SING-a-POOR Idol?
Yeah, Singapore Idol has been really interesting. Not that many good singers. I think Hady and Jonathan Leong are the best contenders. Superb performer Paul Twohill should form a rock band, so that the music from distorted guitars can cover his lack of quality in singing. Don't know about Jasmine, but Joakim definitely can't sing.
There has been much hoo-haa about who should be in the competition and who should be out. I wanna say that everyone (hosts, judges, "real" music fans..) should just stop pleading "Singapore, please vote for talent.. Singapore, please don't make mistakes.. Singapore, please vote for the right one.." (sounds like some election sia..)
Despite them not being able to sing very well, I still feel that whoever wins deserves to win. I mean, Singapore Idol is a popularity contest. Fans who are mad enough to vote thousands of times for Joakim "I can't sing, but I'm cute" Gomez will still buy his CD if he wins the competition (even if he still can't sing). And even if they don't buy his CD, Singaporeans are the ones who decided with their money to vote for him to be the "Singapore Idol" (not necessarily, the best singer/performer/whatever).
Judges are quite right in their opinions about the contestants, but please stop telling us who to vote for. Can't we even make a choice of our own these days? Are we kids who need to be told who to vote for (even though most of the voters are probably kids who need consent from their parents to vote)? Well, if Joakim does win, I will doubt the maturity of the voters, but yeah.. if they like him for his looks, then so be it. After all, there are loads of talent-less celebs who do well in the show biz just because of their looks.
Well, I guess our society is still not quite first-world yet. We still need adults to tell us what to do. Don't see that in other countries, do we?
There has been much hoo-haa about who should be in the competition and who should be out. I wanna say that everyone (hosts, judges, "real" music fans..) should just stop pleading "Singapore, please vote for talent.. Singapore, please don't make mistakes.. Singapore, please vote for the right one.." (sounds like some election sia..)
Despite them not being able to sing very well, I still feel that whoever wins deserves to win. I mean, Singapore Idol is a popularity contest. Fans who are mad enough to vote thousands of times for Joakim "I can't sing, but I'm cute" Gomez will still buy his CD if he wins the competition (even if he still can't sing). And even if they don't buy his CD, Singaporeans are the ones who decided with their money to vote for him to be the "Singapore Idol" (not necessarily, the best singer/performer/whatever).
Judges are quite right in their opinions about the contestants, but please stop telling us who to vote for. Can't we even make a choice of our own these days? Are we kids who need to be told who to vote for (even though most of the voters are probably kids who need consent from their parents to vote)? Well, if Joakim does win, I will doubt the maturity of the voters, but yeah.. if they like him for his looks, then so be it. After all, there are loads of talent-less celebs who do well in the show biz just because of their looks.
Well, I guess our society is still not quite first-world yet. We still need adults to tell us what to do. Don't see that in other countries, do we?
posted by wc at 2:20 PM
2 Comments:
hey i agree totally! even singers with no apparent talent are still idols as long as they have fans who adore them.. it's rubbish when pple start coming up with ideas to try to limit the number of votes from each phone etc..
ya la.. crap la. idol means popularity what. aiyah. can't take it anymore man. too serious about stupid things like singapore idol. don't see us getting that serious during elections sia.. hahaha!
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