The One with The Trailers....

A Channel5 summary of Idol journeys...

Here's what's currently on air on Channel 5 to help you remember SylSyl's and Airi's journeys. Each of the Top 2 have a 'Profile' and two 'Performance Highlights' trailers. Enjoy the quick look back and reminisce, cos hey, it was YOUR Idol journey too :)

Here're Sylvia's :




And here are Airi's :




I particularly enjoyed going theme by theme and remembering what it was like each week - the wardrobe, the group songs, the funny music videos, the sometimes moving, sometimes hilarious VTs they air before each performance and of course, the mixed emotions when someone would leave.

Here's a video interview by TODAY newspaper which I found on their YouTube channel. They've also got an idol blog called 'Idol Chatter' so do check it out. Its authored by May Seah (the Idol boys say she's hawt!) and Christopher Toh (I'm still wondering why he's called Abang of The Airwaves? Peranakan? Old? Doesn't look old wor. If you're wondering, yep he's the guy Judge Flo always refers to as her 'colleague from TODAY newspaper' who makes the Idol-Out predictions - anyway, check out his other blog Popparazzi - he's actully quite funny!).

I wonder if they did an interview with Sylvia? I'm sure they did, otherwise not fair right :), shall check their youtube again later tonight.

Ok, thats it for now, am off to commence the dinner/bath/bedtime routine...but first gotta wake The Kids up...they have been blissfully asleep for just over 2 hours, enough to let me mess about a bit on Tumblr and put up this post!

More substantial stuff tonight - I got juice on the finals, laterrr *wink* ;)

xoxo, s.

ok yes I know, if i type '*wink*' i don't need to put ';)' anymore...go nag up someone else's skirt la. tsk.

Vids Galore by Izked

Good morning peeps! Quickie post to point you in the direction of the Official Blog!

Looks like Izked was on a roll (and some super effective panadol!) last night and he's uploaded like tons of vids since last night! Go watch!

You can check out his youtube channel here...

Or go straight to the video-infested blogpost! :)

And thanks to tabithasfanclub, here's this week's music video for show sponsor Strepsils. Probably my fave Idol video now :) I think the 4 of them sang the song really well :)

Ok, now go watch more vids at Iz's!

xoxo, s.

The One With All The Vids

Good morning people!

I spent all of Thursday night/Friday morning uploading these vids, then couldn't bring myself to put it on the blog cos I was bleary-eyed and dead sleepy.

Anyway, here you go, these vids were shot at key-taking for Spectacular 11 : Step Up & Dance, on Tuesday (Nov24th) evening. Yes, the Idols select songs for the following week a day before the current week's performance. So for one Idol its usually kinda wasted effort la when they get eliminated. But this week - non-elimination - so it's all goode....

Sorry there aren't any vids of Charles, he was first to go for keycheck and out the door thereafter cos he had to get to work. :(

You'll see a little of Charlie in this one though, he was packing up and just singing along with Tabby and then he walked out and left - hahaha, Tabby still singing to herself and didn't realise he left.


Next up at keycheck is Sezairi, so while he's in the room, Tabby and Sylvia hang with Iz and I at the vending machine room. Tabby was recording a message and about to give me a sampler of whatever she was gonna sing, but we got distracted by Sylvia and Iz.

Charles was singing this earlier and Tabby tries out a 'Ne-Yo' song. Very short clip but when I came home and played it back I was just amazed at Tabby's vocals.

We were recording stuff and then suddenly some bhangra drum beats sounded. There was a dance rehearsal just two doors away. But we continued to record anyway, it stops midway, just in time for you to really heat Sylvia 'tarikkkkk' ...awesomeness! Watch! (this is one of Sylvia's confirmed song choices for next week's show)


Sezairi is back from keycheck. Check out his song choices at my previous post here. Sylvia's turn in the room, and while Tabby's waiting for her turn, Airi obliges by accompanying her while she tries out Pixie Lott's 'Mama Do'. One of my fave vids for the night. This song turns out to be one of Tabby's confirmed song choices for next week's show.

Everyone loves singing to Airi's guitar-playing, they all say they sound super good when its just raw with guitar-accompaniment. Tabby now tries out 'Crazy In Love' by Beyonce. This one turns out to be Tabby's other confirmed song choice for next week's show.


Its Tabby's turn to go into keycheck, so Sylvia takes a turn with Airi. I asked her to sing American Boy again because the earlier recording had the drums. But turns out, I actually prefer the way she sang it the first time around. This was good too, hahah, except for the choking at the end!

I actually like this vid very much. Both Sylvia and Airi sound really good together.

Last vid of the night, this one caught me by surprise. I wasn't recording, but when I heard Airi start singing my favourite Coldplay song, I had to record it - loved it! This song always 'gets' me.

Well, hope you enjoyed the vids. That was my night with the Idols at Tuesday's keycheck. My fave time is not the roadshows, but this time, the downtime with them, cos its just a bunch of people hangin' out and singing, and I love hearing them sing, cos they really are just so good unplugged :).

Have a great Saturday ahead! Don't forget to catch them at the roadshow today, 5pm at Orchard Cineleisure!

xoxo, s.

Good morning! - Why I Wanna Win vids :)

Good morning Idol-ites! :)

Its 5.45am and in about 15 minutes time, your Top 5 will be tumbling yawning and sleepy-eyed into the spooky quiet make-up unit at Caldecott Hill. Yep, today's makeup call is at 6am - crazy or what rite?

