eliminated
10	Cantika Salma	16	Kediri	"Bukan Untukku"	76%					Advanced
11	Achmad Ma'mun	28	Bandung	"Adventure of a Lifetime"	90%					Advanced

Live Auditions 2 (Jan. 8)

Order	Contestant	Age	Hometown	Song	Score	Expert Vote				Result
						Judika	Rossa	Nazril Irham	Yovie Widianto
1	Salwa Jasmine	17	Malang	"Royals"	80%					Advanced
2	Ellan Palestina	27	Bekasi	"Jadi Aku Sebentar Saja"	82%					Advanced
3	Igan Andhika	17	Bogor	"It Will Rain"	90%					Advanced
4	Sadirono	24 & 25	Yogyakarta	"Havana" / "Cinta"	49%					Eliminated
5	Reza Dharmawangsa	20	Bandung	"Die in Your Arms"	79%					Advanced
6	Parto Fransiskus	15	Bekasi	"Feeling Good"	91%					Advanced
7	Shelby Aditya	20	Bandung	"Ddu-Du Ddu-Du"	73%					Advanced
8	Indah Aqila	18	Medan	"Warrior"	78%					Advanced
9	Dewa Krisna	22	Gianyar	"Kangen (Ku Akan Datang)"	75%					Advanced
10	Fadilah Khalda	19	Banten	"Don't You Remember"	90%					Advanced
11	Yohanes	19	Depok	"Always"	51%					Eliminated
12	Yenny Christianti	29	Jakarta	"All We Know"	76%					Advanced

Live Auditions 3 (Jan. 14)

Order	Contestant	Age	Hometown	Song	Score	Expert Vote				Result
						Judika	Rossa	Nazril Irham	Yovie Widianto
1	Tarishah Firdianti	15	Malang	"Jangan"	60%					Eliminated
2	Elvan Saragih	19	Jakarta	"Every Time I Close My Eyes"	86%					Advanced
3	Inggrid Wakano	19	Kupang	"Selalu Cinta"	88%					Advanced
4	Muhammad Zayyan	18	Tangerang	"Topik Semalam"	45%					Eliminated
5	Mirriam Eka	19	Yogyakarta	"Sebuah Rasa"	70%					Advanced
6	R&D	23 & 26	Kupang	"Get Up, Stand Up"	86%					Advanced
7	She's Bro	22-24	Pontianak	"Story of My Life"	77%					Advanced
8	Vilmasheila Vereira	17	Yogyakarta	"Gloomy Sunday"	45%					Eliminated
9	Alya Bintang	15	Boyolali	"Something's Got a Hold on Me"	81%					Advanced
10	Lucas Hutauruk	21	Medan	"Jangan Berhenti Mencintaiku"	32%					Eliminated
11	Fenny Febiany	31	Surabaya	"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"	46%					Eliminated

Live Auditions 4 (Jan. 15)

Order	Contestant	Age	Hometown	Song	Score	Expert Vote				Result
						Judika	Rossa	Nazril Irham	Yovie Widianto
1	Efo Lala	23	Medan	"Flying Without Wings"	58%					Eliminated
2	Waode Hasriani	17	Makassar	"Run to You"	86%					Advanced
3	Yohana Tarigan	19	Medan	"Killing Me Softly with His Song"	86%					Advanced
4	D'Bamboo	21-30	Medan	"Have You Ever Seen the Rain?"	77%					Advanced
5	Novi Sundari	23	Medan	"Kiss from a Rose"	51%					Eliminated
6	Agnes Indah	19	Semarang	"Sandiwara Cinta"	80%					Advanced
7	Tongkat Kayu	21-27	Banten	"Bujangan"	60%					Eliminated
8	Windy Fajriah	18	Jakarta	"Brokenhearted"	60%					Eliminated
9	Alison Voices	18-22	Yogyakarta	"This Is Me"	72%					Advanced
10	Tiurma Panggabean	24	Medan	"The Scientist"	52%					Eliminated
11	Ayu Gurnita	16	Bandung	"Mimpi"	77%					Advanced
12	Aurelia Xena	18	Yogyakarta	"Don't Stop Me Now"	66%					Eliminated

