Idol-mania

I just watched last week's result show and tonight's performance of Singapore Idol.

Gurmit was teary-eyed and surprisingly un-talkative. Jacintha pulled out 1 strand of hair and placed it across her face to pay tribute.

Paul Twohill. the life of the party. i'll miss him.


tonight's performances were almost great, if not for Jasmine's silly back-to-being-a-Carrie-wannabe choice of Some Hearts. i heard another tone in Hady's voice. and while i hope he'll win this season, Jon seems to be the hot favourite amongst the judges. just look at those bias comments. besides, i dun tink Singapore Idol wana be known for producing 2 Taufiks. it's still a very strategic and carefully marketed business at hand: whomever's got the more potential to earn the bucks shall win. of cos he's gotta have a lil decency in his singing. but that's secondary as compared to, say, looks or the "x-factor".

and tt's why my love for Jon Leong has diminished. i tink on top of his hardwork, he got lucky by winning the judges over. but still, i have to give him credibility and say i absolutely adore the Phil Collins song tonight. but the second choice of The Police's Everything She Does is Magic is jus too poppish and he's tryin hard to imitate Sting's tone. urk. but that first song left an impression so it wont matter if the 2nd choice sucked. besides, he's on a high after succesive smart choices of song. Snow Patrol was a smart commercial choice and he pulled it off well.

Jasmine amazed me last week. that Fame song? great. and Jewel's Foolish Games? one of my all time fave songs. i jus wished she cld have just sat down and SANG it to death, instead of walkin ard and all tt hand gesture. perhaps i'm bias, i lovelovelove the song to death.

i read an article tt explained why American Idol is the most important show on earth now. on the commercial $$-making side, whomever performs on the show, sales of their album will increase tremendously. after Shakira performed the electrifying Hips Don't Lie, sales of her album increased by more than 200% in the U.S. Stevie Wonder, the legend, also benefitted from the exposure. and Barry Manilow's album went to #1.

but on top of that, here's the 3 reasons why:
-it's fluff/ it's therapeutic
it's not real, and it skids away from reality based drama talkin bout law, terrorism, and what-have-u that's happening in the world today. it "transports us to an alternate universe", prob in the same way Lost keeps u entwined. temporary escapism. yet, we can remain pleasantly detached. we get annoyed at why the talents are voted out. but the bottom line "isnt anything as drastic as war or suffering, but a record contract and a concert tour."

-it's a soap opera/ it's a psychological experiment
you can still follow the plot even if miss every performance show, cos the result show plays like a soap opera tt keeps repeating tiself. as for the psycho part, "viewers absorb the visual and verbal clues from the judges and Seacrest, and pick up on the night's favourite." and because of what a judge might say, voters probably try and prove their independence and vote against a contestant.

-i'm a critic/ you're a critic.
everyone's allowed a piece of the pie. everyone gets to say something. u can blog it (like me). go to forums, mags, papers, etc. in the end, u're hooked.

it's true somehow. but for me, at least, wat gets me back week after week about American Idol is the singers. it's fun rooting for someone. in season 2 i rooted for Kimberley Locke. and week after week, i got happier that she's advancing more and more, and eventually she's in top 3. i cried when Fantasia sang All My Life and I Believe. i prob said it a thousand times before already. but for me, it's about making me feel something at the end of the day. of cos it can also be waiting to see when another Josh Gracin/Chicken Little-forgot-his-name/ Ace Young make their exit, or when another William Hung will take the world by storm. and of cos Simon Cowell.

heck i didnt plan to write so much. i planned to iron my clothes to my music!!! but anyways,

I am exhilarated the Prison Break is finally here and Project Runway didnt allow me a hangover. whoopee!!! and Wentworth Miller is a Princeton Grad with a degree in Literature! gosh, like how hot is that mannnnnn.

"love it"

k lunch later! yeah!