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The commercial of season 5 was firstly aired during the Asian Idol's commercial break. Online registration was open on the Indonesian Idol's official website. Audition started on February 3, starting in Medan. Daniel returns as the show's host, along with two new hosts, Dewi Sandra and Marissa Nasution. Ata is no longer the host because she moved to Australia with her husband. There were 15 cities which were visited for auditions. Eight cities which were opened for auditions are Medan, Manado, Ambon, Bali,Surabaya, Bandung, Palembang, Jakarta. Seven other cities, Yogyakarta, Malang,Madiun, Salatiga, Cilacap, Tegal, and Cirebon, were visited by an Audition Bus that would tour around. A Dream Box was placed in The Wave Mall in Bali for auditions. The judges for the fifth season are Indra Lesmana, Titi DJ, and Anang Hermansyah. The fifth season of Indonesian Idol started to be aired on April 4, 2008.
Top 12 Indonesian Idol 2008 contestants are:
- Patudu Syammayim HM/Patudu (19, Semarang)
- Obet JR Habibu/Beto (24, Ambon)
- Gisella Anastasia/Gisel (17, Surabaya)
- Dede Richo/Richo (18, Medan)
- Kunto Aji Wibisono/Aji (21, Yogyakarta)
- Dyna Fransisca/Dyna (17, Palembang)
- Januarisman/Aris (20, Jakarta)
- Jandri Fenly Makaruwung/Andy (26, Manado)
- Elizabeth Putri Estrya/Ibeth (20, Bandung)
- Thefanie Florina/Tifany (19, Malang) ~VOTED OFF (30 May 2008)
- Della Setia Kusumawati/Della (25, Jakarta) ~VOTED OFF (23 May 2008)
- Safira Rachma Rizkika/Safira (17, Madiun) ~VOTED OFF (16 May 2008)
Eliminated Contestants on The Workshop Round:
- Nur Ikwantoko/Lala (24, Malang) ~VOTED OFF (3 May 2008)
- Indra Cipta Gunadi/Indra (28, Yogyakarta) ~VOTED OFF (3 May 2008)
- TH Endah Paniwulan/Wulan (25, Yogyakarta) ~VOTED OFF (2 May 2008)
- Yuka Kharisma/Yuka (20, Medan) ~VOTED OFF (2 May 2008)
- Chandra Janaiver Singkoh/Jever (18, Surabaya) ~VOTED OFF (26 April 2008)
- Guido Firdaus Hutagalung/Gido (23, Medan) ~VOTED OFF (26 April 2008)
- Hatna Danarda/Arda (19, Madiun) ~VOTED OFF (26 April 2008)
- Mario Octavianus/Mario (24, Palembang) ~VOTED OFF (26 April 2008)
- Irene Karompis/Irene (21, Jakarta) ~VOTED OFF (25 April 2008)
- Twenty Sriwulan/Twenty (18, Bandung) ~VOTED OFF (25 April 2008)
- Agatha Nurdiana/Atha (19, Jakarta) ~VOTED OFF (25 April 2008)
- Reny Dara Agustin/Dara (20, Jakarta) ~VOTED OFF (25 April 2008)
