Monday, September 25, 2006

Too little time to vote..

I was out with friends last Friday night, when amidst a very important discussion about how monkeys that can swim has something to do with the ikan pari species that reputedly killed Steve Irwin, came an SMS that reads...

"P*** nye suki!" [Sent: 23:28:12 22-09-2006]

Sent by my mate Intan, it quickly reminded me that One In A Million Grand Finale was on that night.


^ Above already a good lot! Pix borrowed from www.bluehyppo.com. Thanks!

And the simple SMS also sealed the fact that it is too late for me to vote for Faizal some more (yes, I voted him in three times to finish off the credits on the DiGi prepaid pack that I had gotten for free, and wasted the rest of the credits to vote out a certain individual who did not show any effort to deserve the hiyakumon doruno).

I decided to tune in to its siaran ulangan yesterday - and regretted some more that it is (secara hakikatnya benar) too late for me to vote the Superman in.

Damn he did good! Like Alif, he did well to carry the original composition to the max (despite the song sounding very much like Dealova he managed to rockerized it and lend his vibe of originality to it), and his triple-play offering afterwards was even better. L.O.V.E. it!

There was a lot of gimmick involved - the cams on him right before he gets on stage, more dancers to accompany - as if the OIAM production is in conspiracy to make him look especially good (ini cuma andaian penulis sahaja).

They had too, I guess, especially when they've seen whoever comes close to brushing off Suki from leading the pack gets a lot of vote outs (read: Dayang, week after week, then Faizal turning up at the Grand Finale in lowest position sedangkan just the week before it was Alif sharing a spot next to Dayang as bottom two - so formula seems clear, yes?).

My fave Alif too got a real great song to suit his style, one that gave him ample room to growl out his low register and high notes for him to tackle with minimal effort and of course, do the kangkang thing.

He was visibly more confident during the second song, but I still think his best performance was the "Bukan kau pinta... " (subtle sign language accompanies) song - hate to agree with Paul on this - the dude IS made for theatre.

Suki got the Gemilang Part Two song - more catchy and almost as melodious - but did a terribly forgettable rendition (I can still remember how Alif and Faizal's songs go, not hers). She nailed the M2M song, though, but the bloody white hat! What's up with that?

And whoever was dressing up Faizal in that horrible excuse of jeans on fire has got to be fired! Poor Suki and Faizal, and Zai's mummy's top plus grandma pearls combo summoh! Haiyo.. the disastrous wardrobe reminded me how badly Dina and Jac was dressed during the Malaysian Idol 1 Finale!

Why 8TV why?

Anyway, while I'm at it, I gotta thank TV9 and TV3 for showing XX Ray - with Faizal Hussein doing his best - two times this month. Can rerun some more ah?

And 8TV, Intan's asking: She sent like 20+ SMSes to vote in Faizal, but it all didn't get through! The system kept giving her the "Your vote is unsuccessful...Please try again later.." kinda SMS.

What's up with that? Tak aci la like this...

9 comments:

N a d i a said...

hmm...why 8tv? why????!!...i even asked yatt to ask izham omar, why the station also decided to kill the music industry now?...haiyaaa...please la..i think more shows like this is very unhealthy for the industry cuz no matter what a majority of the market will still vote for muke cun @ whatever yg cun @ sedara-mara @ kengkawan dia (agaknye lah..). kesian betul. but hey, who am i kan? i am not the one getting the sms share..anyway, hopefully, kalo nak gak buat such contest, itu sms just untuk kategori artis/peserta popular je. adil sket.

p/s: xx ray? haiyaaa..last sunday tv3 potong banyak sangat la..sungguh tak berhati perut! (scene breakdancin' kat party takde..huwaaaa...)..

siti rosman said...

i think mentor punya format not bad - judges kasik markah, then voters boleh sms, kasi total semua and we get both popularity and quality some kind of balance.

XX Ray kat TV9 aritu ok skit, tapi TV3 castrate habis. my fave part time faizal hussein masuk hutan pastu nak dia "check it out" perkampungan Iban tu takdek! punyala frust... lagi frust dari time tgk the fat lady sings at the oiam gf..

anyway - yg penting, my fave team - the two clowns - won explorace! yeah! nak itut gi sinjapore!

N a d i a said...

hahaha..that scene mmg lawak. tapi faizal dlm cite tu @ cite apa2 pun, musti best punyelah! (heheheh..;-))..EXCEPT "sembilu kasih"...tidakkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!!!!...

ah ah, i agree with you. mentor ok sket. tapi ntah la...

Azer Mantessa said...

result singapore idol ok :-)

siti rosman said...

Kak Nad, sembilu kasih is equivalent to Zai's mama's top plus opah pearls!

Azer, SG Idol winner can sing ma.. n no one come on stage sporting a pompypod cap, lucky them.

Wardrobe disaster OIAM tu due to budget/sponsor issues kot? Any excuse but it still as sucky as the failed voting system.

(Aramak... takutnye nanti 8TV marah! Tapi mana buleh kan.. bulan puasa maa... nanti kena jual...)

Hmm.. I tercatch one Quickie with Suki saying she had a dare backstage with Faizal to split the winnings.. N ppl keep saying Dayang seemed stil mad singing Survivor.. N a letter to NST today said there was only silence right after winner announcement n ppl left early as protest.. must be coz of the damn cap! hehe!

Anonymous said...

Aiyoh, why la now got story-story that Suki and the rest of the finalist went bitching about Dayang in front of the media one... Mude2 lagi sula mandai cali penyakit...

siti rosman said...

ala dayang tak heran pon.. dia cool je reply dalam paper ari ni? setakat suki yang tak bleh nyanyi tu ape la nak risau sangat. but i dah 2,3 kali dengar yang oiam mmg awal2 dah select who will win awal2 lagi. an ex-contestant i met also said like dat. buang duit je vote in vote out eh?

Mohd Asnol Lob said...

ish ish ish...kome ni. rilek aa. memang dari mula lagi prog realiti cam ni kena tipu je semua org. ni kes nak untung je semua. results fixing ni memang wajib.

jgn emo ye semua. sabar sabar.

Anonymous said...

sape emo? elmo ade la! aku tak dulik aa si suki tu elok kena siku je!