Culturally Preconditioned

First of all, I love the short Malaysian Idle segments by Phat Fabes and Rina. They’re funny! And Rina rocks my socks off!! I love that girl. I just about almost shat myself when Rina asked the audience “Are you guys MENTAL??”. LOL. That reminded me of my encounter with this one particular mental fan in the audience two weeks ago.

Secondly, I know it’s hard to get people to drag themselves to Sri Pentas 2 on a Sunday night, but they got to shift the focus away from the empty seats in the studio. It looks bad. I think it would be nice if they had a short group performance for the results show. At least the audience will get something out of it. The hassle for driving all the way to Shah Alam at least an hour before the show starts is just not worth it.

As for me, well, I get more entertainment watching the show from home with my housemate. Yeah, I didn’t think it was possible either. During the short Guy Sebastian promo, my housemate asked me if he was an Australian aborigine (because of the hairdo). You’d think he was jesting, but trust me, he wasn’t. Aiyo.. I don’t know whether I should feel bad for him or what, but I just chortled and pretended I didn’t hear him.

Separated at birth? Mmmm.. I don’t think so. Possibly the worst comparison in the history of mankind.

Anyway, nothing controversial in the results show tonight. The judges were rather subdued as they kept it short and simple. By the way, do you think if we skipped the judges comments, we can squeeze in a group performance? Hmm definitely something to think about, Fremantle. The judges made an almost unanimous predictions on who would be in the bottom three : Zamil, Andrew and Saiful. And they nailed it.

Was I surprised to see them in the bottom three. Not really. I would be very upset if one of the girls ended up in the bottom three. However, contrary to popular opinion, I think Saiful was one of the better performances that night, but that’s just my opinion. Andrew’s performance, like I said, was bad. But I really do feel bad for him. You can actually see him tried his best, but rock just wasn’t his thing. I’m gonna say it again. As much as I love rock, the rock theme for Malaysian Idol was an ill conceived idea.

Zamil. Man. I’m going to just admit it right here, right now. I voted for Zamil this week. And I have been voting for him every week since the Final 33. He’s what you can call my Malaysian Idol guilty pleasure. I have absolutely no regrets that I ‘wasted’ my votes on him. He’s probably got the best voice among the male contestants but it just wasn’t versatile enough. It’s a real shame. Again, I blame rock. Or rather, I blame whoever that suggested the rock theme. Was I sad to see him leave? Of course. It’s a real shame that he’s going to miss out on the Rhythm & Blues theme next week. But that’s life. He made a graceful exit, and I’m proud to have helped him in his journey in the Idol competition. Zamil, keep your chin up. Better things will come your way soon. Dude, you will be missed.

And honestly speaking, I’m kind of glad he’s gone this week, because if everything goes according to plan, I don’t even have to tune in to 8tv next Friday night *cough*SURVIVOR VANUATU!!*cough*

But I’m pretty sure I’m going to anyway.

Izad - Out