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Mendadak Dangdut (Suddenly Dangdut) is a 2006 Indonesian musical comedy-drama film directed by Rudy Soedjarwo and written by Monty Tiwa. Starring Titi Kamal , Kinaryosih , and Dwi Sasono , it details the rise and fall of an alternative rock -turned- dangdut singer and her sister-cum-manager.
Orkes Melayu singer Ellya Khadam switched to dangdut in the 1970s, and by 1972, she was the number-one artist in Indonesia. Her success, along with that of Rhoma Irama, meant that by 1975, 75 per cent of all recorded music in Indonesia was of the dangdut genre, with pop bands such as Koes Plus adopting the style. [citation needed]
Liga Dangdut Indonesia employs a panel of vocal and fashion judges who criticize the contestants' performances. This show received a world record from the Indonesian World Records Museum as "The talent search program with the most participants and from the most provinces".
The most successful dangdut contest, Kontes Dangdut TPI (KDI, later Kontes Dangdut Indonesia), is a version of RCTI's Indonesian Idol, in turn a version of Pop Idol. In early January 2002, TPI announced that it would broadcast Formula One auto racing, replacing RCTI from 2002 season.
Ida Laila — Female dangdut singer; Iis Dahlia — Female dangdut singer; Ikke Nurjanah — Female dangdut singer; Iksan Skuter — Indie folk/country singer; Indahkus — Indo pop/C-Pop/K-Pop/J-Pop female musician, singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, host, and doctor; Indra Lesmana — Jazz musician, singer, songwriter and record producer
Dangdut is a popular semitraditional music genre of Indonesia which is partly derived of Indian, Arabic, and Malay music in the late 1960s in Jakarta city. It consists of melodious and harmonical music with the main tabla as the percussion beat especially in the classical dangdut versions.
Koplo or dangdut koplo is a subgenre of dangdut, Indonesian popular dance & folk music, that originated in East Java during the early 2000s. The genre gets its name from the slang term "koplo" which refers to a hallucinogenic drug that is sold cheaply in Indonesia.
Lestiani better known with the mononym Lesti (born 5 August 1999) is an Indonesian singer, Dangdut Diva, actress, and television personality of Sundanese origin. In her earliest releases, she is known as Lesti DA (meaning Lesti Dangdut Academy) or Lesti Kejora (based on her first similarly titled hit "Kejora").