IT'S IDOL DAY! The One With All The Numbers

Good morning everyone! Its 5.17am on Idol Day!!!!!

And I'm up. C'est ridiculous no?...but I can't sleep - too excited for Group 2.

To be honest, when I first saw the line up for Groups 1 and 2 for Piano Shows, my first thought was 'wah, group 1 damn tough man!', but now I think Group 2 is just as tough - so much talent, how to choose?

Well, here's a reminder of who goes first, who's singing what and what numbers to call. Oh wait, before that, lets plug this morning's radio interview, happening in less than 4 hours.

Tune in to the Official Idol Radio Station, 987FM, where Dan & Young will be interviewing the last four of tonight's 12 performers : Benjamin Chow, Samantha Lee, Justin Jap and Mae Sta Maria.

Yesterday I wondered if D&Y were gonna talk about Char's sex tape scandal and they did, wondering now if they'll dredge up Ben's old hacker story + fake leg scandal! Must tune in to find out.

Official blogger Izked will be heading down to the radio station to tweet/twitpic during the interview. (Also, he's a big Daniel Ong groupie LOL <-- Iz, dun kill me! and dun faint when you meet Dan The Man!) Anyhoo, follow Iz's tweets here : Izked.

9am@987FM. TODAY. Listen.

VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE!

Ok, back to voting details!

Last week, the top 3 votes went to 3 guys. The Judges' Save went to 3 very talented girls. There's been so much talk about everyone wanting a 'girl' idol this year but looks like voters/viewers are all talk and no action.

Are you really voting for talent?

The judges can only 'save' the talent up to here, once at Spectaculars, its really a free-for-all.

So vote for the ones you really want to put through, the ones you want to see progress week after week, the ones you believe will do the Idol title and Singapore proud.

Without further ado..... here's what Group 2 will be singing and the numbers to call ......

For your quick reference :

sezairi sezali

"Sunday Morning"

1900 112 1201

SMS 1 to IDOLS (43657)

gabrielle ferdinands

"Thinking Of You"

1900 112 1202

SMS 2 to IDOLS (43657)

duane ho

"I'm A Little Too Not Over You"

1900 112 1203

SMS 3 to IDOLS (43657)

jonathan cheok

"Come Together"

1900 112 1204

SMS 4 to IDOLS (43657)

fathin amira

"Karmastition"

1900 112 1205

SMS 5 to IDOLS (43657)

sylvia ratonel

"Mercy"

1900 112 1206

SMS 6 to IDOLS (43657)

faizal isa

"This Love"

1900 112 1207

SMS 7 to IDOLS (43657)

charlene torres-tan

"Can't Take My Eyes Off You"

1900 112 1208

SMS 8 to IDOLS (43657)

benjamin chow

"At Last"

1900 112 1209

SMS 9 to IDOLS (43657)

samantha lee

"Don't Speak"

1900 112 1210

SMS 10 to IDOLS (43657)

justin jap

"So Sick"

1900 112 1211

SMS 11 to IDOLS (43657)

mae sta maria

"Better In Time"

1900 112 1212

SMS 12 to IDOLS (43657)

Like last week, I'll be tweeting/twitpiccing from the studio once I'm there. Follow me at twitter.com/summerr77.

Good luck LODIs, have a great show - bring it!

xoxo, s.

Radio Interview on 987FM : Sezairi, Gabby, Duane & Jon

And the Idol week has begun..

Today's radio interview on 987FM featured Sezairi, Gabrielle, Duane and Jonathan (not Sylvia as I had previously posted...note to self, must update 'Idol Spotter' after this post). Sorry for the misinfo peeps, the list I got from Ch5 must have been an old one. Its all goode anyway, the radio interview went smoothly (eventhough Jon was a half hour late! tsk tsk!). Sylvia will be on tomorrow with Amira, Charlene and Faizal. (just got the latest list, so this is correct!)

What did we learn from the interview? Lemmesee....

Airi WAS with the Performing Arts programme at LaSalle, now he's just ...performing (nice one Dan). He declined to comment if Idol was the reason he was no longer with the school. Wah, pleading the 5th and we're not even in US!

Duane is pursuing Idol and O-Levels!! (dude, hero la you!) Apparently his parents were angry at first that he wanted to join Idol, but once he got into the Top24, they did an about-turn and are full supportive now - good for ya Aunty and Uncle! Young people need support not dissent! :)

Last fun fact about Duane - he won a Pussycat Doll dance competition and got to dance with them on stage!

Gabby is a marketing and PR major (eh, same same babe!), and bla bla bla and SHE HAD A CRUSH ON JONATHAN! woot! (all the other info about being a good friend, talking a lot, people person etc all got blown away by this lil revelation)

Looks like every other girl has had a crush on Jon. My sources have told me our lil Sylvia also had the hots for him initially. And Jon's gotten loads of facebook friend requests from....you guessed it, random girls!

So looks like Jon Jon (new nick!) and not MJ, is the lady killer in the group!

Gabby's right though, spot on when she said Jon gives off this 'Badboy' vibe (thus my original nick for him) but he's actually so sweet and sentimental once you get to know him. Check out Jon's profile here and what I thought of him. You'll see that me and Gabs are on the same wavelength :)

So, all this while, they're yakkin' and talking Jon up, Jon's not actually there. He's late. I'm betting Suresh and Byron (the publicity pros behind Idol) will be giving him a 'talking-to' right about now.

Fyi guys, we were with Jon on Saturday night, he looked a little flu-ey, maybe thats why he woke up late despite TWO alarm clocks. Then again, this is Idol - no excuses is the mantra.

Stepping up to the mic...

-- Voice sample and "why should people vote for you?" --

Sezairi : "People should vote for me cos its my dream."

Gabrielle : "I can be their friend, we can sing along togetehr, its not about being on a pedestal, it should be the audience singing along with you."

Duane : "Vote for me if you wanna see me dance and cos I also want this really badly!"

Just as Duane finishes up, Jon Jon steps in - perfect timing!

Jonathan : "I'm gonna be myself on the show, I'm very Singaporean, therefore good for Singapore Idol. I'm someone they can look up to and relate to."

Dan : "Look up to and relate to, I like that!"

Young : "Relate, ya, most Singaporeans are late most of the time anyway...." <-- ouch Young!

Young's on a roll, he then outs Gabby to Jon about the crush (not that she didn't out herself already by saying it on National radio!)

Btw, she had a crush on him initially, but now they're just really good friends, the whole group hang out often.

Hope the four of them had fun at Idol's Official Radio Station 987FM. Can't wait to hear tomorrow's 4.

I wonder if Dan & Young will bring up Charlene's s*x tape scandal (as reported in New Paper). Maybe they'll keep it a wholesome, kosher interview, what with two very young hopefuls Faizal and Amira in studio :)

Til tomorrow!

Full profiles of this week's 12 a re all on the right sidebar!

xoxo, s.

ps. Will be meeting up with the idols for Choreo today, lets see how that goes! Missing my LUMIX...maybe I can run down to Sim Lim now and get me an Olympus Tough! <-- apparently can survive toddler throws - shock proof!