Idol out : Duane Ho

Bye Bye Mr. Pussycat Doll :(

As I was walking to the Tv Theatre today, I wondered if tonight's votes would be the same as it has been for the past 4 weeks - that Singapore would be sending home yet another talented female contestant.

Looks like Mae's exit last week has given voters a wake-up call, the person packing their bags this week is Duane. The youngest contestant at 16, Duane has NEVER been in the bottom 3 much less the bottom 2. Tonight he was both, and finally, surprisingly, got the boot.

Duane went from a judges' pet to weekly ridicule and I give him props for taking all that in, especially at just 16. Its not easy standing there and being judged. Despite the judges' lack of support, Duane got support, and apparently in spades as he coasted through week after week - safe from being in the bottom.

I wonder what happened - either his fans decided he was getting slammed too much they decided to not prolong his torture (doubtful) or the fans of the other idols and previously eliminated contestants have rallied together to pool their votes to change the voting pattern.

Well, whatever it is, its still sad to see Duane go. He's such a sweet kid and we've all come to know and love him. Those closest to him took it the hardest - Tabby and Faizal, who together with him and Farhan made up the 'Awesome Foursome'.

Here's Duane's exit song and exit interview.

Haven't watched his performance on tv yet, but what I saw/heard at the theatre LIVE wasn't too bad. In fact, I thought he was rather refreshing, a nice combo of piano playing and stage presence.

Anyway, Duane, the Idol journey may be over, but you made it to Top 6! Thats an achievement and you know you'll always always be a part of the Idol family! Keep dreaming big my dear! Love ya Duane!

xoxo, s.

Its IDOL DAY!!

Its that day of the week again folks! So exciting!

Sorry I've not been blogging every day this week (only token updates since I wasn't able to go to the roadshow on Saturday), its been challenging as I've had to juggle an extra variable - some overseas visitors :) My Aussie cousins came to visit along with their lil boy and it was amazing having them but it also meant I was totally zapped at the end of the day, and that when everyone went to bed - so did I (when normally I don't, I'd be blogging!)

Anyway all that aside, I'm glad to report I think I've had enough make-up sleep WOOT! Adrenaline has taken over at T-minus 4 and a half hours to IDOL! WOOT WOOT!

Tonight's theme is 'Killing Me Softly', so named because the Idols were given a chance to 'kill' each other's Idol journey by possibly sabo-ing them via song choices. However, our lovely Top 6 are so much like family they each chose wisely and thoughtfully for their fellow competitors.

Here are the song choices once again with the voting deets.... do remember to vote wisely.

This morning, I was listening to Tabby's and Sylvia's 987fm interview and Sylvia said something very interesting. She said she chose a good song for Duane also because she didn't want to be blamed for a poor song choice by his fans if he didn't make it through. Interesting! I never thought they would 'feel bad' and 'worry' about what the others' fans might think of their song choices.

woops - phone JUST beeped! Message from Iz who's watching rehearsals at the studio right now - ooh update for me!

Izked : 'Ok in all, everyone rocked except Duane ....'

whoa, hope Duane's aware...I reply : "Paparazzi is tuff..."

Then again, I'm not too worried... the trend so far has been that performances for the actual show tend to be better than at rehearsal (except for 'For Someone Special', when they all were superb at rehearsal and practically bombed during the show)- it's probably the Idols feeding off the energy from the audience and getting an adrenaline boost. So if you're in studio, especially mosh pit people, dun matter who you support - give every performing Idol loads of support k, it certainly makes a difference when people cheer you on and hey, we ALL help to make it a good show!

Thanks Iz for the update - miss ya babe - see you and the LODIs in like...2hrs plus! Gawd, only 2 more hours and so much more to blog about... better get a move on!

xoxo, s..

ps. be sure to follow my tweets/twitpics tonight!

pps. JUST IN CASE GOT BLURNESS OUT THERE..

Singapore Idol - Performance Show 8pm LIVE

Singapore Idol - Results Show 10pm LIVE

Episode 13 is up! This week's show!!

Spectacular #7 'My Folks Love This' is up!

Thank you Nazamania! :) Here you go Idol fans....watch to your hearts content....

Now we're just missing Episodes 9 (Spectacular #3 An Asian Feast) and 12 (Spectacular #6 Mambo Mania) .... will Nazamania oblige and fill in the blanks - fingers crossed he will - thank you so much!

Btw peeps - have you been checking out my tweets/twitpics? The Idols are still hard at work shooting the music video, I haven't gotten any messages from Iz yet, so most likely they're still at SOMA shooting scenes in the recording studio. Next stop after that - Vivocity for some 'water' fun...estimated shoot end time - 12midnight!

Next post - the vids I shot at Quincy Hotel earlier this afternoon :)

xoxo, s.