Akademi Fantasia season 5

The fifth season of Akademi Fantasia premiered on 17 March 2007 and ran until 19 May 2007. The season was joined by new judges, Fauziah Latiff, Hattan and Fauziah Ahmad Daud, who replaced Adlin Aman Ramlie, while Aznil Nawawi returned as host for his fifth season. On 19 May 2007, Norsyarmilla Jirin from Penang was crowned the winner of the fifth season of Akademi Fantasia, making her the first female winner, defeating runner-up Ebi Kornelis @ Firdaus Yaimal. This season also featured Aizat Amdan, who would subsequently become the overall winner of 2009 and 2012 Anugerah Juara Lagu.

For this season, Akademi Fantasia was held from March to May, unlike the previous four seasons which were held between May and August because the producer did not want the show to clash with Malaysia's 50th Anniversary of Independence Day.

Throughout this season, as much as 6.6 million votes were cast, with 1.9 million votes received in the finale.

Week 1
Original Airdate: 17 March 2007


 * Bottom two: Adyana Khalid & Ebi Kornelis
 * Eliminated: Adyana Khalid
 * Quit: Wan Nurul Zhana Wan Mohd Hanizan

Week 2
Original Airdate: 24 March 2007


 * Bottom two: Mohd Syafiq Mohd Ramadzan & Norsyarmilla Jirin
 * Eliminated: Mohd Syafiq Mohd Ramadzan
 * Special guest: Mr. Yamada @ Abdul Rahsid Abdullah

Week 3
Original Airdate: 1 April 2007


 * Bottom two: Aryanna Najwa Ahmad & Norsyarmilla Jirin
 * Eliminated: None

Week 4
Original Airdate: 7 April 2007


 * Bottom three: Mohd. Farha Jasmen, Nonny Nadirah Zainuddin & Nurul Fatin Yahya
 * Eliminated: Mohd. Farha Jasmen, Nonny Nadirah Zainuddin & Nurul Fatin Yahya
 * Special judge: Prof. Madya Khairil Johari Johar

Week 5
Original Airdate: 15 April 2007


 * Bottom two: Aryanna Najwa Ahmad & Hasfarizal Ayub
 * Eliminated: Aryanna Najwa Ahmad
 * Special judge: Syafinaz

Week 6
Original Airdate: 21 April 2007


 * Bottom two: Hasfarizal Ayub & Mohd Shawal Ruslan
 * Eliminated: Hasfarizal Ayub
 * Special judge: Kudsia Kahar

Week 7
Original Airdate: 28 April 2007


 * Bottom two: Mohd Shawal Ruslan & Muhammad Aizat Amdan
 * Eliminated: Muhammad Aizat Amdan
 * Special judge: Salih Yaacob

Week 8
Original Airdate: 5 May 2007


 * Bottom two: Gadaffi Ismail Sabri & Mohd Shawal Ruslan
 * Eliminated: Gadaffi Ismail Sabri
 * Special judge: Loloq

Week 9
Original Airdate: 12 May 2007


 * Bottom two: Mohd Shawal Ruslan & Nur Heliza Helmi
 * Eliminated: Mohd Shawal Ruslan
 * Special judges: Loloq & Siti Nurhaliza

Week 10
Original Airdate: 19 May 2007
 * Fifth: Candra Clement
 * Fourth: Nur Heliza Helmi
 * Third: Muhammad Nur Aswad Jafar
 * Runner-Up: Ebi Kornelis @ Firdaus Yaimal
 * Winner: Norsyarmilla Jirin
 * Special judge: Mamat Khalid

Students
(ages stated are at time of contest)

Voting Result

 * The student won the competition
 * The student was the runner-up
 * The student was the first runner-up
 * The students were finalists
 * The student(s) won the best performance
 * The student won the best performance but was eliminated
 * The students did not participate in the concert
 * The student was the original eliminee but was saved
 * The student was eliminated
 * The student quit the competition


 * In week 1, Zana quit the competition a day prior to the first concert.
 * In week 3, there was no elimination. The accumulated votes were forwarded to the following week.
 * Week 4 featured a multiple elimination, the first and only in the history of Akademi Fantasia.
 * In week 6, the 'button system' was introduced in the concert to deem which student(s) did the best performance, an Akademi Fantasia first. Multiple students won best performance:
 * In week 6, Aizat, Candy and Mila won
 * In week 7, Aizat and Candy both won, but despite this, Aizat was eliminated after receiving the lowest votes at the end of the concert.
 * In week 8, Aswad, Candy, Heliza and Mila all won.
 * In week 9, Ebi, Heliza and Mila all won.
 * In the finale, Mila was deemed the best performer in both of her performances.

Hosts

 * Aznil Nawawi - Weekly Concert & Diaries
 * Linda Onn - Special Debate

Professional trainers

 * Roslan Aziz - Principal & Music Director
 * Shafizawati Sharif - Vocal Technical
 * Adnan Abu Hassan - Vocal Presentation
 * Linda Jasmine - Choreographer
 * Dr. Azahari Othman - Motivator
 * Fatimah Abu Bakar - Stage Presentation
 * Khairul Najmi - English Language
 * Jasmi Rejab - Fashion Stylist

Judges

 * Fauziah Latiff
 * Hattan
 * Fauziah Ahmad Daud

Season statistics

 * Total number of students: 16
 * Oldest student: Muhammad Nur Aswad Jafar, 27 years old
 * Youngest student: Candra Clement, Muhammad Aizat Amdan & Nonny Nadirah Zainuddin, all 18 years old
 * Tallest student: Mohd Farha Jasmen, 6'0.4" (184 cm)
 * Shortest student: Norsyarmilla Jirin, 4'8.6" (148 cm)
 * Heaviest student: Muhammad Aizat Amdan 216 lb (98 kg)
 * Lightest student: Norsyarmilla Jirin & Nurul Fatin Yahya, both 89 lb (40 kg)
 * Student with the most consecutive best performance: Candra Clement, 3 times
 * Students with the most collective best performance: Norsyarmilla Jirin, 4 times
 * Top 3's vote mean (excluding finale): Norsyarmilla Jirin - 7.0, Ebi Kornelis - 3.33, Muhammad Nur Aswad Jafar - 3.22
 * Top 3's vote median (excluding finale): Norsyarmilla Jirin - 6, Ebi Kornelis - 1, Muhammad Nur Aswad Jafar - 3
 * Student with the most consecutive highest votes: Ebi Kornelis, 5 times
 * Student with the most collective highest votes: Ebi Kornelis, 5 times
 * Student with the most consecutive bottom two appearances: Mohd Shawal Ruslan, 4 times
 * Student with the most collective bottom two appearances: Mohd Shawal Ruslan, 4 times
 * Students with no bottom two appearances: Candra Clement & Muhammad Nur Aswad Jafar