Singapore Idol Top 24 : Jonathan Cheok

In The Shower with :

Jonathan Cheok

(nickname : Badboy)

Actually, the words that best describe Jon is his favourite tagline, "If You Know What I Mean?"
Ever the King of Innuendoes, Jon is the one that cracks everyone up. He likes to play the role of Mischief-maker (I mean, c'mon, lookit that mischievous gleam he's got!) but what you don't know until you get to know Jon, is what a nice guy he is. (Oops, am I killin' your Badboy image here Jon?)

Quick facts about Jonathan :

Lives in : West

Occupation : Flight Attendant (former, he quit SQ to join Idol! woot!)

Favourite MJ song : Rock With You

Favourite Judge : Flo

Single/Attached? : Single(ladies, step right up, Jon is really quite a catch - he's super sweet!)

Who does he think will win Idol 3? MJ.

If music is your first love, what is your second?

I love playin games... like sports and basically anything that I can win at, but mostly soccer amongst many others, like board games, video games, drinking games, recreational sports.

All and any competitive sport! I am super competitive!

Jon was kind enough to list his sports history in super detail, but I've summarised it for you as follows :

Jon has played basketball (captain even!), badminton, tennis, gold (with his brother Gabriel who was in the National Youth team!) and is a 'Gold' swimmer (some kind of universal ranking?).

He has also won trophies for discus, javelin and shotput throwing, as well as track (100m, 200m, relays etc) .

Other sports/games I enjoy are:

Snooker,pool,netball (isn't this a girl's game? buaya ah?),bowling, handball, rugby, canoeing, kayaking, cycling, rollerblading ,iceskating.

Basically, we all now know that Jon is a super sporty person. Thanks to all that, we can now classify Jon as a 'fit-bit', right girls and boys?

Secret Single Behaviour : What do you do on your own that no one knows about?
I always sleep with an eyelid sticker on my right eye so the next day... VOILA... perfect double eyelids on both eyes! <-- OMG so if you don't you're one of those ppl who only have ONE double eyelid? LOL! I always bite my fingernails... old habits die hard! I can't not do anything while on the throne. Either I read magazines, newspapers, or play games on my psp or iphone, listen to my ipod, play the guitar (!! Seriously??).

Volume control for anything must be in EVEN numbers... even for my iphone which is in little BARS.. must be like 10 bars or 8 or something... (looks like you and Doug cannot share volume controls unless its on 10 or 20! *Doug needs his to be in multiples of 5!)

summerr's take :
When I first met Jon, I thought he was cocky as hell, there's always gotta be that ONE cocky fella in every season. But as I got to know him, I realised beneath that cocky/mischievous exterior was a guy who is dead serious about this competition, serious enough to quit a perfectly good job - he was a flight attendant with Singapore Airlines, not an easy job to land mind you!

Aside from that, I've noticed he is one of the most considerate guys in the group, always checking to make sure everyone is ok (maybe its his flight attendant training!).

Vocally he is definitely not one of the strongest singers. But what he lacks here he makes up for in spades in personality. Already a recogniseable face on the show, Jon's biggest draw is his looks and personality...for now. Kick ass on your Piano Show and show us what you've got.

Jon once told me he uses humour to make up for his other shortcomings. Well, we hope to see more of the real you Jon, its okay to let your guard down once in a while.

Here's a vid of Jon doing Love stoned...

Make a date with Jonathan!

Saturday, 5 Sept : Lot One, 3pm -4pm

Catch Jon in person at the 2nd Idol roadshow where you get to meet the 2nd group of 12 that will be performing at Piano Show #2.

Tuesday, 8 Sept : Caldecott Hill, 9am - 930am, 987FM

Tune in to 987FM at 9am to catch Jonathan's first radio interview, alongside Amira, Charlene and Benjamin.

Wednesday, 9 Sept : Caldecott Broadcast Centre, Studio 1

Singapore Idol Piano Show #2, 8pm and The Results Show later at 10pm, on Channel 5.

