Your Asian Idol: Hady Mirza

The first Asian Idol has been crowned and the winner is Hady Mirza from Singapore:

Singapore’s Hady Mirza has been crowned the region’s first singing champion at the inaugural Asian Idol competition in Jakarta on Sunday. He defeated five other Idol winners from India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Vietnam. The Singapore Idol Season 2 winner said: "The pressure I think is that it’s going to be shown across six countries. I started off being quite nervous. But then, as we went along, it was fine and I did pretty well. I think I did pretty well and I’m happy with my performance."

For more information on Hady check out the following links:

• Official site
• Fan club
• Wikipedia
• The Singapore Idol profile

For more coverage on Asian Idol check out these links:

• Asian Idol Offical Site
• Asian Idol 2007 - the Show
• Singapore's Hady Mirza wins first Asian Idol contest

Yeah: Get ready for your Asian Idol

It appears that Indonesia will be the host to the very first ever Asian Idol where singers from Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam will vie for the title of "Asian Idol".

Sounds almost too cool to be true.