Culturally Preconditioned

W00t! I got a one-minute mention in last week’s Armchair Survivor podcast. *multiple tiny orgasms* And can I just say that the last Survivor episode had one of the oddest tribal councils ever? Not that the outcome of the boot was not predictable, but rather the going-ons at Tribal Council itself were something nobody could’ve predicted. By the way, in case some of you still haven’t gotten around to watching the show, a little community service from me since ntv7 fucked up their schedules again this time around (TV SCHEDULES ARE SACRED, YOU BUNCH OF LAME MOTHERFUCKERS)

Survivor Cook Islands - Episode 1
Link: http://download.yousendit.com/3A96608C3C918F7B

Survivor Cook Islands - Episode 2
Link: http://download.yousendit.com/B988852E0EDFE60B

The link to the first episode will expire in couple of days, though.. so if you want it, get it quick.

Anyway, quick thoughts on the tribes for this week’s episode :

The White Tribe : Jonathan returned from Exile Island, only to find the rest of the tribe hasn’t lifted a finger or done any shit in camp. Kinda figures, since we have one dumb jock and three perky girls all alone on the island. They don’t even have a pseudo-tent set up and they’ve been there for the three fucking days! They’d rather sleep on the sand instead of a raised platform. Idiots. Can’t say that I’m surprised to get such attitude from someone listing the Olsen twins as their Favourite Actress in their bio. *cough*Adam*cough* He looks and plays the part, don’t he? Parvati, Candice and Flicka are almost non-entities in this episode.

The Asian Tribe : I wish they’d stop focusing on Cao Boi. He irritates me to no end. I hate him. He’s not funny and annoying. He keeps saying how he ‘doesnt fit into the Asian community’ and keeps making these racists joke.. hmm I wonder why. You see, I don’t mind these jokes IF the recipients are okay with it. But if the people you’re telling it too clearly finds it offensive (whether they are too sensitive or whatever), then for fucks sake.. STOP TELLING THEM. What a dumbass. Perky hippie nail salon manager asshole. Not much is heard from Brad and Jenny, although the two now have more than just Pinoy blood in common, they both now have Cao Boi’s red mark on their foreheads. As for Yul and Becky, again, we are hearing Yul discussing how he would like to work with Becky.. this is for the second time in the show. Will we see it come to fruition?

The Black Tribe : Nathan’s done well for himself in trying to adapt himself to the women on her tribe cause he knows he’s on the chopping block. We didn’t get to hear much on them this week, although they did focus Rebecca getting the fire on for the first time at camp. Don’t think that signifies anything though. And man, they should thank their lucky stars that the other team threw the challenge cause they REALLY sucked at the challenge.. the other team almost caught up with them on ZERO effort. Bleh. Stephennie and Sundra are almost invisible this episode (which reminds me I should probably post in the Irrational Sundra Hate thread at Survivor Sucks LOL).

The Hispanic Tribe : So Billy’s the token lazy fuck at camp, but was throwing the challenge just to get rid of him the right decision? I’ve always thought throwing a challenge is NEVER a good idea, unless it’s to take out the enemy (think Africa’s Boran booting Silas off after the switch). Sure Billy was an enemy (kinda) but he is still part of the Hispanic tribe. If they have problems with Billy, why didn’t they just deal the fuck directly with him at camp. Hey Billy, get off your ass and get us some food. Hey Fat Fuck, help us get the firewood. But nooooooooooo… they were willing to do it the dirty way instead. At least the hottest person on the cast (Cecelia) had good words of wisdom though “If you feel left out, JUMP THE FUCK RIGHT IN!!!” (okay I added the “THE FUCK” bit) so it wasn’t like Billy hadn’t received any warnings. That said, I don’t think throwing a challenge, when you have only FIVE people in your tribe, is a good thing. Not at all. I hope this will come and bite them all in the ass. I like Cristina but it’s unfortunate that she’s in the minority. A tribal switch could be her saving grace. Ozzy came across like a know-it-all ass to me in the episode. Not liking him much. And JP.. wow Queen JP.. who woulda thunk? My gaydar was correct after all.

