Are You Singaporean?

Confirm? Double Confirm?
If you have no idea what I'm talking about, watch this trailer....



It is one of a set of trailers launched by Channel 5 to promote its brand new local gameshow called 'We Are Singaporean'. Hossan plays almost all the characters in the trailers - see the one below where he's the kopitiam towkay and worker. There's meant to be one more featuring parents gunning for spaces at a school during P1 registration.





If the show is as good as the trailers (and as funny), I think we may just have a hit on our hands.


Hossan Leong is the host of the show. And I say...ABOUT TIME LOR. Can't wait to see what he'll do on the show - will he unleash his trademark sarcasm and whip his slanty-eyed look at less-than-worthy contestants/celebrities/guests? I certainly hope so. I hear Kumar's on an upcoming ep - I want sparring...please :)


Anyway, the show is a gameshow where contestants have to answer questions about Singapore. I can only imagine the questions to be like, "Where is the best roti prata in the east?" or "Name Dick Lee first hit!" or "What is Taufik Batisah's middle name" <-- trick question - he doesn't have one.


SO, Are You Singaporean Enough To Be In The Audience?
Now that they've got the set ready, host selected and I believe contestants too, producers are ready to fill up the place with audience members. This show's actually gonna give audience members a chance to win moolah too! Check out the flyer below.

Next week's recording will feature OMG winner Jill-Marie Thomas and the talented Danny Koh. Fans of the two, quick- send email to singaporeans@mediacorp.com.sg and get your tickets to go down and support them!


By the way peeps, Ch5 has launched their own blog (about time right?), and the hardworking peeps from the promo team will be posting tons of juicy behind-the-scenes pics/stories/gossip that only THEY have access to, so its a great place to go kaypoh. Check it out here and then add it to your bookmark list!


xoxo, s.


ps. @WRSproducer  - I chope 2 tickets please! *see, I used "chope" - I am v Singaporean liao!

OMG at AMK Hub

"I'm part of the crew! Reallyyyyy..."

Producers, I need a crew pass man. Wait. That doesn't work. Cos a Channel 5 staffer next to me was also told to move away from the stage area- we were at the side, not blocking anyone's view, hiding beneath a large speaker. Even the official camera woman who was filming stuff for tv was told not to go near the stage too. Me and the camera woman looked at each other like, "huh?"

Oh well, you give some people a little power ....

Ok, so here are the vids I managed to get yesterday at the AMK roadshow. Before you watch what they actually did on stage, here are some backstage vids of the contenders just hangin' out and kinda rehearsing a little...

Now on to the actual performances onstage :

First up, the very flexible popper-locker C-Murda :) Btw, I hitched a ride with Charles to AMK, and found out that this guy, has a double degree in Finance AND Law. Phwoar - he was giving me property investment advice k! Respect ah!

Here's David singing Coldplay's "Yellow".

After a break where the cast of Silver Lining took the stage, it was Luminiq's turn to strut their stuff.

Jill-Marie was up next with "Nobody".

And after another break where the cast of Fighting Spiders came on stage, Singapore Char Siew Baos! and Desert Roses were up to close the roadshow.

Fail moments...

I haven't included the vid of Irene from Vertical Dancers doing her pole thing yet. For some reason, the vid's a little corrupted, so I'm trying to fix that. Aside from that, its a pity fire artiste Danny Koh wasn't able to join us on Sunday - he had work commitments.

Sorry to everyone for jerky bits here and there, they were due to interruptions caused by AMK Hub staff asking me to move. I tried to continue filming while moving back but its not easy mah.

Big sorry to Jill-Marie for the jerky vid and abrupt cut off while you were mid-sentence. Again, please go find big lady bouncer person at AMK Hub for that. Wait. Forget her, lets do another vid of you singing somewhere where there are no bouncers. :)

Well, thats was Sunday with the OMG crew. Its just 2 days away from OMG Day - don't forget to tune in on Wednesday at 8pm to see how the four challenged contenders will fair up against the four new Challengers - Robert, Erika, Akiko and Rhythm & Moves.

Plus, Judge B is back in the house ;) woot!! We've missed her...

xoxo, s.

ps. So tempted to rant about the whole bounder incident (cos I feel very wronged) but aiya, that would be petty right? So in all ohmness, .... moving on.

OMG with an SPG

Barbarella Auditions for Channel 5's One Moment Of Glory :)

Notorious 'President of the SPGs' - Barbarella Chanel Posh Beckham Cruz etc - has 'auditioned' for OMG.

