Reflecting...

I know I said aku tanak cita pasal any of the drama I've been through over the past week plus, but this is something slightly connected.

Of course, you guys know I basically shut down for three days over the end of last week. I promise, never ever to do that again. Not over stupid problems like what I went through. No more hitting the brakes of my life. Yes, I am human and I crack under pressure too. But learning from events past, I am only stronger.

I still don't believe I bothered that much about everything. So pointless and a waste of my time. Heh... we all make mistakes, kan? We're only human.

But thank you people for being there for me, I love all of you. Thank you to my sisters (so many of you who called and messaged me to find out what was going on sampai letih dowh aku nak jawab soal siasat tapi a special holler to Atilia and Ning for always being my big sisters apart from everyone in my 'family') and my brothers (especially Datuk Seri Farid Redzuan - nampak garang, but he's seriously sweet and someone I feel connected to with our ties to arwah Min).

Everyone - you know who you are. A million hugs.

All the comments, and all the concern... thank you so much everyone.

I believe in the power of prayers. Syukur. I believe a resolve came from it.

I promise myself and everyone I love and who loves me (tanpa agenda, niat atau kepentingan - being sincere may be stupid to some, but to pada stok yang kekurangan kasih sayang jerk) to continue being myself and appreciate what's truly important.

Things can only get better, right?

The losers who try to fuck me up... pe pe je lah. I sincerely wish you a good life.

Owh.. and I have to mention my friend Amir. Dia ni gila sikit... molot lak cam sial - kalah mulot akak-akak (tapi yang ni memang jantan tulen - bukan feeling cover je tulen padahal konsep sejenis tak ngaku - yang mulot laser).

Thanks for all your concern mate. You like family dah ok!

He even did a beautiful entry. You MUST read this if you have been following my drama, and went through, or am going through what I went through. CLICK HERE to read Amir's beautiful entry yang ending macam sial wat aku gelak walaopon aku rasa teary eyed membaca everything else.

So thank you again everyone. I'm back. In so many ways.

Everything that has happened made me reflect so much on so many things.

And I am glad to say.. I am happier now than I've been for ages.

Eh cup. Sebab noya aku peaked on Sunday, aku memang tak share pics masa gi Faizal Tahir nya Adrenalin showcase kat Hard Rock Cafe Kuala Lumpur kan?

Hah... ni album Adrenalin on sale kat pintu masuk. Have you guys gotten your copy yet? Hey, it didn't win Album of the Year at AIM for nothing ok. It is an amazing album! Seriously!

Baju khas wat show Hard Rock Kuala Lumpur pon ada.

Belah belakang siap print out songlist of tunes to be performed tuh. Puas dok belakang mamat sekor yang pakai baju nih, tau jek aku lagu apa yang akan diperform. I like!

I was joined by member skolah rendah aku si Helmy and bini dia sekali. Jarang meka nak ke benda alah konsert dan sebagainya. Tapi demi nak tengok Faizal live, sanggup sampai amik babysitter.

Sorry la ta dapek jumpa Pejal. In fact ramai gak fans aku tau sedih tak dapat jumpa their fave act. Mana taknya, letih dowh mamat tuh. Rehearsal bagai, and packed schedule. Pastu sebelom show Hard Rock Cafe lak, dia kena perform kat Gah 1 yang nan hado, before rushing to make this engagement.

Ish ish ish... and he did sound very tired. Tapi Faizal rocked it anyway and it was a good show (tapi honestly, show Hard Rock Cafe Penang meletup agik).

Sebab ramai fans tak dapat jumpa Faizal pas abih show, korang nak tau sapa kerumun pas abih show?

Tuh dia!!! Audi Mok jadik mangsa seterusnya. Famous dowh Audi. Bukan famous sebarangan. Faizal siap paksa dia naik pentas. Heh! Malu gila. I mean, we all know Audi ni stok pemalu overdose. And his endearing weirdness memang wat orang gelak je.

Ni satu agik snap for fans masa tu. Altimet kena tarik ngan Audi tuk join skali.

And that's it. Kalao korang nak pics Faizal lebih, check my previous entries for the batch of photos and stuff from Penang punya show.

Hah... so ni entry penutup noya, and also entry terima kasih merangkap entry nak letak pic tertunda gituh.

I will be returning to normal and so from here on - no more bullshit about how losers affect me. Roll on karma! Yeay!

PS - Night out with some other friends tonight. Jalan-jalan!

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AF8 -Siri Autopsi 3

"You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time."

I believe it was Abraham Lincoln who said that.

Selepas keluar Siri Autopsi, banyak reaction aku dapat from a lot of people.

Strangely enough - the negatives a handful, the ones in agreement jauh lebih banyak (yang handful pon dari IP sama je, tapi tukar nama - matilah!!!)

What you have to remember is - this analysis wasn't against the show. Just this crap season. Heh... ada beza tuh.

Takkan la peminat takleh critical ngan program dia follow, kan? Do we really live in a society where you have to hold your silence if your programme (yang hidup hasil kaut keuntungan dari public) does not cater to the public anymore but to the syok sendiri nature of the production.

Bak kata seorang blogger tersohor, "Mengkritik tidak bererti menentang, menyetujui tidak semestinya menyokong". Tuh dia kata orang kertu! Matilah aku!

Tak kisah la orang nak judge apa pon... hakikatnya, masa memula aku da cakap this is some the show is going to be affected, orang kata takde bukti. Dah bagik bukti lak, ada lak yang melatah.

No matter how much PR spin you put into it - AF8 was a failure for so many reasons.

As a show - it failed. The figures and AFUNDI was judge of that.

Perubahan rancangan membunuh AF8 dengan sendirinya. The production were not too wise (in a polite manner of speaking) for screwing up on that.

1. Change of format (dari waktu Diari di tayangkan, duration setengah jam yang memang WTF, editing yang takde perisian etc)

2. OverBranding the show sampai nak hard sell. Orang advertising zaman batu kah diupah untuk nak conceptualize how branding should be incorporated? Seriously? Nak pakai tali kasut masa konsert, berlakon minom benda ala pati ayam and lampu hijau?

3. Obvious control more than ever ke atas juri yang diarahkan 'positif'. No one learns from pujian alone. You have to point out a person's fault for them to realize - though in the case of production, bila point out defensive and hado nak menerima walaopon peminat sendiri cakap?

4. Execution of drama too staged sampai tahap menghazabkan bebudak tu sendiri.

5. Debaran tak cukup perisian sampai kesian tengok Sarimah struggle nak hype kan.

6. Jimmy yang menyerlah ngan Trek Selebriti, hambar dan terlalu kanak kanak Ribena ngan Diari (and konsert lak Zombi Kampung Pisang)

7. Lagu-lagu persembahan dipotong sampai iklan Brand pon lebih panjang and minus one semua seperti muzik iringan oleh orang buta yang main keyboard kat Kotaraya.

8. Too much smoke and mirror. Dah ler persembahan semua underperformed dari segi time - ni lak ada yang dibantu sampai tahap gaban backing vocal dan penari (especially time final). Mana gi their so-called performance ability.

9. They rolled out so much pay content nak on bufet la on tu la on nih la... semua demi nak mobile content revenue. This show's budget has been cut gila-gila (production pon tau hakikat ni benar) and this has greatly affected their ability to put on a better show than ever. Ini ibarat RTM feeling nak wat Gah 1 (what a name) nak kalahkan TV3 nya AJL padahal bajet AJL tak silap aku RM3.5 juta dan RTM nya bajet - hado? Matilah! Motif aku tau?

10.Lack of people who are really capable of scouting for talent. Throughout the audition process - meka gunakan orang dalam industri ni, yes (walaopon ada terselit yang hado tau pasal muzik skalipun). There is a difference between people merely in this business and talent scouts. Look at Idol. Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson are producers and talents scouts. They don't have to sing.. du-uh! Kara is known for her songwriting and ability to redirect talent... and create a whole new sound for them. These are people who make a talent what it is. The problem is there is a lack of understanding on who shapes the talent for the mainstream market - so in the end they just want a public face - even though hado know anything.

I could go on...

As a talent scouting avenue - it failed, because it didn't manage to unearth any talents we haven't seen before.

The kids are all talented - but are they unique?

Talents banyak kat luar tuh. And unless you're a couch potato yang dok ngadap TV je keja, you would agree that there is little special about the talents they've showcased.

