Culturally Preconditioned

Will someone do us a favour and throw an “Idiot’s Guide to Idioms and Phrases” to Roslan? If he says NOT HAPPENING just ONE more time, I swear I’m gonna have an aneurysm. Sheesh.. way to overuse a dumb phrase and bludgeon it to death. It’s not unlike Gee’s “Kak Gee setuju dengan komen Abg Roslan” broken record comments. Seriously, can’t they find better judges? Aiyooo.. they could learn something from the folks at Akademi Fantasia and get better judges, who’s not just there for the sake of being ‘another Simon’ or ‘another Paul’ or ‘another Randy’. And while I’m on that, we definitely do not need ‘another Ryan’ too. Jien’s childish giggling and in-jokes with Paul Moss is so passe. Give it a rest already.

Workshop 2

Ash 11759 (Kiss From A Rose - Seal) - I can’t believe this guy was one of my top picks to win this. He sounded great in the thetare eliminations but this performance was beyond bad. I’m sorry but, yeah, that was really bad. 4/10

Suria 12213 (Tiada Lagi) - Why were the judges being so harsh about her performance? I don’t get it. I thought she had no pitching problems and she sang the song quite good. I liked it. No originality? Please lah Roslan, if you don’t keep repeating your comments over and over again, then I’d probably be interested in what you have to say. 7.5/10

Dianne 12287 (Imagine - John Lennon) - Is she the overhyped Soleano contestant? Is that it? Not only did she chose a bad rendition of a classic, her voice didn’t exactly blew me away either. Sorry. 5/10

Jerome 11777 (This LOve - Maroon 5) - Now, I personally thought this song fits him on a certain level. His performance was ten times better than what’s that guy’s name from MI1 (the one with his ‘robotic’ movements?), but that’s not really saying much. I thought Jerome had a nice voice but he needed a better song choice to showcase that. Sorry man, I guess I’ll see you around in SS15 later. 6/10

Adam 10293 - Wow. I wasn’t really expecting anything good from this guy but it was a really strong performance. Granted that his opening act was rather cheesy, I thought he carried the song really really well. Definitely one of the bigger contenders in this competition so far. However, I thought Gee’s comments about ‘being more macho’ and stuff was uncalled for. Wither SAiful or Rem or even Annuar Zain? It’s up to the public to decide if the enjoy watching flamboyant effeminate men on stage or not. 8/10

Ejay 11457 (The Trouble With Love Is - Alicia Keyes) - I loved her jazzy and blue-sy voice, but Paul was right on her enunciations. Nevertheless it was a pretty good performance and she could definitely be better with more vocal training 7.5/10

Azam 11387 (Kenangan Lalu - Flybaits) - Between his avergae voice and stoic expressions, I’m just not feeling it. 6/10

Nita 10992 (Get Here - Oletta Adams) - I don’t think she’s anywhere exceptional as the judges are making her out to be. Her performance was indeed above average but exceptional? I don’t think so. It was just pleasant (even though I thought she was warbling at certain points in her performance). 7/10

Only THREE from this group will advance to the Finals. Who will it be? Based on last night’s performance, I would say the best three are Adam (definitely), Suria (despite the judges comments) and Ejay. But I’ve a gut feeling that Nita will somehow make it through. I won’t mind her as much (as long as Adam makes it in) since I’m guessing she will definitely be matched with the overrated Xerra (similar looks, genre and style) in the finals.

oh and a ps. I’m so bloody glad Atilia made it through the first round. Yay!