This crazy character from The Noose is just hilarious and one of my favourite incarnations from the very talented Michelle Chong (I absolutely love Leticia The Maid!).

Anyway this vid was just too good to not share, here are some screen caps to whet your appetite!

In the 5-minute clip, Barbarella talks borrs (balls) and shows off her 'juggring' skills in a bid to show off her 'tarrent' to an OMG producer.

Check out the link to xinmsn.com below to see the full video, and fingers-crossed Barbarella makes it to one of the episodes of the show! I would love to see B.B. See and other Noose characters join in throughout the season, somehow. I wonder if any stand-up comedians have auditioned?

Watch Barbarella's OMG Audition here!

Whee so excited about tomorrow, preparing my list of questions - gonna get to meet the judges and host for OMG. If you have questions you'd like to ask them (except their identity of course, cos that's under wraps for now), do drop me an email at summerrstv@live.com or post the query in the comments box below! Imma ask 'em and get back to ya!

Enjoy the vid!

xoxo, s.

ps. Wanna see if you can figure out who OMG's host and judges are?

Follow me on Twitter!

I'll be tweeting/twitpiccing from tomorrow's 'hush-hush' photoshoot to give you an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at them (or maybe their feet/hands/accessorries etc, everything but the face which i'm not allowed to reveal).

Broken, The Music Video

LOVE.IT.

Last night, just before the news Channel 5 unveiled the much anticipated music video for Idol #3's latest single 'Broken'. Already the song has been receiving much support on the airwaves, with Class 95 playing it up quite a fair bit (thank you!!) and its also climbing the 91.3 charts.

Its been sooo long since we've seen Airi on tv and its great to see him looking all worthy of his Idol title in this slick video, with this great and very radio-friendly song. Reminds me of the way I felt about Taufik's 'One Last' (the first single out after 'I Dream', I kept it on loop for like, forevah!)

Anyhoo, check out the video, produced by the talented OAP5 producers (love the hanging naked bulbs woot!), and vote for the alternate ending you prefer at www.facebook.com/mediacorpch5 or www.youtube.com/universalmusicsg2010.

Most of all, sit back and enjoy!

So how? You likey?

Personally, I like Ending 2 better. Kinda leaves things hanging, not your typical happy ending, most likely she won't find the letter/song.

Here are some of my fave shots from the video....

I absolutely loved the naked hanging lightbulbs. LOVE IT! I actually suggested to Airi that his music video have these hanging lightbulbs swaying in the wind and well, doubt it happened because of me, but it woulda been nice if it was haha.

I love the shots of the drums, the beat of the song is one of the best things about it, it grounds the melody (imo anyway). Btw, the drummer in the video is one of Airi's good friends. He's also one of the awesomest drummers I've ever seen play, and I had the privilege of watching one of their mini jam sessions - v. cool.

I like this shot for so many reasons. The colour of the wall totally helps break up the monotony of colour in the rest of the video which is mostly black/white/plain (which is simple and great, because the focus should be on the song). And I love that he's surrounded by 'equipment' - so music lor. Coulda done without the IKEA chair. Maybe a wooden, more er, rustic chair woulda looked better?

Who out there tried out for the casting call looking for 'Eurasian girls between 17 - 21 for a Ch5 music video? So obvious riiiight? :)

So did everyone think Amelia made the cut? Believable as Airi's love interest? Imo, not many shots of them together so couldn't really tell. Most of the shots of her were very 'Ghost Whisperer'-like to me. She is definitely pretty though.

This is definitely one of the best shots for me cos it actually shows them together, and you're given a sense of their chemistry, however, in this particular frame it looks like Airi's really pissed like "Hello-oh, I said I'm sorry already la, what else you want me to do....wahlaueh!"... and she's just stoning in that 'Melinda' way (I'm sure she was directed to stare into space and be indifferent).

Here's the 'Ghost Whisperer' shot... 'broken promises' written on the misty window.

And the follow up shot where the 'human' touches where the ghost once wrote.

The window thing was a nice touch. And, so, 0k, not to take the piss, silly GW comments aside, it was a really nicely shot video. I totally enjoyed it and I'm so happy that Channel 5 decided to produce one for Airi. Its sad that Taufik never really got a good music video for his first single (post win), so yay for Airi! And in that vein, one more shot of our Idol, singing his heart out for us. Can't wait for the next single to arrive - please Channel 5 make sure he has another video to go with! :)

xoxo, s.

ps. voting closes 12th May at midnight, so if you haven't cast your vote, go do so at the links above.

