Harsiwi Achmad Reveals D'Academy 7 Watched 2.4 Billion Times, D'Academy 8 Ready to Continue the Success

Kapanlagi.com - The success of D'Academy 7 serves as a significant asset for Indosiar in welcoming the arrival of D'Academy 8. EMTEK Media Director, Harsiwi Achmad, revealed a series of achievements from the previous season, ranging from television ratings to millions of content emerging on social media.

During the press conference for D'Academy 8 at SCTV Tower, Jakarta, on Monday (29/6/2026), Harsiwi mentioned that the performance of D'Academy continues to show a positive trend. In fact, since the audition episode of D'Academy 8 aired, the program immediately became the number one show.

According to Harsiwi, the achievements of D'Academy 7 are proof that dangdut music still holds a very strong place in the hearts of the Indonesian people. The program even recorded a very large audience number across various platforms.

"This DA is extraordinary. We started with the extraordinary DA7, and last night we held a concert, which became the number one program. DA8, which we just started auditions for, is also performing extraordinarily," said Harsiwi.

1. Outstanding Rating D'Academy 7

It then presented data showing D'Academy's dominance over the past year. One of them is a rating achievement of 5.4 with an audience share reaching 27 percent recorded by D'Academy 7.

Not only successful on television, Harsiwi mentioned that D'Academy also managed to attract public attention on digital media. According to him, the total audience of D'Academy 7 reached billions of views, while its content was also widely discussed on social media.

"If we combine, there are 2.4 billion who watched DA7. Even in the regions, people are watching TV again to be able to watch DA. DA is not only top on TV but also on social media. There are over 8 billion people watching DA. Even those who create DA content number 1.1 million," he said.

2. Continuously Presenting Innovations

This success, continued Harsiwi, has not only produced new dangdut singers. Many D'Academy alumni have now developed into hosts, actors, actresses, and brand ambassadors for various products.

For the eighth season, Indosiar has again made several innovations. One of them is bringing back Nassar as a judge and involving D'Academy alumni as coaches and mentors for new participants.

"We have aired the auditions. Together with Mae Soimah, Wika Salim, and Dewi Persik. This has achieved high ratings and also become the number one program. This is a good start, hopefully even better," said Harsiwi.

3. D'Academy 8 Ready to Continue the Success of the Previous Season

It was also revealed that the enthusiasm of the participants continues to increase. This year, more than 9,500 people participated in the audition process both online and offline in eight cities. After going through various selection stages, only 53 finalists made it to the Final Audition round of D'Academy 8.

With this series of achievements, Harsiwi is optimistic that D'Academy 8 can continue the success of the previous season while also producing new dangdut stars ready to compete in the Indonesian music industry.

(kpl/pur/ums)