I hear thousands of new talents in various competitions, and performances that are low key, and I hear a lof of fantastic singers out there too. With package too. But the sad reality is something doesn't go right for them in being discovered.

So - there has not been something groundbreaking this season. I guess people will say, that's subjective. And that's true. It is.

But AF8 - has become a horrible clone of Idol, meets Sehati Berdansa versi hado.

Takpe la... lantak ko la labu.

Ada yang kata kenapa nak sibuk? Just turn it off. My answer to that is - some people are just born to be sheep. Grow a brain, dickwads. If you want to wallow in stupidity to be able to have your own thought processor working, don't blame the world for being able to analyze and digest things in a more intelligent manner that is PR free.

So... aside from the show, what can I PERSONALLY see in their future.

Ada yang tanya aku - sapa yang ada potential to succeed.

Ok. That's the tricky question. In REAL life... there are a lot of factors that make for the success of a talent.

Honestly - kalao tak produk skema, familiar and tried and tested - and a lot of effort, and a little bit of money pumped in - dan bukan dilayan seperti MLM nak cepat returns jer, the kids can get somewhere.

Honestly, I've maintained Shahir as a commercial package from the start. Adira pon leh if given the right A&R (tapi bawah AESB/KRU I doubt). The rest? Possible, but seriously it takes a lot more effort than just 10 weeks to shape them.

So who knows... what is clear is - I say AF8 gagal. When I say AF8 failed - I don't mean Akademi Fantasia - just AF8. And when I say it failed - I mean programming wise. Post show talent? Left to be seen.

Tu je. Ok la... nak tutup buku AF8 yang hado. Hope music lovers continue to support our local industry kalao sesuatuh produk boleh dibanggakan. Don't be be bullied and guilted into buying a product or service, something of substandard quality. Know your rights, because blind buying doesn't help anyone but the people who put it out in the first place.

Ok... signing off.

PS - Yes, my Comments are moderated and auto ban on IP is still on. Tak kuasa balaci dan binatang yang masuk. Heh! Tough! Stupidity is not tolerated here, thank you.

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AF8 -Siri Autopsi 2

Hah... hari ni lak kita nak tengok soal rating yang vast kebaboom yang dicanang.

Sebelom kita mulakan diskusi (matilah monolog sebenarnya), mai kita imbas kembali apa yang dikatakan. Roll VT! (macam betul jerk) Artikel dari mstar.

Selasa April 20, 2010

Kritikan Biar Adil - Norman

Oleh KEMALIA OTHMAN

Hanya tinggal lapan peserta yang akan melangkah ke minggu seterusnya. Foto The Star. Oleh SHAARI CHE MAT

BIARPUN banyak kritikan dilemparkan di dalam blog-blog hiburan yang memberi persepsi buruk terhadap prestasi pelajar-pelajar Akademi Fantasi 8 (AF8), namun pengetuanya, Norman Abdul Halim mempunyai pandangan berbeza.

Menurutnya, persembahan yang ditunjukkan oleh pelajar-pelajarnya kini semakin meningkat berbanding minggu pertama, malah katanya, reaksi positif turut diterima daripada kaum bukan Melayu di luar.

"Saya tidak rasa prestasi mereka lemah, bagi saya pelajar-pelajar yang dianggap lemah juga semakin menunjukkan prestasi yang baik. Saya lihat kualiti mereka semakin meningkat.

"Katika saya berada di sebuah restoran, saya didatangi seorang lelaki bukan Melayu yang ingin mengucapkan tahniah dan menganggap persembahan pelajar-pelajar malam Sabtu kelmarin adalah yang terbaik.

"Persembahan pentas mereka lebih matang, seperti yang semua maklum, ini bukan pertandingan nyanyian semata-mata. Saya menganggap mereka seperti berlakon teater.

"Dalam satu masa mereka perlu menyanyi sambil melakukan gerakan-gerakan badan dan tarian yang telah diajar. Sedangkan baju mereka sendiri juga bukan pilihan mereka.

"Jadi, saya rasa tidak adil jika mereka terus dikritik terutamanya di blog-blog. Kritikan biarlah adil, saya rasa masyarakat luar masih ramai yang menyokong dan mempunyai pandangan positif," jelasnya.

Norman selaku pengetua AF8

Dalam pada itu, Norman turut memberitahu peningkatan terhadap penonton rancangan ini lebih 40 peratus berbanding AF7 lalu.

"Kita baru menerima maklumat bahawa peningkatan penonton melebihi 40 peratus berbanding musim lalu, ia menunjukkan AF8 masih mempunyai pengikut dan sokongan.

"Kita bukan nak lahirkan penyanyi tetapi penghibur, sekarang pun ada bekas pelajar yang telah tersingkir sedang merakamkan single mereka," jelasnya.

Sementara itu, dia turut mengakui Diari AF8 mempengaruhi tanggapan segelintir masyarakat terhadap pelajar-pelajar.

"Saya sedar ramai yang menonton Diari AF8 menganggap pelajar banyak main-main berbanding belajar, namun itu hanya drama. Di sebalik itu mereka belajar dengan bersungguh-sungguh.

"Kami tidak pernah main-main mengajar, namun masyarakat tidak nampak perkara itu, sebab ia tidak tunjuk di televisyen," katanya.

Tiada Penyingkiran, gimik AF8.

Kejutan yang sudah dijangka apabila tiada sebarang penyingkiran dilakukan pada minggu ke lima ini. Menurut Ketua Saluran Astro Ria, Azlin Reza Azmi, pihaknya sengaja merancang tidak mengadakan penyingkiran pada minggu ini bagi menampilkan kejutan terhadap AF8.

"Ia sudah menjadi sebahagian permainan kepada AF8 dan saya berharap keputusan ini akan meningkatkan mutu persembahan para pelajar untuk bersaing pada minggu seterusnya," ujarnya.

Seramai lapan pelajar lagi akan meneruskan perjuangan mereka iaitu Adira, Ain, Farina, Iwan, Daus, Maulana, Shahir dan Nad akan meneruskan perjuang

Abaikan semua statement yang tidak relevan, except for the one highlighted in bold red lettering yer. Tu yang kena pay attention.

40% tuh lebih dri AF7... gila hebatnya AF8.

But... 40% of what? Jumlah orang menonton wat minggu kelima tu? Or jumlah orang setakat tu? Atau jumlah peningkatan orang yang layan iklan Brands? Merasalah...

Sebab meka suka sangat bandingkan ngan AF7 - mai kita compare figures dari Arianna TV ratings system dari Nielsen. Ni tuk sembilan concert (tak termasuk final lagik)

Untuk AF8, here is the breakdown penonton (ni ikut sistem ek, bukan jiran aku yang wat kan)

AF8 AF7

Tirai Akademi Fantasia - 835,943

Konsert 1 - 803,598 Konsert 1 - 937,915

Konsert 2 - 810,478 Konsert 2 - 1,119,390

Konsert 3 - 748,816 Konsert 3 - 1,051,299

Konsert 4 - 639,156 Konsert 4 - 994,402

Konsert 5 - 679,768 Konsert 5 - 1,020,011

Konsert 6 - 617,260 Konsert 6 - 1,010,973

Konsert 7 - 590,012 Konsert 7 - 812,477

Konsert 8 - 729,095 Konsert 8 - 786,810

Konsert 9 - 733,556 Konsert 9 - 990,923

Mungkin aku tak pandai Matematik... tapi aku tak nampak pon peningkatan 40% yang dikatakan. Korang nampak ke?

Mereka tak berikan angka untuk jumlah penonton bagi konsert akhir, tapi aku dengar dalam lingkungan 1.1 juta orang. Konsert akhir AF7 pun 1.24 juta orang. Masih takde peningkatan 40% pun?

Aku diberitahu pihak Astro masa meka insist ni raw data... and lom dipecahkan. Merasalah... takkan nak kata menang 40% peningkatan dalam masa seminit bagai? Lagikpon, selama ni meka kuar statistik main suka ati pon. Tak penah nak transparent ngan penonton.

Penonton pun kekadang dipropah bagai kan? Bila kata ningkat caya buta-buta. Hype katanya... nak jual produk hype je lebih.

Minat data dan figures? Ni dari AF3 sampai AF8 - trivia nih. Mai tengok AF mana paling hambar. Sebab data tuk AF8 secara rasmi la kira aku dapat sampai ke minggu kesembilan, aku wat kesimpulan logik dari sembilan minggu musim lain.

