What a joke

First let's get the concert review out of the way. Entah lah... cam tak teruja langsung konsert keenam ni. Cam membosankan sangat jerk. Salah selection lagu ker, pacing show ker.. not sure. Whatever it is, I found it quite boring.

I don't know what to say about yesterday night's concert. Honestly.

To start off, the whole sanding thing was, well... erm... well... sweet I suppose.

Tapi patutnya they made it more special by making sure keseluruhan pelajar musim pertama hadir. Kalao leh, undang ler semua bekas pelajar muncul skali.

And then kalao leh, patutnya bukan Mila yang nyanyi tapi Zarina. Hehehehehe... mintak dia nyanyi Pulangkan. Leh? I mean, make it light and fun... besides I'm sure Zarina wishes them the best, so no harm kan?

It would be nice to see how nostalgic things could get.

This was just... a trigger, nothing more. Which was a waste. Just like the whole iklan thingie. Gelak sekali dua. tapi bila da lama sangat cam buang masa.

Aduh... malas teruskan comment.

Cita pasal performance la. Oh by the way, aku kembali to diamonds and pam jamban punya rating. Tapi minggu ni special sikit cause ada bagik hadiah pada exceptional performances. Read on.


STANLY
Kata
He looked like he was doing a bad cross of Riverdance meets the Karate Kid and a ballerina gone wrong tul masa dia menari. Something weird in the jerkiness of his moments yang bila buka mulut jer terus ilang step.
Wobbly all over (and I mean the voice ok) and when he wasn't that or sumbang, he would go totally flat. Bunga lenggok dia semua macam kena steamroll jerk. I have no idea why he's still here. Go home already. You wasted six weeks of being in the Akademi. Entah haper yang di belajar. Konon hebat, tapi tak satu pun performance yang even mediocre. Every one of them has been hideuously painful.
And what the hell was that last pose yang mengeliat semacam tuh?????
And again and again... what's wrong with all the pengkritik for not hearing and seeing it. Charity work ker?



ALIF
Ketahuan
I think vocally he did ok, tapi parts of it, apart from his body language cam forced sangat. Slight improvement in the character department, but not enough progresss for me.
I don't get the nervousness and why he can't get over it.
One irritating habit, kenapa asi dok peluk tubuh jerk keja dia.
He also has to find a way to overcome how not to fizzle out during his performance. Slalu starting ok, but midway terus burn out. Dia nih mediocre and not among the worst for sure, tapi he needs to work harder to find a little magic in his persembahan.



NADIA
Rama Rama
The arrangement sounded a little harder, more heavier jadiknya. I suppose it was actually playing up to her strengths of her character.
Firstly I have a problem with her outfit. The dress was fine. And I can forget the top sebab nak cover la kan sleeveless, which was fine.
Tapi the fishnet stockings and boots were just all wrong.
Seb baik ler Nadia became the first real SINGER to perform for the night. Sora dia memang menarik slalu and consistency dia aku kena perkatakan sebagai her main strength. Even though aku rasakan dia takkan ke final kerana undian slalu rendah sangat. aku harapkan sesuatu supaya dia leh get the attention she deserves.
Hope from now, she puts a little more of herself into her performances while balancing it with a more polished approach.



TOI
Tak Bisakah
I am so sick and tired of them highlighting his f**king angklung playing skills. Who cares? Ni Akademi angklung ke?
Nope... didn't think so.
The guitar playing was such a sad attempt to get him attention. Kalao nak Akademi Gitaris ok la gak... ni nyanyi pun takleh.
Masuk je first line terus lupa lirik.
And then it was flat all the way. Aku rasa budak-budak kat area rumah aku lepak kat tepi longkang kat ujung jalan bak kapok pun lagik power anytime, even without being in the Akademi for six weeks.
The gimmick of playing the guitar was to cover his weak stage abilities to move about without appearing macam Zombi Kampung Pisang, and it would have worked, again, kalau dia leh nyanyi.
Hope for double elimination dia dan Stanly. Nyampah! Buang masa je dok Akademi.



