Rini Wulandari

Rinni Wulandari
Birth name	Rini Wulandari
Born	(1990-04-28) 28 April 1990
Origin	Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia
Genres	R&B
Occupation	singer
Years active	2007–present
Labels	SKY Entertainment

Rini Wulandari (born 28 April 1990) or known by her stage name, RINNI, is an Indonesian R&B singer. On 28 July 2007, she won the fourth season of the reality television show Indonesian Idol, making her the second female winner. She won the competition at the age of 17, making her the first youngest winner in Indonesian Idol history.

Biography

Early life

Rini Wulandari was born to R.Soetrisno and Sri Hartati Mardiningish. She is the youngest of four children. She came from a family of musicians. Her mother was a former lead singer of Quintana Band and her father was a bassist when he was young. Rini became the lead singer of Quintana, following in the footsteps of her mother. Rini graduated from SMA Negeri 1 Medan in 2008.

Indonesian Idol

Rini auditioned for Idol in her hometown of Medan on the second day auditions. On 5 May 2007, Rini made it into the top twelve of Indonesian Idol or also known Spectacular rounds. In the first spectacular round, she sang Warna's "50 Tahun Lagi". During the top 6 performances which was Percussion Night week, Rini sang a rendition of Gloria Estefan's "Conga" which garnered her a top 5 position. Other songs Rini performed on Indonesian Idol include Christina Aguilera's "Reflection", Mariah Carey's "Emotions", and Celine Dion's "Because You Loved Me". Rini made it to the finale and won the title over Wilson with 51.2% of the audience vote.

List of Indonesian Idol performances

Original audition: "Cintai Aku Lagi" by Sania

Week #

Song Choice

Original Artist

Theme

Result

1st Workshop

"Cintai Aku Lagi"

Sania

Personal Choice

Safe

2nd Workshop

"Kuakui"

Dewi Sandra

Personal Choice

Safe

3rd Workshop

"Percayalah"

Ecoutez

Personal Choice

Safe

Pre Gala Show

"Reflection"

Christina Aguilera

Personal Choice

Selected to Spectacular Rounds

Top 12

"50 Tahun Lagi"

Warna

Indonesian Top Hits

Safe

Top 11

"Antara Ada dan Tiada"

Utopia

Rock Week

Safe

Top 10

"Because You Loved Me"

Celine Dion

Voice of The Heart

Safe

Top 9

"Jera"

Agnes Monica

Dedication

Safe

Top 8

"I Love You"

Dewi Sandra

Four Decade of Music

Safe

Top 7

"Matahari"

Berlian Hutauruk

Movies Soundtracks

Safe

Top 6

"Conga"

Miami Sound Machine

Percussion Night

Safe

Top 5

"Cinta Jangan Kau Pergi"

Sheila Majid

Masterpiece

Bottom two

Top 4

"Seperti Yang Kau Minta" "Zamrud Khatulistiwa"

Chrisye

Tribute to Chrisye

First to Safe

Top 3

"Cinta" "Emotions"

Titiek Puspa Mariah Carey

The Challenge

Safe

Battle Cafe Show

"Lelaki Buaya Darat" "Tanpa Kekasihku" "Kuakui"

Ratu Agnes Monica Dewi Sandra

Personal Choice

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Grand Final

"Warna" "Because You Loved Me" "Aku Tetap Milikmu"

Sheila Majid Celine Dion Original Song

Judges' Choice Personal Choice Winner Song

Winner

After Idol

Rinni Wulandari has released 4 albums, ‘Aku Tetap Milikmu’(2007)‘Independent Part 1’(2015) ‘Independent Part 2’(2017) and her latest album SKINS (2021).

Rinni has another duo project “SOUNDWAVE” along with her husband, Jevin Julian. They met on the Producer/Remixer Competition on Net TV back in 2015. Since then, they decided to keep making music as a duo until now.

Through her career, Rinni Wulandari has been nominated in several music awards, such as AMI Awards, Anugrah Planet Muzik Singapore, and Indonesian Choice Awards. In 2020, she won AMI Awards for the first time as The Best R&B Singer. She also performed at Music Matters Singapore in 2015. Rinni performed for the opening ceremony ASEAN GAMES in 2018. She collaborated with other South East Asian artists for a charity single ‘Heal’ for COVID-19 in August 2020.

List of Asian Idol : Choice of Indonesia performances

Week #

Song Choice

Original Artist

Result

Premiere

"Andai Aku Bisa" "Crazy in Love" "Di Penghujung Muda" "Breakthrough" "Zamrud Khatulistiwa" "When You Believe" (With Delon, Mike & Ihsan)

Chrisye Beyoncé Knowles Samsons Nidji Chrisye Whitney Houston & Mariah Carey

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Finale

"I Love You" (Duet with Dewi Sandra) "Ketahuan" (Duet With Mike) "Do I Make You Proud" (With Delon, Mike & Ihsan)

Dewi Sandra Matta Band Taylor Hicks

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Graduate

In 2012, she is one of the small list of Indonesian artists with bachelor's degrees which graduated from Paramadina University, Jakarta majored in communications. "I'm relieved. I can concentrate more on my singing career now.

Discography

Albums

• 2007: Indonesian Idol: Masterpiece (Compilation)
• 2007: Aku Tetap Milikmu
• 2010: Idola Terdahsyat (Compilation)
• 2015 Independent Part 1
• 2017 Independent Part 2
• 2021 SKINS

EP

• 2023 Crescent