Singapore Idol 2009

It's been a while since i found much of interest to update this blog with but all that changed after watching Singapore Idol recently. If you'd like to know more read on .....


.... What an utter disaster. I mean seriously there's probably one person in the group who can actually sing. The rest are just poor karaoke singer wannabes. And if you watch the show like me no doubt you'll actually cringe as you listen. Bad song choice, bad presentation, and seriously I think absolutely everyone with maybe one or two exceptions was off key, pitchy, and just plain terrible.

And the judges, what did they say?. Well they're obviously way to connected to the show because seriously they didn't pass any decent comments what so ever. Ken Lim, at least was interesting. Watching him peer over his glasses in that school teacher professor pose and dish out cryptic comments as though he was the absolute authority on the subject at least gave me reason to laugh. Honestly, were he comes up with what he says I've got no idea because its just totally asinine. And as for Florence Lim and Dick Lee, well I have to admit that they are both coming across as more than a little blonde at the moment.

And then there's the presenter Gurmit Singh. I mean how bad is he. His attempts at humor during the show are painful to the extreme and I can't believe that Singapore has no better presenter to offer. His understanding of dramatic pause is at least on a par with the capability of most of the contestants to sing, so I guess there's a match there (and not in a good way). Why he ever hung up his yellow boots I've got no idea because he certainly hasn't left that particular character behind.

All in, terrible. On the plus side totally watchable but for all the wrong reasons.

If you haven't seen yet do a search on YouTube for "Singapore Idol Final 13" and then sit back and enjoy that raw Singapore talent (and I'm not just talking about the contestants either).

Update 30/09/2009

I couldn't help myself, I watched Singapore Idol again tonight. Not as bad at the previous offering, but it couldn't get any worse so that's not much of a recommendation. Why do contestants pick songs that need to be delivered with power and energy only to fall flat. So far I totally can't see a winner as those that do manage to stand out are doing for all the wrong reasons.

And yet for some perverse reason I know I'm going to watch it until the final show.

Update 14/10/2009

Who knew that Michael Jackson songs could be so toneless, flat and lifeless.

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