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; Singapore - TCS-5
Original release	1991 –; 2000

Asia Bagus! was a star-search program created by Fuji Television spanning from 1991 until 2000 to promote young up-and-coming performing artists in Asia. The show broadcast once a week throughout Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Thailand. The prevailing champion over three shows went on to compete in a monthly run-off, while grand championships were 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	Sheikh Haikel & Ashidiq Ghazali (Construction Sight) from Singapore Score 90 points, song "Tequila"	Ninies Dian 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 Score 83 points, (Won via voting)	Prilianty Chintya Lamusu from Indonesia Score 83 points, song "I Know Him So Well" Tang Lai Ngor from Malaysia Score 83 points
1995	5th Grand Championship	Jakarta, Indonesia	Tengku Shaharum from Malaysia Score 89 points, song "Now and Forever" (won via voting)	Imelda Raggilia from Indonesia Score 89 points, song "Gairah Jiwa"
1996	6th Grand Championship	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Miki Low Leang Cheng from Malaysia Score 90 points, song "Pasti" (won via voting)	Eka Mairina from Indonesia Score 90 points Akiyo Hoshino from Japan Score 90 points
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, song "This things called love" (won via voting) Jirayut Namkong from Thailand Score 89 points

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References

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

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[1] "アジアバグース！". Fuji TV. Retrieved 2013-07-20.

[Iwabuchi-2] Iwabuchi, Koichi (2002). Recentering Globalization: Popular Culture and Japanese Transnationalism. Duke University Press. pp. 100–100, 225. ISBN 0822384086.