Jonathan will be performing Michael Jackson's "Come Together".

To vote for Jonathan :

Call 1900 112 1204 or text 4 to IDOLS (43657)

Each call/sms costs 60cents.

Lines will only open from 8pm on 9th Sept 2009.

Find Jonathan Online :
Jonathan's facebook fanpage

Jonathan's YouTube channel

xoxo, s.

Singapore Idol 3 : Episode 3 Review

Welcome to the Singapore Idol Theatre Auditions (Part 1).....

Check your phones (and pride) at the door, and we'll see you in 8 days (if you make it that far).

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the producers bag and tag each person's phone! (that's a lot of commodity - 100 phones! Am sure there are quite a few iphones in there!) Its like going to Club Med (in an alternate singing universe), where you're basically cut off from civilisation! Thank God for payphones right? (am sure Charlene Tan would agree with me, aw that phone call home to Momma was a heart-tugger!)

At this stage, we go from Top 100, down to 80, down to 60, down to 40 and finally, we end up with the Top 24 (12 girls and 12 boys) that will enter the Piano Show rounds. We'll know by the end of next week's episode who the Top 24 are.

Episode 3 showcased the first two days of Theatre Auditions : Acapella Individual (Day 1) and Group Day (Day 2).

Here's my short review of tonight's episode. (Full review to come later tonight.)

By and large, it was ok, but I thought it could have been more dramatic. Some parts of the show seemed disjointed, it didn't have the flow of Episode 2. My fingers are crossed that as the stakes get higher and the pressure mounts next week, the flow of the show will deliver the drama we're all waiting for.

Highlights : (based on tonight's show)

Acapella day was boring - typical 'forget-the-lyrics' type scenarios.

Group day was a mess.

Turban-ed girl was a real mess. Cut the put-ons dear. Seriously.

Chua Ai Ping, also a mess, but I like the girl - best attitude I've seen so far.

Ryan Lee and Syltra Lee, potential meowrr drama, but didn't happen - why lah? I thought Ryan was about to scratch her eyes out or something. But it was pretty evil how the judges made them single out someone they thought was bad - really know how to put the poor kids on the spot man!

Plus, I swear I saw a crying Jonathan Cheok in the trailer, so so drama, I was looking out for that - dun haf.

Also that crying girl soaking Gurmit's shirt, also dun haf.

All in next week's ep!

What a tease....grrr...still love that trailer (oops interstitial) though.

So what did you all think of tonight's show? Spot on? Loved it? Disappointed? Wanted more?

Share share share below k?

The end credits (which like SUDDENLY appeared with the weirdest 'rap' in the background) featured some interesting things coming up next week...

• FIRST EVER IN IDOL HISTORY, Duet Day! Kudos to SI Producer who came up with the idea!
• And look who's become all chummy chummy, 'portrayed-to-be-sworn-enemies' Syltra and Ryan Lee are seen ENJOYING their duet performance and each other's company? (initially I thought they were related cos they were highligted one after another with the same surname, now thinking about it, ick!)
• Major blowout by Dick for Gabriel Cheok and Cheryl Lim (which I think resulted in the her big sobbing clip on Gurms' shoulder) .... kena 'suan' for not being able to play the guitar well enough..ouch!
• And finally of course, the much anticipated reveal of the Top 24.

Can't. Wait.

xoxo, s.

ps. Posting this first, while I work on my full review of tonight's episode.

Brothers Cheok tribute to Ben Chow

Check out what I found on youtube :) Idols supporting their fellow Idol! (awwwwww!)

The Brothers Cheok doin' a shout-out to Ben Chow in light of his hacker plight.

Very cute guys. I had fun watching this lil clip!

Ben, if you're out there, have you seen this? Its buddy support Idol-style!

Sound quality and picture clarity not the best, so don't hold it against the brothers k?

xoxo, s.