While they fall asleep in their makeup chair getting all dolled up and gorgeous for a full day of profile shoots with FIVE lucky fans for next week's You Asked For It Spectacular, have a look at why they want to win the Idol crown so bad and what it means for them.

These were from an earlier post, but I figured best to put your Top5 together :)

Bless 'em, all 5 of 'em. Can't help but love them all - gettin' tougher and tougher every week to see them go.

xoxo, s.

ps. Check out some really fun fanvids by sabrinaathestrange - I love her stuff (and so do the Idols)! here's a sample! Check out more Idol vids at her youtube page :)

Spectacular 2 : Videos

Hi all,

Looks like our usual source for Idol episodes hasn't yet uploaded the full Idol ep from Wednesday. here's what I could find on Youtube. If you spot the full ep, drop me a note and let me know k?

In the meantime here are 7 of the performances from Wednesday night....

xoxo, s.

More vids & Predictions...

Am seriously on a roll. Is it obvious that I'm Youtube-ing? :)

And I just discovered this one by Gabrielle singing a very 80s sounding song but still sounding very good!

Btw, I've been meaning also to put this vlog below up for awhile, but aiya, somehow keep missing it! Matthew so sorry dude. Will put your next one up sooner.

Matt is the wubby for Idol. A wubby is the guy who warms up the crowd before the show goes on-air. (You'd think it was Gurms, but its not :) someone else always warms up the crowd first.)

Matt, bein' your first live show and all, good job dude! Keep it up! (cheers for the plug on the end!)

Anyway, Matt's doin' a series of vlogs on idol, its his take on the show and how it went. Check it out.

Predictions :
Ok, so now that the vids are up, and its 4pm, I'll be heading up to Caldecott Hill in about 2 hours.

What's my plan today...well today, I'm gonna get the Idols to predict if they're going through or not? How? A super scientific method using a super scientific tool....check out the tool.....

Ta-daaaa, meet my Magic "Enchanted" Ball.

My standard issue Black 8 Ball is in storage, but my new Magic "Enchanted" (as in from the movie, this was a promotional movie premium) Ball works pretty well. I didn't use it last week, I wonder how come I didn't think of it? Tsk!

I asked the ball if tonight would be a good show and it replied "So It Shall Be". Let's hope it got that one right.

Now, let me see what it says about tonight's 12.

My question will is : Will get through to the Top 12?

Sezairi : So It Shall Be

Gabrielle : Prospect Good

Duane : The Stars Say No

Jonathan : Focus and Ask Again (LOL!) ; Very Likely

Amira : Chances Aren't Good

Sylvia : Looks Like Yes

Faizal : Chances Aren't Good

Charlene : The Stars Say No

Benjamin : Unlikely

Samantha : Unlikely

Justin : No Doubt About It
Mae : Very Likely

Interesting. The ball threw up 6 positives and 6 negatives. Uncanny.

Btw, this is the first time a Ball has asked me to focus and ask again :P so I asked again for Jonathan.

The 6 that the Ball predicts to go thru are :

Sezairi, Gabrielle, Jonathan, Sylvia, Justin and Mae.

When I asked the ball is there was a chance we'd see an 'Anoop' situation tonight...here's what the ball said : Consult Me Later <-- tsk.

I kid you not.

Ok, that 'face palm' moment aside, my spideysense tells me its highly probable, what with the first 12 being brought back into the studio and all. Spideysense is tingling!

Anyway, let's see how the Ball does when its in the hands of an actual Idol hopeful. I'll be bringing "Enchanted" here with me later on, and will twitpic the results so you know I'm not doctoring it!

ok, gotta go, the kids are up - time for play!

see you via twitter/twitpic at Studio 1!

xoxo, s.

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

Its' Idol Day y'all!

(cue Idol music te ne ne ne ne ne ne ne....)

OMG, today we will know who the other 6 of the Top 12 will be. No pressure Group 2. No pressure at all.

In the spirit of 'No pressure', I'd like to share with you all a couple of vids and pics that were taken during Group 2's Vocal Training last Saturday (mostly of those who were hanging around, waitin' for their turn) and Choreo on Monday.

Its really just vids of the LODIs bein' themselves ie silly.... so sit back, relax, have a laugh...

Jon was a little tired and blur when I recorded this - but he still looks kinda adorable right girls? Aw, give the poor soul a hug and some reassurance.

You're not a noob la... (whatever that is...testament to my age that I have no idea what noob is)

I loved that one of Mae - she is hilarious I tell you.

Next up, Justin decides to be the Idol Behind-The-Scenes reporter. Ahem, pass or fail? LOL!

Mae - fail! Very difficult (to) interview!

All funny stuff aside, here are some pretty awesome clips of a Sezairi/Justin showcase. Gabby later takes the guitar over too with Linger (check it out on Youtube if you didn't see it in my earlier post).

Hope you enjoyed that? I certainly did. Its a pity we don't have much of Sam and Sylvia who went off earlier. You can see vids of Ben, Duane and Gabrielle taken from the same day from my earlier post here. Or browse summerr77 at Youtube.

Today's D-Day for Group 2. Everyone's due at Mediacorp first thing in the morning and they'll be spending the day there doing run throughs for tonight's show.

I'll be at MediaCorp later this evening to catch up with Group 2, and also Group 1 who will be coming in to support their Idol friends too. Look out for my tweets and twitpics this evening!

Lets all hope for a great show (no dead air, no bad jokes, no bad performances) and hope your favourites go through - VOTE ppl!

xoxo, s.