Sunday, January 18, 2009

ai8

Finally hindi na ako mapapag-iwanan when it comes to American Idol. Not like before na ang posting ko eh tungkol pa sa grand finals between the two Davids of season 7 samantalang pukpukan na sa audition ang mga contestants sa season 8.

This time, medyo updated na ako (and all of us in the middle east na AI fans), thanks to MBC who got the rights to show AI8 almost real-time. Late pa rin by almost a week but hey, that’s a whole lot better than a full season behind di ba.

I saw the pilot telecast last night and I was ecstatic that they (MBC4) even showed the full 2-hour episode. Not like before na luma na nga kinakatay-katay pa ng Dubai One to one-hour episodes lang per week.

Before it started, may mga nababasa na akong press release na porke marami raw changes sa program. One is the addition of another female judge, Kara DioGuardi. Unfortunately, tingin ko sa first episode, she didn’t bring anything new to the program except for that lovely face.

Sa akin lang, she’s just a younger Paula Abdul. Walang pinag-iba ang mga assessment at comments nya from Paula and most of the times even Randy. All three of them are so lame. Nako-kornihan ako sa mga comments nila, trying to be so polite kahit pa ang kaharap nilang contestant eh kasipa-sipa right on their hinnys.

Kaya gusto ko si Simon who, for me, is the only one who brings sanity to this sometimes crazy show. Lalo na pag umpisa pa lang ng audition at dumadagsa ang mga kulang sa talent pero sobra sa kapal ang mukha, mga KSP at naghahanap lang ng 1-minute-fame on worldwide tv. It was only Simon who kicks their butts and wake them up from their delusion of stardom. Sabihin nang ascerbic, contemptuous at masyadong in-your-face ang mga comments nya but at least he’s keeping it real.

Ang kaso, napansin ko sa first episode nila, mukhang lumambot na rin syang parang mamon! What happened? Parang nawala ang asim nya sa pagko-comment, he was even smiling most of the time and said yes to some singers who, if it were the first seven season auditions, eh siguradong nilait na nya. But now, yes na lang sya ng yes. Nawala na ang angas, parang bumaba pa ang taste. Agree lang ng agree sa dalawang babae. Is this one of those changes na sinasabi? Maybe.

Or maybe Paula Godspeed has got something to do with it. Paula who? She’s one of the hopefuls in the 2005 auditions who got rejected and later on committed suicide (reportedly) in November 2008 sa harap mismo ng bahay ni Paula Abdul. Talk about desperation huh. Some say na nakatikim daw ng panglalait during the audition kaya nagpakamatay. So she was in pain for 3 years? Saka lang nya dinamdam ng husto yong comments? What lengths people would go just to get famous.

Kaya ba nag-tone down si Simon? Because of some guilty conscience. Well, nakakapanibago. Sana wag ganito all throughout this season. Otherwise walang anghang, walang sipa at walang sundot kung puro nicey-nicey comments lang nina Paula, Kara at Randy lang maririnig ko. Boring.

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