NUBHAN
Generasiku
Dia ni paham tempo tak? Menyampah aku! It just didn't work.
His body pun cam out of sync with everything else.
What was supposed to be upbeatly poppish ended up like lagu pop yeh yeh sumbang. What a waste of a killer song with no punch at all.
Dengan semput dia and blurness dia onstage, plus ngan sumbang sora dia yang merata, he actually joins Toi and Stanly for being the deserving penarik beg.



STACY
Don't Speak
Now THIS is a professional in the making.
Walaupun dengan set-up props yang tak perlu yang aku rasakan macam Aishah time Anugerah Juara Lagu (seb baik tak baik bak budak budak onstage jerk), she rocked it.
The first verse was AMAZING! Such control! That was a five star effort!
She continues it in the chorus.
She lost some steam in the second verse, and her energy cam drop sikit, but vocally there was little to gripe about.
During the musical bridge tuh cliche sikit la with the papers being thrown and all. Very predictable. Siapa la punya idea tuh.. ish ish ish.
Cuba dia nak lepas geram dia tuh hempas pecah pasu ke, campak meja ke... tapi sepak cushion pun jadik la.
And lain kali jangan la pakaikan dia kain perca ye.
Yang sapa bising pasal sebutan, it was so minimal... so cam picking at bones jerk.
A powerful performance no less and the only one yang tak sumbang the whole night, and again, as predicted, the best for the night!



RIZ
Seribu Tahun
What's wrong with the wardrobe and make-up department.Kenapa sapu lip gloss overdose tuh kat dak tuh???
Berkilat seribu batu pun nampak.
Vocally, the good points, he's on par with Nadia in terms of overall control, but has the same problems she has, which is a little flat here, a little sharp there.
Breathing, and ad libs also his weaknesses, which eventually leads to a little pitchy delivery here and there.
Kalao dia keep it simple without trying to colour it up too much, he could have sounded better. Tried too hard here and there, but in a night when we had the likes of Toi, Stanly and Nubhan, dia nampak way better.



RINA
Ular
First of all, this song sucks big time for a show.
There is no rea melody there, and the hook is whacked.
Rina lost whatever little melody there was from the start
Dia nyanyi ke bercakap pun aku tak pasti, as she made things worse by not appearing to sing.
Honestly, as much as I hate Stanly and Toi especially, this was the one of the worst performances from the whole night, and also from Rina since the first concert.


8 Pelajar Akademi Fantasia 6
Menuju Puncak
Buat kali pertama (again) dalam sejarah Akademi Fantasia ada DUA orang yang OKU yang takleh join. Overall the performance is getting better, but maybe that's because there's lesser numbers to deal with.
Nubhan is still lazy freak who shuffles ike a bum onstage cam badan dia berat sangat. Nampak sangat pemalas dia. Nak nyanyi pun nampak banyak curi tulang, sama cam Toi.
Stanly lak konon sora besau haram dengar langsung, which in his case I suppose it's a good thing.



So we're down to two girls, and five boys, who are mediocre at best. Three of which in Nubhan, Stanly and Toi berapa lama mau tahan lagik, tatau la. Geram jer...
But like I promised, ni ada hadiah to two exceptional performances. Aku tak kata exceptionally good or bad.
So obvious I mean exceptonally menyakitkan hati. Diperkenalkan sponsor kita.

Bukan low budget airline yer... just no budget airline jerk.


Yer tuh dia! klubbkidd airlines... aku pun tatau wujud syarikat penerbangan nih. Tapi sebab da sponsor aku kredit kan jer lak ek. With the tagline 'flying freaks home for free', hadiah pada two exceptionally horrendous performances goes to....

Toi


dan Stanly...


That's it! First class, one way tickets to go home. Please use it now! Expiry date cam your potential in the music business. Immediate!

Tolonglah Akademi Fantasia wujudkan AFKELUAR. And allow us to send these two home at least to preserve deria pendengaran kita while we still have it! Kalao ada contest pengundi paling banyak hantar undian aku nak sponsor hadiah la. Pemenang AFKELUAR tetinggi akan menerima buku eksklusif ni.

As not advertised on TV


Of course ada yang tertanya.. sing like who? Ala.. like Stanly.... Apa? Tak kenal? Google him and you'll find this.



