So the third edition of Singapore Idol is now over, and 22—year—old Sezairi Sezali has won and became the third Singapore Idol.
Sezali is the third Malay male singer to win Singapore Idol (after Taufik Batisah and Hady Mirza) and his win generated mixed reactions. The runner-up, Sylvia Ratonel, was the hot favorite and even I, who only watched like 1 episode in the whole season, know that she was the one the judges wanted. According to a friend who did watch the show, the favoritism was as bad as America Idol where the judges were blatantly for Adam Lambert.
Supporters of Sylvia are in shock, and various fans are complaining about gender and race bias. Here’s a suggestion to all the whiners: next time vote.
Sezairi won; Sylvia lost. Get over it people. To all those who say they have no idea why Sylvia lost, here’s a simple reason. She lost because she got less votes!
Simple as that.
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If anything, and especially since the 90s, 'singapore' has been generally partial to those socialised to be 'chinese' as opposed to 'singaporeans'. So, perhaps, the 'chinese' of today aren't used to taking a backseat in just about anything, and hence, the fuss.
Anyway, the Malays are quite advantaged when it comes to singing as they have an added training that the chinese are unfortunately deprived of - reading the Quran - which is quite a boon to training one's voice control and intonational fluidity, amongst others - this also advantages the Arabs, amongst others. The chinese language, however, is relatively constricted, and like their perspectives, quite 'angular' as opposed to 'circular' or 'fluid'.
Excellent understanding of the whole situation Ed. Anyway what's so much of all the fuss u lovely people. Simply as d saying goes - 'don't be sour grapes!'
The people have voted the best and the judges have agreed. However the majority 'sour grapes' have based it on racial lines. I simply hope these same majority 'sour grapes' don't vote on racial lines, for our coming elections.
I rather vote for who can do with compassion, for we citizens of Singapore.Regardless of Race, Language or Religion - and this is not an aspiration! - hawkbran
I am also asking why we have to pay $110 per annum to watch program like the singapore idle. This is one of the worst programs singapore has even had.
Didn’t watch enough of the show to say how good it was but I doubt the Malay language help in singing.
I find it very interesting that whenever a Singaporean Malay wins a contest of skill and popularity, immediately, it is "because" he or she is a Malay and gets sympathy votes from his/her community. Oddly when a Chinese Singaporean wins a contest, that is never an issue......
Because most Singaporeans are Chinese, and race is important to the Chinese. And yes, I am a Singaporean Chinese
Ya, Singapore Idol is fast becoming meaningless and degenerating into a mere cash machine. So what if you're good in singing when your competitor has all the support from his or her community? In the end, votes count.
If we want to be realistic and fair to the contestants, each person should only be entitled to ONE vote per contestant. Otherwise it'll be the Malays who'll win every time, regardless.
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