TV is BACK!

The TV addict in me is SUPER DUPER happy, because the new fall season has begun in the U.S. which means all the new shows should be filtering our way soon (as soon as 24hrs after its U.S. telecast if you have mio TV woot!)

So many things to watch, so little hours in the day......

(am posting this here instead of summerrstv.wordpress.com cos I find blogspot is so much faster to post in than wordpress...will do a transfer later on)

Anyway, I'm looking forward to watching :

Survivor Samoa

(premiering TONIGHT on Ch5, 6.30pm, encore at 11 I think!)

I'm hoping it'll be as exciting as last season's Survivor Tocantins (to-ken-shins)...awesome gameplay by JT, I'm so glad he won - he's such a sweetheart and I loved to hate the eccentric Coach character too...what was he ON about? slaying dragons etc...bleah...

Please let this season be just as exciting. I found Survivor Marquesas SOOOO boring....snore! And I can't remember half the seasons that went by. The first three seasons of Survivor made the biggest impression on me..oh and the All-star one of course. Ok, enough about Survivor.

The Amazing Race - LOVE THIS SHOW!

I have followed this one season for season :) Can you believe CBS wanted to cancel it after its 2nd season? Then it got nominated for an Emmy and they had to pause for a minute. Then the show WON that Emmy, and they renewed it for a 3rd season. After moving to a better timeslot, it actually brought in YOUNGER viewers for the then-old-ish network and its now a mainstay of the CBS schedule yay!

Premieres Monday 28th Oct, encores on Friday nights (10.30pm, I'm guessing before Survivor, then Survivor will shift to a later spot - reality fridays back to back!) on Channel 5 (no idea what AXN's timings are, but am sure it will appear there too.

Project Runway 6

I didnt believe in this product when I first saw it, I thought it was too niche. But after awhile, dammit I got hooked by all that diva designer behaviour! I love the challenges too, plus, when I was little, it was my dream to be a fashion designer. I can't sew for nuts, so I live vicariously through the show :) Parsons, Mood, NYC!!!!

(Thursdays nights on Ch5)

America's Next Top Model - Cycle 12 (ok, so we're ONE cycle behind America, but I'm hoping I'll still be entertained).

As much as I want to watch the current season of Kate Moss wannabes (calling all short under 6ft models is Cycle 13's big draw), I've enjoyed every season of ANTM and I think Cycle 12 should be no different. I enjoy watching the challenges and the girls bitching. I 'skip' or fastforward Tyra's weird (and gettin' weirder!) antics and the judges' deliberation though. Lazy la, all nonsense anyway, I don't get how Tyra isn't bored saying the same lines over and over again about how you win a contract bla di bla, and 'I only have ONE photo in my hand, and the girl who's name I DO NOT call, will have to return to the bla bla bla bla....'. EVERY WEEK, EVERY SEASON for THIRTEEN SEASONS! No short cut ah? btw, the Idols can do a very good 'Tyra' impersonation :)

The Primetime Emmy Awards!

MONDAY!! screeeeech! LOVE Emmys! Plus this year, guess who's hosting? He's Le.gen.dary...yupe its Neil Patrick Harris! Woot! He's hilarious - who knew Doogie'd grow up to be so funny?

Also I saw the exec producer's interview, apparently this year, they're presenting the show in a different format - by genre instead of by nomation categories, which is great.

But I can't help but feel like they're either trying to one-up or catch up with this year's Oscars. The Academy Awards which aired in March this year was totally different and it blew me away! Their presentation style - all presented like a big musical, starring Hugh Jackman, and each category was explained etc, very simple to digest for a viewer - didn't feel long and boring like previous years.

Moving on to tv series - sooo many....

Gossip Girl (if you've been following my tweets you'll know I'm a big GG fan and super damn excited about this!)

Its been so long since I've been this excited about a tv series since the days of Dawson's Creek, Gilmore Girls, Charmed and Buffy (are you seeing the trend? I belong to the WB (now CW) crowd. I heart The Frog (he was the mascot for the now defunct WB network in the US).

