Asia Bagus | |
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Presented by | Najip Ali (1992-1995,[1] 1996[2]) Tomoko Kadowaki (1992-1994)[3] Moses Lim (1994)[3] Sheikh Haikel and Ashidiq Ghazali (1996)[1] |
Country of origin | Singapore Indonesia Malaysia Japan |
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Running time | 30 minutes |
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Network | Japan - Fuji TV [4] Indonesia - TVRI [4]/RCTI Malaysia - TV3[4] Singapore [4] - TCS Channel 5[1] |
Release | April 1992[4] – 2000 |
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Asia Bagus! was a star-search program created by Fuji Television spanning from 1992 [4] until 2000 to promote young up-and-coming performing artists in Asia. The show broadcast once a week for 24 episodes from April to September[4] throughout Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, Japan, Taiwan (from 1994)[5] and Thailand.
The contestants featured in the program were twelve[1] amateur singers[6] between the age of 12 and 25,[7] selected from 300 entries each month from the participating countries.[1] Each of the contestants were encouraged to sing in their native languages.[7] The prevailing champion over three shows went on to compete in a monthly run-off, while grand championships were held once a year. The grand champion of each year will record a solo album while the winners for the monthly run-offs will record an album together.[7]
Former hosts include Tomoko Kadowaki from Japan and Najip Ali from Singapore.[7][8][9] Singaporean Moses Lim also once co-hosted Asia Bagus in 1994[3] while 1993 champion Construction Sight duos Sheikh Haikel and Ashidiq Ghazali became the hosts for 1996.[1]
For the 1996 season, a new segment called Big Asia was added, where Najip Ali interviewed personalities from Asia.[1]
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