Marie Antoinette Riana Graharani, commonly known as The Sacred Riana (born July 13, 1992), is an Indonesian magician and illusionist. She is best known as a bizarre illusionist, who does not break her creepy ghostlike character even offstage.
Her name as a magician/illusionist began to be known when she joined the magician talent search show, The Next Mentalist on Trans7, where Riana finished as the runner-up. In 2017, Riana joined the second season of Asia's Got Talent where she was declared the winner after beating the Filipino hip-hop dance group, DM-X Comvaleñoz, based on the audience votes in the grand final. Videos of her magic performances onstage have garnered over 70 million views on Facebook and YouTube.
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Personal life
Riana is the elder of two siblings. Since childhood, Riana liked everything about magic. She greatly idolized David Copperfield. Assisted by the guidance of her father, who was a magician as well, Riana grew up to become a magician, especially in telekinesis skills.
Riana's gimmick is a reference of Sadako from the Japanese horror classic The Ring, with a similarity to her long hair falling in front of her face, while her doll calls to mind Annabelle from The Conjuring film.
Riana and her manager chose "The Sacred" name because they think that doing magic is a sacred thing for some people.
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Typical character
Riana has a unique characteristic in every appearance, such as:
- Head and hand twitching movement
Riana has a habit of twitching her head and her left hand while she is walking or standing.
- Speechless
Riana rarely speaks. Not many words come out of her mouth after doing the magic act, even when she was announced as the winner of Asia's Got Talent. Riana still did not talk after the host handed the microphone to her. When asked if it was difficult to stay quiet for a long time, her manager replied, "She is a quiet girl by nature, so it's easy. She is not the talkative type."
- Vibrating voice
Riana only talks while performing her magic act onstage with a vibrating and unclear voice.
- Expressionless
Riana always shows a flat face expression while performing her magic act. This was even maintained after being announced as the winner of Asia's Got Talent.
- Standing style
Riana always stands with one of her legs bent.
- Long hair that always covers her face
Riana never shows her full face. She always appears with long and loose hair that covers most of her face.
- Typical clothes
Each show, Riana has a characteristic in clothing. She always wears a long-sleeved dress and white tights.
Shows
Riana has appeared on several television shows or joined several talent search shows.
References
External links
- The Sacred Riana on Instagram
Source of article : Wikipedia
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