The challenge : It’s interesting that they’ve decided to join together the Reward and Immunity Challenges, cause let’s face it.. we need more airtime to focus on the characters instead. The Asian tribe and The White Tribe were tied for first place so they both received the reward (the tarp, which the white tribe badly needed). The Black tribe unimpressively won third place and avoided Tribal Council. The Hispanic tribe are the worst actors and actresses in the world. They can not make it more obvious that they were throwing the challenge. Ohmigod.. I felt embarassed watching them pretend they were gonna try and win that challenge. Even Probst mentioned “The Hispanic tribe are having a parade” when they were clearly seen in last place during the challenge”.

Exile Island : The losing tribe chose Yul to be exiled. It was a pretty clear decision though. The Asians are proving themselves to be monsters at challenges and are a force to be reckoned with. However, I’ve always had this thought.. is it always a good idea to send your strongest enemy to be exiled? Sure, if you look at it one way, it MIGHT weaken that person, starved and exiled all alone over there, and probably disadvantaging their team strength-wise in the upcoming challenge. But then again, sending someone like that increases their chance to actually find the buried hidden immunity idol, WHICH YUL DID! (that was a total OMGWTF!!11 moment). On the other side of the coin, you could send the weakest person on the other team to be exiled, and therefore totally destroying one person from that team, which could hurt them collectively when it comes to a team-based challenge. And this weak person would probably don’t even have the strength to even want to go searching for the hidden immunity idol. The downside to this, is of course, if the team is high up in numbers that they might have the chance to sit the weak person out during the challenges. So.. sending a person to Exile Island? Not as straightforward as you think it would be. After all, Yul did find the immunity idol on his first trip there. Let’s hope the Hidden Immunity Idol will be played dramatically this season.

Tribal Council : Seriously, this is one of the oddest Tribal Councils I have ever seen. Firstly, despite the fact that my gaydar went blazing when I first saw him, I never expected for JP to pull out his boa and tiara and almost throw a Tyra Tirade at Tribal Council. Take a chill pill, girlfriend. Talk about a Drama Queen. LOL I’m lovin it though… oh nonononononononono… *SNAP*.. I was actually half expecting him to do some finger-waving too.

Secondly, the whole solemn dialogue between Probst and Billy. OMGWTFLOLZ!!!1111 Billy : “I found love on this island. That’s my reward”. Probst : “You mean Candice? From the OTHER tribe?”. It gave us one of the most precious Jeff Probst reactions EVER! It certainly broke Jeff out of his sleep, that’s for sure. OMG.. what the hell was this guy thinking? Candice says “We love you” and he says “I love you”? OHMIGOD… I honestly don’t know whether to point and laugh at this guy or feel sorry for him. LOL okay I will point and laugh.

Anyway, that’s the second episode for you. Next week, we’ll be seeing either a switch or a merge… I’m guessing both… possibly a merge and switch of 9 people per tribe.. and possibly a double boot as well.

BTW, Congratulations to Suki on winning One In A Million. I’m glad she won cause bluntly put, I don’t like either Faizal or Alif. Hopefully she’ll use the million dollars well.

First up, a little cursory fuck-you is in order to ntv7 for yet again failing to bring us the latest season of Survivor.

As I’m feeling a tad generous, I am making the Episodes of Survivor Cook Islands available for direct download, so that people without torrent or mirc knowledge will be able to watch the show with me. The file size is 350 Mb, and if you wish to download, either leave a comment at this blog (your email will only be viewable by me) or email me at izadsyah at gmail dot com. The number of downloads are limited, and the episodes will stay on the server for a two weeks before being taken down again.

Survivor recaps are available at the official CBS website, and also I would like to take this opportunity to once again give a shout out to the folks at Armchair Survivor who is once again, back for this season’s podcast with their weekly recaps, thoughts and predictions on the show.