By the way, channel share ni maksudnya peratusan tontonan pelanggan Astro ek ke atas program. Sebab sejak lepas AF2, melonjak berjuta subscriber Astro, nak ikut rating saja iaitu jumlah tontonan orang pun not fair kan? So nak dapat gambaran sebenar kita ada rating dan channel share.

Ni rumusan dapat aku wat. Based on data received.

AF8 (nilai dalam bracket is jumlah penonton/channel share)
Highest rating - (Tirai – 835,943/42.1%)
Lowest rating - (Konsert 7 – 590,012/35.8%)
Lowest channel share – (Konsert 6 – 617, 260/32.45)
Average – 798,632

AF7
Highest rating – (Konsert 2 – 1,1119,390/57.1%)
Lowest rating (Konsert 8 – 786,810/44.1%)
Lowest channel share – (Konsert 8 – 786,810/44.1%)
Average – 993,356
FINAL – 1,242,192 (57.9%)

AF6
Highest rating – (Konsert 3 - 1,382,188/66.8%)
Lowest rating – (Konsert 9 – 946,168/63.2%)
Lowest channel share – (Konsert 7 – 1,171,055/60.1%)
Average – 1,229,884

AF5
Highest rating – (Konsert 2 – 1,045,197/68.5%)
Lowest rating (Konsert 9 – 916,244/57.5%)
Lowest channel share – (Konsert 9 – 916,244/57.5%)
Average – 1,002,242

AF4
Highest rating – (Konsert 9 - 1,196,416/76.5%)
Lowest rating (Konsert 5 – 832,355/68.4%)
Lowest channel share – (Konsert 1 – 880,122/67.9%)
Average – 985,075

AF3
Highest rating – (Konsert 8 – 1,043,758/82.1%)
Lowest rating - (Konsert 1 – 603,680/73.3%)
Lowest channel share - (Konsert 1 – 603,680/73.3%)
Average – 851,086

Hah... tengok tu. Sehazab AF4 pon lebih tinggi. Seteruk AFUNDI AF6 pun ratings meletop. Sebusuk meka compare ngan AF7 pun kalah... so mana mai nya 40%? Persoalannya... apakah yang berjaya mengenai AF8.

Aku diam sejak minggu kelima sebab aku da katakan tunggu aku dapat official figure, walaopon masa tu kompang yang AF8 tinggi gila angka-angka.

Now you see?

Tunggu autopsi siri ketiga. Sementara tu, layan rumusan dalam The Malay Mail.

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AF8 -Siri Autopsi 1

Aku katakan autopsy selepas selesai because for me (and this is personal), AF8 died!

Forget post-mortem, aku katakan ni autopsi terus nak bedah siasat apa yang jadik.

But wait a minute!!! Bukan ke production yang hebat canang kata betapa berjayanya AF8! Tanpa concrete facts and figures. Tapi ada siap dalam laporan media kata 40% increase tu in penonton. Siap student dalam tu kata best ever!!!

Hold on a minute right there.

This was the scene that greeted us masa gi Stadium Putra. These pictures were taken at 8.15pm.

Dahlah arena nya seat memang kurang gila, spaced out - nak bagi ilusi ramai... walaopon...

And masaalahnya kenapa jam 8.15pm still camni? Sapa penah AF final sebelom sebelom ni tau la beza nya. Yang jenis nak mempertahankan without knowing tu - understandable akan meroyan je kang.

Anyway.. moving on - stage? Recycle! Xanadu tetap. Tapi tak nampak addition cuma side nya lampu angkat higher, and stakat sumbat screens here and there. Erm... tak rasa final pon kalao tengok set-up.

Production ingat ni Sehati Berdansa ke?

Ok ok... anyway the show ended. Kita ramai yang terpinga-pinga. What just happened. Erm.. no energy. Takpela... bak alasan paling hebat abad ni yang repeated ly diberi - IT'S SUBJECTIVE (kata kau....)

Apapon.. sebelom aku kemukan apa-apa bits and pieces I think semua peminat hardcore Akademi Fantasia should know - congrats pada bebudak. Tapi it's going to be... welll... let's going to be a very bumpy ride.

AF8 - is now officially - THE WORST musim dalam sejarah Akademi Fantasia. Sapa ikut walaopon beberapa minggu pon could have felt it. Sapa gi final lagik tau hazab celakanya perasaan kalao banding kemeriahan dulu (walaopon yang tak penah rasa tu bagaikan baru dapat sesuatu yang mewah katanya). What else? Tunggu je...

For now - let the figures do the talking.

Jumlah AFUNDI sepanjang AF8 yang konon sebegitu fabulous! Meningkat kah? Betul ke the best ever?

Mai kita recap. Ni jumlah AFUNDI musim-musim sebelum ni.

AF1 (4.5 juta)

AF2 (15 juta)

AF3 (10.9 juta)

AF4 (7.4 juta),

AF5 (6.6 juta)

AF6 (3.9 juta)

AF7 (5.5 juta)

Aiyo... haus gak AF6 kan... tapi kan AF6 rating antara paling tinggi, so offset la sikit kan kalao nak kata success. AF8 yang hebat tahap hampagas?

3.75 juta undian keseluruhan musim. Wow. Memang hebat! First dari belakang....

Tunggu next entry lak ye...

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Erk! Ehm.. uhm...

Ada yang kata... aku ni kejam la zalim la kutuk Akademi Fantasia bagai.

All I can say is... tu la orang kita. Kalao cakap tak setuju sikit je, kutuk la hina la...

Konon constructive has to be puji pujian laced with poetic content. Wei zaman aku belajar pon, rotan masih pakai lagik tau! Tanya mak bapak korang kat sekolah camna. Takde nak manja manja. Bebudak skang memang spoil teruih. Tuh yang jadik cam setan je hasil - belajar tanak gak.

So suka hati aku la nak cakap apa. Heh... deal with it. Hakikatnya, every season yang langau mai hinggap sini pon yang jenis stok peminat semusim. Peminat lama da paham apa itu Akademi Fantasia and knows the competition is wat it is.

Apapon... like I said. The reality of what I say can be seen nanti. Tunggu je three to six months and we see the reality of the situation. Masa tu peminat nak over camna pon, it doesn't sell albums pon (itu pon kalao dapat album)

Sebut peminat nih... berkali kali cakap tak sedar gak. Minat support. Tak minat takpe. Tapi kalao support tuh, adab pon kat dalam dewan tu agak-agak la. Aku dengar orang menyampuk pengkritik bagai tuh.. seriously?

Again... every season of Akademi Fantasia tetiba ramai lak penonton yang arif pasal vocal dan persembahan bagai. Katanya.. walaopon. Demokrasi seni? No such thing.

Sila ertikan beza what you LIKE and what is GOOD. There is a difference yeah.

Anyway... sebut pasal Akademi Fantasia nih. Semalam aku sampai lambat sebab nak confirm kan segala berita mengenai pemergian Achik (God bless).

Aku sampai ngam ngam lima minit agik kol 9. Ni senarionya...

Very the Zombieland ok!

Menangis la masa minggu pertama orang niaga ngan meriah bagai makanan, minuman dan snacks bagai.

Minggu ketiga lak... tinggal mamat jual aiskrim.

Masuk minggu kelima terus hado!

Padahal kalao ikutkan Akademi Fantasia nih.. every week semakin meriah. And people still don't want to admit what a failure this season is? Nak tunggu rating dan jumlah SMS (yang asik dok rayu je keja sampai tahap kena tunjuk kedudukan SMS sepanjang konsert which is pretty lame if you ask me)

Kalao numbers come in ngaku tak rasanya?

Oh well...

For those who are into hurting themselves, here's konsert semalam.

My comments?

Erm... ok.. here we go.

Iwan - Oh Juwita

Seriously... anyone think this boy will amount to much? One hit wonder ke apa ke leh la given a good song. But a career? Dream on. Zero star appeal and just meandering je in his performances. Kira kalao setakat kang nak filler artistes for performance, ok la kot. Tu pon kalao KRU sign. Kalao harapkan AESB nak release single ke album, tatau la menjadi ke tak. He has the vocal ability of about hundreds of thousands of kids out there. So nothing special at all...

