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Asian Idol? And the point is?
Bitched on: Monday, December 17, 2007
Time: 12/17/2007 03:18:00 PM
Reading the comments on Youtube about Hady winning Asian Idol is extremely disheartening.Time: 12/17/2007 03:18:00 PM
I mean isn't the show all about promoting and celebrating Asian talents? Now it has become nothing but mean and petty name calling.
Is it all necessary? Personally attacking Hady and his fans? Bringing politics and nationalism into the picture? Attacking Singaporeans as a whole? Using derogatory and other hate terms to put your points across...
Shame on you.
And isn't the equally immature exchange from the pro-Hady camp just as wrong? Lashing out against those in the opposing camp with snobbish retaliation. Stooping to their low and trading insults are never justifiable. Two wrongs do not make a right.
Shame on you.
Has Asian Idol bring more harm than good? Should we do away with it altogether?
I agree with Twinnie. We should stop all these World Idol or Asian Idol competitions.
They would just be bringing more animosity instead of bringing the countries closer.
Shame on us for allowing racial lines, national boundaries and hatred to overshadow the competition.
Now, aside from the rampant political strife and natural disasters across Asia, we have this to add to our list of problems...
We have totally missed the point.
Labels: Asia, Singapore Idol, Ugly foreigners, ugly Singaporean
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Huh? ... Yay!!!
Time: 12/17/2007 09:01:00 AM
Picture from the Straits TimesThree doors slammed opened last night almost simultaneously. My sister and I came out of our rooms and into our parents' room.
"Hady won!" we both shrieked. My sister was shrieking in excitement and me in disbelief.
Yes, my first reaction was of shock, "Huh? Hady? ... (3 seconds later)... Yay!!!"
I think the whole of Singapore (heck, maybe even Asia) must have collectively gone, "Huh?"
Come on, he is the underdog. But now that he has won, I'm definitely beaming with pride.
Of course, some people from other Asian countries were not too happy about it, making some theories of their own on how he had probably won and stuff (though rather negative and sore loser-ish of them).
So let me be 'neutral' and give my own theories.
- Hady is talented. If he wasn't, would he have won Singapore Idol? He is a good enough singer to win Asian Idol. Though I admit he might not be one of the top three vocally powerful singers (namely Mike, Mau and Jac; the latter more of shrieker than a singer), he is also not one of the bottom 3 either... wait... what am I saying? Forget I said that last part. Hady can sing. Period. Without the OTT vocal gymnastics...
- Singapore is the country where texting or SMS-ing is widespread. We are the kings of SMS-ing, we communicate solely by SMS-ing, its our way of life. Our thumbs have evolved to SMS very very fast for long periods of time. Also, we are one hell of a patriotic country. Praise the National Education system. Oh... and we are shrewd too. Most of us probably voted for Hady and another singer we think CMI (cannot make it). Ironically, this theory is what others are claiming to have made Hady won. That countries like Malaysia and Indonesia refuse to vote for other "stronger" and "worthy" opponents, instead opting for the "weaker" ones.
- The race factor. I hate to play the race card but it definitely plays a part. Malay-ethnic-Malaysians and Indonesians would be likely to vote for their "own kind" after voting for their own countrymen. Even Hady used the race card... saying his parents are Bugis (ethnicity from Indonesia). (To those who say that Hady won Singapore Idol because he had the entire Malay-Singaporean community rooting for him, I say you are an ignorant racist pig. He has non-Malay fans too and most of my Malay friends are Jonathan Leong's fans... Just need to get that out of my system before I hear another comment like that)
- Maybe, just maybe, most of Asia does not really understand the voting system. Maybe, just maybe, they didn't take into deliberation the percentage of votes per country is the system of counting the votes and not the amount of votes. Maybe, just maybe, they were like, "Hmmm... Singapore is small, so lesser voters... so lesser chance of him winning."
- Hady has the charms. To mobbing Filipino teenage girls and Malaysian makcik-makcik (aunties) and my dear sister, Hady Mirza, is cute. I think he's more than just good-looking, he is definitely a charming all-rounded stage act. And he has the humility; Jacyln Victor should seriously consider taking a leaf out of his book. Plus he didn't let the anxiety mask any bit of his likable and bubbly personality (I can't say the same for some of the other idols... They looked too nervous).