Live Auditions 5 (Jan. 21)

Order	Contestant	Age	Hometown	Song	Score	Expert Vote				Result
						Judika	Rossa	Nazril Irham	Yovie Widianto
1	Truly Lidya	17	Jakarta	"Fallin'"	80%					Advanced
2	Suci Sitorus	17	Medan	"Never Enough"	75%					Advanced
3	Yemima Grace	17	Jakarta	"Jar of Hearts"	78%					Advanced
4	Galih Widya	19	Pemalang	"Gambang Semarang"	46%					Eliminated
5	Refo Abidar	19	Jakarta	"Gravity"	58%					Eliminated
6	Bryce Adam	21	Luwuk	"Ku Salah Menilai"	95%					Advanced
7	SAS	20-25	Jakarta	"God is a woman"	78%					Advanced
8	Syifa Afnan	15	Jakarta	"COPYCAT"	74%					Advanced
9	Karen Claudia	16	Bekasi	"My Everything"	84%					Advanced
10	Bagus Wicaksono	25	Tegal	"You're the Inspiration"	80%					Advanced
11	Yoga Yeristri	17	Tangerang	"Seribu Tahun Lamanya"	78%					Advanced
12	Maretha Primadani	17	Lamongan	"Side to Side"	60%					Eliminated

Live Auditions 6 (Jan. 22)

Order	Contestant	Age	Hometown	Song	Score	Expert Vote				Result
						Judika	Rossa	Nazril Irham	Yovie Widianto
1	Siti Rosalia	17	Mataram	"Roxanne"	81%					Advanced
2	Salma Faradhila	17	Klaten	"Rapuh"	79%					Advanced
3	Natasya Rachel	20	Surabaya	"Can't Take My Eyes Off You"	68%					Eliminated
4	Athifah Anggraeni	18	Makassar	"Benci Untuk Mencinta"	78%					Advanced
5	Indah Madya	18	Padang	"Cinta Satukan Kita"	34%					Eliminated
6	Vadhlil Amaya	26	Pekanbaru	"Englishman in New York"	77%					Advanced
7	Ratu Harahap	20	Medan	"My Heart Will Go On"	46%					Eliminated
8	Logonta Tarigan	23	Medan	"Dive"	83%					Advanced
9	Andika Irwan	25	Makassar	"End of the Road"	75%					Advanced
10	Ratih Pradnyaswari	21	Gianyar	"Best Mistake"	76%					Advanced
11	Reza Fahlevi	20	Banda Aceh	"Menghitung Hari 2"	46%					Eliminated
12	Yayang Caesar	20	Surakarta	"Shape of You"	93%					Advanced

Live Duels

Contestants who make it through the auditions are paired by the judges to face off in a duel. The first contestant to sing, chosen by a coin toss before the show, sings with the wall up and sets the benchmark for the second contestant. The second contestant sings with the wall down. If the second contestant betters the first contestant's vote total, the wall rises and the second contestant was through to the next round while the first contestant is eliminated; if the second contestant fails to raise the wall, the second contestant is eliminated and the first contestant was through. A new twist also introduced this season, each experts could pick two contestants who lost their duels, so there will be 8 wild card contestants who could participate in the next round, The Final Duels.

Color key

	Expert gave a yes vote
	Expert gave a no vote
	Contestant won their duels and advanced to the next round
	Contestant lost their duels but received the wild card
	Contestant lost their duels and was eliminated

Live Duels 1 (Jan. 28)

Order	Contestant	Song	Score	Expert Vote				Result
				Judika	Rossa	Nazril Irham	Yovie Widianto
1	Shelby Aditya	"Penipu Hati"	51%					Eliminated
	Achmad Ma'mun	"Say You Won't Let Go"	82%					Advanced
2	Parto Fransiskus	"Kemarin"	66%					Wild Card
	Alya Bintang	"Masterpiece"	71%					Advanced
3	She's Bro	"Akad"	76%					Advanced
	Fadilah Khalda	"Kekasih Sejati"	58%					Eliminated
4	Indah Aqila	"Tega"	47%					Eliminated
	Reza Darmawangsa	"Too Much to Ask"	87%					Advanced
5	Krishna Mukti	"Pupus"	65%					Wild Card
	Ayu Gurnita	"Jangan Rubah Takdirku"	78%					Advanced