Geram katanya... anyway, here's a little puzzle from Wheel of Fortune. Sapa teka, takde hadiah, cuma dapat kepuasan mencarut jerk katanya. Sapa leh jawab... angkat tangan. Nak angkat kaki pun leh.. tapi tak senonoh lak... cam subjek jawapan.

I'd like to buy vowels, please. May I have an A, O and I!


Anyway... on to more interesting stuff.

Riz's dad tegur aku pas konsert tanya pasal komen komen aku masa Diari EXT and I explained that Riz does bring on the drama a little too much at times. And sadly enough, it is a reality that semua tuh, will eclipse his performance.

The point here is, and please read this, especially pada mereka yang emo merembes, tak paham bahasa selama ni. this is a TV show.

Paham?

You don't know these kids, and a couple of them, fortunately or unfortunately I do. But what I say here in my blog, is based on what we see, in Diari or Konsert, which is a reflection of reality.
Hakikatnya dalam dunia hiburan sebenar, korang tau ke artis mana yang camna sebenarnya? Do you know them?

You only perceive to the best of your abilities, right or wrong.

And that's what reality TV and Akademi Fantasia is all about. PERCEPTION!

Also understand this, like I told Riz's dad. Anggap cam kita semua nih layan Akademi Fantasia, macam tengok bola.
Dalam tuh, ko sokong Perak aku sokong Selangor. Aku kata pemain korang kaki bangku, kayu, makan suap... ko kata pemain team aku sokong telur berat, dan gerak cam mak nenek. Normal la. Pastu pengkritik lak ibarat referee... slalu kena kutuk kayu (kekadang benar)

But at the end of the day - it's only a game. Sheesh. Don't get so emo la people.

Beberapa orang Riz FC nak perang ngan aku wat memacam statement suka hati mak bapak sebab tak puas ati. Sampai komen Diari EXT aku which fair - where I mention he was consistent but too much drama pun nak take to heart. It's the truth ma. Deal ith it.

Ni nak reka memacam cita lak.

Konon pastu nak perjuangkan memacam like you know so much when in reality, you spent your life on a couch in front of the TV. Nak kata grow up, kertu la plak da.

Kang overdose perangai, dalam nak sokong, kena kutuk lak pelajar tak bersalah sebab fanatik camni lak overdose.
Aduh.. tiap musim ada jerk yang perangai ting tong berangan cam feeling saviour of these kids.
Bebudak ni dikritik ke kutuk ke..... meka yang tanggung. No one else! Menang pun meka gak, bukan ko. Kenapa? Berangan nak dok melangut tepi dak tuh kang?

Ko hengat ko merembes, ko dapat ke puaskan nafsu ko kalao ko backing beriya?

You want to bring it on to the next level by personal b*tching, let's turn up the drama. But back off while you can. That's a warning.

Anyway, thanks to Riz's dad for the chat (also yang cousin dia yang bertudung, tak sempat tanya nama - thanks for the compliments on my blog - katanya... walaupun.. *gelak sat*) and also to sweetmm who's heading Riz FC for taking up the cause to settle things to avoid then getting out of hand after beberapa fan club pelajar lain kurang senang perangai anggota tertentu yang molot poaka leh tahan. Otai cam dia paham la situasi peminat overdose... sabau ek kak.

Yawn....

Moving on... tadik ke persandingan Khai and Rosma.

Korang da tengok all the pics of the couple kan, so takyah la tempek agik kan.

Instead, ni gambar tamu lak.. a part of them at least. Love this picture though ramai lagik missing. Masa time amik pic ni, Sahri dan Salima takde. Also missing were ramai lagik geng. Zarina, Mas, Zahid were supposed to come but like a lot of others ramai ada hal cam show dan sebagainya while some came but jap jer. Love this pic.

Fantasia family rocks!

Enjoy the pic guys... damn tired. Tadik pas habih event ramai ramai including Shuib, Bob, Irma, Mila, Fahmee, Man, Juan as well as moi gi melepak Precint berapa ntah sampai kol berapa.
Ngantuk...


PS - Persembahan konsert keenam kat player sebelah da. Layan....