Farina - Mana Mungkin

She did SLIGHTLY better. But then again, she's been virtually bordering on horrible these past few weeks, so setakat baby steps every week memang tak cukup. I thought dia mampu bak lagu ni, as aku anggap ni makanan dia, but hado gak. Emotional quotient ada, but too miniscule. She really needs to buck up kalao tak memang buang masa dia dok dalam.

Daus - Benar-Benar

Owh ni yang katakan indie ek? Tak penah wujud term indie as a genre, rupanya maksud pengetua dan jugak Jimmy lagu ni di'indie' kan camni ek? Throw in some twanging guitars and speed it up terus indie katanya. Setakat Akademi Fantasia stage kalao ada yang jerit, ok la tuh. Kalao masuk pentas lebih besar mati katak terus kalao performance camni. Da minggu kelima, where's the fire? Every week sama je level performance and vocal masing-masing. I don't see any improvement yang dikatakan at all. Dia dan Ain sama level. Horrible!

Ain - Halo

Like seriously... macam aku Tweeted. This is third rate Filipino pub act smack in some seedy lounge in Tawau punya interpretation of Halo. Dengan backing vocal menjerit HELLO HELLO HELLO... and dak Ain ni ala ala some random Linda Blair type of Exorcist character spewing out something supposedly in English, this was a bomb out. Freaking scary ok! Watching this on national TV is just surreal. Scream scream scream! That's what she did, and that's what I feel like doing everytime tengok dia perform.

Nad - My Happy Ending

Her diction takde la berterabur cam bebudak tapi seriously la dak Nad ni jadik pelakon je la. have a feeling dia mampu. At any rate, nyanyi memang tak mungkin jadik kerjaya. She sucks big time and five weeks, tahap baru nak audition Akademi Fantasia.

Maulana - Ku Bukan Aku

Like last week, aku kata Maulana ni takde masaalah when it comes to performance. While budak lain sparuh mati nak buktikan kemampuan atas pentas, dia nih rilek je. Dia mampu, no doubt about that.

The big BUT comes when it comes to his less than likeable character. Admit it... kalao minat Maulana pon - kena ngaku orang tanak undi sebab apa? Sebab memang dia come across as angkuh, sombong and overconfident. Sadly enough this doesn't come close to the actual talent and his ego I think overshadows that. Takpe la.. kalao dia kena sepak kuar kang, Akademi Fantasia ada reason nak wat AFUNDI nak perah (dah bersungguh meka perah sebab AFUNDI tak capai kuota for bragging rights) Second best performance of the night though next to Adira. Thumbs up for that at least. Katanya.. walaopon...

Adira - Seri Mersing

Aku suka kalao orang leh deliver setiap patah dan lenggok lagu asli ni bebetul. Bukan mudah... and like every other genre ada keistimewaan sendiri nak execute correctly. And Adira, aku kena cakap, walaopon suck so far, was absolutely fabulous for Seri Merdsing. Memang best!

Kemampuan dia ada, walaopon aku pon tak paham dandanan dia nampak cam some funky tranny trying to go ethnic and the choreography nak dia cam bersilat (keras kejung bagai pergerakan dia) Walaopon ni patutnya versi Datuk Siti, aku rasa betol memang dia wat cara dia sendiri dengan banyak perubahan on her part. Me like! Kalao camni la.. tiap minggu bagi dia lagu asli je leh tak? Cuma takyah sketsa murahan very the Bintang Idola Kecil at the start leh tak? Spoil! I have this sneaking suspicion though that she may not have been that amazing sebab ada mistakes here and there, but she sounded fabulous sebab yang lain hazab sangat! But still, best performance of the night, no doubt.

Shahir - Anggapanmu

I think dia ni most marketable sebab dia ni complete package. Leh jual pada bebudak yang nak rembes, sora pon ada. Tapi version dia ni.. erm... I think lacked the full potential seperti nampak dia wat dalam Diari. Still, it was well... listenable.

Semua pelajar - Kau Dan Aku

Lagu kanak-kanak riang ria Ribena disesuaikan dengan performance ala Tabika Kemas gituh. Why oh why...

Pemerhatian :

-VT semua mengarut punya lawak. Dumbs down the audience to the level of production (if they actually find it funny)

-Trigger lapuk di recycle. Perlu ke bawak anak bagai??? Yawn...

-And dare I mention stupid use of trying to tug at the heartstrings. Hari tuh Alif dapat VT bapak dia... ni Ain pon. Macam nak jadik Bersamamu TV3 je Akademi Fantasia nih. Sesuatuh!

-Wardrobe fail dan semakin fail. Ada orang point out repeat wardrobe dari konsert Akademi Fantasia lain... tu takpe. Tapi paling fail malam smalam was the camel toe that Shahir got. Heh... Korang tengok balik...

-Still no pizzazz and fire from the whole concert. I still feel like I watched konsert Hari Penyampaian Hadiah Sekolah Kebangsaan Kampung Pelir Hitam. Deja vu for the whole season tak abih... sama je week in and week out. Level tak naik langsung.

So there.. happy AFUNDI-ing. I would recommend not, sebab tahap ni tak nampak yang betul-betul bagus and worthy yet. Yang hazab je berlambak. At least Aznil was right in pointing out this is not about voting who deserves to be in but who should win. At this stage, they're still fighting for sapa bukan yang paling hazab.

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Jiwa kacau

Sebelom apa-apa... mai kita layan nih...

Tuh dia! Masih jelasssssss!!!!!! Setiap garisan halusssssss...

Merasalah! Motif props ni ada kat Dewan Sri Putra? Mau recycle kah untuk konsert mingguan? Aiyo!!!

Ke sebenarnya nak recycle tuk Debaran sebab akan ada mini konsert/persembahan dari Hafiz, selain dari Aril, Akim, Isma Dafi dan Mawi.

Apapon.. mai kita layan video for Konsert Akademi Fantasia minggu keempat. Sambil play tuh korang layan la pemerhatian aku.

Aku sebenarnya tanak kejam sangat la minggu nih. Bukan apa... korang pon mesti letih kan sebab carotan aku teramat menguji kreativiti aku nak carot bagai sebab berulang je benda sama.. the same mistakes week in and week out... but let's try anyway la ek.

Nad - Realiti Dewi

Opening pon backing vocal semua da sumbang very the lahar dah. First song of the concert da nak bagi sakit hati!!!

She didn't do too bad - given every week cam sampah persembahan dia. Minggu ni kira elok la sikit, an improvement from the tortured, forced and very constipated attempts.

Tapi still bunyi cam itik tercekik sana sini yang aku tak paham why. I mean, they have at least three to four days to perform for only about three minutes. Memang la stress bagai, tapi aku yakin kalao focus, takkan sampai melalak ta tentu arah camni. So sebenarnya apa masaalah nih?

Tenaga pengajar da bersungguh... kenapa students kali nih takleh deliver sebenarnya?

Beriya Norman kata takde yang malas... but the truth is, Nad and her friends semua memang hampir semua malas nak mampouih...

To cram for that short performance, takkan tak mampu nak perform better?

Oh well... aku kesian serious gila kat Nad nih. Uji tak uji sama je... apa tujuan sebenarnya nak masuk Akademi Fantasia? Nak jadik penyanyi? Are you sure? Tak nampak pon minat nak nyanyi dan dalami seni persembahan. Contrived and simply parroted je performances dia semua.

Can she make ten weeks? God help us if she does lah...

Shahir - Always Be My Baby

Dak ni... aduh. Minggu ni minggu bunuh dia. As is every time ada lagu tugasan Bahasa Inggeris diberikan dak yang lemau bab English nih.

Seperti dak lain, dia karaokekan lagu nih jerk. No original twists to make the song his.

David Cook made the Mariah song his own, tapi si Shahir ni try so hard nak emulate David's version. In the end, bunyinya cam some cheap-rip off.

Backing vocal lagik azabkan lagu as in every song.

To be positive, he has a voice... but then again, a lot of voices out there, camna nak compete bila da kuar Akademi kang.

His tone reminds me of a nice 80s-esque rock singer. Dia kalao leh belajar bebetol, ada harapan... tapi wat skang tetap NAN HADO.

We'll see lah how he performs, but I think for now, dia relying on his looks and nothing else.

Alif - Hanya Di Radio

Merasalah! Honestly... aku empthathize that he is trying. But let's get real. he's a lost cause.

