Friday, September 02, 2005

Project Superstar 2

I bet MCS has made milked every possible $$$ out of us.

The Project Superstar on Channel U is like a farce. How could the blind contestant win? (Yah, even though I knew that he would win in the end anyway). Isn’t this a contest about singing? It seems to be a contest about popularity since that 70% of votes are based on audience’s votes. *I bet MCS has milked every possible $$$ out of us.

A contest should have fair standards. So whether or not a person has disabilities, he or she should be judged according to the criteria: stage presence, singing, dress sense. Marks should be accorded on how well the person performed after putting in effort and not how much effort the person is (or tries to) put in.

Sympathy votes arise when the voter feels Kelvin has put in a lot of effort and has done remarkable things despite his disabilities. So to show a sense of admiration or encouragement, you vote. Yes, but I thought this is about SINGING? Voice quality? Be objective, forget about all the contestants’ backgrounds, etc. If you really judge on singing and stage performance, who should win?

Kelly & Junyang should have won.

Kelvin can sing better than average though he could do with more training BUT Kelly and Junyang are the real stars who shine on stage. Yes, we should applaud Kelvin for his efforts to come this far but save it for another occasion. This is a singing contest and MCS should change the criteria 50% judges and 50% votes, perhaps.

* Disclaimer: All non-malicious views are entirely the author's.

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