Season 3 promises to be ahem eye opening - Chuck's dating Blair, we all saw that at the end of last season. But apparently this doesn't last long - he's meant to share a guy-guy kiss with someone - acks! - so will Chuck go gay? Poor Blair.

mio TV season pass - JUST started on Thursday! eek! I've purchased it and its sitting there patiently waiting for me to finish my Princess Party duties ...GG is SO my reward tomorrow night!

Vampire Diaries!! NEW HOT SHOW. UBER HOT CAST.

See my review here.

Beautiful Life.

Mischa Barton (who's been crashing and burning with mental breakdowns and a bad nickname by Perez ('Mushy' eversince that photo of her cellulite laden thighs made it to the tabloid hall of fame) *evil Perez*) is headlining this show that is... well, crashing and burning if reviews are to be believed. But hey, critics were wrong about The O.C. (so wrong!) and One Tree Hill at first too....so I'm gonna watch it and decide for myself if its really a train wreck.

---somebody please air this - mio? ch5? starworld? somebody? anybody? doesn't bode well for a show when the international market didn't pick it up...hrm...

Eastwick

Its about 3 witches who just got their powers and are learning to use them. Sound like Charmed? A little. But the witches are older - Rebecca Romjin and post-Lipstick Jungle-Lindsay Price. I'm interested but not in a hurry.

mio TV

Glee

Reviews for this are like crazy good all over the place. I just 'ordered' it on mio TV. Now I gotta find time to actually watch it.

Flash Forward

Watch these promos that Channel 5 did. Solid awesome promos. I'm SO EXCITED about the show now (and I had no clue what it was or taht it was even coming!)

Seen the promos? Nuff said.

what else....

Ooh, Ghost Whisperer season 4 is coming up on mio TV.

And Heroes Season 4.

And Desperate Housewives Season ? (6 now? lemme go count my DH notebooks - I have one for every season :) thank you Ch5!).

And all them crime shows - Criminal Minds (seriously the BEST crime show ever!), The Mentalist (omg love Simon Baker's toussled blonde hair!), CSI, CSI:Miami, Without A Trace, Cold Case.

Seriously, I need a non-sleep patch. There just isn't time for sleep with all this good tv going on, and of course there's Idol. Not to mention my day job as Mommy. Oops, gotta run, my oven timer has buzzed, my princess cupcakes are ready! Ding!

xoxo, s.

Idle on Idol, catch up on TV

Its been all busy as a bee behind the scenes on the Idol front; what with the whole MJ leaving, Nurul coming in, major Top 13 press conference on Monday, 8Days cover shoot on Tuesday, Vocal training, choreo sessions, profile shoots, key checks, etc etc etc happening every day.....plus an upcoming roadshow on Saturday.

Its tough just keeping up with them. *Phew* typing that was tiring....

But today (technically yesterday since its already 1am on Thursday), with no LIVE show to attend, I suddenly felt like I was on a mini holiday.

So what does a TV addict do on a mini holiday? Watch more TV la doh!

I've just watched the new CW series Vampire Diaries, the first episode of America's Next Top Model (Cycle 12 I think, which was aired in the US earlier this year, they're on to Cycle 13 right now, which is dubbed the 'Kate Moss' season cos they are looking for a 'short' model LOL!), Melrose Place and very soon Gossip Girl Season 3.

Check out reviews for us tv shows at my other blog - will be following the new season/slate of tv shows over there .... www.summerrstv.wordpress.com .... and leave your comments.

So far, have seen Vampire Diaries and I'm likin' it! Very refreshing!

What shows are you looking forward to this season? I personally cannot wait to catch - Beautiful Life (the Mushy oops Mischa Barton New York model vehicle), the latest seasons of Survivor, Amazing Race and Project Runway, plus Eastwick (3 witches, like Charmed but less cotton candy, and the witches are older - hey we're talkin' Rebecca Romjin and Lindsay Price who are HAWT k!) and new seasons of Desperate Housewives and Ghost Whisperer (wat! I LIKE ok...its the touching stories that get me! And c'mon, what other series has a husband that comes back from the dead and inhabits another man's body, thus giving the couple a 2nd chance at romance?? <-- sweet rite?)

xoxo, s.

ps. in case you're wondering whether I've become a pirate ....hellooo...i'm very law abiding waaan...am watching them on either Channel 5, mio TV or Starworld la....(yes, I have both Starhub and SingTel services - how not to? TV ADDICT remember?)

Singapore Idol 3 : Episode 1

Its 2am, Monday August 10th. The day AFTER Idol Day.