Live Duels 2 (Jan. 29)

Order	Contestant	Song	Score	Expert Vote				Result
				Judika	Rossa	Nazril Irham	Yovie Widianto
1	Angeline Victoria	"Thunder" / "Young Dumb & Broke"	83%					Advanced
	Yenny Christiani	"Something Just like This"	69%					Wild Card
2	Salwa Jasmine	"Mercy"	79%					Advanced
	Mirriam Eka	"Bukannya Aku Takut"	75%					Wild Card
3	Yohana Tarigan	"Always Remember Us This Way"	73%					Wild Card
	Igan Andhika	"You Are the Reason"	85%					Advanced
4	Ellan Palestina	"Bamboléo"	77%					Advanced
	Jacqueline Caroline	"Nobody Love"	68%					Wild Card
5	Cantika Salma	"Bimbang"	69%					Wild Card
	R&D	"Inikah Cinta"	72%					Advanced

Live Duels 3 (Feb. 3)

Order	Contestant	Song	Score	Expert Vote				Result
				Judika	Rossa	Nazril Irham	Yovie Widianto
1	Agnes Indah	"Sway"	79%					Advanced
	Andhika Irwan	"Setengah Hati"	44%					Eliminated
2	Truly Lidya	"If I Were a Boy"	73%					Eliminated
	Alison Voices	"The Prayer"	83%					Advanced
3	Inggrid Wakano	"How Do I Live"	81%					Advanced
	Yoga Yeristri	"Back at One"	55%					Eliminated
4	D'Bamboo	"Rumah Kita"	77%					Eliminated
	Yayang Caesar	"All About That Bass"	79%					Advanced
5	Ratih Pradnyaswari	"Cinta Sejati"	38%					Eliminated
	Salma Faradhila	"Wrecking Ball"	91%					Advanced
6	Athifah Anggraeni	"Make You Feel My Love"	65%					Eliminated
	Bagus Wicaksono	"Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You"	79%					Advanced

Live Duels 4 (Feb. 4)

Order	Contestant	Song	Score	Expert Vote				Result
				Judika	Rossa	Nazril Irham	Yovie Widianto
1	Elvan Saragih	"Esok Kan Masih Ada"	78%					Advanced
	Dewa Krisna	"Imagine"	70%					Eliminated
2	Yemima Grace	"Because of You"	66%					Eliminated
	Waode Hasriani	"Broken Vow"	81%					Advanced
3	Bryce Adam	"I Still Believe in You"	63%					Eliminated
	Suci Sitorus	"Bias Sinar"	65%					Advanced
4	Syifa Adnan	"Dari Mata"	47%					Eliminated
	Karen Claudia	"Almost Is Never Enough"	87%					Advanced
5	SAS	"Mengejar Matahari"	64%					Eliminated
	Siti Rosalia	"How Deep Is Your Love"	84%					Advanced
6	Logonta Tarigan	"I Want You Back"	84%					Advanced
	Vadhlil Amaya	"It's a Man's Man's Man's World"	80%					Wild Card

Wild Card Round (Feb. 11)

Order	Contestant	Song	Score	Expert Vote				Result
				Judika	Rossa	Nazril Irham	Yovie Widianto
1	Krishna Mukti	"Heaven"	81%					Advanced
2	Cantika Salma	"Who's Lovin' You"	73%					Eliminated
3	Mirriam Eka	"Harusnya Kau Pilih Aku"	88%					Advanced
4	Vadhlil Amaya	"I Got You (I Feel Good)"	83%					Advanced
5	Jacqueline Caroline	"Stand Up for Love"	84%					Advanced
6	Parto Fransiskus	"Feel It Still"	77%					Eliminated
7	Yenny Christiani	"When You're Gone"	61%					Eliminated
8	Yohana Tarigan	"Titanium"	73%					Eliminated

Final Duels

Similar as The Live Duels in previous round which the first contestant sings with the wall up and sets the benchmark for the second contestant, and the second contestant sings with the wall down. If the second contestant betters the first contestant's vote total, the wall rises and the second contestant was through to the next round while the first contestant is eliminated, and applies to the opposite. The winner of this round will advanced to the next round, The Playoffs. And from this round on, the show only aired once a week.