I will make my general comments on the overall show pretty simple this time around, since we have 20 people to familiarize with within the 60 minutes. How I wish they would go back to the 90 minute show premier like they did with Pearl Islands. Anyway, as have been mentioned before, the tribe is divided into 4 ethnic groups.. the Whites, the Blacks, the Latinos and the Asians. If you think I’m going to be politically correct and call them African-Americans, Hispanic, Asian-Americans and Caucasians.. well you’re wrong. I really can’t be arsed. And I don’t think I will ever call them by their actual tribes names, cause… why bother?

Anyway, slight thoughts on the contestants on this premier episode :

Asian peepsies : I think Cao Boi is going to be the new Rupert. Yuck. I’m loving Yul and Brad. Jenny looks like a man. Becky reminds me of a colleague of mine who I just want to bitchslap.

Black peepsies : Nate and Sekou did a really foolish thing during the whole ‘choosing the person to Exile’ moment. WTF were they thinking distancing themselves from the women. And unfortunately Sundra’s comments made it pretty clear to everyone else in the different tribes that there might be dissentions within the African-American tribe. If Nate is wise, he’d hook up with Stephannie to break the Sundra-Rebecca bond.

White peepsies : I think Candice may be the one to watch on the Caucasian tribe. I like Jonathan and I think he will definitely be this season’s villain.. but he will crash and burn (won’t stop me from rooting for him though). I give Courtney Part Deux one more episode before she really starts getting on my nerves.

Latino peepsies : Not getting much from the Latina tribe. Ozzy’s a great narrator, we may see him for quite a bit. And I want to a super hot threesome with JP and Cecilia.

That said, we have a lot, a LOT of eye candies this season. And I have a gut feeling they’d be eye candies WITH at least some personalities. Jeff Probst hinted that we will see a lot of blindsides this season, so I really have high hopes with Cook Islands.. oh and Exile Island is back. Woohoo!!

Opening credits speculation :

Everyone knows I’m a nut for Opening Credits ’spoiler’. The theories are so out there, but sometimes it works. For those who wants an in depth analysis of th.e Survivor : Cook Islands Opening Credits video, it can be downloaded here (4 Mb). (Right-click and Save As)

Jonathan’s “fire” has never been seen in all 13 Survivor seasons so far. The fire absolutely CHARRED his picture really good. We’ve seen fire burning pictures before, but they never really showed the charred remains like his. Not saying he’s gonna win, but possibly an indication of how he’s gonna fare in the game (like Jerri’s and Colby’s in ASS).

Only four other contestants had visible fire in their pictures.
Becky’s fire was ablazing as did Jessica’s. Ozzy and Cecilia both had flickers. Although he did NOT have fire in his still picture, Cao Boi was shown carrying the torch not once, but twice, in his actions pics.

All these talk about fire.. We know that Fire = Life in Survivor, but I find the shot of the Survivor logo in the water, followed by Candace’s action shot of looking into the water seems a little peculiar to me.

That’s all I got for now, folks. Oh and don’t forget, the latest season of The Amazing Race will be aired on AXN tonight at 8:30 pm

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So tonight’s the night where the band formerly known as Supernova finally crowns their weiner (make no mistake, that was not a typo). Lukas Rossi won the ultimate gig this season by clinching the title of being the frontman of the band formerly known as Supernova. Congratulations to him? No, I don’t think so. Call me bitter, call me an asshole but I would not so much give an iota to boost his ego by making him think he’s the best out of the bunch. He may be right for the band, but that’s only an insult to the band.

Anyway, this might be a really short recap. The first hour showed a magnificent recap of the season. One of the more interesting bits were the dialogue that the band had with Zayra, asking her if she actually owns any of their records, and her tart response was simply ‘Baby, I was in my diapers when your music came out’. Mmm.. suh-NAP! The recap also highlighted Dilana’s crazy-assed downward spiral (although I really had a laugh out loud moment when they showed her sounding like a dog howling in heat), Lukas’s annoying antics with the other band members and Magni’s family visit.

