Like a hundred other young Singaporeans, I shall be blogging my thoughts on Singapore Idol tonight. So the right person won. With Taufiq winning, we shall not be embarassed on World Idol (if it happens) and he will probably end up singing community songs at NDP05. Sly will end up in the Chinese market where he belongs and probably make it big there. Ken Lim is guaranteed millions already.
I refused to watched the whole show because Race was on on AXN. From the snippets I heard, Sly flopped his Bon Jovi song badly and the song "I Dream" appears to be the most insipid piece of crap every written. Just because you have words like "believe in yourself" and a choir in the background does not necessarily make it an inspirational song. Maybe I am cynical, but hey, suckers will buy it and it will be played ad nauseaum on radio in the weeks to come.
Idol is all about making $$ for Singtel and Hype Records and I am sure Ken has the bling bling in his eyes already. The judges' comments were unbearably fawning and they were obviously not out to offend, even after Sly's disastrous Its My Life, which was not half as disastrous as Doug O's green suede ensemble suit. That man is an emabarssment to the local entertainment scene and is our local Ozzy Osbourne, bloated, jaded and over the hill. Get lost Dougie, just go.
Will the results of this competition change the world? No. Is it as big as the second coming of Christ? No. Did the gals wearing wedding veils in the front row and brandishing "Marry Me Taufiq" signs freak me out? Yes.
In all, a rather successful contest. Its all about consumerism in the end, really, not about talent. Somewhere in a dark and freezing London office, Messrs Cowell and Fuller are laughing their way to the bank again as another country's Idol franchise rolls in the dough for them. Ah well, more money for tight fitting T shirts for AI4 then. See you next month, Simon and then, let the charade begin again. Hurrah!