Likable, talented, confident and humble. What's not to like about him?
Well done Hady Mirza, for being the first Asian Idol. Singapore is definitely proud of you... (yeah, even Taufik, who is probably kicking himself in the arse right now, saying, "That could have been me. That could have been me...")
To those who are still slamming him, aiyah, get over it lah... title only what? Some more, you can sing meh? Bei song ah?
'I'd like to thank everyone and my fans for voting for me. Without them, I wouldn't be where I am now. I love you...see you all back in Singapore!'
-Hady's SMS to The Straits Times soon after his win.
Labels: Asia, music, Singapore Idol
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Go Team Singapore!!!
Bitched on: Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Time: 12/11/2007 09:48:00 AM
As long as you guys wear our National colours, doesn't matter which country you are born into, GO TEAM SINGAPORE!!!Time: 12/11/2007 09:48:00 AM
Special mention to the swimming, shooting and the gymnastics teams (the table tennis peeps had bagged all the gold medals, no surprises there).
Come on Team Singapore! 40 gold medals! We can do it!!!
Go Singapore Lions, we can beat the Thais again! We've done it all before.
See the up-to-date SEA Games 2007 medal tally here.
Stepping off from the sporting arena and onto the singing arena, GO HADY MIRZA!!!
Asian Idol 2007!!!
Note: some contestants in the video are not the ones competing like Indian Idol and Indo Idol.
Check out the comments written here.
Looks like Hady is one of the favourites. So what if he's lacking support back here, its not like we can vote for him.
Let the other countries vote for him lah, we just sit back and watch as he wins it and... Singapore bags 40 gold medals...
I'll just be sitting on my couch watching while it all happens. Some supporter...
Labels: Singapore Idol, sports, Team Singapore
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Thank God.
Bitched on: Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Time: 10/24/2007 11:03:00 PM
Thank you God.Time: 10/24/2007 11:03:00 PM
Fendi won. And Victor Tang lost.
Its not just a race thing, its about talent...
(fine, I stole the quote from the Repeal377A movement).
Proves to show that the majority of Singaporeans are not tone-deaf racist bastards. Or maybe all the mats and minahs pooled enough money to out-vote the uber rich Tangs family...
Whatever the reason, I'm glad Ken Lim is right. He is my Singapore Idol now...
PS: Victor dear, the show is called "Live the Dream", not "Buy the Dream"...
Labels: Singapore Idol
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Good for Hady.
Bitched on: Monday, October 02, 2006
Time: 10/02/2006 10:25:00 PM
Been a while since I have last updated the blog.Time: 10/02/2006 10:25:00 PM
So this entry might sound stale but I just have to say it.
I am so surprised that Hady won Singapore Idol by such a huge landslide (70-30 split).
No doubt Hady outshined Jonathan Leong during the finals (at least I thought so). And personally, I feel that he is the more versatile singer of the two (both are fantastic singers by the way, and I thought Jonathan was a tad 'fake' during the finals, like he was overly 'chirpy')
But, another Malay Singapore Idol?
Clearly I underestimated Singaporeans' 'colourblindness'.
But also add to that the judges' inclination towards Jonathan being the next Singapore Idol.
Admit it, they were already swaying towards him since Day 1.
And Ken was clearly displeased when Hady was eventually announced as the winner. Come on lah, his initial reaction of disdain was undeniable (on 'live' TV 'some more').
And he showered praises not to the winner but to the runner-up before bringing the newly-crowned idol back down to Earth with his 'stern warning'.
But what's the big deal right?
Wrong.
It didn't stop there.
He even said he wasn't confident of investing something he didn't believe 100% in a newspaper interview.
Ouch.
Poor Hady.
So why, Ken?
Is it because Jonathan would be more successful in the regional entertainment industry (read: Chinese entertainment scene; ie. sing Chinese songs which Jon, being the 'atas' uni student that he is, can't sing for nuts)
And also the last time I checked the atlas, Singapore's regional neighbours are not Hong Kong or Taiwan...
Hmm... I should really buy the edition that Dick and Ken have.
