Asia Bagus

Asia Bagus
Presented by	Najip Ali Tomoko Kadowaki
Country of origin	Singapore  Indonesia  Malaysia  Japan
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Release
Original network	Japan - Fuji TV  Indonesia - TVRI/RCTI  Malaysia - TV3
Original release	1992 – 2000

Asia Bagus was a star-search program created by Fuji Television spanning from 1992 until 2000 to promote young up-and-coming performing artists in Asia. The show broadcasts once a week throughout Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Thailand. The prevailing champion over three shows goes on to compete in a monthly run-off, while grand championships are held once a year. It was hosted by Tomoko Kadowaki and Najip Ali.^[1][2]

The winners

Year	Moment	Place	The Winner	Runner Up
1992	1st Grand Championship	Tokyo, Japan	Krisdayanti from Indonesia Score 96 points, song "Learning form Love"	Dewi Yuliartiningsih (Dewi Gita) from Indonesia Score 93 points, song "Merenda Kasih"
1993	2nd Grand Championship	Tokyo, Japan	Construction Sight from Singapore Score 90 points	Niniesdian Ratnasari from Indonesia Score 89 points, song "I Have Nothing"
1993	3rd Grand Championship	Tokyo, Japan	Amy Mastura from Malaysia Score 87 points, song "Fikir Dulu"	Erva Yudhisa from Indonesia Score 86 points, song "Save the Best for Last"
1994	4th Grand Championship	Tokyo, Japan	Nisa Lin from Taiwan	Prilianty Chintya Lamusu from Indonesia
1995	5th Grand Championship	Jakarta, Indonesia	Tengku Shaharum from Malaysia	Imelda Aritonang from Indonesia
1996	6th Grand Championship	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Miki Low Leang Cheng from Malaysia	Eka Mairina from Indonesia
1997	Best Of Asia Bagus	Tokyo, Japan	Krisdayanti from Indonesia song "Merasa"	-
1998	7th Grand Championship	Jakarta, Indonesia	Ida Satrianti (Atiek) from Indonesia Score 92 points, song "Be the Man" (won via voting)	Ikema Akane from Japan Score 92 points
1999	8th Grand Championship	Bali, Indonesia	Rio Febrian from Indonesia Score 94 points, song "I am your Angel"	Alyah from Malaysia Score 89 points (won via voting)
2000	9th Grand Championship	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Caroline Gunawan (Alena) from Indonesia Score 93 points, song "What a girl want"	Gail Satiawaki from Indonesia Score 89 points (won via voting), song "This things called love"

References

1. "アジアバグース！". Fuji TV. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
2. Iwabuchi, Koichi (2002). Recentering Globalization: Popular Culture and Japanese Transnationalism. Duke University Press. pp. 100–100, 225. ISBN 0822384086.