AF back

Change the format of the current load factor, an official announcement tomorrow

Although never announced the ninth season of Akademi Fantasia (AF9) as last season, the program's nearly two-year hiatus color television will return, soon.The matter was confirmed Vice President Business Malay Astro, Khairul Anwar Salleh to HIP. However, he declined to comment in detail about the latest season of AF following the official announcement will be made tomorrow.

    This is an opportune time to return the AF. "Khairul Anwar Salleh, Vice President of the Malay Chamber of ASTRO

Full comeback drama reality introduced in 2003 that we are talking fans, since lately. However, on average felt the presence of AF as irrelevant. This is because some participants including career look like a champion no where.
However, Khairul Anwar denies the allegations. She cites an excellent name in the industry stems from AF as Hafiz Adira, Stacy and Hazama.
"I do not agree when some say the presence of AF irrelevant. For me, it is normal that some players 'be' and have also not achieved.
"It's normal art world. Some participants picked a winner but has made its name as a singer. On the other hand, those who do not win are successfully carved a name. All this depends on the discipline and attitude of the artist himself, "he said.Khairul Anwar said Astro AF confident the new season will again trigger the phenomenon.
"During AF stopped, we conduct various studies and find a formula pushed back the program. AF become an important backbone to Astro and incidentally was already quite long we do not have a new talent search program except Raja Lawak.
"So we think this is an appropriate time to return the AF" he said.
Benefits of social sites pull fans
Not only that, Astro took the initiative to meet with the owner of the program in two times when participating in television markets in Singapore and France.Discussions are made for requesting permission to change the format a bit to suit AF new season with the current situation.
Khairul Anwar, however, refused to reveal whether the concept of 'confining' participants in a bungalow as possible at first to the ninth season, will continue.
"What would be introduced for the new season just revealed at a press conference later. So far what I can tell, we will change the format of the program slightly to suit the current situation.
"We will be using social networking sites as a medium to highlight the return program. Before this, we were not allowed to change the program format directly. It became one of the reasons why AF was a break.
"But after two meetings with the owner of the program, we are finally given permission to change the AF bit format," he said.

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