I did a bit of snooping in Singapore Idol forum (yes, I was 'inspired' to do so after reading a friend's blog).
And there were forums dedicated to anything Singapore-Idol-related (how 'no-life' is that?), from Gurmit's complexion to Ja-scratch-head-comments.
And the inevitable race factor HAS to be brought in; its disheartening to know, people still put importance of the colour of skin above talent.
"...another malay can't win, so Jon will most probably win.Well, it's like a pattern, one race will never win twice in a row!"
"well well well. another MALAY has won dis. well it *****s. no doubt i HATE malays. but i have to say taufik is way better. JONAHAN shld have won! y let the malay commmunities dominate the markets?! @ this rate...... 2 time a malay is winning. honestly i cant believe it. i hate hardy"
But that's just the few 'rotten apples' (no doubt i HATE racists).
Here are more comments I find rather interesting.
"I think you tok nonsense.if hady don't win mean singaporean racist?
so if chinese like jon win means racist? so every year must not be chinese
win right or else racist??I think like that not fair.if how come all the chinese go out first this year?you know how many chinese last year vote for taufik? how many malay last year vote for sly? so don't anyhow say we racist.i don't want to fight or anything but just cos a malay/indian/whatever don't win SI... everytime people say singaporean racist make me angry. also just
blame chinese only."
"...the Chinese DJs are really damn biased abt the Malays 'being united in voting for Hady'... the way they said it is as if 'only Malays
vote for Hady'. WRONG... some of my Malay friends actually vote for Jonathan, while some of those who vote for Hady are Chinese.""Mathilda d'Silva was definitely the best vocalist. Why did she get voted off so early? ... WHY did she get voted off? Could it be that she was Indian? That the people, being mostly Chinese, overlooked the fact she was in fact better than everyone else vocally and gave their vote to unworthier Chinese?"
"Why do so many people like Paul Twohill? He's NOT the best looking guy around, definitely not the greatest vocalist in the competition. People allegedly like him for his personality, but face it: outgoing and spontaneous as he is, he airs on the wild side-- especially by the standards of conservatively-inclined Singaporeans. Singaporeans have been accused of giving "special treatment" to "angmoh" (Caucasian). Is Paul cruising on that tendency?In other words, if he were as ...flamboyant as he is but full Chinese, or Malay, or Indian, would he still be as well received, despite his limited vocal abilities? Are singaporeans cutting him some slack cuz it's fun to have a crazy pseudo-angmoh around?"
See more comments at the Singapore Idol forum.
For those really-have-nothing-better-to-do (like me...).
PS: all the comment bad engrish not I write one hor.
Labels: race, Singapore Idol
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Gyming with the Idol-ed.
Bitched on: Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Time: 8/22/2006 10:26:00 PM
I was in for a surprise when I went to gym this afternoon.Time: 8/22/2006 10:26:00 PM
There he was.
Taufik Batisah.
Yes. THE Taufik Batisah, the 7-Eleven guy.
Haha...
OKOK. He is more than just the 7-Eleven poster-boy.
He is the first Singapore Idol.
Singapore Idol-ed, to be exact.
What he is doing now is anyone's guess.
Admit it, his star has lost its lustre.
But yet some of my female friends went gaa-gaa when I SMSed them to tell them what happened.
I was staring at him from the start when I was doing my warm-up stretching exercises to confirm my suspicions.
And he looked back at me too once in a while.
Maybe he sees the resemblance too... ehem...
Or maybe he was getting irritated, being stared at.
I wanted to check lah...
He looks like David Blane. With the over-mascara-ed eyes (though he claims to be au natural)...
He was taller than I imagine. And he looked beefier. When I mentioned that, my female friends gushed.
He was doing the bridges beside me with his buddy (one of the gym's many regulars I got acquainted with) as I was cooling down.
And he reeked... lol.
And we shared the same bench as we changed out of our gym clothes. I'm sure many girls (and some pink-blooded guys) will be dying to be in my shoes...
Now I can boast that I'm a member of Taufik Batisah's gym.
He is the third star so far to 'grace' my gym, the first being this hot Suria personality, what's-her-name (I hardly watch the channel bah) and this Channel 8 (or izzit U?) actor.
