One in a Million (Malaysian TV series)
| One in a Million | |
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| Directed by |  Sunil Kumar Michael Christian Simon |
| Presented by | Awal Ashaari Marion Caunter |
| Starring | Syafinaz Selamat Paul Moss |
| No. of episodes | 18 (as of end of Season 1) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Sunil Kumar |
| Running time | Varies |
| Original release | |
| Network | 8TV |
| Release | May 26, 2006 – Present, renewed for a second season |
One in a Million, Malaysia's first ever reality singing competition to offer a RM 1,000,000 prize to the winner, is on the lookout for a singing superstar. This is also the first reality singing competition that allows viewers to vote in as well as to vote out the contestants. The first season of the reality show began its audition in April 2006 and began airing on Malaysia's terrestrial TV station, 8TV, May 26, 2006. The judges are Syafinaz Selamat and Paul Moss.
It will return for a second season in 2007[1]. Auditions for the second season begins in August 2007. Marion Caunter will most likely not return as host for the second season as Caunter has now moved to Channel V.
Cast
Judges
Syafinaz Selamat
A familiar face in the local classical and contemporary music scenes, Syafinaz Selamat is a music degree graduate from MARA University of Technology. She has been under the tutelage of Siti Chairani Proehoeman (voice) and Muzaffar Abdullah (pianoforte), veterans in the Malaysian music education and classical performance scene.
Syafinaz is a lyrical soprano, whose performance repertoire includes arias for operas from composers such as Mozart, Puccini, Bellini, Delibes and Verdi. She was chosen to play the role of the soprano solo in the Carl Offs “Carmina Burana” with 100 choir members and the National Symphony Orchestra of Malaysia, conducted by reputed Australian conductor Roland Peelman.
She’s also a prominent singer and host of several musical entertainment shows. Her career achievements as a singer include a Gold Medal in the R&B/Pop/Rock/Contemporary category during the World Championships of Performing Arts in Los Angeles in 1999. Additionally, she’s been twice nominated in the AIM for Best Female Vocal in an Album.
She’s currently a lecturer at the MARA University of Technology, The National Arts Academy and advisor and vocal master of The National Choir of Malaysia, and is working on her new album.
Syafinaz has also extensive experience as a judge, having been a judge for: “Akademi Fantasia 3”, “Akademi Fantasia 4”. “Who Will Win”, “Mentor” and the voice trainer/music advisor for “Audition II”.
Paul Moss
Paul Moss is famous for not mincing his words to wannabe singers. Though already long renowned as a music producer, Paul Moss really shot to fame during his stint for the past two years as a judge for reality show, Malaysian Idol. He was memorable as the guy who shot down the dreamers from the Real McCoys.
But Paul Moss’ history in music goes back way longer. The New Zealander broke into the scene as a member of the then immensely popular band, ‘Aishah and The Fan Club’. As Musical Director and songwriter of ‘The Fan Club’, the band attained several Gold albums and won the Artist of the Year at the 1991 NZ Music Awards.
After crossing over to Malaysia, he became A&R Director of Positive Tone from its inception in 1994 until 2003. Paul Moss was the man behind the phenomenal successes of many local English acts since he was responsible for the artist signing, artistic direction, recording, production and content development of OAG, Too Phat, Innuendo, Poetic Ammo, Ferhad and many others.
His creative talent as a producer/writer/arranger also earned Anugerah Industri Muzik (AIM) nominations and Gold and Platinum sales for artists such as OAG, Innuendo and Juliet the Orange. Now a Brand Manager with 8TV, Paul Moss has all the experience, talent and pedigree to back up his job as judge for ‘One in a Million’.
Hosts
Awal Ashaari
Awal has been hosting several TV programmes and has appeared in several drama series and movies. In fact, Awal is no stranger to reality TV shows, having made it to the Top 30 in the first season of Malaysian Idol.
Marion Caunter
Marion Caunter who holds a degree in broadcast and electronic communications from Marquette University in Milwaukee, the United States, is no stranger to the entertainment scene. Apart from being a TV presenter, she was also 8TV’s urban content executive in charge of pre- and post-production of the stations in-house shows, Latte at 8 and Flava.
Caunter also hosted The 8TV Quickie which airs daily at 11.30pm on 8TV but left the show since November 14, 2006 for a career as a VJ at Channel [V]. She can also be heard on hitz.fm as a DJ.
Caunter will most likely not return as host for the second season of One in a Million.
