i'll get the tequila

i cant believe mathilda is out! singapore's got it all wrong. pure uncut talent is right up there on stage every week personified as a 23 year old performer that really gives it her all and many decide on the good-looking joakim gomez with as much singing ability as a doormouse.

the ideals of this competition is totally lost on singaporeans. the demographic that this competition appeals to totally does not understand that presentability and charm does not an idol make. it is a singing competition first and foremost, everything else can be brushed up by good suits and make up. remember the dweeby clay aiken with the voice equivalent to josh groban's?

this is another reason (together with the fact that an idol's future in s'pore consists of co-singing or singing the national day song together with what seems to be a lifetime contract with 7-11 promoting the big gulp) why i feel that we are seriously not prepared to vote for an idol. it's a sad fact that many voters, especially those in the early teens which make up a good lot of the voter percentage, do not know what talent is, even if its there on stage parading itself off. they vote for what is visually appealing and the one that makes them scream the loudest. a large majority of the ones that are able to recognise talent do not vote probably because it is a waste of money and the winners are not going to go very far anyway. they just dont take it seriously i guess because it doesnt affect them directly all that much.

i would not be so sore if mathilda had gone out facing worthy adversaries but joakim is not a singer, just a pretty boy who got voted into the competition by brainless screaming fans of the female variety, or deaf aunties.