Well, rumour has it that the 3rd season of Malaysian Idol has been shelved by The Powers That Be, but in actual fact, it has only been postponed to a later date this year. So, in its place is 8tv’s latest foray into reality television.. One In A Million. Initially, I didn’t want to make any comments on the show. Yet, anyway, since it’s only the audition rounds. However, there were some parts of the show that’s worth mentioning.
First up, the theme song sucks. Secondly, for a show called One In A Million where the prize is a million ringgit, I thought the show’s introduction looked really cheap. Please, a school drop out with a decent video editing tool could come up with a better montage.
I still haven’t made an opinion on the show hosts - Alam and Marion (although I do love Marion from her Quickie stints), but so far they’re better than the ultra-tergedik2 Cheryl Samad. The first segment of the show where they explained what the show was all about had a really SSTS (snickering softly to self) moment. The part where they said, “to become an artist, you can send in a demo tape, meet producers, and they help you write songs etc etc etc OR you can enter a reality competition show” followed quickly by “but that won’t guarantee you success”. And lo and behold, what montage did they use in the background? That’s right.. our very own Malaysian Idol from the second season. Hmmm I wonder if they’re trying to imply something. ssts.
Anyway, for a competition that’s not limited to a certain age limit or bound by the fact that they are ‘established’ artist.. I was surprised that the turn-out was as only as good.. (in other words, AS BAD) as the normal Malaysian Idol auditions.
I mean, if I was already a recording artist, why shouldn’t I do it? RM 1 million is a lot of money. And I doubt even 5% of our local artists even make that much in a year based on their music recordings. Sure, your ego might be crushed when you lose the show to an amateur, but hell, it’s a million dollars at stake. That’s a lot of money.
So, instead of really talented people turning up for the auditions, we get .. you know.. normal people (when we’re lucky). Other times, it’s just people trying to sing English songs with very very bad diction. Sorry but singing with bad diction is a sin. I can’t even forgive Siti Nurhaliza for that. Stick to your own mother tongue.
But all is not lost. If anything we are also treated to some good humour tonight. I mean, I never knew Kellie Pickler has had a sex operation and is now working at a carpet store in Sabah.
“Siapa nama awak?”
“My name is Nizam”
“What are you gonna sing for us?”
“…. What?”
“Lagu apa yang awak nak nyanyi”
“Jibun”
“?!@??!*?”
“Lagu Jibun dari band Hong Kong”
“Mmm okay.. apa nama awak tadi?”
“My name is Nizam”
Aiyo… my pregnant friend called me up and had fits of laughter till she really was out of breath. I feared that she might accidentally give birth right there and then. It’s amazing how similar MyNameIsNizam is with Kellie Pickler. I feel slightly dumb right after watching that.
As for the judges, Paul Moss is.. well Paul Moss. He makes sense most of the time, so he’s cool in my books. As for Syafinaz. What a breath of fresh air. No more “Saya setuju dgn apa Abg Roslan cakap”,”Baju awak cantik”,”Saya suka style awak” Gee crap. Here is a woman who (so far) seems like she at least know something about singing, and she’s not afraid to be a bitch with her comments. They’ve made wise choice to go with her for this show.
So.. looking forward to the KL auditions next week. We’ll be seeing Dayang and Farah and possibly some other people in the industry auditioning for the show. Can’t wait.
Oh, and can we PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE leave all the fucking sob stories out of the show? COme on, this is not Akademia Fantaspastika.
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On a side note, I would like to make a brief comment on the American Idol finale, but I’m too lazy. Let’s just say, I thought that was one of the most entertaining 2-hour show I’ve watched this year. They were able to camp it up and laugh at themselves, and though the performances weren’t exactly mind blowing, they were all very entertaining (seeing how drunk Meatloaf and Toni Braxton was). The highlight of the show for me was seeing Dionne Warwick performing beautifully with the idols, and at the end of it all, she had a really bad, noticeable, major FUCKED UP note. That was fucking hysterical. ROTFLMAO. Oh and MonkeyBoy should’ve won. Oh and Egghead still sucks. Oh and Acehole still can’t sing for shit. Oh and Kellie has changed her name to MyNameIsNizam.
