When comparing AF to AI
It’s 12.49 am. Can’t sleep. :-p My Grandmom has Astro Ria (Channel 104) on the box. We have the Akademi Fantasia Concert playing - good Gawd, I aint a fan of such tasteless shows. Don’t get me wrong - I do watch reality TV. But sometimes, reality tv is too unreal for me. My favourite have been American Idol, Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader, Weakest Link, America’s Next Top Model and the like. Perhaps some more which I cannot recall.
Looking at what the students were wearing, I could only think, “you would never see THAT on an American Idol contestant”. I do not know what the teachers and designers taught these kids, but it’s terrible.
For one, the students were all over the place on the stage. I can only imagine what Simon and Randy would say. It’s just hideous. Their performance would have been alright, should they know what they were doing. A critic highlighted this, Adlin Aman Ramli, I think was his name. Fortunately someone has some sense to point that out.
The reason, however, why I never bother to watch Akademi Fantasia, One in a Million, Gang Starz and the like is because of the quality of the contestants they seem to take. With due respect, I don’t have a voice which would encapsulate the heavens; though the moment one note comes out of my mouth, Hell seems to freeze in terror and the Heavens start crying. Grateful Homeland Security didn’t try to arrest me for disturbing the peace and crimes against humanity. Back to the quality of the contestants: I’m sure there are people out there - out of the 27 million people in Malaysia - there is at least a handful of individuals who were gifted with angelic voices.
Take for example the heartthrob which many are obsessed with: Mawi. He lacks looks and voice. He an barely speak one sentence of English, yet he caused a mass hysteria among Akademi Fantasia fanatics. Won awards at various levels. I dare bet, the moment Mawi sings before Simon Cowell, not a word of praise would come from the latter.
p.s. Words in italics denotes sarcasm… >_>
p.p.s. Don’t miss the last two weeks of American Idol!!!
