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Tuesday, September 26, 2006

While waiting for my employer to send me the template for the next updating task, I shall spend some time blogging on Singapore Idol Final Showdown and Results Show.

Let me begin by congratulating Hady for winning the title of SI2. Honestly, I felt that this time was a tough competition between Jon and Hady. While Hady had the stronger set of vocals between the two, Jon had more charisma. So it was really up to Singapore to decide. I was fine with either guy winning as I felt both were deserving finalists. Both contestants were on par during the performance show except for the winner's single You Give Me Wings(by the way, I preferred I Dream), which suited Hady's vocals much better and therefore gave him an edge over Jon. Jon's rendition of that song was rather monotonous due to his limited vocal range. So yeah, that's about all I have to say about the performance show.

As for last night's Results Show, it wasn't as exciting as I expected. Taufik started the show quite well with I Dream. As mentioned earlier, it's a much better song than You Give Me Wings. But if my ears weren't playing tricks with me, did Taufik go a bit off-key at the beginning? Was there something wrong with his earpiece? Nevertheless, I still enjoyed the song.

Nothing much to say about Electrico's performance as I'm not into local English music so let's skip that part. The rest of the Top 12 performed one by one. Norman actually sounded quite good. Too bad he wasn't likeable enough to advance further into the competition. Jay sounded good with No Promises. As usual, Paul and Joakim were the weaker singers. No comments about the rest.

Tanya sang Wake Me Up When September Ends. No doubt her vocals were good but the song was a tad boring for the show. Rahimah Rahim(the legend, not the contestant)lived up to her name with her performance.

As for Energy, actually I wanted to hear them sing 爱失控. They sang 爱情风向球 instead. I guess it's because 爱失控 is too solemn for the occasion. Wasn't their best performance for sure. They can do much better than that. Maybe they didn't have enough time to rehearse as they just flew in yesterday afternoon. It clearly didn't reflect their true ability. But I must give them credit for attempting an English song Stand By Me, albeit with the help of the 2 finalists. Although they still have lotsa room for improvement in terms of their standard of English, it was a commendable effort. They should consider taking up English classes to brush up on the language and try singing in English again next time. Maybe they could do even better.

That's all for this entry. Must continue working.

@NGeL | 10:31 AM