THE LATEST NEWS OF THE NEW CHAMPION - ONE IN A MILLION, AYU (NORAYU BINTI DAMIT) AND SHILA (NUR SHAHILA BINTI HAMZAH) WHO CAME IN SECOND IN OIAM

(Taken few latest snapshots of Ayu

(winner of One In A Million)

from 8tv

earlier this morning

during "Hot FM Radio")

The new One In A Million Ayu or her full name is Norayu binti Damit a Bajau girl who sang three songs during the finale of One In A Million which was broadcasted live telecast on tv8 from Stadium Melawati, 29th Feb 2008 from 9.30pm to 11pm. She started off the competition with her amazing talented voice singing the song "Samudera" a song by the popular Malaysian singer I like, Nora.

Her second performance was singing a song title "Ceritera Cinta" a duet song by Jaclyn Victor and Rio Febian but for that night, Ayu sang solo. Her third song was specially composed for her, "Hanya Di Mercu", composed by famous composer Aubrey Suwito and lyrics by Habsah Hassan.

She sang her new song so well and with her unique voice, she won the hearts of so many people and fans and in the end she was announced as the new One In A Million champion. Ayu is 19 years old and comes from Sabah. Ayu walked away with one million ringgit and a recording contract with 8tv Monkeybone music company.

The finale of OIAM was hosted by actor Awal Ashaari and television personality Marion Caunter.

Shafinaz Selamat is a music degree graduate from MARA University of Technology and she is currently also a lecturer from that University, The National Arts Academy and advisor and vocal master of The National Choir of Malaysia. Other than being a judge in OIAM, Syafinaz was also a judge before for: “Akademi Fantasia 3”, “Akademi Fantasia 4”. “Who Will Win”, and “Mentor”.

Paul Moss was chosen to be one of the judges in "Malaysian Idol" for two seasons.

Other than that he is also a producer/writer/arranger in music and who was also a nominee in Anugerah Industri Muzik (AIM) and Gold and Platinum sales for artists such as OAG, Innuendo and Juliet the Orange. He is a Brand Manager with 8TV. With all these experienced in music industry, Paul was also one of judges together with Shafinaz Selamat for One In A Million singing competition for these two seasons.

Ayu won the hearts of her many fans and supporters with 62 percent of votes against Shila who only managed to gather 38 percent of votes after the sms and fixed-line were closed for voting.

The second place went to Shila . The 18 year old Shila or her name, Nur Shahila Bt. Hamzah is still a student and she will continue her studies at KDU College. The 18 year old pretty girl Shila who is the daughter of singer, N.D. Lala had also been singing before as a recording artist in one of the Malaysia Records before entering One In A Million singing competition.

She was also given three songs to sing during the finale with her first performance singing a Spanish song. The second song that she sang was her new song, "Memori Tercinta". Her third performance that she sang, a combination of two songs "Stuck & Oops I Did It Again".

"Oops I Did It Again" was also sang before by Liza of AF1 during Akademi Fantasia singing competition season 1 few years back. It was started since 2003 and this year is the sixth year and Akademi Fantasia will start its new season soon and the contestants names will be announced on 10 March 2008. I wonder who will walk away with the new title as the new champion of AF6. It is still too early for me to think all of that just yet.

Shila's English song went well as a closing of the competition before the results was out. Other than Ayu, I also like the talented Shila's voice and I hope she will continue her career as a singer as well as a College Student.

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