Recap done and onto the show. Brooke Burke announced the Bottom Two - Magni and Toby who each sang a song, before the Tommyhawk announced it was Magni’s turn to go. When it came down to the Final Three, all were asked to plead their case to the band that was formerly known as Supernova as to why they should win it. Lukas licked some ass and gave credit to the band for not becoming egocentric and ‘become the bad guys’ even though they had the means to do so. Dilana said Lukas is amazing, and Toby is great, but SHE is the One. Sorry honey, but apparently you were indeed the One to prove that reality show winners of late comes from Suckage City. Toby made a joke saying he should win cause he was the tallest.

The three were given a last chance to perform on stage. Lukas sang Bittersweet Symphony. Dilana sang Zombie. Toby sang Somebody Told Me when he should really be singing Throw It Away. But even if he did sing that song (and would’ve brought the house down for the FOURTH time), I had no doubt in my mind that he would be cut from the Final Three, leaving Dilana and Lukas as the Final Two.

Tommy Lee announced that Lukas was the winner. Was it just me or am I just imagining that if Dilana had won, the applause in the crowd would be 100 times much louder? Maybe it’s just me. Dilana seemed upset, so I’m not even sure what Navarro said about playing for her and Gilby offering his writing and producing skills, were sincere. I could really care less at the moment.

In hindsight, I really do think the band formerly known as Supernova made the right choice. Granted that I might be a little bitter over the outcome, I was never a fan of the band’s original material. Given the bubble-gum pop ‘rock’ that they’re playing, and the fucking midget’s inaudible mush mouthed vocals, I honestly do NOT think the band would even get close to rivalling INXS’s success post-Rockstar. Count on it.

As for Toby, I am waiting for him to release his original Throw It Away single. It is a guaranteed hit. Out of the final four, I think he will find the fastest success with this song. And that song is all him, baby. He can even pull it off if he becomes a solo artist.

Magni, I do think he’s currently one of the most famous Icelandic ever. I won’t be surprised if they even inaugarate a Magni Day over there. Will he find similar success outside of Iceland, it’s hard to say. I mean, look at Chris Daughtry, all the broo-ha-ha when he got booted and how he’s going to be bigger than everyone else left in the show (also, please refer to Maroulis, Constantine), but look where he is now today. Without a solid band, these folks will probably find it hard to be a big success (Toby is an exception).

Dilana. My Dilana. I’m sorry the Rising Phoenix story arc didn’t turn out true. Mark Burnett has truly lost his marbles, I guess. As much as I want Dilana to succeed, I’m not keeping my expectations up. It would certainly be easier for her to ‘break through’ to the general listening audience now, but will she be BIG? I’m not holding my hopes up (Bitch please, look at Elliot Yamin.. where is HE know? Poor monkey boy <3 ). I do wish her success though, and I will lend her my support if she actually releases some interesting materials in the future.

And I miss Storm so much after watching the recap show.

Now, onto more interesting stuff. Survivor : Cook Islands starts tomorrow, biznitches! That’s all that matters right now. Woohoo! I can’t wait to go back to my spoiling and speculating days.. finding Mark Burnett’s hidden easter eggs and red herrings throughout this marvelous show. I highly doubt fucking ntv7 will be smart enough to show them again this time but MIRC and TORRENT are your friends. Remember that, people. Interestingly enough, ntv7 actually never finished showing Vanuatu and never showed Palau - of which DVDs I’ve just bought from Amazon - but it feels like they haven’t showed it in ages. Or maybe it’s just because I’ve actually quite watching ntv7 in its entirety since they abruptly ended Vanuatu about a year ago. Dumbass motherfuckers.

Something’s gone wonky with my comments section. It’s now noon and the winner of Supernova has been revealed. If you don’t wish to be spoiled, don’t check on the comments section in this entry. I will post another update once the result show has been aired tonight.