I've just watched Episode 1 of Singapore Idol 3.

First reaction : Ok la.

After-some-more-thought reaction : Really ok la, not mind-blowingly fantastic, had a few 'huh?' moments, but generally pretty watchable. The Husband and I enjoyed it mostly, like 90%.

So I'll break this post down into things I didn't like, I liked and 'What The...?'

Did Not Like :

Krauser.

Big THUMBS DOWN. He was LAME. No, make that SUPER LAME.

AND extremely inconsiderate ..... what was the idiot thinking scaring a child like that?! As a mother, I totally reserve the right to SMACK HIM UPSIDE THE HEAD for pulling a stunt like that on a child. SO UNNECESSARY you LAME-O JERK.

And what about his SUPERBLY LAME audition? Dress up like that and people are gonna expect Black Sabbath or at the very least some Aerosmith - but John Lennon's Imagine? Speechless lor. In front of the judges meek like a kitten, once outside, growl at the camera. Dude. So UNCOOL.

Kimberley's Audition.

Not Kimberley per se, just the way her whole audition went. She wasn't that bad and didn't deserve all that drama - she seemed to me like a simple yes/no case. I wasn't that moved by her singing to her grandma, maybe you just had to be where Flo was to get the tears going. From where I was sitting, she looked like she was shouting at poor grandma (which I could hardly hear as it was drowned out by the loud clapping from her entourage). And poor grandma looked like she wasn't sure why her granddaughter was 'shouting' at her, but would ultimately OF COURSE say yes for her to go through la DUH!

Fahmi (guy who almost killed someone)'s story

I was so moved by this guy, was rooting for him, just like they wanted me to and then BAM!..the guy's out - didn't make it...Aiya. Such a downer that he couldn't sing! (on the flipside was Gabrielle's story - LOVED IT! See below.)

LIKED :

I liked seeing the judges again. It was so nice to see Dick, Flo and Ken back behind the table. So nice to see their camaraderie (ok Dick and Flo). So nice to see Uncle Ken again, doing what he does best.

Gabrielle Ferdinands' story.

I think her story was interesting, although to be honest, I spent most of my time just staring at her cos she reminded me right away of Mischa Barton (whom Perez calls affectionately calls Mushy due to her back thigh cellulite *evil Perez*). Gabrielle struck me as someone who has a lot of potential and she's humble, yet we know she wants it - which is good!

Kelly Mae Vernies. You tried out for Australian Idol and felt it didn't click? Well sweetie, if you really wanna make it to the Top 12 and possibly win, better start bringin' back your Singlish. :) I say this with utmost encouragement girl because I think you can sing. So don't lose votes by letting the audience feel alienated from you just because of your Aussie slang. See what happened to Jeassea Thyidor - great voice...Canadian though. I would have loved for her to get have gotten further, but I think her Canadianness may have gotten in the way.

Charles Wong the Beatboxer guy.

Deciding to beatbox, and doing it well, made him unique. He's like a walking subwoofer! The singing was just so-so, so Step it up at the next round b-boy!

Also cute as a button!

Benjamin Crutches-Guy's Accent.

I love that this guy speaks so well. Thats the good news. Bad news is for a minute it felt like he was 90 not 19. You're young dude, act your age! The Husband suspects the crutches are a gimmick. Dick said as much, "The stick helped you!" when he got the Golden Ticket. I'm still on the fence - how do you fake early onset arthritis? More importantly, if found out, wouldn't he face the wrath of like EVERYONE? So I doubt anyone would make such a stupid calculated move right? So, real crutches it is then!

Tabitha Nauser.

Tabitha looks like she has a lot of Swan potential. Just 17, she looks like girl next door, but her features look like with a bit of makeup and styling ....VA VA VOOM!

Daryl Lai's parents.

Daryl Lai's parents get props. They are such positive, encouraging parents. Despite their handicaps, they are supportive and optimistic - definitely a great example for everyone, especially their son!

Sezairi No-I'm-Not-Related-To-Najip.

Just thought the singing was good, better than what we got to see all night.

LOL Moments (Laugh-Out-Loud) :

Both The Husband and I cracked up at Gurmit's skit at the start of the show - he imitated the judge's habits quite well! Especially Ken's habit of rubbing his arms under his sleeves when talking, eyes peering above the glasses at the tip of his nose!