Tak ke mana walaopon cuba camna pon.

As long as nak feeling simpan sora Giant dia (sebab ramai da wat sora Nobita)

Performance cam Amelina tengah selsema and in man-drag.

There might be those who claim to be 'entertained' by his showing, tapi this kind of entertainment takkan berikan masa depan unless you're in a freak show.

Someone tell him to use his speaking already and stop slurring for goodness sake. He's already sounding irritating enough dah as it is.. don't have to make it worse!

That faux bass thing he does does nothing for him. I suspect kalao betol la dia nak compete, he wouldn't sound as bad kalao dia nyanyi betul-betul ngan guna sora sebenar dia tanpa kepit-kepit meneran sora feeling jejants... walaopon...

Adira - Biarlah

Aku betul-betul ingat dia ok masa verse. Then masuk chorus lagu aku suka gila nih... dia start mengilai! Aiyak!!!

Apa hal! Aku rasa dia kalao dapat pujian pon dari kuntilanak pontianak bagai yang makan hati kemampuan dia menjerit mengilai tak tentu arah!

Overdramatic, with little actual performance substance. Nampak paksa, rehearsed bagai... Erm... entahlah.

Ada harapan kot.. tapi sedihnya da masuk konsert keempat masih takleh up agik ability dia.

Kalao ada tenaga pengajar bagi dia penampo lima kali sehari, and dak ni betul betul focus on what she is taught, I honestly think she can be serious competition.

Tapi buat sekarang, she's getting away with being noticeable for competing with many horrible wannabes jer.

Daus - Mirage

Si Haus masuk salah competition. Kalao dia masuk Raja Lawak aku rasa ada harapan kot.

Some people are naturally funny. Some people just try to hard nak bagik orang gelak. And when people do laugh, it's not people laughing WITH them, but AT them.

He has a pleasant tone. Tapi tak nampak dia usaha langsung gak nak applikasikan tuh pada nyanyian dia. He tries to get away with what he has. Whole performance dia nampak trying too hard. Rupa dia seperti fokus... bila nak menapak.. bila nak angkat tangan...

I mean it's like the whole performance dia da kena choreograph and dia sibuk nak ingat celah mana nak gih dan sebagainya.

There is no heart in this kind of performance. Memang tahap persembahan Hari Penyampaian Hadiah.

And can someone explain to me what the point of taking the jacket off was? And that psychotic staring???

Ain - Kawan

I have no idea why you would want to try and make it appear like you are playing the guitar when a) it distracts you.. menggangu nyanyian ko yang lom betol pon b) trying so hard to look cool but the guitar looks like it weighs more than you and c) stakat for show... as it wasn't a totally acoustic attempt.

Powerful voice, but all over the place sebab like the others, dia nih ada tool yang tak reti pakai and empat minggu cam tak mengajar dia apa-apa.

I remember masa AF2 Linda wat Leaving On A Jet Plane. Aiyo! Langit dan bumi. Bukan je dari segi performance quality, but also emotional quotient. Dalam kes Linda, feel dia very the menusuk kalbu. Dak Ain ni takde feel langsung. Cam penyanyi pub yang da malas nak make an effort with all the intoxicated patrons.

Farina - Teruskanlah

Eeeeee!!! Dak ni kan... aku rasa dia da naik lemak da.

Bertahun da pengalaman, dapat lagu makanan aku ingat dia akan ok. Opening pon da quivering away... tak stable langsung vocal dia in the attempt to come out with that breathy, sexy voice. Why? Kita takkan tau...

She actually looks overconfident. Mungkin sebab lagu ni makanan dia, dia terlebih yakin sampai lupa kemampuan dia in just grasping techniques taught to her, tak kesampaian langsung.

Horrible. Not the worst.. but close.

Iwan - Kekasih Gelapku

Nangis lima baldi... punggah ke longkang dan kosongkan.. pastu sambung nangis agik..

Sila ulang proses lima kali tuk paham efek persembahan Iwan.

Bukan sebab emo dan feel ok... tapi sebab LAHAR sangat persembahan dia.

Memula stakat breathy breathy nih (sama je semua nak skema... dari persembahan sampai the approach of every song).

Menyampah lak aku gila babas ngan dak nih semakin lama semakin teruk.

When he contorted his face in pain and failed to hit the hight notes, memang rasa cam layak Gucci melayang ke atas pentas!

Dia nih memang empty shell. Takde perasaan... nyanyi lagu yang senang nak grab feel pon tak mampu.

Aku syorkan KRU gandingkan dia, Dafi dan Adam for a boyband.

Some people are meant to be solo. Others are meant to be in the background.

Maulana - Biarkan

This boy is the perfect example of how likeability menentukan masa depan.

Malam tadi dia perform the best. Tuh tak dapat nak nafikan.

Tapi sayang... perangai dia tuh... bermula dari statement "We're the best AF ever had" sampai ke something like tak kisah pengkritik cakap apa, yang penting peminat berjuta-juta luar tuh...

Haiyo... hado?

Dia nih same boat ngan Aizat dan Aril.

Except dalam kes Aizat, he's multi talented, and he can lose weight.

For Aril - dia da banyak pengalaman hosting bagai, and 'keangkuhan' dia as perceived by many is more of a cheeky kenakalan.

Ngan Maulana? He has no package and he should work harder. He has an ok voice, and can perform well kalao dia betol betol put his heart to it.

Just he will never do well kalao dia tak work on his likeability.

And penyokong dia dalam Dewan tuh is not helping him sebab bagi orang menyampah je tiap kali pengkritik cakap meka menyampuk bagai. Bagus sangat la tuh... dari orang geli... jadik menyampah terus.

Pikirkanlah...

Pemerhatian

- Lagu-lagu sebenarnya terlalu pendek nak menilai bebudak nih. Selain kesampahan bagai minus one yang nan hado, entah sapa punya keja yang malas nih... yang langsung tak membantu bebudak nih, I really think they should focus on the performances as they did previously. The length is one thing that is necessary. Tapi in a way, ni kira hidden blessing. Ni pendek pendek persembahan pon da berdarah. Kalao panjang? Nangisssss!!!

- Apahal la pergerakan bebudak ni skema jerk semua. Dok lantai la... dok tangga la... angkat tangan ala Karam Singh Walia la... they really have no idea in bringing out yang perlu tuk enhance persembahan mereka langsung.

- Dalam potong lagu bebudak nak cukupkan time slot, production dengan mengongnya gih wat bodoh nya drama and sketch yang level of originality and creativity sama ngan taking a dump while having diarrhea. I mean.. seriously... bab Bebot tuh TERENCAT nak mampos! Who the fuck thought this would be entertaining? To who la? 12 year-olds??? Ingat Akademi Fantasia tayang kat Astro Ria.. ni cam Astro Ceria (tu pon aku rasa ada bebudak pon mesti garu pala tanya kenapa spastic sangat sketch nih) And the Adnan Sempit one? Horrible! Tiap minggu bersepah iklan bagai dalam Akademi Fantasia nih.

-The styling... erm... paham paham sendiri. Letih aku carot da.

- Apa hal muzik Menuju Puncak di pakai lak minus one instrumental versi sodih lak. Bukan patut yang upbeat ke? Save la versi nak nangis leleh airmata hingus bagai tuk Debaran, ngok. Aiyo!

-Lampu hijau... memang takde fungsi! Geli bijik nak promosi je keja ngan benda nih. There is absolutely no function.

- Norman is in denial. The only way to get better is to be harder on the kids. Not manjakan ngan kata bebudak nih tak malas.. did their best effort bagai. I can say only two or three of the kids actually bothered to work at their assignments.

- Dalam usaha nak naikkan AFUNDI, meka tayangkan kedudukan lima terbawah bebudak! Aiyo.. perlu ke. Nampak sangat AFUNDI hado tahun ni. Sampai nak wat camtuh... on top of that bebudak nampak... so much for the Akademi Fantasia tradition of not letting these kids know their position. Baik tunjukkan real time results terus!

Dah.. mai kita de-stress ngan tunjuk Sarimah yang comel.. yang dressing meletop.. ngan selipar jepun dia tuh. Heh!

You just gotta love her.

Hah... tuh dia panjang lebar nya entry. Terbalas tak kemalasan/kesibukan update beberapa hari nih?

Esok one more ok.