Part of the Fantasia family
(Pix courtesy of Aida from My Celebrity News Online)

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Ok...semalam was actually fun. So much fun my head is still hurting sebab hangover siot!

It's been a while since aku minum, which I quit actually...but yesterday became quite an exception for me sebab yer lah kan...nak kononnya enjoy and forget my problems and have some fun partying out kat Planet Hollywood. Tuk sapa yang clueless tu, it was the Zahid & Friends Sunday Nite Live showcase at Planet Hollywood.

Mula-mula da planning gi ngan Juan Danza. Kita gi melantak makan kat Bukit Bintang dinner dulu before we made our way there. Aku rasa cam the party was not going to happen sebab ajak Sultan Muzaffar, dia lak malas nak kuar kata letih nak tidur. Abih makan je dapat call dari Bob yang da nak sampai pun pas janji siang tadi.

So pegi depan Planet meet up with Bob, terus turun ke basement level. Crowd da start...and better than usual...aku dapat my table right in the centre of everything (thanks Bridget).

Tapi sebab serempak ngan Rozina dari Astro and gang along with Hakim and all, thought I'd just join them at their table as there was space.

Mula-mula tak perasan Mat Salleh dua orang kat meja tu...until we were introduced.

Rupa-rupanya si Jeff Timmons from 98 Degrees along with his manager. Turns out since I haven't been working and on leave the past week, mamat ni mai KL sebab dok promosi album solo dia, Whisper That Way.

So dok, sempat ler sembang-sembang ngan dia ler.

Tapi seronok gak tengok ramai play groupie melayan dia...last-last tanak ketinggalan aku pun meng'groupie'kan diri after a slight chat. Amik pics ler apa agik...

Jeff Timmons



One for the album



Serempak mama dan papa Zahid, my lovely parents angkat. Beshnya dapat jumpa meka.

Adus...kena laser mama lak sebab lama tak jumpa meka. Kena janji to make time...

So anyway...just as the show nak start, the crowd around our table grew. Anggota keluarga Fantasia mula mai sorang-sorang. First Bob...then Anding, Ikram dan Fitri wat appearance lak.

Then Nija popped up. Celah-celah tu, Nila Kurnia era.fm muncul.

Lum pe-pe, Linda Jasmine and Co. joined up. Show baru start, si Yazer dan Kefli join kami lak.
Sayang Amylea dok jauh sikit tak join up...

Er...let's see...sapa agik aku lupa ah? Rasanya that's it kot...Here are some pics of some of them sempat aku rakamkan.

Wakil tiga generasi Akademi Fantasia yang hadir







Perasan ganas ngan Yazer!



So, the night was great...especially the head-baging sets mosh ngan si Yazer.

Tapi the best part was masa tengah break tu...semua malas dok tengah tu...we all moved to the corner of the kitchen dan semua joget lambak ler.

Ramai lak orang mai join. Abang Aman Maestro (abang World ler tuh), Awal dan Sazzy Beat TV pon ada rupanya! Kak Lina Maestro dan laki dia skali. Aypul PA Zahid pon on off stray to our section. The show rocked on...and I have to say...it was one of the best night I've had in a long time (though the hangover makes me regret that)

Then there were the many other blogger friends that popped up. I must make a note to somehow get a bloggers gathering going soon (thank you SM for initiating the 'pilot' project in this week's Gol & Gincu movie outing)

Later masa show da masuk the last couple of tracks, Fuad lak muncul.

But I suppose the best part was seeing all three generations of Akademi Fantasia naik pentas tok join in with Zahid, Farah, Nana dan Adam for Menuju Puncak.

Nostalgic siot! Mana taknya....all three seasons aku ikut these kids from the first day (season one tu halfway ler actually). But I mean...they're more of individuals...and friends (most of em anyway) to me than anything else, and quite a few...my adik beradik da. Tapi takler sampai shed a tear. I'm not that sentimental.

Balik singgah Uncle Don. The list of those present included moi, Juan, Bob, Anding, Fitri, Ikram, Awal, Sazzy, Lina and hubby in tow (did I get everyone?)

