[Porcelain Doll]

Thursday, September 14, 2006

Was busy the whole morning trying to complete the webpage which was left half-done yesterday. Thank God I managed to finish it but not before several 'scares'(at one point, I thought I screwed up the whole thing and had to redo, but thank God it was just a scare). Then I encountered problems while trying to download Winzip. The process terminated after what seemed like ages. So I tried downloading the program at another website and it worked. Phew! Just emailed the stuff to Jialun. Hope it's acceptable.

Not sure if I have anything else to do for the rest of the day. Anyway, enough about work. Looking forward to Singapore Idol result show tonight. The final 2 contenders would be revealed. Based on last night's performance, I think Hady and Jonathan deserve to go through. Jasmine was a disappointment. Maybe she was too stressed but she didn't give her best shot. What a pity. Was totally blown away by her performance last week and was expecting a better performance by her this week. And she's the most improved contestant. Besides, it would be nice to see a gal win the title for once. If only this week was Judges' Choice. I felt they chose great songs for the contestants last week. Whatever happens, a big round of applause for the Top 3 for making this far.

I remember blogging about the show every week during Season One. I guess I lacked the 'inspiration' and time to do so this time round. So shall do a recap since I'm free at the moment.

I admit that the show was a disaster in the initial stage and I wasn't very interested in watching at first. Like Ken(or was it Dick?) said, the contestants seemed as if they were waiting to be eliminated. But things seemed to have picked up quite a bit halfway through. I think it was during R&B week that the competition really heated up. Even Joakim showed slight improvement that week, which also happened to be his last show.

Speaking of Joakim, I know it's too late to say this but I really admire this guy for being strong throughout all the controversy and insults thrown at him on and off the show. And he's only 18. To be honest, his boyish looks were the main attraction for me initially but eventually it was his perseverance(though some might say thick skin)that impressed me. Despite his lack of singing talent(he has a nice voice but he still paled in comparison to the others), he just wanted to perform and do what he enjoyed most. Yet like Jerry Ong from Season One, he became the 'public enemy' of many people out there. People who don't vote enough for their favourites and blame him for staying for so long. That's human nature for you. Whatever it is, I hope Joakim will brush up on his vocals or try something else if he really wants to be in this industry.

Enough about the contestants. Let's talk about the judges. Can be quite sickening to watch sometimes. Jacintha seemed to be half-drunk in most of the episodes. Guess she should just stick to singing. Ken is still the best judge. Straightforward and honest yet kind enough to encourage the ousted contestant every week. Flo keeps disagreeing with Dick, intentional or not, I dunno.

As for the hosts, I know many forumers have been debating about them. I still prefer Gurmit. Although he stumbles on his words, his jokes never fail to crack me up. Can tell he really gets along well with the Idols. Daniel isn't too bad either if not for that 'classic' moment when he kept forcing Nurul's sobbing sis to comment on the viewers' choice to eliminate Nurul. I know that's his job but that wasn't a nice thing to do at all.

Things that can be improved if there's Season 3

1. Drop Jacintha from the judges' panel

2. Limit the number of calls/SMSes to one vote per telephone number. I think this will reflect the real popularity of the contestants

3. Judges should think hard before sending anyone through the auditions and not start slamming the poor contestants and reproach the voters when it's too late.

Can't think of anything else to add on so shall stop here. Sorry for this lame entry.

@NGeL | 1:36 PM