The Sacred Riana was an illusionist from Season 13 of America's Got Talent. She was eliminated in the Quarterfinals, She returned for America's Got Talent: All-Stars where she was eliminated in the Preliminaries.
Background[]
Her real name is Marie Antoinette Riana Graharani. The Sacred Riana is an illusionist from Indonesia whose horror-influenced magic act was seen by millions when she performed it on Asia's Got Talent in 2017. She previously placed second on the Trans7 reality show The Next Mentalist in 2014. As she grew up in Indonesia she idolized magician, David Copperfield. Her long-haired stage persona is inspired by Sadako Yamamura, the antagonist of the Ringu series of films. 1
On December 14, 2017, Riana was announced as the winner of Asia's Got Talent Season 2.
Audition[]
The Sacred Riana's audition in Episode 1301 consisted of taking a photo of Mel B, and then placing several photos of suspected suicide victims in a murder case and had Mel B choose one of the many planted photos and different names on the desk. Mel chose the name Bob, and he was soon revealed to be the suicide and murder victim. The picture also taken earlier had the victim implanted on it the whole time. Simon Cowell buzzed the act. Although Simon Cowell voted "No," Howie Mandel, Mel B, and Heidi Klum all voted "Yes," sending The Sacred Riana to Judge Cuts. Shortly after the performance, Riana walks off the stage and the bowl where the picture was put it can be seen smoking and burning.
Judge Cuts[]
The Sacred Riana's Judge Cuts performance in Episode 1309 consisted of performing an illusion of playing with an imaginary friend. Her performance was strong enough for the judges to send her to the Quarterfinals.
Quarterfinals[]
The Sacred Riana's Week 2 Quarterfinals performance in Episode 1313 consisted of giving Mel B a voodoo doll in her likeness, followed by a swarm of Riana doubles coming out of the audience and swarming the stage as the real Riana ascended a wall. The performance cut to black after a scream of terror. Riana did not receive enough votes to advance to the Semifinals in Episode 1314, eliminating her from the competition instead of Duo Transcend.
All-Stars Preliminary[]
The Sacred Riana made her presence known in Episode AS04 following Human Fountains' act. Her Preliminary performance consisted of performing a spooky magic act involving the judges. The act ends abruptly with Riana vanishing on stage after putting a curse on Howie. Simon Cowell after the performance said that he pressed his buzzer during her act, however it did not work. She did not receive enough votes from the Superfans to enter the Top 3 of the night, eliminating her from the competition.
After AGT[]
The Sacred Riana competed on Britain's Got Talent: The Champions in 2019. She was eliminated in the Preliminaries.
In early 2019, she starred in her own horror film The Sacred Riana Beginning. This makes her the first AGT act to have her own movie. This would later be followed up by Grace VanderWaal in her appearance in the 2020 Disney+ film Stargirl. In July 2022, Sacred Riana starred in her sequel film titled The Sacred Riana 2: Bloody Mary.
Between 2019 and 2020, Sacred Riana was a judge on the Indonesia's Magic Competition Show "The Great Magician" alongside fellow AGT Quarterfinalist, Demian Aditya.
Sacred Riana also appeared on two episodes of Masters Of Illusion in 2020, with the first having occurred in Late May, and the second having occurred in Mid June.
In 2022, she would return to the Got Talent scene with her guest appearance during Fritzy Rosmerian’s Grand Finals Performance on Indonesia's Got Talent 2022. That same year, she would reached the Semi-Finals of the seventeenth season of La France a un incroyable talent.
After AGT All-Stars[]
In 2023, she auditioned for the thirteenth season of Italia’s Got Talent however she failed to reach the Semi-Finals.
Trivia[]
- The Sacred Riana is the first act since Diverse in Season 9 for which a judge tried to buzz but the buzzer was disabled. This is the first instance however in which the buzzer didn't eventually light up.
- The Sacred Riana is the first solo female magician to advance to the live shows. She would be followed by Léa Kyle in Season 16, Anna DeGuzman & Mandy Muden in Season 18 and Solange Kardinaly in Season 19.
- While The Sacred Riana is the first AGT act to have starred in their own movie, they are not the first overall as Ashleigh & Sully (formerly known as Ashleigh & Pudsey) were the first Got Talent act to have their own movie.
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