I'm not really a fan of Taufik. But I do admit I was overjoyed when he beat that what's-his-face-Sly (and I confess, I voted for Taufik 10 times, that would be S$5 back then, but in today's context, that would have been $6... Wah... 1 dollar difference le...).
However, now the poor guy has been reduced to a 7-Eleven poster boy and nothing more.
Any new albums in the future? It looks bleak.
Just wait till another new idol is crowned, (unlike the first American Idol) I think Taufik's star will slowly die off.
Speaking of the second Singapore Idol, I hope its going to be Hady. He can sing unlike two other equally popular guys in the show.
Unfortunately, he might have something against him.
Singapore wouldn't want another young Malay male to be crowned again.
Racist, I know.
Fact? I hope not.
Blogger's note: To respect Mr Taufik's privacy, the name of the gym shall not be disclosed. And I overheard from a conversation with his entourage, he would make it his regular gym.
Labels: Singapore Idol
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SINGapore Idol
Bitched on: Thursday, August 17, 2006
Time: 8/17/2006 09:10:00 PM
Dear Teenage Singaporean girls,Time: 8/17/2006 09:10:00 PM
Sigh...
I have heard about the increasing number of teenagers getting myopic in Singapore.
But what I didn't know is that you teenage girls are getting deaf as well.
Why just you, the female species?
Watched Singapore Idol lately?
You can notice that the really good FEMALE singers getting picked off the show one by one.
First Rahimah and now Mathilda.
I won't be surprised by an all-male final four or even five.
I blame you, Teenage Singaporean Girls.
Stupid. Retarded. Deaf.
I blame all of you for the dropping singing standards of Singapore Idol.
I blame you for keeping the equally retarded and (tone) deaf Paul Twohill and Joakim Gomez in the show.
Admit it! They can't SING!!!!
And you have to be able to SING to be a SINGapore Idol!!!!
Stop wasting your parents' (hard-earned) money!!!
Donate the money instead!!!
Or pay for the surgery to dig all your ear wax out!
Stop keeping these two clowns in!
Sincerely, Angry Shazi
(who refuse to pay 60 damn cents to vote at all)
Labels: Singapore Idol
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Singapore Idle: Too Old
Bitched on: Monday, August 07, 2006
Time: 8/07/2006 12:01:00 AM
Is it me or do I feel too old for Singapore Idol?Time: 8/07/2006 12:01:00 AM
I have a headache (for God's sake) whenever the show is on (even when the commercial is shown)...
I kid you not.
I have to turn down the volume a notch otherwise my eardrums would explode...
Not because of the incompetent singing or Ja's nonsensical ramblings, but because of all those teenage girls screaming!
You know you are old when all the incessant (like-kena-raped) screamings can give you a migraine.
You also know that you are old when you feel that fantasizing about being with one of the female contestant on the show is illegal. You feel like a paedophile...
I feel old, watching the show.
So old, the only person I feel like I can relate to on the show is Gurmit and the four has-been judges.
Speaking of Gurmit, he should seriously step down as the host.
Not only is he like... balding, he is just not cool enough.
Make way for Daniel Ong, man.
He is the man. Fake American slang and all...
Which made me thinking, is the 10 cents hike (for each voting SMS or call) to pay for another (almost redundant) host?
Not only are we (when I say 'we', I don't mean myself) paying more, we (me included) are honestly listening to worse contestants than previous season, not to mention Jacintha's zen-like (or izzit drunk-like) comments (...bullshit...).
What's up with that woman?
Her comments are as useful as the human gall bladder.
Totally nonsensical, unconstructive and she is most likely to make anyone go, "HUH?" after she's done commenting.
But back to the singing hopeless, I mean, hopefuls, except for Hadi, Jonathan and Rahimah, the rest pretty much sucked.
Mathilda is a tad showoff-y but I have to admit, she is the show's singing diva.
However, her time is coming really soon.
Thankfully, Emilee is out. I was afraid she would be like last season's infamous Jerry. The weakest singer with a huge and questionable fan base.
Poor girl is always booed by the mostly teenage girl audience because
A. She's the oldest (28, Jay is 27, 'coincidentally', he's out too...)
B. She's a woman (not a cookie cutter boyband member)
C. She can't sing for nuts
Speaking of can't sing for nuts, there's Joakim and Paul.