OMG was that crackhead Paula Abdul in the audience? Will we never be spared of her on our television? I loved Navarro’s Survivor (Survivor : Cook Islands starts in 2 days people! TWO FUCKING DAYS! Can you feel the excrement????) “Take your torch and head back to camp” shout out. I also loved the 10-minute tribute, or a recap if you must say, of the Final 4’s journey in this competition. That was fantastic. Anyway, by this time you’d already know I am NO huge fan of Ryan Star but I must give him props for the amazing song and performance. And I must cut him some slack cause I know for a fact that he’s rooting for Dilana to win. AND I finally figured out that sometimes, he reminds me of Eddie Vader from Pearl Jam.

Toby ~ Karma Police (Radiohead)

I love this song, but I don’t know if it’s the right one to sing at this stage of the competition. Toby is well known for his stage presence and the magic that he brings on stage. This song does nothing for him. It’s a shame cause, like Navarro, this is one of my favourite Radiohead songs ever, and I had pegged Toby as a front-runner very early & late in the show.. but the song just didn’t do him any favour. 5 out of 10.

Toby ~ Throw It Away

Not gonna comment much on this since we’ve already heard it twice before. And THREE times in, and I still find myself loving the song. The only reason I would want Toby to win is to hear this song on the charts. The song is amazing. EVS, mate. EVS. 8 out of 10.

Lukas ~ Fix You (Coldplay)

A Coldfuckingplay song. Should I even bother commenting on this? Okay, I’ll try to be fair… no sorry, I can’t. Over one hundred songs and he chooses fucking Coldplay.? Gimme a fucking break. Okay, okay fine. He did try to fix the song up a bit, but I still didn’t like it, and more importantly, I still don’t like HIM. 3 out of 10.

Lukas ~ Head Spinning

We’ve heard this before. He may be The Chosen One, but he will always be MUSHMOUTH to me. I can live with any one of the other three winning, but not Pukas. Rossi Posse, my ass. Even stripping down the song to the bare accoustics didn’t bring out the words in him. Okay, maybe we can hear one or two words better this time around, but I’d much rather hear this song with the full band playing. The accoustic version makes me feel all depressed and shit. And how appropriate was it that the camera panned in on Paula Abdul during a song called ‘Head Spinning’? LOL Priceless. 5 out of 10.

Dilana ~ Roxanne (The Police)

I don’t know why the House Band was bitching about the arrangement in the reality episode, but that was amazing. I have to say that I do NOT like this song (weakest Police song by far) but that somehow really worked for me. I loved how the three guys were singing the backup vocals. Maybe that made the difference? Who knows? Who cares? I loved it. Dilana is not trying to front Supernova. She IS Supernova. 8 out of 10.

Dilana ~ Supersoul

I was dreading the fact that I was gonna have to listen to this song again, cause I honestly didn’t like this song that much last week. Maybe it’s because she just pulled a great performance, but I think this song sounded slightly better tonight. Not by much though, but good enough. 6 out of 10.

Magni ~ Hush (Deep Purple)

Nice song. I loved it. Unfortunately I felt Magni’s performance lacked a certain je ne sais quoi. Doesn’t seen he was really putting his full heart and soul into this performance. And he sounded out of breath. It was still good though, but I’m a little disappointed cause it could’ve been more anthemic and Magni could’ve brought the house down with this one. 7.5 out of 10.

Magni ~ When The Time Comes

The song didn’t work the first time, and it didn’t work the second time. I just don’t like the melody of the chorus. Basically my feelings on this song didn’t change at all since I last heard it. And basically, all original songs that followed Toby’s Throw It Away sucked ass in comparison. 5 out of 10.

Final Rankings :

I LOVE watching the reality drama segment and I always wait for the Banjo Twang of Shame moment (this week we heard it during Dilana’s suggestion of using ‘Ctrl-Alt-Delete’ for her song lyrics). I just realized that we are actually more privileged than our North American counterparts because the web episodes (the 20-minutes reality drama segment) is actually shown on the air, whereas they can only watch it over the internet. It was one of the more fun episodes to watch where you can see them actually having fun in the swimming pool.