Color key

	Expert gave a yes vote
	Expert gave a no vote
	Contestant won their duels and advanced to the next round
	Contestant lost their duels and was eliminated

Final Duels 1 (Feb. 18)

Nazril Irham couldn't attend the live show and replaced by Maia Estianty

Order	Contestant	Song	Score	Expert Vote				Result
				Judika	Rossa	Maia Estianty	Yovie Widianto
1	Inggid Wakano	"I'll Stand by You"	50%					Eliminated
	Salma Faradhila	"idontwannabeyouanymore"	82%					Advanced
2	Suci Sitorus	"The Power of Love"	55%					Eliminated
	Logonta Tarigan	"I'm Not the Only One"	84%					Advanced
3	Ellan Palestina	"Suara Hatiku"	52%					Eliminated
	Angeline Victoria	"Blank Space"	62%					Advanced
4	Agnes Indah	"Kisah Cintaku"	67%					Eliminated
	Mirriam Eka	"Ratu Sejagad"	75%					Advanced
5	Ayu Gurnita	"Cinta Pertama dan Terakhir"	56%					Advanced
	Reza Darmawangsa	"Treat You Better"	54%					Eliminated
6	R&D	"Could You Be Loved"	71%					Advanced
	Krishna Mukti	"Come Together"	67%					Eliminated

Final Duels 2 (Feb. 25)

Order	Contestant	Song	Score	Expert Vote				Result
				Judika	Rossa	Nazril Irham	Yovie Widianto
1	Salwa Jasmine	"Rumour Has It"	74%					Advanced
	Waode Hasriani	"Remember Me This Way"	73%					Eliminated
2	Karen Claudia	"Lay Me Down"	76%					Eliminated
	Siti Rosalia	"Menghujam Jantungku"	83%					Advanced
3	She's Bro	"Never Say Never"	68%					Eliminated
	Jacqueline Caroline	"Rewrite the Stars"	84%					Advanced
4	Alison Voices	"The Greatest Show"	67%					Eliminated
	Vadhlil Amaya	"Eye of the Tiger"	87%					Advanced
5	Achmad Ma'mun	"Everybody's Changing"	71%					Eliminated
	Elvan Saragih	"Chunky"	72%					Advanced
6	Bagus Wicaksono	"I Live My Life for You"	63%					Eliminated
	Igan Andhika	"All of Me"	88%					Advanced
7	Alya Bintang	"Mamma Knows Best"	65%					Eliminated
	Yayang Caesar	"Kala Cinta Menggoda"	89%					Advanced

Live Playoffs

After the final duel rounds end, 13 of the contestants that survived perform. The first 2 contestants performed with the wall up, after which the contestant with the lowest vote total was placed in the hot seat. The subsequent contestants performed with the wall down, and they had to beat the vote total of the contestant in the hot seat to raise the wall. If they succeeded in doing so, the contestant in the hot seat was eliminated, the contestant with the next lowest vote total was placed in the hot seat, and the performing contestant was provisionally qualified; otherwise, the performing contestant was eliminated if they failed to raise the wall. This continues until the two contestants with the lowest number of votes were eliminated. In this stage, each expert's vote added 5% to the total.