Nak tidor. Esok ada full day. Nak abihkan ngan family pastuh ada meeting projek terbaru. Kena jumpa semua pihak terlibat. Tak sabar!!! Memang best la event akan datang nih.

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A truly WTF moment

Ok, it's now official.

Akademi Fantasia musim kelapan adalah musim paling HADO in the history of the show. And we're just three concerts in.

Kalao tak caya... layan konsert dulu. Aku sambung hari ni ngan Akademi Fantasia pas break semalam. Memang takde mood bagi analisis Diari... still hurting over the passing of Din Beramboi... God bless his soul.

I don't know how it was for all of you at home but in the Dewan Sri Putra itself... erm.. it was boring as all hell.

It was one big amateur karaoke night. And three concerts in, none of the kids have shown any promise whatsoever of being anything more than just average ho-hum singers yang takleh offer anything that the industry doesn't already have a hundred of.

For that achievement, semua pelajar layak dapat Anugerah Jamban Emas!

Seriously aku nak review pon pening je. Tuk aku semalam kira yang ok ok je pon sorang dua. Tuh pon minus personality of any sort.

Aku nak komen kang repetitious because most of them I would say boring, karaoke-esque dan takde personaliti or connectio atas pentas tuh. Kira ratu-ratu Red Box Ria la nih.

So aku speed commentary saja la.

Alif - Yang sesuatuh nya bukan saja tajuk lagu, tapi dia sendiri. It looked painfully rehearsed dan memang takde individuality or ability at all. Lemau at best, and lahar at worst, choosing whatever you want to say in between. Sora dia memang takleh blah and I still have no idea why anyone would think that faux bass tone intrigues Adlin.

Ain - Boring and just drives me to sleep. Technically, stiff and trying too hard and basically cam Zombi Kampung Pisang je level emosi dia. Kalao Brands nak wat dia jadik duta, terus rugi, sebab ramai tak hingin nak lembab and tak bermaya cam dia atas pentas.

Farina - Told you lagu Cantik ni lagu paling membunuh. It takes technical ability, stamina and a whole lot of attitude to carry this song - none of which Farina has displayed.

True, there was a slight improvement, but judging how bad she's been the past weeks, kena ingat... once you hit rock bottom, there is no other way to go but up... and tuh pon not much.

I think she was rapping badly or just speaking more than singing, especially soal lower register.

Shahir - One of the more listenable ones for the night. But again major karaoke session. No originality atau individuality in his performance. Not having an identity is a guarantee orang takkan ingat ko dalam industri nih.

Iwan - Biar adik-adik ke makcik-makcik nak jerit sokong dia bagai, but honestly, he's just another wannabe yang tried hard. Tahniah la for effort, but if you don't have it, you just don't have it. And Iwan is a standout in this competition only because the others are totally HADO. Doesn't make him good.

Nad - Walaopon tak seteruk minggu-minggu sebelom, I am honestly confused kenapa meka nak asik bagi dia tugasan yang nak lembutkan dia. Dah cara dia camtuh.. biar la. Find something more adept to her style. Dia ngan Alif tuh bio tukar lagu tugasan dan rutin leh tak? Yang sorang lembut nak cuba dikeraskan dan sorang keras kejung nak dilembutkan. Sungguh tak natural ye...

Maulana - Wat lagu Ne-Yo... tapi feeling Usher/Justin Timberlake/Michael Jackson without the smoothness. Again, masaalah bebudak ni takde projection of their identity at all. Semua trying hard to imitate artis tuh nih, tapi they can't stand on their own at all dari segi persembahan. It was horrendous for me dan rasa cam peserta pertandingan nyanyi di Kazakhstan lak ngan the way dia nyanyi. Tak paham.. apa la non stop hampeh je semua.

Adira - If you thought that no one could sing worse than Feminin, Adira proved us all wrong. Who would have thought lagu Kini pon leh menjerit bagai kalahkan mangsa dalam filem horror Grade B.

Daus - There are songs that are beautiful in their simplicity. Separuh Jiwaku Pergi is one of those. It doesn't need great vocals. Just an understanding of the underlying emotion (feeling la tuh) and an ability nak project it. Instead.. it was cliched, boring and just trying too hard. Bebudak ni semua masaalahnya diajar memacam tapi hasilnya they come across as bad acting. And dare I mention the singing? Melodi pon tak mampu...apa lagi nak harapkan interpretasi lain dari si haus nih.

Anum - Tolong la. She's a screamer with no potential. Period.

This show was just scarily boring. Nak carot pon rasa lemah je sebab cam repeat je memacam kritikan dari minggu-minggu lepas. Nama belajar tapi tiap minggu benda sama je tengok. Menjerit, kosong, takde emosi, tiru... arghhh!! Stress! Serious rasa cam nak stop review Akademi Fantasia pasni (top kedai je da takde blogger besau nak wat keja ni da pas yang lain semua pon da bersara).

My main problems I discovered from this concert -

*Betol kata Adlin. Lagu tugasan semua tak kena. These kids are not challenged. Bagi yang senang pon takleh excel... malas... so semua cukup makan... ataupon kebulur. Leh?

*Feeling nak pupuk semangat setiakawan bagai... no sense of competition, which this show essentially still is. Semua kena psycho nangis je keja. In the real world, you have to be competitive. Doesn't mean nasty... but it does mean you want to be the best. Ni semua la la la je...

*Lampu hijau nan hado tuh.. perlu ke? Dulu da perkenalkan lampu-lampu nih.. cuma kali ni feeling promosi Brands yang bagi kembang tekak aku - sama reaksi bila mendengar dan melihat persemabahan bebudak nih. Too much promotion (pose minom in between, and then pakai tali tali sungguh gampang dan murahan itu etc) and that must have been the idea behidn it. Because seriously takde fungsi. Aku deduce, lampu hijau tuh semua diberi tanda hijau muntah bila dengar bebudak ni.. kalao ikutkan, jumlah lampu ijo tuh menunjukkan jumlah kali aku nak muntah ijo ngan performance tersebut. Yang tak dapat lampu, muntah gak... cuma kaler lain (ada yang kaler rainbow pon ada)

*The chemistry between Jimmy and Sarimah on off. Both are trying... but Jimmy's lack of experience is showing too much.

*Minus one... erm... tak sampai tahap polifonik dulu... tapi memang tak kena ngan bebudak ni. For some reason, almost all of them can't seem to develop a sense of one-ness with the music for their song.

*Pengkritik jemputan lak nak play nice... ni yang tak best ni. Aku lagik suka cam Deja last week. Bukan sebab dia laharkan bebudak, tapi dia cakap benda substantial. Jemputla orang yang leh komen from a real world perspective... bukan syok sendiri cakap je. Apa guna pengkritik tetap? Untuk monitor progress bebudak ni.. jemputan patutnya tak compare performance yang lepas and judge based on what is performed and tegur accordingly. Ni hado...

*Tenaga pengajar perlu diberi rotan untuk gunakan kat bebudak nih. Naik lemak da... ajar camna pon tak masuk langsung. Tak hargai peluang keemasan langsung.

*Sekor-sekor da la emo lebih, performance LEMAU... tapi aku perasan most of them berangan. Kekwat feeling that meka ni disalah kritik. Tak ada elemen keinsafan meka gagal langsung, and I think somehow, they really think they're the best... katanya... WALAUPUNNNN!!!!

Dah... malas nak panjang agik review. Wat sakit hati je... seriously... Akademi Fantasia kali ni letih nak komen.

Aku da kata dari awal da pemilihan peserta memang SALAH. This has to be the WORST (bukan cam Maulana feeling tuh kata the best ek...) selection. None of them would survive and Akademi Fantasia All Star kalao ada.

I honestly think this is the worst season sebab, cam aku kata, bersaingan ngan AF4 je... AF5 pon busuk light light.. but not as bad.

AF4 - ramai talent but no personality.

AF5 - more personality than talent.

AF8 - talent? Kalao menjerit tuh bakat.. meka ada la. Kalao sombong berangan tu kira personality trait adalah personaliti...

Sudah! Nak tidur jap. Esok nak naik Genting Highlands. Yeay! Kota Keriangan gituh. Aku riang ria sikit sebab takyah tengok Debaran wat minggu kedua. Wat noya je kang layan sebab kecewa bukan semua termasuk Jimmy yang mengusung beg murahan yang dibawa ke atas pentas.