Dilana ~ Behind Blue Eyes (The Who)

I don’t know if what I’m gonna say has somehow been affected by what the editors have been shoving in our faces, but seriously, I have never seen such a great fall from grace than Dilana. From the can-do-no-wrong girl, she has somehow turned into this do-everything-wrong girl. Such negative editting I have ever witnessed I tell you. Her stocks have definitely plummeted to the middle of the earth and it’s crystal clear that they (Te Powers That Be) absolutely do not want her to win. What a shame. Anyway, she started off rather weak, bt picked it up for bit. Sadly, it was one of her weakest performance to date. 6 out of 10.

Dilana ~ Super Soul (original composition)

Whatever the producers are trying to do, it’s working. Two weeks ago, I probably would’ve been floored over this performance, but tonight I felt it was just okay with a lower case ‘o’. It’s not catchy at all. Am I disappointed? Sure. The only thing that she’s proven this week is she ain’t no songwriter. 5.5 out of 10.

Magni ~ Back In The USSR (The Beatles)

Although slightly drowned out by the music, I thought Magni did good. I like his voice tonight. It seemed a little different. Good different. It was as though he found that delicate balance of becoming half of the cool and subdued Magni, and half of the angry intense Magni. Me likey. 6 out of 10.

Magni ~ When The Time Comes (original composition)

I don’t care much for this performance, or the song itself. The bridge sounded weird for me. I guess maybe it’s the kind of song that will grow on you? But Tommy brought up a great point (I was thinking it, but wasn’t writing it down). Both the performances sounded too similar. His tart response came off a little cocky, but also a little funny at the same time. “It sounds the same cause I’m singing it”. OooOooOoOOooh Suh-NAPPP!!! 5 out of 10.

Storm ~ Suffragrate City (David Bowie)

I like the suit that she was wearing tonight. Storm sounded slightly off in all of the verses, in my opinion. The chorus was good, and she really picked it up towards the end, which deserves serious praise. Nice. 7.5 out of 10.

Storm ~ Ladylike (original composition)

I’m not feeling much at all for this song. I think it would sound a gazillion times better if she went ahead and sung “what the FUCK is Ladylike?” (I know she sung “what the WHAT is ladylike” because of censorship issues, but still.. i would’ve felt a lot better about this song even if they bleeped out the word FUCK). No, I’m not getting what the fuss is all about the performance. It was just decent for me. 6 out of 10.

Lukas ~ Livin On A Prayer (Bon Jovi)

I am NOT a fan of Lukas, and am NOT a fan of Bon Jovi. That said, I thought the slow rearrangement of the song was interesting. In a great way? In a bad way? I can’t really tell. But he changed the melody of the chorus too damn much. He could’ve made this a winning performance, but he didn’t. 5 out of 10.

Lukas ~ Head Spinning (original composition)

I actually liked this song. The chorus is way catchy. They lyrics is somewhat decent (yeah I could actually make out some of the lyrics that he sang). Well done. Good job you midget freak. 7.5 out of 10.

Toby ~ Mr Brightside (the Killers)

It’s easy to dismiss Toby as the pretty boy front man, but I have always found most of his performances fun. Although he sounded a little flat (not sure if this is attributed to the song itself or not), but Toby almost always manages to make a song anthemic. He did really well with this song. 7.5 out of 10.

Toby ~ Throw It Away (original composition)

That was a great great song. He’s a smart guy. It’s really catchy and easy to get the immediate reactions from the audience (the oh oh oh oh parts) which is important when introducing a never-been-heard song. It’s a great and smart way for people to easily get into the performance. (I’m actually really surprised Navarro and Gilby say almost the same things that I did!). I loved it. Aside from Zayra and possibly Ryan, this is one of the original compositions that really deserves an encore. 8.5 out of 10.

