Singapore Idol II

Frankly, I think that the Singapore Idol competition is a joke sometimes. Generally the good talent gets voted out because they don't have enough supporters and the lousy ones get to stay on because Singaporeans are either tone deaf or the competitors just happen to have many friends and family supporting them. Eventually this becomes a competiton not of talent but of popularity instead.

Take Jasmine for example. She's definitely a lousy singing and she sounds so flat. Despite that, week after week she is never in the bottom three at all. Another example is Joaqim. Although he is oh-so-cute, I bet he has lots of lovestruck teenages voting for him because of his looks rather than his voice. Paul Twohill looks so girlish with that long greasy hair but he certainly strikes a chord with the younger girls. I wonder why. People I know all describe him as ugly, ghostly, like a character from Addams Family etc. I can't wait for this dude to go for his NS. (Laughing wickedly and rubbing hands together). Don't get me wrong. I have nothing against this guy. It's just that he is so weird looking that I wonder why girls go ga-ga over him.

Contestants aside, lets talk about the judges. I find Jacintha a complete mystery with her comments like "You need to elevate yourself because you are still in the living world", "...it sounds so musicakish...", "You've finally broken through your glass ceiling"... Does this lady even know what she's talking about? Most of the time I hardly understand her at all. I recalled those days she used to be so funny in the "Mom's not cooking" show. Where is the old Jacintha that we used to know of? The funny lady who used to make us laugh?

I had a great laugh the other day when 98.7FM's deejays made fun of all the 4 judges in the morning show. Good one guys! I'd love to hear more of it!!