Ingat pas makan nak ciao...tiba-tiba ada lagi some friends dropped by so semua sok sek. Dekat kul 4 pagi baru semua nak gerak balik. Mana taknya...Uncle Don punya sound system sibuk pasang Sheila On 7 dan Peterpan je...so smuer dok layan ler. Closing anthem (for us ler sebelum balik) was Pupus by Dewa lak...huh! Tu ler effect Akademi Fantasia.

So after everyone went their own ways, popped by the office.

Adik angkat lak hantar mesej ngadu masaalah. Dok counselling lak for almost two hours. Dia ni budak Ipoh aku da kenal kira over a year da....tapi dia ni study KL. He's a stubborn SOB and susah nak dengar nasihat. Hah! Dah terkena baru nak ngadu ngan aku. Layan ler sementara wat blog ni.

Anyway...plan to sleep the whole day...malas nak ke mana-mana...walaopon bebudak ajak ke press conference Jeff Timmons.

By the way...got some new pics of Mawi throughout stay dia in Johor over the past week plus. Gambar-gambar ni dari aktiviti dia pada hari Sabtu dan Ahad, which is semalam and the day before.

Kesian siot tengok pics dia...bukan apa...keluar saja Akademi no rest langsung...

Tengok jer ler pic kat bawah...muka dia da cam blur abih!

He looks so lost! Everyone's just pushing him around....

Hopefully for his sake, dia dapat ler rehat sikit pasni (fat chance) but I think he's got a burnout lying ahead if he doesn't have time to chill out soon. I mean...it's almost ridiculous how his schedule seems endless, siot!

Mamat ni collapse kang...either that or he goes Looney Tunes soon.

Can we all chime together, "Cuckoo?"


Kalau nak tengok pics lain Mawi di Johor - as usual, click [klubbkidd's rave] - The fotopages!.

Tapi jangan lupa...at some point, vote by clicking the VOTE/UNDI links.

Thanks, guys...signing off for today. ta...

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Marsha...oh Marsha...

Semalam kali pertama saya menitiskan airmata di mana-mana konsert Akademi Fantasia untuk musim ni.

Jangan salah anggap - saya tak menitis mata tuk Idayu because she was never my favourite - walaupun aku ngaku masih terlampau awal untuk dia mengucap selamat tinggal.

But then again - this is hardly just a singing competition - so...

Aku nangis sebenarnya melihat Marsha ketika Idayu disebut untuk meninggalkan Akademi Fantasia.

Ceritanya senang saja.

Sebelum ni masa Marsha dan Mawi - antara two of my favourites berada di luar, aku dapat jugak ler menyelami perasaan mereka.

And bab Marsha ni - dia pernah sebut pada saya pada malam sebelum 'kejutan' Imbasan di announce yang dia tak ingin masuk ke Akademi bila saya bagitau akan ada kemasukan balik.

Alasannya sebab memang dia tak rapat dengan pelajar perempuan yang berada di dalam Akademi.

Tak payah saya burukkan sesiapa - tapi memang ada yang perangai cam binatang ler. Budak-budak lelaki pun ada cerita.

So anyway - masa saya tanya dia, samaada dia ada walau seorang kawan pun di Akademi, dia jawab ada. Seorang saja dia percaya dan boleh get along with because diri orang tu humble and memang easy going. Dan orang tu adalah Idayu.

Kerana Idayu lah Marsha tabah sikit masuk Akademi tu.

Dan saat Idayu dikatakan abang Aznil akan meninggalkan Akademi, Marsha just collapsed and broke into tears. Tangisan dia, dan betapa dia tidak ingin melepaskan tangan Idayu bukan lakonan. Sebab Marsha sekarang ketinggalan seorang di dalam Akademi.

I pray she'll be strong - and everyone will be doing so...she's a great performer and needs those simple prayers.

Lepas habis saja concert, ikut keluarga Fantasia yang hadir (kecuali Adam dan Farah yang menghilang) ke backstage area. Masa tu, kira saya, Fuad, Liza, Nija dan Burn adaler.
Then perasan pelajar-pelajar di escort masuk ke dua van. Perasan yang laki saja...nampak Mawi, Kefli dan Yazer...Fuad cuba nak cakap ngan Yazer walaupun orang production sebenarnya melarang. Ye laa...tu room mate dia masa dalam Akademi...rindu ler.