I love love love this picture. It looks like it’s a photo shot right out of the set of “Clue” doesn’t it?

One In A Million - Top 5

Alif ~ Ain’t No Other Man (Christina Aguilera)

Jeepers. Is he painful to watch or what? And I thought I was bad. Anyway, there mus be some seriously sadistically sick and twisted people out there to sing this song for him. He actually sounds pretty good (in other words, no major fuck ups) so well done. And just for the record, I love Christina, but I hate this song so damn much. I really really hate the 20s twist they pumped into this song. 6/10

Alif ~ One Remedy (Jason Mraz)

It is not easy to sing this song, Alif was not perfect but it was almost pleasant to hear. Notice I said “to hear” and not “to watch”. Seriously he needs to work on his stage performance. Macam badut overacting in a really bad musical. ANd I don’t know, I find it rude that he’s using sign language to communicate with people in the audience when the camera and host were focusing on him. 5 out of 10.

Farah ~ Trees (Marty Casey)

That was quite good. Not as much shrieking as she’d usually do. It was good, I guess. There still were some audible strains going on with her voice, what’s up with that? But at least it looked like she was having fun. 6/10

Farah ~ Unfaithful (Rihanna)

Why does she do this? Why does she keep making songs sound so much damn harder than it actually is? Why does she try to hard? That sucked major ass. I was trying to refrain myself from cussing last night, but this performance (the 7th song of the night) was the performance that broke my back. This show made me turn a complete 180 on Farah. Sorry. 2/10.

Suki ~ Engkaulah Segalanya (Ruth Sahanaya)

That was not excellent but it was pretty darn good. She could’ve done a lot lot worse but she pulled it off okay. It was an aenjoyable performance. Bravo, Suki. 7/10

Suki ~ Cepat Cepat (Jaclyn Victor)

The performance sounded too echoey. What the hell was up with that? Technical glitch much, 8tv? Anyway, I thought the song fitted Suki perfectly, teeny boppy bubble gum pop that tweens are into so much nowadays. And she sang it well (btw, I went to the same college with the guy who wrote this. Woohoo! Viva la MCB). 7.5/10

Faizal ~ Superman (Five For Fighting)

Lovely. He reminds me of when Man Bai first did Kau Ilhamku. I really liked the first half of the song. His voice sounded so tender. Then he stumblefucked midway through the lyrics and everything went downhill after that. And fucking seriously? The whole Superman t-shirt revealing thingy, is beyond cheesy. Leave that to (shitF)Ace Young thank you. Damn stupid retarded gimmick. Anyway, he fucked up vocally halfway through the song quite badly, in my opinion. 6/10

Faizal ~ Raikan Cinta

He’s got very good and strong vocals. That said, I am already sick of him and his style. SEPESEN doesn’t even begin to descibe it. And while you’re at it, shout a little more and a little louder, why don’t you. Screech if you have too, I’m sure the audience will not get sick of that. Sheesh. 5/10

Dayang ~ Gemilang (Jaclyn Victor)

Certain songs are not meant to be rearranged and “Gemilang” in my honest opinion, is one of them. I absolutely loathed the rendition. It’s almost as blasphemous as changing the beat of Negaraku to hip-hop. That did not work for me AT ALL. And could these people pleaaase, for the life of me, stop singing once the music has stopped. (btw, LMAO @ the Christmas Cracker dress comment made by Paul). 6/10

Dayang ~ Dangerously In Love (Beyonce)

Even that performace isn’t going to save the cowdung that was tonight’s performances. 5/10

That said, I am QUITTING THIS SHOW. If I feel like watching it, I’ll watch it, but looking at these FIVE in a million, I don’t know if I should laugh or cry. Next to Daniel winning Malaysian Idol 2 and Malaysia’s Most Beautiful Kepala Hotak Beautiful, this is one of the biggest jokes in recent years. To whoever that wins the money, take it away and get the hell out of my life forever. Thank you.