Aku try blog dari Anugerah Bintang Popular Berita Harian ASAP! Kalao mampu aku live blogging. Tapi yang confirm nya, sapa yang ikut aku kat Twitter, leh ikut perkembangan acara tuh ngan aku - live gituh! So if you have Twitter, add me on @klubbkiddkl - and thank you semua yang balas membalas memeriahkan malam-malam minggu ku didera di konsert Akademi Fantasia sebab layan korang memang best dan mengurangkan sikit impak malapetaka dan musibah penyeksaan ke atas telinga aku entah atas dosa silam apa entah...

Akademi Fantasia tetap di hati... bukan Idola Fantasia (ke Akademi Idola... sebab ciplak Idol da sangat).

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Kembali!

Diatas permintaan ramai... nih dia... pam jamban telah kembali!!!! Applause please... sila tepuk-tepuk kuat, supaya nampak ramai orang sikit sokong... kalao tak kang cam Debaran Akademi Fantasia lak hado orang kosong je tempat duduk. Pecah lobang lak... especially when camera pan nak tunjuk betapa ramainya warga bunian yang menghadiri produksi yang sebegitu meletop yang orang tak biasa tak paham. Ehem...

Alamak... apakah ini pulak???

Nampaknya masuk musim Akademi Fantasia kelapan nih, so much crap setakat pam jamban pon tak dapek bantu. Aduh... kus semangat!!!

Erm.. where do I start.

First korang layan dulu video konsert on Saturday night. Aku serious balik tak kuasa sangat nak link, update bagai. Mana taknya... tengok pon pening je.

So di mana aku nak mula carot ek?

Ok la... camni. Aku bagi can minggu ni pada persembahan bebudak yang paling best pon ala ala boleh la aku tahan dari ngantuk, sampai, dan paling hazab yang rasa nak campak derma kasut Gucci aku je atas pentas.

I think, one thing failed to be highlighted dan ditekankan kepada bebudak ni.

And that thing is - people, please say it with me - LIKEABILITY.

Camna aku nak explain what likeability is ek. It's something, kalao dalam siri Akademi Fantasia nih aku tengok meka panggey aura (walaopon). It's something that makes you endearing, disukai atas pentas - dan bukan sahaja dari kalangan kuarga ko sendiri atau mereka yang merembes pada rupa ko.

Likeability will last them longer than the competition. It will give them a chance to break into the mainstream industry.

HAKIKATNYA - dari 12 orang - berapa orang sahaja yang akan timbul kang? Itu pun sebagai artis yang hot ke hot hot chicken shit gituh.

Pikirkan.

Apa dia? Aku bodoh sombong nak katakan camtuh? I don't know what I'm talking about? Statistics, bitch! Tengok tujuh musim yang lepas. Hado? Berapa ramai je yang timbul... lain semua tenggelam lagik cepat than a high-fibre diet in that toilet above.

I mean seriously.

Don't confuse TV with reality.

Aku bagi contoh (walaopon kata tanak review). Maulana.

Yes, he did decent this week. Memang performance wise, aku ada sikit je nak carot, tu pun technical. Tapi takpe... aku rasa Deja (selaki pengkritik yang paling punya kredibiliti setakat ini dari kata kata yang diucapkan) dah highlight pon semua tu.

What Maulana lacks is - likeability.

Tuh je. He comes across as arrogant, overconfident and honestly, self-absorbed.

Eh... apa dia? Pepandai je aku nak nak nilai dia dan bebudak tanpa kenal? Isn't that the point?

Dalam industri sebenar, sebagai orang baru - people don't give you respect. You earn it. You prove you have to be at that level. Kalao tak, why the heck would I even bother with your existence.

Ramai sangat nak jadik penyanyi skang... beribu kat luar tuh. Are you the best? (Setakat walaopon the best dozen of 10,000 yang ujibakat kata production... takde orang amik pot).

So your likeability is important. Dari the first few seconds of being onstage, opening your mouth... orang da kena connect ngan ko.

Kalao tak ko kuar la single ke album ke... kuar kat radio, orang tak amik pot ko pon.

Tak caya?

Try this test. I call it the 15 seconds test, which I use to determine whether sesebuah single akan meletop. Dalam 15 saat pertama, can you sell your talent to me.

This is to make these talents understand. Orang kalao bak keta ke, jalan supermarket ke haper... dengar lagu... you have 10 to 15 seconds je nak tangkap perhatian meka. Sedap mana lagu pon, kalao beginning da bosan... orang da tune out tak layan and therefore tak bagi peluang kat ko.

Kadang-kadang aku cakap camnih orang kata kejam. Hakikatnya apa yang lebih kejam adalah realiti industri muzik kita skang.

So, back to likeability. If you don't even have that to carry you, kemanakah engkau?

Tengok Aizat. Masa Akademi Fantasia, he didn't have that. He had talent, tapi dipandang sebab dia nampak sombong, angkuh. Tapi once dia out, dia paham konsep tuh, and his talent shone through. People gave his songs a chance and he is one of the biggest products to come out of Akademi Fantasia. I think Aizat pon realize that, because after elimination I did say that to him too.

So bottomline - LIKEABILITY. Someone point that out to the kids. Kalao tak, dok dalam Akademi tuh, memang fantasi je... kuar kang terkejut beruk kenapa impian tak menjadi realiti.

Tidak penting siapa diri kau yang sebenar. Bila nak jadik penyanyi yang penting APA YANG ORANG RASA DIRI KAU YANG SEBENAR!

That's called perception. Persepsi orang terhadap ko lebih penting. Ko baik innocent bagaimana pon, no matter how sweet and lovable you are - it means NOTHING kalao ko tak berjaya project that.

So yes, I don't know any of these kids personally. Like semua penonton I judge by what I see.

In the Akademi, on the stage.

If they do nothing nak bagi persepsi yang positif and lovable - then perlu ke?

Ingat tuh ek... PERSEPSI ORANG LEBIH PENTING if you want to be someone in an industry where ko hidup dengan sokongan orang.

Lagik satu isu.

Tang Alif tuh... korang ingat tak masa Faizal Ramli nyanyi 'Smells Like Teeng Spighit' dulu?

Orang sorak bagai nak rak. Aku antara beberapa orang je montah ijo sebab haram tak paham sepatah dia nyanyi haper. Bukan orang kisah pon... sama la cam Alif ni nyanyi Dance With My Father. Cam dalam bahasa Urdu lak aku dengar. I honestly couldn't understand a single, bloody word!

Tehcnically, I still don't understand why meka tak tegur dia pasal nak nyanyi dalam sora palsu guruh itu. Speaking voice and singing voice, shouldn't beza sampai tahap gaban. Teringat sangat Stanly masa musim keenam. Or worse - korang layan Dior. Sama je. Tak caya? Layan nih.



Sama tak? Jap... amik tisu lap tinga aku jap yang meleleh nanah nih.

So bab bebudak... aku paham meka studying gituh dalam Akademi. But the urgency has to put across that 10 weeks takkan bantu meka banyak mana pon. They have to have the initiative to push further.

Aku paham tenaga pengajar camna strain. Bermacam ketuk dalam pala bebudak nih, hakikatnya ingat da masuk Akademi Fantasia terus terjamin masa depan meka. Or worse, they're not even thinking that - tapi just about nak menang and gila glam. Am I wrong? Seven seasons sama je.. masuk Akademi feeling terus. Pastuh enam bulan pas abih Akademi Fantasia orang da tak pandang atau tak heran ko baru menggelupur nak betulkan apa yang tak kena.

Being tenaga pengajar is a thankless job, and no one can envy their position. Pada tenaga pengajar dalam Akademi tuh - my prayers are with you (heh... gituh.. mommy Fati ketuk pala aku jap agik)

Hakikatnya - this IS their one chance. They screw it up, susah agik dik.

Tengok contoh bebawah nih. Masa konsert kedua arituh yang memeriahkan menghadiri adalah anak-anak didik aku (gituh) dari musim ketujuh.

Masa dalam Akademi memacam aku dera dan carot tuk kebaikan meka. Ada yang paham ada yang tak.

Hakikatnya bila da kuar, baru meka tau dan sedar bagaimana meka rangkak lak nak make it out there.