What's up with this?
Why in the world are they still around?
More importantly, why do girls (my 20-something sister included) find Paul Twohill irresistibly cute?
What's up with the hair, dude?
It must be because of I-must-fast-to-save-money-to-vote-for-(insert name)-girls who are
A. Stick thin from all the fasting
B. Deaf and/or blind and/or mute (from all the screaming)
C. below 15.
Is Singapore Idol turning out to be another teenage-dominated-talentless-popularity-contest 'talent' show?
I'm beginning to think so.
And the producers of the show must really be patting themselves on the back for accomplishing this.
Who wouldn't?
Its like stealing a candy from a baby.
In this case, it would be like 'stealing' money from stupid teenagers who are still tied to their parents' purse string.
The producers are really doing everything they can to commercialise and advertise Singapore Idol to the teenage public.
From roadshows selling Singapore Idol merchandise for the 'idols' to sign on, to Singapore Idol websites (which you have to pay to join as a member, gee... retarded teens wouldn't even think twice).
The 'idols'-mania has even invaded the blogosphere.
They have had everything covered.
What next?
Pay a members-fee to know what undergarments your 'idols' are wearing?
Oh wait, they HAVE done that, they have stooped to that low.
PS: One major major complaint from me.
Can they screen the people entering the pit (the area surrounding the stage)?
Some of the audience look half dead when the 'idols' are singing.
Some are just too fugly.
And too old...
Oopps...
Labels: Singapore Idol
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Singapore 'Idle'
Bitched on: Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Time: 5/23/2006 09:39:00 PM
To my foreign friends and those studying overseas (also to those who are just so 'suay' (unlucky) to not catch the show's premiere on Sunday and its repeat on Tuesday)!Time: 5/23/2006 09:39:00 PM
I have a treat for you guys.
The Singapore Idol 2006 auditions!!!
Go watch it and laugh-till-you-piss-in-your-pants!
This year we have a lot of tone-deaf 'singing' hopefuls, lotsa bad diction, never-say-die-rejects from Singapore Idol Season 1, unbelievably shameless 'models', a cowboy (with broken accented American English, contradicting, I know) and a kungfu rapper (complete with tiny nunchakus)...
And the list goes on...
So to those who missed the 1 hour of 'mess' (you pass of as a talent show), here are the highlights of the show.
Bad diction and 'salah' (wrong) intonation (either beng or mat-accented, all these 'singers' would have Raffles turning in his grave!).
Guest-starring Mr Nong-Nong Ago...
Singapore Cowboy VS Kungfu Rapper (self-explanatory).
The Model (yucks... he makes me puke!)
He should get a mirror like this Mirror-Boy (or is he a girl?)
There is something so so wrong with this androgynous boy (or girl, wadeva) with roller shoes!
(All these clips courtesy of Singaporebeauty)
And here are more clips to humour yourself with (on YouTube).
Plus never-before-seen-on-TV clips (courtesy of Idol on Demand).
While watching this show, I had these nagging thoughts, Singapore Idol's standard is so much lower than American Idol and also what planet are these losers from???
Most of them dress as if they come from Hollywood or Japan, they have no singing talents at all (are all their friends and family members deaf? Or maybe they don't have any friends...) and most of them have two left feet (no rhythm at all).
And they come out disappointed from the audition, rejected and in awe as if the judges' honest criticsms are ludicrous.
Please lah...
Dig your ears lah...
If you can't take criticsms, don't join at all.
Aiyoh... So shameless.
So admirably fearless, but so delusional nevertheless.
I am not trying to bring these people down cause I am bringing these people down.
Back to earth.
They need a realtiy check!!!
Oh, if you seriously have a lot of time and plenty of money to waste, go log on to SingaporeIdol.com.
Speaking of American Idol earlier on, (are you, Americans, deaf?) why did you let two of the greatest singers in the history of American Idol go?! Chris and Eliot!!!
WHY?!
Now, I can't be bothered to watch the finals.
Katherine and Taylor?
Whoever wins.
We lose.
Labels: Singapore Idol
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