The Show
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| Contestant | Final Performance Date | Elimination Date |
| Suki Low Sook Yee | September 22, 2006 (Top 3) | Winner |
| Faizal (Faizal Tahir) | September 22, 2006 (Top 3) | September 22, 2006 |
| Alif (Muhammad Alif bin Mohd Satar) | September 22, 2006 (Top 3) | September 22, 2006 |
| Dayang (Dayang Nurfaizah) | September 8, 2006 (Top 4) | September 15, 2006 |
| Farah (Farah Asyikin bt Zulkifli) | September 1, 2006 (Top 5) | September 8, 2006 |
| Azfar (Alif Asfar Bin Ishak) | August 25, 2006 (Top 6) | September 1, 2006 |
| Lokman (Mohd Lokman Aslam b. Abdul Mutalip) | August 18, 2006 (Top 7) | August 25, 2006 |
| Zai (Zaihanee bt Zainal Abidin) | August 11, 2006 (Top 8) | August 18, 2006 |
| Alia (Nur Hasliah Abbu Hassan) | August 4, 2006 (Top 9) | August 11, 2006 |
| Ameen (Shahmeen Shah bin Halim Shah) | July 28, 2006 (Top 10) | August 4, 2006 |
| Mimi (Norshammeme Arzeyana binti Shamsuddin) | July 21, 2006 (Top 12) | July 28, 2006 |
| Anny (Anny Johanna binti Mohammad Shariff) | July 21, 2006 (Top 12) | July 28, 2006 |
Season One
Auditions were held in two places, in Kota Kinabalu and in Kuala Lumpur in April 2006. Participants performed in front of two judges. Contestants who impressed the judges made it through the next round. Contestants whom the judges were unsure of were placed under the 'maybe' category where they performed again for the judges.
The contestants who got through to the next round, the Central Elimination, were split into groups of guys and girls. The girls went first. The contestants were split to five groups with eight in each group and only four from every group moved on. The same rule applied to the guys and only forty contestants moved on to the next round.
Then, the Top 40 contestants went through two more rounds of elimination called the 'Blind Test' and 'Style/Presentation' Test. In the 'Blind Test', the contestants had to perform behind a screen. In the 'Style/Presentation' round, two guest judges also judged the style & presentation of each contestant. Only 20 contestants moved on to the knock-out stage.
The Top 20 contestants were then ranked according to their past performances. The contestants who were ranked in the Top 10 got the opportunity to pick one of the Bottom 10 contestants to sing against. No.1 contestant Suki Low Sook Yee was cut after she chose No.11 Alif to sing against and No.3 Zai got cut after she chose to compete against No.20 Ameen.
In The Second Chance Show, the 10 contestants who got cut in the knock-out stage performed for 2 final spots in the Top 12. Suki was Malaysia's choice through viewers' votes and Zai was the judges' pick.
A special episode titled "Circle of 12" was aired. No eliminations were made. The viewers got to know a lot about the top 12 and why should they vote for them. It also showed the contestant in flashbacks scenes.
In the finals, the Top 12 would have to select a song which they had to sing in front a live audience. In the first top 12 eliminations, two contestants were eliminated. Each show that followed eliminated one contestant each week. The grand finale was held on September 22, 2006 at Putra World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur.
Suki emerged as the winner of the One Million Ringgit while Faizal and Alif received second and third place respectively. At the start of the grand finale show, Marion Caunter and Awal Ashaari announced that Faizal has the lowest number of votes for that week, but he was given a chance to perform for the grand prize as it was part of the pre-planned non-elimination.
Season Two
The second season is scheduled to take place at the end of 2007 and not mid-2007 at speculated earlier. The auditions for the second season have been scheduled to begin in August.[2].
Two more audition locations are added (Sungai Petani and Johor Bahru) compared to the only two last year. The following are the audition dates and locations.
- Le Meridien Hotel, Kota Kinabalu - August 19, 2007
- Cinta Sayang Resort, Sungai Petani - August 25, 2007
- Persada Johor, Johor Bahru - September 2, 2007
- Berjaya Time Square, Kuala Lumpur, September 8 and September 9, 2007
Finalists
Performances on One in a Million
Season One Eliminations
| Date | Bottom Six | |||||
| July 28 | Anny | Mimi | Alia | Azfar | Farah | Suki |
| Date | Bottom Five | |||||
| August 4 | Ameen | Alia (2) | Lokman | Zai | Dayang | |
| Date | Bottom Four | |||||
| August 11 | Alia (3) | Zai (2) | Azfar (2) | Farah (2) | ||
| August 18 | Zai (3) | Lokman (2) | Azfar (3) | Farah (3) | ||
| August 25 | Lokman (3) | Azfar (4) | Farah (4) | Faizal | ||
| Date | Bottom Three | |||||
| September 1 | Azfar (5) | Farah (5) | Alif | |||
| September 8 | Farah (6) | Alif (2) | Dayang (2) | |||
| Date | Bottom Two | |||||
| September 15 | Dayang (3) | Alif (3) | ||||
| September 22, Grand Finale |
Alif (4) | Faizal (2) | ||||
| In the bottom. Eliminated. | In the bottom. | In the bottom. Gained immunity |
One in a Million Diary
A spin-off titled One in a Million Diary debut after the Top 8 show during the first season. It aired on Wednesdays at 9.30p.m. and features off-stage video clips as well as exclusive weekly interviews with the contestants.