Masa borak ngan bebudak, semua pon cakap sama. Kalao meka dapat masuk Akademi, meka nak cakap ngan bebudak nih what an opportunity this is (Hafiz dan Aril da masuk... I think masa Diari yang tunjuk seminit dua, ada tunjuk Aril stress the importance of this opportunity)

The point is - it's a TV show, and won't be anything more unless these kids make something of themselves.

One thing I dislike a lot, is produksi 'guide' pengkritik tuk komen yang baik je.

Mana taknya... korang perasan tak kalao konsert yang lahar... dua tiga yang pertama mesti dipuji... walaopon.

And then the gates of hell pen. Da letih layan horror sana sini, baru meka nak sound bebudak.

No point. For me, pengkritik bukan sama cam tenaga pengajar. Pengkritik ditugaskan nak evaluate the kids HONESTLY secara jujur mengikut REAL WORLD standards.

Kalao sumbang dan ke Laut China Selatan, say so.

In the real world, we teach talents who want to be REAL artistes to not listen to the good, but the bad. Kalao orang nak puji ko cantik meletop bagai, don't listen to it (maksud aku dengar, tapi don't live in that moment). Instead, think of the criticism. Kalao orang kata sumbang ke tuh ke nih ke.. listen and understand.

Why do I say that?

Kalao ko asik dok kena puji camna ko nak belajar, hawau??? Ko tatau apa silap ko. Kalao benda tuh ko da wat betol, takyah puji... nanti berangan lak jadiknya. Focus instead on betulkan apa yang lom sempurna. And the only way to do that is to listen to what is being said - the bad.

So production takyah nak control la pengkritik. Nak bagi guidelines bagai.

Cuma memang aku setuju, pengkritik pon biar mengkritik secara berilmiah (uwaaa... amik ko).

I like Deja ponya kritikan, sebab dia point out the faults, apa yang tak kena so highlight kat bebudak ni tuk bawak ke tenaga pengajar untuk bertanya dan membetulkan. Tu la caranya.

Ada lak yang bising aku dengar, kenapa Deja tak cakap in layman terms la... terlalu teknikal la. Wei, sapa yang jadik pelajar, ko ke bebudak tuh. Lepas tuh... da kalao diberi 10 saat jer oleh floor manager? Dia focus pada pemberian nasihat pada bebudak tuh jer la. Besides, kalao ko tak paham - it just shows it's not important cause you're not the one planning to be a singer.

Fitri dan Iwan AF8??? Oops... Hazwanie Othman, the fashion designer meletop katanya.. silap.

Anyway... nak carot sikit soal production. Korang tengok tak camera angle? Aiyo... scary mary!!!

Lom agik salah cue Sarimah masuk time budak lom abih nyanyi. Floor manager tido?

And perlu ke aku cakap (ni sapa dalam dewan tau la), ada la orang tu umum, "kita jumpa nanti di Debaran Sehati Berdansa". Aiyo!!!! Motif program sendiri tatau. Lemau!

HONESTLY!

I knew this was modeled so after Sehati Berdansa. Unfortunately meka lupa program tuh pakai selebriti. Lain konsep, dik nun. Takpe la... tunggu je la musim abih tengok kang.

For me the real success is not ratings. Mana taknya, tiap tahun Astro punya subscriber melonjak je. Setakat rating naik berapa peratus, ada aku kisah? Bak kata pembaca blog ni - da aku bayar tuk Astro, tengok je la kalao takde benda lain nak tengok (sebab lain semua repeat je keja).

Is it in SMS votes? Again... dengan peningkatan penonton (akibat subscribtion) adakah peratusan SMS melonjak sama? Takkan static no growth. Tul tak? Kalao naik pon takkan sikit kalao meka dok kompang kata makin ramai nonton?

Kan.. kan... kan???

Hah.. ni lagi satu benda nak carot. Sapa terasa - BAGUSLAH.

Pada sapa yang kat dalam dewan malam tu ketika konsert mesti perasan kan.

Ada je LAHANAT yang bising ketika pengkritik komen. With stupid comments, the rowdy few ni antara keluarga pelajar Akademi Fantasia nih memang bising. Sampai sakit hati semua. Cuma aku kesian bebudak bekas Akademi Fantasia yang lain cam bebudak musim lepas as well as Mawi dan Ekin semua senyum sabar je... walaopon bingit telinga masing-masing.

Wei... kalao baru nak feeling Akademi Fantasia, sebab sedara mara masuk, ni peringatan. Masuk dalam dewan tuh memang la nak riuh rendah sokong. Tapi leh tak perangai cam manusia sikit dan bukan binatang gila kena rabies bagai?

HONESTLY... cam PUKIMAK (biar aku BOLDKAN skali) macam PUKIMAK!

Agak-agak la... hish!!! Tension aku dok dalam tuh. And I was something like 10 rows or less from them. Bayangkan bebudak yang dok dekat ngan meka... tension agik. Pas show semua mengadu.

Ni sign besar sikit aku derma kat produksi. Sila tampal kat luar dewan, dan ada yang translate kan kat binatang-binatang yang illiterate ek.

Dahla.. letih meroyan. Aku minggu depan (kalao tengok Akademi Fantasia.. sebab rasa da tinggu minggu including Tirai aku tengok, first time aku rasa cam nak stop layan Akademi Fantasia lepas lapan tahun)

Hah... ni layan Debaran. What do I say to say about this? Well... erm... put it this way. Dengan meka keluarkan Menuju Puncak dari konsert was enough. Memang benar, kita rasakan Menuju Puncak tuh takyah dua kali, tapi letak la pas abih konsert. Hish.. meka ni wat benda tak pikir pasal peminat ke?

Soal admin sebuah Facebook group tu kata sapa tak suka sila tutup TV sebab tetap ada peminat, honestly ko berapa musim ikut Akademi Fantasia? Pernah AFUNDI tak?

If not, then perhaps you should shut up. Hak peminat nak bersuara. Kejayaan Akademi Fantasia kerana peminat. Dan peminat bukan bererti takde hak bersuara ke atas perubahan yang tak disenangi. Stupid, arrogant people. I wonder if the Astro bosses are reading this, especially rude, stupid and arrogant remarks from things like this which are affiliated with Astro staff.

Selain dari peminat, honestly, Debaran ni dah la takde content, repetitive, tapi yang paling pentingnya menyeksa kan bebudak.

Bayangkan. Isnin hingga Khamis satu hal meka da dalam kelas bagai. Jumaat pas semayang Jumaat terus ke rehearsal sampai lewat malam balik. Sabtu awal-awal da kat stadium rehearsal lagik and balik pon pas konsert da kol brapa. Ahad yang biasanya time rehat kena kuar lagik nak ke Debaran bagai. And the cycle repeats. Ni bukan nak asuh bintang... ni cam dera hamster kat benda alah roda tuh, gila!

Erm... seb baik smalam aku tak gi buang masa. Gi layan persandingan Umie Aida yang vogue wedding of the year gituh. Memang da janji ngan dia... so kena la gih. Plus on top of that, wanted to meet friends there for the happy occasion tuh. Banyak sangat pics aku snappy.. pening nak dok edit. Nanti aku upkan entry tuk ek.

Until then.. toodles!

PS - Tahniah produksi kerana kembalikan drama-drama swasta tak perlu dengan cutaway shot yang linger just enough nak bagi sedih. Terselamat Alif dan Maulana minggu ni akibat tuh. Nampak sangat elemen simpati masih membantu.

PPS - Tak perlu la flashback pengkritik tenaga pengajar pilih top three bottom three... aduh. Very Idol. Plus on top of that - kenapa beriya nak influence orang? Ke terdesak Afundi musim ni kurang? By the way very Project Runway lak nak spotlight lak kat bebudak tiga yang bottom three.

PPPS - Berapa PS dah aku ni. By the way, kalao da call out bottom three, pe hal lak dok balik ngan bebudak. Ilang suspen. Biar meka dok berdiri bertiga jer throughout. Kata nak suspen...

Dan satu agik... persembahan Andai Aku Pergi Dulu macam persembahan Hari Penyampaian Hadiah Sekolah Rendah Kampung Pelir Hitam! Kalao ni Akademi Fantasia tuk bawah umo 12 tahun tak pe la... and aku ingat Shah was something special sebab bebudak nangis gila masa dia keluar. Ni si Ema kuar pon sama. Bughuknya... si Maulana among the boys paling teruk. Heh! Cheesy siot!

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