Wani Kayrie

Syazwani Abdullah (born 17 March 2000), known professionally as Wani Kayrie, is a Malaysian singer and actress. Her entertainment career began after winning the reality TV show ''Kamilah Bintang'' on Astro Ceria in 2010. He began to achieve commercial success with her 2015 single, "Jangan Jangan". In addition, she also participated in the first season of the ''Big Stage'' where she managed to win fourth place.

Career

Wani started singing at the age of 6. In 2010, she became one of the six contestants in the Astro Ceria children's singing competition, ''Kamilah Bintang'', among others who were the contestants are Didi Astillah. At the time she participated in the competition, she used the name Syazwani Sapari. She won the competition at the same time defeating five other contestants.

She signed a contract deal with Suria Records (SRC), a record label that Siti Nurhaliza was formerly its artist, and then released her debut single, "Jangan Jangan". The song was a hit with a total of 1 million views on YouTube within two months.

Wani represented Malaysia at the World Championship of Performing Arts (WCOPA) which took place in Hollywood, California, United States in July 2018. She was among the 15 selected to represent the country out of 30 contestants competing for a place overall. Wani participated in the first season of the Astro Ria's reality show for young singers, ''Big Stage''. Wani survived the elimination when the permanent judge, Siti Nurhaliza used the power of immunity during the quarter finals of the concert and managed to win fourth place.

After ''Big Stage'' ended, Wani together with Sarah Suhairi and Sissy Imann appeared on the TV show ''The House'' on Astro Ria.

She announced in January 2019 that she would not be renewing his contract with Suria Records which was due to expire in September. Wani is one of the 10 contestants of Astro Dia's dance and singing reality show ''Dansa Dan Sing'' where she collaborates with four dancers known as Delitz.

Wani also dabbled in acting when she took her role as Fatin in ''Melastik Ke Hatimu'' with her ''Big Stage'' counterpart, Andi Bernadee. She also played a min9r role as a birthday party guest in the film ''Manisnya Cinta Di Cappadoccia'' (2014) directed by Bernard Chauly, starring Fazura and Lisa Surihani.

Starting February 2021, Wani became one of the presenters of the ''Road To Success'' show on DidikTV KPM along with Sissy Imann, Afieq Shazwan and Akhmal Nazri.

Wani signed a contract with Rocketfuel Entertainment and came out with the song "Jangan Terlepas Pandang" which was also her first recording with the label after leaving Suria Records. Released in November 2021, this song became the theme song for ''Dukun Diva'' drama series.

''Big Stage'' (season 1)

List of songs assigned to be performed by her during the ''Big Stage'' weekly concert:

Personal life

Wani was born in Sandakan, Sabah and grew up in Petaling Jaya, Selangor. Her father died when Wani was only one year old. She received an excellent result of 7A in the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) at the Sri Aman National Girls' School, Petaling Jaya. She obtained A results in the subjects of Malay, English, Islamic Education, History, Science, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Islamic Tasawwur. In addition, she also recorded a B result in the Mathematics subject and a C+ in the Accounts subject. She is a graduate of Law Foundation at Management & Science University (MSU). In addition, Wani is also a bowling athlete and once represented Selangor.

Discography

Filmography

Film

Drama

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{Facebook, WaniKayrieOfficial, Official website

Malay-language singers
21st-century Malaysian actresses
21st-century Malaysian women singers
People from Selangor
People from Sabah
Malaysian Muslims
Malaysian people of Malay descent
Living people
2000 births