Background
Dewi Liana was born in Kuching, Sarawak to an Indonesian musician Yudhi Seriestha and Malaysian Bidayuh singer Catherine.
Dewi Liana was born in Kuching, Sarawak to an Indonesian musician Yudhi Seriestha and Malaysian Bidayuh singer Catherine.
Seriestha is a diploma student at Akademi Seni Budaya & Warisan Kebangsaan (ASWARA). 2005-2010
In 2005, Seriestha made her national television debut in a singing competition, Mentor, which was aired on TV3 (Malaysia). She was only 16 and was the youngest finalist of the show.
Seriestha also ventured into acting.
In 2009-2010, she acted for Malay drama,Kembali,Nilai Cinta Diana and Patung Cinta for Radio Televisyen Malaysia. In 2010, she joined a Sarawakian-based beauty pageant Mission Fair & Lovely World Harvest Festival where she finished as first-runner up and also a subsidiary title for Mission Talent.
2014
In 2014, Seriestha was chosen to represent Malaysia at World Championships of Performing Arts. On 4 September 2015, Seriestha releases her first single, Hati Telah Dimiliki on Spotify and iTunes.
The single is the theme song for a TV3 series, Waris Kasih.
In 2014 she became the first Malaysian to win the Mission World Talent title in Mission World 2014 competition. She won a national singing competition, Bintang Kecil RTM in 2000. She won the gold medal for classical opera, three silver medals for contemporary, world music and variety category (vocal), a special accolade under Industry Award and a medal for classical champion of WCOPA. In August 2014, she was crowned as Mission World Malaysia 2014 at Corus Hotel, Kuala Lumpur and represented Malaysia in Mission World 2014 in London. She won the Mission World Talent title and was named one of the Top 25 quarter-finalist. In November 2015, Dewi Liana was awarded Asia Outstanding Achievement Award during the Asia Golden Dragon Awards 2015/2016 for her series of achievements during the WCOPA as well as the Mission World 2014.