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Friday, March 11, 2005
Title : Temasek Idol
Time : 12:32 am
Earworm: Daughters ~~ John Mayer
Currently reading: Five People You Meet in Heaven~~ Mitch AlbomHappy 19th Birthday Mar!
12.01am>> my room was set as the meeting place by fungus b4 entering her room to celebrate Mar's bday. She was sleeping so soundly...
12.10am>> Zebra, Sf, Seaweed were already in my room but so tired, start to doze off, while waiting for fungus to finish bathing so we can take the cake in...
12.27am>> Finally, we all crowded into her room and saw the birthday girl lying face down on her bed... one, two, three (softly) happy birthday to you... *she cannot hear lah* *how to wake her up* (louder) Happy Birthday to you... *mar starts to stir* happy birthday to you *awake now* Happy birthday to mar... happy birthday to you.. She sits up in her bed and managed a rather bleary-eyed smile, but perked up at the smell of the coffee cake.. she got coffee and coffee-flavoured sweets for presents.. coffee addict sia... and also pink bimbo stuff! hahaha.. furry lips and pillow radio that actually works... get a screwdriver first, ya!
Later in the evening...
6.40pm rushed to pack up after guitar so can make it for Temasek Idol! it generated quite a buzz since the entrance was jam-packed with people and the seats were filling up fast...
7.00pm>> still no sign of starting.. waiting for the VIPs (ie teachers) to fill up the empty seats reserved for them in the center block
7.15pm>> the audition footage started running. soon after, Weng's band (some queer name like King Abdul's discount camels, or so i heard) kicked off the show. The first song rocked, they had the sound of an american punk band... this was followed by Mr. Bala's rap performance in Gangster's Paradise which got the crowd cheering like mad... he got the rapper attitood down pat, aight.
After some rather tiresome oldest-tricks-in-the-book-lemme-hear-you-scream-tactics, the competition finally got rolling. The first performers in the group category was a band called-get this- FCFN-- for college for nation, the school's motto, d'oh! not bad rendition of she will be loved (at least the singer reached the high notes) and was laughing at the band jumping on stage during boulevard of broken dreams. trying to get the rocker cool hahaha
whoa then group2, chillaz was totally funky. sherry can sing man, but the juniors were rather shrieky at some points and the song did drag in the end, but the harmonies were great and fab outfits...loved the hats!
up next was this boyband wannabes (5 sig fig) who sang totally out of timing. Needless to say, they got lambasted by the judges. "Congratulations, you've wasted 10 minutes of my life" was one insult and "You should be named 5 insig fig" was another. Boo!The competition heated up with Charm, a troupe of year one dancers. They had smashing choreography and synchronised perfectly with their lithe bodies. Unfortunately, TI might've been the wrong platform for them although they got the crowd in an uproar.G5: a duo with attitude problem but did a rather good impersonation of Jay Chou. G6: Little chicken (what was up with the name?!!) I seriously think they were just put thru the finals for amusement. complete with tambourine, guitar and shaker, sang two cheesy chinese songs which got the audience bursting with laughter. G7: D7. SC clowns and beatbox/breakdancer Charles. had lotsa energy and highly entertaining. Comic relief of the nightG8: Choir group Making Fudge. wonderful harmonies (which is rather expected), cute original song. bo la sa kao pua which translates into 5 for $3.50.. talking bout eggs. hahaha.. well they had their cake and ate it too, since they were crowned winners of the group category.As for the soloists...S1: Fairly good rendition of I turn to you by Christina. she could hit the high notes but normal voice otherwise.S2: Ooohh... my favourite! A guy singing "Something Stupid" accompanied by guitar. *swoon swoon* lovely rich voice.. imagine if someone is serenading you like that... so romantic... haha... he got chibix gushing.. so dreamy... and melted mar and cf's hearts =pS3: Mariah carey copycat. S4: Good pianist with When I Fall In Love. Too bad her mike keep getting lower and lower and distorted her voice, until 3/4 into the song an AV member adjusted the mike then only her voice was projected loud and clearS5: Pleasant voice but Angels was wrong song for him. especially after making a sappy speech in the middle of the song, lost the momentum to sing and can't reach the high partsS6: sincere singer, but voice fell short. esp when singing can you feel the love tonightS7: Iz-- who the class is rooting for but not strong enough stage presence. well, it's an improvement from last year tho.. at least you were in the top group. S8: Last year's winner- charles. with his heartfelt composition and guitar playing. later did some pretty good impersonation of Perfect 98.7fm. Undeniably talented, but should've let someone else have the chance of winning TI. Impressed enough of the audience to be the winner for the 2nd consecutive time, tho. Before the results were announced, Silversound, last year's school band were fillers. Had a rather toned down image.. sang 'You and I both', 'Don't look back in anger' and 'When you say nothing at all'.Ok, altho i already revealed the results I'll say it again. CoNgRaTs to Making Fudge and Charles for being the cream of the crop!
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