Super 13 (Mar. 4)

Order	Contestant	Song	Score	Expert Vote				Result
				Judika	Rossa	Nazril Irham	Yovie Widianto
1	Siti Rosalia	"Siapkah Kau Untuk Jatuh Cinta Lagi"	50%					Eliminated
2	Elvan Saragih	"Pada Satu Cinta"	76%					Safe
3	Salwa Jasmine	"Moving On"	55%					Safe
4	Logonta Tarigan	"New Light"	65%					Safe
5	Igan Andhika	"Seandainya"	72%					Safe
6	Angeline Victoria	"Selow"	61%					Safe
7	Mirriam Eka	"Somewhere Over the Rainbow"	83%					Safe
8	R&D	"Kugadaikan Cintaku"	81%					Safe
9	Jacqueline Caroline	"Shallow"	86%					Safe
10	Ayu Gurnita	"Butiran Debu"	73%					Safe
11	Yayang Caesar	"Aku Wanita"	51%					Eliminated
12	Salma Faradhila	"Diamonds"	78%					Safe
13	Vadhlil Amaya	"Haruskah Ku Mati"	55%					Safe

Super 11 (Mar. 11)

Rossa couldn't attend the live show and was replaced by Maia Estianty. For some reasons all finalists performed with the wall up.

Order	Contestant	Song	Score	Expert Vote				Result
				Judika	Maia Estianty	Nazril Irham	Yovie Widianto
1	Salma Faradhila	"Waktu yang Salah"	58%					Safe
2	Igan Andhika	"Kasmaran"	79%					Safe
3	Ayu Gurnita	"Cukup Tau"	54%					Eliminated
4	Angeline Victoria	"Everything I Need"	41%					Eliminated
5	Jacqueline Caroline	"thank u, next"	87%					Safe
6	Salwa Jasmine	"FRIENDS"	64%					Safe
7	R&D	"Kisah Romantis"	69%					Safe
8	Vadhlil Amaya	"Rude"	61%					Safe
9	Mirriam Eka	"Untuk Perempuan yang Sedang Dalam Pelukan"	59%					Safe
10	Elvan Saragih	"Can We Talk"	80%					Safe
11	Logonta Tarigan	"Fire on Fire"	86%					Safe

Super 9 (Mar. 18)

Order	Contestant	Song	Score	Expert Vote				Result
				Judika	Rossa	Nazril Irham	Yovie Widianto
1	Logonta Tarigan	"Better Now"	78%					Safe
2	R&D	"Rame Rame" / "Timur"	74%					Safe
3	Igan Andhika	"History"	81%					Safe
4	Mirriam Eka	"What a Wonderful World"	72%					Safe
5	Salma Faradhila	"Kiss and Make Up"	39%					Eliminated
6	Vadhlil Amaya	"How Am I Supposed to Live Without You"	63%					Eliminated
7	Elvan Saragih	"Love"	82%					Safe
8	Jacqueline Caroline	"Sorry Not Sorry"	88%					Safe
9	Salwa Jasmine	"Believer"	74%					Safe

Super 7 (Mar. 25)

Order	Contestant	Song	Score	Expert Vote				Result
				Judika	Rossa	Nazril Irham	Yovie Widianto
1	Elvan Saragih	"Jenuh"	82%					Safe
2	Igan Andhika	"One Call Away"	81%					Safe
3	Salwa Jasmine	"Finesse"	41%					Eliminated
4	R&D	"Long Train Runnin'"	70%					Safe
5	Logonta Tarigan	"Too Good at Goodbyes"	82%					Safe
6	Jacqueline Caroline	"Officially Missing You"	82%					Safe
7	Mirriam Eka	"Ijinkan Aku Menyayangimu"	64%					Eliminated

Semi-final

Super 5 (Apr. 1)

Order	Contestant	Song	Score	Expert Vote				Result
				Judika	Rossa	Nazril Irham	Yovie Widianto
1	Igan Andhika	"Thinking Out Loud"	82%					Safe
2	R&D	"Diana"	69%					Eliminated
3	Elvan Saragih	"Pillowtalk"	82%					Safe
4	Jacqueline Caroline	"Tersiksa Lagi"	83%					Safe
5	Logonta Tarigan	"Malaikat Juga Tahu"	84%					Safe

Elimination chart

References