Aku lak jerit kat Fuad tuk look out for Marsha tuk berikan kata-lata semangat.

Masa tu Fuad balas yang Marsha sudahpun masuk van pelajar perempuan tanpa kita sedar.

Aku pandang nampak Marsha dok sorang ngan ekspresi memang torn abih.

Sebab kita tak jauh, dan dia boleh dengar panggilan saya, sempat lah nasihat dia supaya tabahkan hati, biarlah nangis malam tu keluar segala emosi supaya dapat fokus for the coming week...and of course to pray hard.

Dia angguk janji sambil menangis tak henti...Nuts! I didn't know how to cheer her up.

Then aku ingat. Panggil Fuad skali lagi...dia lari join aku...pastu aku panggil Marsha sekali lagi.

Aku dan Fuad gila-gila bila dia pandang - yerlah...Marsha juga yang menjalankan tugas kirim salam kat Fuad sebaik saja masuk Akademi time Imbasan tu...so I have to partly thank her for my friendship with Fuad too.

Marsha nampak kita dua sengih cam kerang busuk - dia terus tersenyum. Adus...rilek sikit ati aku.

Anyway - pastu lepak belakang...memang ramai tak puas ati ler. Sama bab bila Fuad keluar.

From tenaga pengajar to production to ex-Akademi Fantasia punya pelajar yang hadir....semua bengang!

Mana taknya - kalau penyingkiran Elliza boleh dimaafkan...Fuad punya susah nak ditelan...ini Idayu!
Elok sangat kalau Akademi Fantasia punya final bagi stok cam Kefli dan Aidil dok dalam je.

Aku dengan penyingkiran Idayu - I declare my stand against the two talentless cruds in Akademi Fantasia III - Aidil dan Kefli.

Personally I have no problems with them - tapi siapa ler yang undi bangang-bangang ni SHOULD REALISE MEKA DUA TUH HAMPEH! They sing worse than amateurs at a karaoke lounge happy hour session!

Dahler sudah mengambil tempat mereka yang lebih berbakat dari Konsert Prelude - ni lak kerana mereka meng'sumbang'kan lagu, dan peminat-peminat mereka (ke keluarga mereka yang dok vote meka jer and no one else ngan what is probably the second mortgage on their home) yang buta dan pekak tak reti nilai dua ekor ni laa akan menjadi perosak industri muzik negara kita.

Pening tul!

Apapun - aku rasa aku kena semakin kejam in my evaluation sebab yang terkeluar semua bagus-bagus banding beberapa orang (tau jerk sapa kan) yang shouldn't even be in the Akademi in the first place.

Oh by the way - nasib baik Kudsia takder ari ni. Elok sikit si Aidil dan Kefli tak kena puji abis-abisan.

Kalau ada yang mengharap aku upload pics - dua ni je laa aku sempat amik. Takde mood abih!
How did they perform?

Amy : Bilang Saja (Agnes Monica)
Semput! Good start tapi selepas the first thirty seconds, too many faults with her performance. Dia ni nunggu masa gak ni. Bosan asik dok jerit 'Hoo!' yang aku ngan kengkawan dok kutuk from the first concert. Kali ni empat kali...

Yazer : Nyanyian Serambi (Ramli Sarip)
Big, fat, hairy deal. And I'm not just talking about his performance. Mediocre. Again - thank God ler kita takder Kudsia minggu ni tuk sesi Puji-Pujian. Akademi : test him PLEASE with a real song that pushes the limits of his voice without bursting veins and of another genre.

Akma : L.O.V.E (Nat King Cole/Natalie Cole)
One thing ketara is that she can't seem to pronounce the word 'extraordinary'. Takde orang ajar ke? Adus! Apapun, slight improvement from Akma. I was only bored the last three quarters of the song. tak jadi tul dia nak wat gaya sexy...cause she just looked cheap the way she tried too hard. But still...good effort.

Kefli : Seksa (Ukays)
Thank God finally ada seorang yang made it a public acknowledgement of the fact mamat sengau ni nyanyi (if you can call it that) pakai hidung! Memang seksa...seksa nak tengok...seksa agik nak dengar!

