Culturally Preconditioned

I have no idea what the judges are looking for from a rock show. I thought it was a mistake to have this theme in the first place. I mean, I love rock but I don’t think it’s appropriate for an Idol show. I think Simon Cowell has said something during the World Idol, he mentioned something about why there’s a reason why it’s called Pop Idol in the first place. Rock, as much as I love it, doesn’t fit into the format of this show. As for the judges.. there are no words. Well, there’s actually plenty, as you will soon see.

Andrew - Higher (Creed)
Loved this song. It’s one of the first songs by (the now defunct band) Creed that made themselves known here locally - it’s a shame many Malaysians missed out on their gem, “My Own Prison”. Andrew tried too hard. Vocally he was horrible. Performance wise, it was horrible. Come on, his head-banging during the song was so inappropriate. It was a bad bad start to the competition. A 3 but kudos to him for making the effort. By the way, Roslan mentioned that that was not him. He should be simple and elegant. IN A FUCKING ROCK SHOW?? Someone wake me up once he gets his head out of his ass.

Dina - Bring Me To Life (Evanescence)
Initially, I thought Dina was going to sing a song from Ella, but I wasn’t disappointed with her choice of song. However, she started off really weak. She picked it up during the chorus. It was alright, but it lacked confidence, in my opinion. A 6. Roslan’s vocabulary is too damn limited, it’s just fucking embarassing. Can he stop talking about RAP signing contracts? You know what? Just take Dina and go the fuck away to bloody RAPland already. What? RAP doesn’t want to sign losers? Well, I guess one big loser there is enough.

Zamil - The Reason (Hoobastank)
Dude, I can’t keep voting for you if you keep singing like this. Rock was clearly not Zamil’s genre. I knew he would sound kinda nasal in a rock song. He didn’t sound too awful, but like I said.. Rock doesn’t belong in an Idol show. I loved the white streak though. A 4.

Nikki - I’m With You (Avril Lavigne)
Inconsistent Nikki. I have grown to like you, but your performances are too inconsistent. That was bad bad bad. I don’t know. Maybe she tried to showcase her vocal prowesses but it came out wrong. I have to admit that I was disappointed of her performance tonight. It reminds me so much of her rendition of “The Voice Within”. By the way, I thought the braids were damn cool. A 4. HOWEVER, my friend who was at the show swore that Nikki sounded brilliant. I don’t know, Nikki is really weird. I was in the live audience last week and Nikki sounded really really good. But after watching the playback, she sounded bad on TV. SUCH a mystery.

Saiful - Berlompat Lebih Tinggi (Sheila On 7)
I think it’s safe to assume that Saiful just CAN NOT sing English songs, and I am so ready to write him off. Don’t get me wrong. I like his personality and he does have a unique voice but he still has pitching problems, and the fact that he hasn’t sang an English song in an Idol competition just bothers me. However, I thought his performance tonight was not bad at all. Not at all. It was a pretty good softcore rock-ish performance. A 5 even though he forgot some of the lyrics. Roslan, I was ready to give you the benefit of the doubt when you teased Paul about liking ‘pretty boys’. But it is now, rather obvious, that it is you who have a problem with ‘pretty boys’. Your comments were degrading and condescending and most of all, insulting. I was wrong when I called you a racist. You are, in fact, a fucking bigot. I hope you get trampled by a group of tranvestites on your way back home.

Vick - Numb (Linkin Park)
Wow. I never thought I’d say this but I was impressed with Vick’s performance! (That still doesn’t make me a fan, though). I don’t need to say much here. His performance was so enjoyable, I was ready to give him the performance of the night. For a rock show, I thought it was brilliant. I don’t know what the hell Paul was smoking but I sure like some of it. An 8 and a half.

Jac - Sweet Child O Mine (Guns N Roses)
Jac is back. After her slightly above average performance last week, she came in full blast. EASILY the BEST performance of the night. However, halfway through her performance I thought to myself, “How is she different from the clubs singers around town? They are equally good, if not better”. But her performance rocked. It was a good way to end the night. A 9.

Or so I thought. Jien and Aleya introduced Kris Dayanti on stage for a performance (which is dubbed, mind you). It wasn’t much of a surprise cause when they introduced Anang Hermansyah, I kinda figured his wife would be here as well. My friend must be creaming her pants cause she is such a huge fan of Kris.

Anyway, the show started out bad but it ended up quite alright. I know that I’m starting (starting?) to have a personal vendetta against Roslan every time I watch this show, but I can’t help it. He seriously need to …. God, I don’t know. At this rate, I’m even willing to trade him for that bastard Colin from Amazing Race.

I.am.SO.FUCKING.GLAD.that.Survivor.Vanuatu.is.gonna.start.next.week.

Izad - Out