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Indonesian team bring home trophy from K-Pop World Festival 2017
A team from Indonesia, which consists of singers Tiffani Afifa and Alfiandi, came out as the Grand Prize winners of the seventh installment of the K-Pop World Festival 2017 that was streamed worldwide on Friday via Twitter.
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Tiffani and Alfiandi during their performance at K-Pop World Festival 2017 on Friday, September 29. (twitter.com/IdEmbassy_Seoul/File)
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team from Indonesia, which consists of singers Tiffani Afifa and Alfiandi, came out as the Grand Prize winners of the seventh installment of the K-Pop World Festival 2017 that was streamed worldwide on Friday via Twitter. They were awarded a trophy and prize-money of 12 million won (Rp 141 million).
“Thank you so much for your compliments (ucapan). We’re so overwhelmed,” wrote Tiffani on her Twitter account. “Thank you for saying that you’re proud of us. This award is for you.”
Terima kasih banyak tmn2 buat ucapannya.We're so overwhelmed. Makasi udh blg kalian bangga sama kami. This award is for u #KWF2017Indonesia
— Tiffani Afifa (@tiffaniafifa) September 29, 2017
She also took a photo of the trophy and a bouquet of flowers. “Biggest achievement in K-pop cover life,” Tiffani added.
Biggest achievement in Kpop cover life. Thank you so much @KBSWorldTV for making it happen. And thank you @BTS_twt for giving us these ❤️ pic.twitter.com/QC08pszvoV
— Tiffani Afifa (@tiffaniafifa) September 29, 2017
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During the festival, Tiffani and Alfiandi performed Inferiority Complex, which was written by Park Kyung (Block B) and Eunha (GFRIEND). Both had defeated the other 12 teams from various countries, among them Turkey, Madagascar, Malaysia and Singapore.
Selamat pak, sudah bisa lega dikit yak? Wkwk @alphisugoi @tiffaniafifa #KWF2017Indonesia #KWF2017 pic.twitter.com/ImtjNWuF8o
— 에키 (@ekirawr) September 29, 2017
The Jakarta-born Tiffani often covers K-pop songs on her YouTube and Soundcloud. Meanwhile, Alfiandi often makes vlog's and reaction videos about K-pop celebrities on his YouTube account.
Located at the Changwon Sports Complex Stadium in South Korea, the K-pop World Festival was first launched in 2011. It is organized by South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and run by television channel KBS World. (asw)
