Its Asian Week!

Proud To Be Asian :)

Its Asian Week folks and the Idols are tra-la-la-ing it in various Asian languages this week. We've got songs from Indonesia, Malaysia, Korea, Philippines, India, Taiwan and of course, Singapore.

I asked each Idol 8 'Asian' questions and their profiles have been updated with their answers, check them out if you haven't already seen them (quick links are on the right side bar).

My favourite question was the 'superstition' one, and surprisingly (or maybe not), many remembered the old wives' warning that if you don't clear your plate of food, you'll end up with an ugly (and some say pimply) spouse! :) *Yes, we all know its a ploy to get kids to finish their food, but its one of those 'sayings' that you've heard so many times your subconscious makes you clean your plate to this day, 'just in case'!*

Two names kept popping up : 'Taufik Batisah' and 'Rain'. The former because he inspires Singaporeans and the latter because he's just so hawt - in Tabby's words : "Those abs gasp! 'nuff said!"

This week, I'm looking forward to see how everyone's gonna bring it in another language, especially those singing in a language they don't even speak - coincidentally, its all the girls!

Amira's singing in Tagalog, Mae's singing in Korean, Malaque and Nurul will be singing in Hindi. Sylvia is singing in Malay (she took Mandarin in school) and Tabitha's singing in Mandarin (she may have taken it at school, but she hasn't been using it for a while now).

The boys are sticking to the second language they know best - look out for Charles' 'An Jing' - its quite a moving rendition and he's playing the piano (betcha din know he could hey?) and Faizal's 'Hapus Ku' <-- chills!

Oh, and yes, I'd like to hear Farhan's take on Taufik's 'Teman Istimewa' :) I'm a fan of Taufik's music and that song has topped the charts here (and in Malaysia) before. So it will be something many are looking forward to - show 'em you can do it Farhan!

Ok, off you go to check out the profiles then - links for each of the Top 11 profiles are listed on the right sidebar!

xoxo, s.

ps. Voting numbers and order of performance have not yet been determined as at press time, will update those once I get them.

UPDATE : 2 mins after I posted the above, I got email from producers with the week's votings numbers LOL! Talk about serendipity! (and no chance to eat lunch, cos I wanna get this out there!)

Anyway, here they are....will update the profiles with voting numbers later when the kiddies are asleep!

1 Sylvia Ratonel

Song : Sinaran by Sheila Majid
Call 1900 112 1201 or SMS 1 to 43657 (IDOLS)

2 Duane Ho

Song : Dang Ni by Cyndi Wang
Call 1900 112 1202 or SMS 2 to 43657 (IDOLS)

3 Malaque Mahdaly

Song : Kuch Kuch Hota Hai from the OST of the movie 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai'
Call 1900 112 1203 or SMS 3 to 43657 (IDOLS)

4 Fathin Amira

Song : Bakit Pa by Jessa Zaragossa

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

5 Sezairi Sezali

Song : Jeritan Batin Ku by P. Ramlee
Call 1900 112 1205 or SMS 5 to 43657 (IDOLS)

6 Mae Sta Maria

Song : Nobody by The Wondergirls
Call 1900 112 1206 or SMS 6 to 43657 (IDOLS)

7 Faizal Isa

Song : Hapus Aku by Nidji
Call 1900 112 1207 or SMS 7 to 43657 (IDOLS)

8 Tabitha Nauser

Song : Ting Hai by A*Mei
Call 1900 112 1208 or SMS 8 to 43657 (IDOLS)

9 Farhan Shah

Song : Teman Istimewa by Taufik Batisah
Call 1900 112 1209 or SMS 9 to 43657 (IDOLS)

10 Charles 'Stitch" Wong

Song : An Jing by Jay Chou
Call 1900 112 1210 or SMS 10 to 43657 (IDOLS)

11 Nurul Huda

Song : Made in India by Alisha
Call 1900 112 1211 or SMS 11 to 43657 (IDOLS)

Next Week's Theme : An Asian Feast!

Spectacular 3 sounds like its going to be a real TREAT!

Next week's theme is 'An Asian Feast' and the Top 11 will get to sing in an Asian language of their choice! Wouldn't it be awesome if they sang in a language that wasn't their own? Like if Charles sang in Tamil or Sylvia sang in...wait...she's like a rojak of all races.

Anyway, in preparation for this week, a number of great Indonesian, Mandarin and Malay songs have been listed on the Idols' wishlists. I shan't give anything away right now (mostly cos at the time this is being written I still don't know who's in and who's out!).

But safe to say, its a great way to celebrate our Asian culture and be proud of it!

I'll be asking the Top 11 some 'Asian-inspired' questions. If you have an 'Asian' related question you'd like to ask any one of the Top 11, please post them at Comments :) Please indicate who the question is for too, thanks. I'll be giving each of the Top 11 one reader's question to answer on top of my own questions :)

Thank you all for supporting the blog! I can't wait to get to the studios! (yes, I'm writing this at 5pm and scheduling its release for 10.30pm cos I'll be there mah, how to possibly blog while I'm there?!)

Keep following my tweets ya....I'll be walking to Training School for keycheck by this time, or maybe recording Ousted Idol's exit interview :) ...or chasing Uncle Ken for a quote on tonight's cryptic critiques!

xoxo, s.