*Eh dun pray pray k....a LOT of people think Ken is sexy - some of the Top24 have told me so themselves too! I personally think its Ken's intelligence that makes him attractive. However, I still do not believe people have asked him what brand of underwear he wears - sure not Uncle Ken?)

Then there was that guy who said in broken Inggrissh : "Yes I'm a bit nervous, cos I haven take my breakfast yet." Kesiannya! (Poor thing hor!)

Deluded Avril Lavigne.

Or if you listen closely to her praise her idol, it could be Afreel Lerveeen or A-view Laveeen. Oh this girl made me laugh so much. Dick said it, "Do you live in the real world?" (Half of me thought she was gonna reply, "ya I do, cos I'm not a ghost you know!")

SUPER LOL MOMENT : When Afreel dovetailed the end of her singing with a question...Ho-oh, Ho-oh, Howsit?(sumore the face so deadpan - alamak almost keeled over laughing!)

Rachel 'I'm Not Ah Lian'.

Nothing wrong with being Lian right Flo? :) Clever move buttering up Flo (After Dick called Flo a 'Lian', Rachel defends. "She's not Ah Lian, she looks so sophisticated.")

After getting a Golden Ticket, I'm-Not-Ah-Lian says, "Real wan lehhhh!"<-- not Lian meh? Lian just admit Lian lah!

Anyway, I actually thought she was pretty cute and could sing. She shall from now on be known here as Ribbon Lian.

Careless Whisper put on weight and lost some hair and wasn't so whisper-y anymore. And like my source said, he really sang about the Recession. Not as funny as I thought it would be...letdown! (am waiting for ppl to post vids on youtube of these memorable clips so I can put them in the blog!)

Guy in red who sang Ning Baizura's 'In Another Place'. OMG. LMAO. Hello. CMI*.

*cannot.make.it.

Masked Selamat (featuring some guy in a surgical mask! LOL) <-- Goode One producers! Cheesy but unexpected, so props to you for sneakin' that one in!

Sky Ghostbuster Shaw

OMG. He was like in 'concert' mode! He has his shoes off (channeling Joss Stone?) and was waving his arms, asking the imaginary audience to 'Go Louder!'. What the..?

Then he gets to sing another song....Heavens Snow (what? thats NOT the title? But he was singing...Heavens Snow...Heavens Snow...)

No points for guessing the actual song title. Rick Price's 'Heaven Knows'.

Louis with the Irritating Voice.

LOL when he was describing how he thought he'd win judges over with his 'rocker' voice, only to be told by them that the 'rocker' voice was irritating. Then, decided to give judges a taste of his 'irritating' voice, only to find out that the Judges like it better! And I quote Louis :"Whats WRONG with these people?!" (Note to Louis : They din take their breakfast lor.)

Rohit The Hair.

This guy had hair like a Golliwog. Judges thought Slash. I thought.....Alleycats (70s group from Malaysia who thought they were black, but they were just Indian).

I didnt think his audition was that good but he got through anyway...we'll see how long The Hair lasts....

'Huhs?'

#1 : Radio guy who comes away with a Season Pass to the show? Who is he and what was that all about? Why does he get a pass?

#2 : Hady scouting for talent? huh? Why la? Didn't the talent queue up outside Cathay?

(random Hady pic, cos he's just so cute!)

Ken Lim as 7-Eleven Ambassador?!

During the commercial breaks, we got to see Ken Lim appear in his first-ever tv commercial (well I think its his first la, I haven't seen him in any before this).

It was for 7-Eleven, he lets a guy through auditions because he shops at 7-eleven. Cheesy much? Yes. It was.

But I'm glad to see Ken is able to not take himself too seriously and agree to doing stuff like this.

(Must go dig up more info on this (just found out an old friend was the Director of the commercials!) - I thought Taufik was the 7-Eleven Ambassador.... tsk, Uncle Ken stealing the limelight from your own protege?)

OVERALL, the show felt a little short, rushed, even, just ONE hour was not enough - I think everyone would have loved a full 2-hour premiere. (Just move News to 10.30pm la! No one cares about it right?)

Well, all in all, I had a good time with Ep 1 of Idol. I'm hoping to see more of the YAYs than the NAYs in Ep2 though. And perhaps more of the judges' witty remarks.

Singapore Idol Episode 2 airs Wednesday , 12 August, 8pm, on Channel 5!

Ok, end of review, time for bed *yawn* already 4.45am!

xoxo, s.