Enchanted Ball & Daniel Ong's prediction

Daniel Ong is more accurate than my magic ball k!

must call him for predictions from now on.....

I posted on Wednesday afternoon that I planned to bring my Magic 'Enchanted' Ball to the studio and let Grp 2's 12 contestants as it if they will be going through to the Top 12. (click here to read)

I asked the Ball for each of the 12 contestants before I met up with them, click here to find out what the ball predicted when I asked.

I tweeted/twitpicced when I asked the 12. here's what we got before the show...

Charlene : So it shall be

WRONG!

Amira : Indications say yes

YUP.

Benjamin : very likely

SALAH

Sylvia : You can count on it.

CORRECT (after Sylvia shook it like 6 times and forced it to give her this answer)

Duane : Don't bet on it.

SALAH.

Mae : Stars say no.

WRONG!

Justin : Cannot foretell now.

WHAT A COP OUT BALL!

Jonathan : Absolutely.

ABSOLUTELY SALAH lor.

Sezairi : You can count on it.

YUP.

Gabrielle : Don't bet on it.

YUP.

Samantha : Chances aren't good.

YUP.

Faizal did not participate - pantang lor.

Overall result :

4/12 correct

5/12 wrong

1/12 forced correct answer

1/12 cop out

Suffice it to say, Ball is not coming with me to the next round - so unreliable. pfft!

On a side note, Daniel Ong is quite the clairvoyant/predictor. On Tuesday's interview with the Idols on 987FM, he predicted that 3 out of the 4 that were there that morning would go through. The 4 were Faizal, Sylvia, Amira and Charlene, and the first 3 DID get in.

I took this pic right after he made that prediction. Din even ask them to pose together or anything, they just did. Like, a second after Dan said what he said....

Spooky.

987FM's got loads of ghost stories, Dan has tons cos he used to work the midnight shift ages ago. Eeeee....hair standing as I'm typing this...its 1am and I'm sitting in the corridor in the dark outside my kids' room.

ok ok, signing off now dudes...shaky hands.....brrr...chills!

xoxo, s.

Episode 6 is up!

Hey peeps, Piano Show 2 (Episode 6) is up! Enjoy......























Its been a busy busy day yesterday and today, on the homefront, will find some time today to post later....

xoxo, s.

Congrats & Meet Your Top 13 Singapore!

What a twist! Top 13! Still reeling from what was a crazy unexpected night! Will have to gather my wits about me first before I can do a decent post on what was a crazy Piano Show round.

Congratulations to the 7 that made it through last night!

I'd like to commend group 2 for a great show last night. Perhaps its because they had an extra week to prepare and they got to watch the first group perform and therefore knew what to expect, whatever it is, last night's show was enjoyable.

To the five that didn't make it, I will truly miss you guys, *sob* don't be strangers k? We have facebook, twitter, MSN and good ole email. Don't disappear.

Guys, Idol is not the be all and end all. It may be the end of your Idol journey, but it should not be the end of your musical journey and pursuits. Keep at it, making it to the Top24 means something. Use this short window of 'fame' as best you can and give it a shot. If you don't try you'll never know. And give yourself a pat on the back for making it this far and not keeling over.

So just to end off the post - here's a pic of your Top 13, first group pic ever, twitpicced lastnight at gawd knows what time - my eyes were bleary, was a long day. I left them before 2am, and they weren't even half way through their wardrobe fitting for their 2-day publicity trailer and photo shoot which is happening this Friday/Saturday.

The last thing I heard was Faizal asking me if there was anything to eat cos he was hungry. Then he disappeared into Wardrobe. Hope he found something to eat.

Ok, am rambling. Just a quick breakdown of the Top 13.

Piano Show 1

Public Vote : MJ, Charles, Farhan

Judges Save : Malaque, Tabitha, Syltra

Piano Show 2

Public Vote : Justin, Duane, Faizal

Judges Save : Amira, Sylvia, Sezairi and *13* Mae

Do you agree with how Singapore has voted?

Did you agree on who the judges saved?

Who do you think should be in if you don't agree...

xoxo, s.

VOTE VOTE VOTE Piano Show 2

Show's over - time to vote like MAD!

Watch recaps on tv to remind yourselves how they sang and check out Group 2's profiles/vids here to find out more about them (right side bar)...then VOTE. LIKE. CRAZY.

You've only got til 10pm.

Here's a quick reminder of the voting deets! (click to enlarge if you can't see)

I'm at the studio right now, knuckles probably white with anxiety.

Do follow me on twitter/twitpic for live pics and updates (from the show earlier) and more to come during the break now and the Results show later.

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Just half an hour away from knowing who the Top 12 will be.

Judges, please grant me one big upset and name an 'Anoop'! Or two!

Better yet, someone from last week please - Nunu, Jannah, Teddy......(just a suggestion Judges!*)

xoxo, s.

*As if the judges got time to go online and read this blog lor. summerr delirious from Idol Day.

Voting Lines Are Open!

Its 8pm folks.

(cue Idol theme....te ne ne ne ne ne ne ne....)

Time to tune in to Channel 5 for your weekly Idol fix. If you haven't already. (And why haven't you?!)

I'm in studio right now, so I'm sure you've realised this is a 'scheduled' blog post. :)

I scheduled this post to ...

1. Let you know you can also follow my tweets/twitpics from in studio. (but hello, watch the show more important k! mine are just extras...) I'll be there right up to after the Results and probably into Key Check with the newly minted 6 that will go through tonight.

2. Give you the voting numbers again.

(click to enlarge, if you still can't see, the numbers are in my previous post too)

3. Remind you to vote especially if you are supporting any of the girls - we've seen from last week, the boys have great support, so if you are rooting for a girl idol, you need to get your fingers a-movin' just that much faster and more often.

Enjoy the show! I'm looking forward to watching group 2 BRING. IT. (and watch the judges DISH. IT.)

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 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.

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.

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!