Akademi Fantasia season 10

The tenth season of Akademi Fantasia, also branded as AF2013, premiered on 14 September 2013 and concluded on 17 November 2013 on the Astro Ria television channel. The season introduced Zizan Razak as host along with the new judging panel, Edry Abdul Halim, Sharifah Amani and Roslan Aziz.

This season is used a new format and different from previous seasons of Akademi Fantasia, this season is searching a new singing talent, both solo and duo, in Malaysia. Apart from that, this season are open to Singaporean. Unlike previous season which used Principle as head trainers, this season have "Inspirer", which include Faizal Tahir (Week 1–3), Melly Goeslaw (Week 4–6) and Siti Nurhaliza (Week 7–10).

On 17 November 2013, Mohd Faizul Sany from Tawau, Sabah was announced as the season's winner and male duo, Azhael was the runner-up.

Auditions
Auditions were held in the following cities:


 * The Zon Hotel, Johor Bahru – 1 & 2 June 2013
 * Vistana Hotel, Penang – 8 & 9 June 2013
 * Merdeka Palace Hotel, Kuching, Sarawak – 15 & 16 June 2013
 * Promenade Hotel, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah – 22 & 23 June 2013
 * SACC, Shah Alam, Selangor – 29 & 30 June 2013

-Candidates are free to sing any genre of song.

-Participants also can submit their entries online by submit the link of their video (which has been uploaded into YouTube) via AF2013's Official Website.

-Contestants were required to be between the ages of 18 and 35, and are Malaysian and Singaporean citizens.

Students
(ages stated are at time of contest)

Week 1
Theme: 15 Malaysian Icon

Original Airdate: 14 September 2013


 * Eliminated: Sani

Week 2
Theme: 15 Malaysian Icon

Original Airdate: 21 September 2013


 * Eliminated: Darren

Week 3
Original Airdate: 29 September 2013


 * Eliminated: Iman

Week 4
Original Airdate: 6 October 2013


 * Eliminated: Nona

Week 5
Original Airdate: 13 October 2013


 * No Elimination

Week 6
Original Airdate: 20 October 2013


 * Eliminated: Irmisa

Week 7
Theme: Duet

Original Airdate: 27 October 2013


 * Eliminated: Suhada

Week 8
Original Airdate: 2 November 2013

First Round

Second Round

Battle Round
 * No elimination

Week 9
Theme: Solo & Rock

Original Airdate: 10 November 2013


 * Eliminated: Azhael

Week 10 (Final)
Original Airdate: 17 November 2013


 * Azhael was re-entered into the competition after scoring the highest votes through AFMASUK.

Hosts

 * Zizan Razak – Host of concert of Akademi Fantasia
 * Hefny Sahad – Diari Akademi Fantasia
 * Hanis Zalikha – TGI AF & AF Buzz

Professional trainers

 * Faizal Tahir, Melly Goeslow, & Siti Nurhaliza – Inspirer
 * Shafizawati Sharif – Vocal Presentation
 * Alam Wakaka & Suhaili- Choreographer
 * Fizz Fairuz – Drama & Acting

Judges

 * Edry Abdul Halim
 * Sharifah Amani
 * Roslan Aziz

Season statistics

 * Total number of students: 12 (14)
 * Oldest student: Faizul Sany, 28 years old
 * Youngest students: Rasmawatie Mohd Thamrin, 18 years old