Marsha : Tunggu Sekejap (Allahyarham Tan Sri P.Ramlee/Jaclyn Victor)
First performance of the night worth watching. Sokong Adlin yang kata dia in a league of her own. Not perfect...but close enough! All the elements were just nicely in place for her.

Felix : Aku Semut Merah (Meggy Z)
Tension tengok muka dia takder expression je! Tak suka cara dia mengikut lenggok dan kepitan merengek to get the dangdut feel. Overbaked. It was fun to watch and memang enjoyable - but hardly any sunstance. Apapun - still Felix was way better than many others on a night mana semua yang lain sekadar 'cukup makan' je performance.

Reza : Senandung Semalam (Jamal Abdillah)
Aku rasa Syafinaz komen paling best because she said something like he should close his mouth a little. I think so too - and hopefully he can also do it in the daily Diari sebab dia ni molot semakin tak hengat. Apapun...dia memang nunggu masa gak skali ngan Aidil dan Kefli. Dated choreography...no direction in presentation and vocals which were hardly worth a mention.

Ekin : Antara Dua (Farah AF2)
Better than Farah in the sense more energy and just slightly better natural tone. Tapi semakin aku ulang lagu dia semakin aku geram vocal dia sebab messy abih! I mean, nasib baik lagu tu rentak fast sikit. Tak dengar sangat masa performance. But horrible...tapi aku tak setuju Syafinaz kata kasut dia lebih menarik...sebab tuk aku...even her shoes were horrible!

Idayu : Tiada Lagi Tangisan (Misha Omar/Aishah)
She's a vocal powerhouse, there's no doubt. Tapi at the same time, untuk seorang advanced cam dia, terlampau banyak mistakes dia buat. Aku stuju Syafinaz komen dia abih because she is supposed to be better than the rest anyway for having had the advantage of vocal lessons. Still copycat - but slightly better this time around. Dan lepas tiga minggu berjaya keluarkan dia punya whistling, walaupun kelam kabut sikit.

Amylea : Don't Know Why (Norah Jones)
I mentioned this was going to be one of the hardest songs of the night, walaupun rupa je paling simple. Bagaimanapun, Amylea aced it! Memang kelakar ler lawak bangap apa dia cuba buat nak dok camtu kat stage at the opening, but she proved she was way above par with the rest. The only other performance of the night! Dah dua kali minah ni...dulu aku buang dia dari favourites list aku sebab gedik lebih dari power...skang da masuk balik.

Aidil : Suratan Atau Kebetulan (Kenny, Remy, Martin)
Bosan...flat...dan patut keluar saja. Sudah tiga mangsa berbakat terkeluar akibat adanya seorang yang patut je masuk karaoke competition kat shopping complex (dan kalah). Tak ada peningkatan, malah semakin tambah membosankan walaupun asyik ditolong dengan diberi lagu power yang menjadi siulan ramai.

Mawi : Nou'r El Ain (Amr Diab)
Menunjukkan peningkatan. Improvement. Tapi aku rasa ngarut ler bab tiba-tiba masuk silat. Aku tak nak banyak komen sebab aku rasa lagu ni tak menguji Mawi lagi. Kira standard fare saja. Lagikpun choreography yang ada terlampau basic. Untuk aku - seperti Felix, standard Mawi dan Felix ddengan pelajar lain semakin dekat dengan meningkatnya prestasi yang lain - dan stagnant non-progress mereka dua yang top ni.

By the way - ni teguran bagi Astro. Kalau dulu kata choreography limited - abih si Aidil dan Ekin berpeluk tu leh lak? Apa bezanya steps dari musim pertama yang peluk gak?

And another thing - yang aku rasa wajib ditegur...perlu ke kita lihat celah kangkang Amylea.

Masa menari Menuju Puncak - aku prasan bukan sahaja dia tak tukau kasut sport burok seperti trend group segment tu, tapi Amylea juga tidak menukar baju (yang nampak two sizes too big) yang terbelah tengah tu. Akibatnya menari sambil menayangkan kerak-kerak dalaman.

Hish! tak senonoh! Lihatlah ulangan konsert keempat tuk kebodohan wardrobe department Astro!

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