The Sacred Riana

Marie Antoinette Riana Graharani (born 13 July 1992), commonly known as The Sacred Riana, is an Indonesian magician and illusionist best known for her performance as a bizarre illusionist.

Career Riana has appeared on several television shows and joined several talent search shows as a guest or contestant.

She made her television debut as a contestant on Deddy Corbuzier's magic competition show The Next Mentalist, which premiered on 17 November 2013 and was broadcast on Trans 7. She would go on to become the show's runner-up, successfully attracting the attention of the Indonesian public with her unique appearance.

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. There have been over 70 million views on Facebook and YouTube of Riana's magic performances onstage.

In 2018, Riana appeared on season 13 of America's Got Talent where she finished as a quarterfinalist. She was also the second Indonesian to enter an AGT's live show after Demian Aditya. On 21 August 2018, during the AGT Quarter-finals 2, Riana's act was abruptly cut to black and a commercial break before the end of her performance, which confused many viewers about what had just happened and quickly provoked a huge question on social media, but according to a set of production notes which have been posted on Twitter, the dramatic "cut-to-black" moment was actually part of the plan all along. She was also announced to be one of the participants of America's Got Talent: All-Stars and was eliminated in the first round of Preliminary 4 on 23 January 2023.

On 31 August 2019, Riana participated in Britain's Got Talent: The Champions and was eliminated in the first round of Preliminaries 1.

In 2022, Riana appeared in La France a un incroyable talent and finished as a semifinalist. In September 2023, she appeared in Italia's Got Talent on Disney+ but did not pass the selection at the end of the episode.

In 2019, under the stage name Riana Antoinette, Riana made her acting career debut by playing as Riana in The Sacred Riana: Beginning, which was released on 14 March 2019. She reprised her role as Riana in The Sacred Riana 2: Bloody Mary, which was released on 28 July 2022.

From 2019 to 2020, Riana became a judge in The Great Magician.

Artistry Riana and her manager chose the epithet "The Sacred" because they think that doing magic is a sacred thing for some people.

Riana has a distinctive appearance, characterized by head and hand twitching movements, always stands with one of her legs bent and a flat facial expression. Riana always appears with long and loose hair that covers most of her face. In each stage appearance, Riana wears a long-sleeved dress and white tights and also holds her doll, Riani, which wears the same style of clothing as the magician. When she speaks during performances, she does so in a quavering and unclear voice. 2019 Ini Talkshow On 13 March

2022 FOCI Halloween Party On 29 October 2024 Grand Opening BNS Hype MOI On 30 November

Bisikan Gaib XClusive As a performer

As both

Competitive and Got Talent appearances

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref 2018 Talent Recap Fan Choice Awards Breakout Talent Show Star America's Got Talent