Wednesday, September 06, 2006  8:57 PM
The idol they are not
Here's my take on this year's Singapore Idol. I'm preparing myself and letting all this go so I don't end up writing a biased article during tomorrow's newswriting class, on what else - Singapore Idol.
For the good of Singapore, and for the sake of everyone on this planet who might see this island as a talentless country, Jonathan should win this year's competition.
He's far less irritating than Paul and Jasmine, and he actually possesses a tiny bit of idol aura about him. I quite like his personality so far, and his song choice totally agreed with me. Tonight's performance of Snow Patrol's 'Chasing Cars' was surprisingly good - almost as good as Snow Patrol themselves. Almost. 'Chasing Cars' was on repeat mode on my iTunes playlist just about a month ago. And I sang along to his performance. I never sing along to any other idol's performance, because... urghh, I can't imagine myself doing so.
There's no other word to describe Paul but annoying. Everytime he appears on screen and does one of his stupid moves, I cringe. What's more, he actually looks like a transvestite. I'm not exactly saying he's a poseur here, because I do think that this image is really what he is. Except that to me, it's weird. The fact that he likes Avril Lavigne also reduces some brownie points, if he had any to start with. And of course, he cannot sing. He has to go next, along with his awful hairstyle and eyeliner.
To be fair, Jasmine has a rather decent voice by a Singaporean Chinese girl's standards. However, she embodies the type of girl I never want to be and at times, her dress sense baffles me. We shan't even touch on her diction and pronounciation because I could go on about it for days. And who doesn't know the logic that male celebrities have more mindless teenage girls supporting them than female celebrities do? So, Jasmine's out in my books.
Hady. What's endearing about him is his boyish looks and the fact that perhaps, he can actually sing. I don't mind him taking the Singapore Idol crown because he might do justice to it, except for the fact that I believe in the Singapore media's system of democracy. Oh they might say they go by the number of votes and all, but underneath it all, there is no way another Malay boy can win again after Taufik did because it might result in racial conflict and all that Social Studies stuff. The government will definitely not want that to happen, so we can forget about the seemingly fair voting system.
But honestly, none of these people would make it past the second round of American Idol. And I feel like quoting myself already for tomorrow's assignment.
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