The tenth season of Akademi Fantasia, also branded as AF2013, premiered on 14 September 2013 and concluded on 17 November 2013 on the Astro Ria television channel. The season introduced Zizan Razak as host along with the new judging panel, Edry Abdul Halim, Sharifah Amani and Roslan Aziz.
This season is used a new format and different from previous seasons of Akademi Fantasia, this season is searching a new singing talent, both solo and duo, in Malaysia. Apart from that, this season are open to Singaporean. Unlike previous season which used Principle as head trainers, this season have "Inspirer", which include Faizal Tahir (Week 1âÂÂ3), Melly Goeslaw (Week 4âÂÂ6) and Siti Nurhaliza (Week 7âÂÂ10).
On 17 November 2013, Mohd Faizul Sany from Tawau, Sabah was announced as the season's winner and male duo, Azhael was the runner-up.
Auditions were held in the following cities:
-Candidates are free to sing any genre of song.<br /> -Participants also can submit their entries online by submit the link of their video (which has been uploaded into YouTube) via AF2013's Official Website. <br /> -Contestants were required to be between the ages of 18 and 35, and are Malaysian and Singaporean citizens.
(ages stated are at time of contest)
Theme: 15 Malaysian Icon<br /> Original Airdate: 14 September 2013
Theme: 15 Malaysian Icon<br /> Original Airdate: 21 September 2013
Original Airdate: 29 September 2013
Original Airdate: 6 October 2013
Original Airdate: 13 October 2013
Original Airdate: 20 October 2013
Theme: Duet<br /> Original Airdate: 27 October 2013
Original Airdate: 2 November 2013
First Round
Second Round
Battle Round
Theme: Solo & Rock<br /> Original Airdate: 10 November 2013
Original Airdate: 17 November 2013