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= RIZ (SINGER) =

Mohd Idris bin Mohd Zaizizi, better known as RIZ, born 19th December 1986, in "Kg Padang Kunyit", "Grik", Perak. He rose to fame after becoming a runner-up in the sixth season of the hit Malaysian Talent reality show, Akademi Fantasia.

AKADEMI FANTASIA

In 2008, Riz went to audition for Akademi Fantasia in Kuala Lumpur singing,"It's gonna be me" by Nsync but his audition was not aired. He performed "Kasih Berubah" in front of the judges during the introduction round, With his pleasant vocal and huge talent, Riz succeeded to the next round.

His previous attempt to make himself known in the music industry began in 2004 when he auditioned for Akademi Fantasia Season 2.Then he auditioned for Malaysian Idol. He only made it until the top 50. RIZ never gave up hope. He tried again in another singing competition.Only this time,he joined a vocal group and that was also shortlived. In 2007, he came back to audition for Akademi Fantasia season 5 but only passed until the third stage. In 2008, with great enthusiasm, he came back stronger and more prepared to audition for Akademi Fantasia Season 6 till he was crowned as runner-up of the show on the 25th May 2008.

The songs RIZ sang on the show were:

♦ Audition: It's gonna be me by Nsync

♦ Introduction round: "Kasih berubah" by Ferhad and Pergi tuk kembali by Ello

♦ Week 1: "Ketulusan Hati" by Anuar Zain ♦ Week 2: "Separuh Masa" by the lima

♦ Week 3: "Dari Sinar Mata": BPR

♦ Week 4: "Marabahaya" : Pop Shuvit

♦ Week 5: Time is running out: Muse

♦ Week 6: "Memburu Impian": Kaza

♦ Week 7: "Seribu Tahun": Imran Ajmain

♦ Week 8: "Laskar Cinta": Dewa

♦ Week 9: Rock Around The Clock and Endless Love

♦ Final Week: "11 Januari" and "Hanya Sandiwara" (new single)

POST AKADEMI FANTASIA CAREER

Since early June this year till now, Riz's new single, Hanya Sandiwara had won the no 1 spot at C30 chart for a number of "twentieth" times already. His new single also had entered one of the most prestigious music chart in Malaysia, Carta Era.His single is currently at Top 2. Riz has expressed an interest in working collaboratively. He is currently seeking female voice talent for his multinational tour in 2009 entitled, "Puttin' on the Riz."

TV APPEARANCES

1. RIZ made an appearance in the current BOH TEA TV ad, a collaboration between Astro and Boh for AF winner and first runner-up.

2. RIZ was invited to perform live at Festival Filem Malaysia, one of the most prestigious movie award show in Malaysia.

RIZ with Dato Siti Nurhaliza @ Festival Filem Malaysia 21

3. At times, Riz also appeared on Aku Stacy, a TV program made for the champion of Akademi Fantasia.

EXTERNAL LINKS

* [http://www.astro.com.my/akademi_fantasia/riz.asp Akademi Fantasia: RIZ's Profile]
* [http://www.riz-angels.com/ riz-angels.com]
* [http://www.myspace.com/rizfanclub RIZ at Myspace]

FILMOGRAPHY

{| class="wikitable"! Year !! Title !! Role !! Note
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rowspan="1"| 2008 || Trek Selebriti || Riz (himself) || "Main Role"
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rowspan="1"| 2018 || Aku Stacy || Riz (himself) || "guest appearance"
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rowspan="1"| 2008 || Camp Rock the Movie (Malay Version) || Shane Gray || "Main Role (voice)"
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