Akademi Fantasia season 1

The first season of Akademi Fantasia premiered on 9 June 2003 and continued until 9 August 2003, on the Astro Ria television channel. It was won by Vincent Chong Ying-Chern, who defeated Mohammad Khairul Nizam Mohammad Wahi.

This season managed to cast as much as 4.5 million votes from the audience.

Students
(ages stated are at time of contest)

Week 1

 * Original airdate: 14 June 2003
 * Guest judge: -
 * Bottom two: Nurlizawaty binti Mohd Ismail (Liza) & Suriati binti Abu Bakar (Atie)
 * Eliminated: No elimination.

Week 2

 * Original airdate: 21 June 2003
 * Guest judge: -
 * Bottom two: Azariah binti Suaymi (Azza) & Nurlizawaty binti Mohd Ismail (Liza)
 * Eliminated: Azariah binti Suaymi (Azza)

Week 3

 * Original airdate: 28 June 2003
 * Guest judges: Ellie Suriati & Johan Nawawi
 * Bottom two: Adi Fashla bin bin Jurami (Adi) & Nurlizawaty binti Mohd Ismail (Liza)
 * Eliminated: Adi Fashla bin Jurami (Adi)

Week 4

 * Original airdate: 5 July 2003
 * Guest judge: Pak Ngah & Azhar Sulaiman
 * Bottom two: Suriati binti Abu Bakar (Atie) & Nurlizawaty binti Mohd Ismail (Liza)
 * Eliminated: Suriati binti Abu Bakar (Atie)

Week 5

 * Original airdate: 12 July 2003
 * Guest judges: Siti Nurhaliza & Azwan Ali
 * Bottom two: Rueben Thevandran a/l Ramananth (Burn) & Siti Harnizah binti Tahar (Nija)
 * Eliminated: Rueben Thevandran a/l Ramananth (Burn)

Week 6

 * Original airdate: 19 July 2003
 * Guest judge: Hanizam Abdullah (Berita Harian's Editor)
 * Bottom two: Rosmayati binti Sidik (Rosma) & Nurul Hana binti Che Mahazan (Nana)
 * Eliminated: Rosmayati binti Sidik (Rosma)

Week 7

 * Original airdate: 26 July 2003
 * Guest judges: Hattan & Ahmad Izham Omar
 * Bottom two: Nurul Hana binti Che Mahazan (Nana) & Siti Harnizah binti Tahar (Nija)
 * Eliminated: Nurul Hana binti Che Mahazan (Nana)

Week 8 (Semifinal)

 * Original airdate: 2 August 2003
 * Guest judges: Tan Sri SM Salim & Anita Sarawak
 * Bottom two: Sahri bin Mihd Sarip (Sahri) & Vincent Chong Ying-Cern (Vince)
 * Eliminated: Sahri bin Mohd Sarip (Sahri)

Week 9 (Finale)
1st Round Performance 2nd Round Performance
 * Original airdate: 8 August 2003
 * Guest judges: Ramli M.S & Erra Fazira
 * Fifth place: Nurlizawaty binti Ismail (Liza)
 * Fourth place: Siti Harnizah binti Tahar (Nija)
 * Third place: Ahmad Azizi bin Mohamed (Azizi)
 * Runner-up: Mohammad Khairul Nizam bin Mohammad Wahi (Khai)
 * Winner: Vincent Ching Ying-Cern (Vince)

Elimination chart
Voting Result in Rank Order
 * The student who is a winner.
 * The student who is runner-up.
 * The student who became third place.
 * The student who is finalists.
 * The student is originally eliminated but saved.
 * The student who is eliminated.

Hosts

 * Aznil Nawawi - Host of concert of Akademi Fantasia and Diari Akademi Fantasia
 * Seelan Paul – Host of Imbasan Akademi Fantasia

Professional trainers

 * Freddie Fernandez - Principal
 * Adnan Abu Hassan - Vocal Technical
 * Corrie Lee - Choreographer
 * Linda Jasmine - Choreographer
 * Fatimah Abu Bakar - Student Consultant
 * Siti Hajar Ismail - Voice Tone
 * Mahani Awang - Image Consultant
 * Roslina Hassan - Resident Manager

Judge

 * Kudsia Kahar