Saturday, November 13, 2004
Idol Fanatic for the Past 2 Days! Disappointed to see Daphne go... More disappointed to see her go 'live' at the studio... :'(
It has been a great experience in being a fanatic of Daphne in Singapore Idol, esp. on Thurs and Fri cos the atmosphere in the live studio was just overwhelming, for Sly's fans that is.
The Spectacular show wasn't as spectacular as I thought it would be cos Daphne, even though sang 2 rather famous songs, didn't shine real well, but I still like her anyway. Olinda, however, did consistently well for the 2 songs, but I still think that she didn't really smoothen out the attack of her higher register unlike the original singer Theresa Teng... Oli's second song was finally one that
sounded like an idol cos it
finally had a climax - something always lacking in the finalists' performance, sadly....
Sly was total crap yesterday, and his chinese song was total imitation of Jay Chou and since I don't like Jay, I didn't like the performance one bit... Lastly, Taufik was... err... just plain boring cos his songs were just ant-climatic...
BUT his endings to his songs were great and emotional cos he manifested his falsetto real well and the notes just slides so smoothly... But not the cut of an idol I guess....
Throughout the show, I guess only Daphne's supporters at the lower deck and Shi En and I frm the upper deck screamed wildly for Daphne... The remaining 90% screamed for Oli and Sly and the malay community were screaming madly for Taufik... It was quite a phenomenal experience cos its like so totally cool and everything... Btw, the theatre itself is real small and we (pin yan, jianyi, shi en and me) had to make do with sitting on the front steps of the upper deck but the view was still quite good...
The second day is presumably better... or worse... Admission into the theatre was real chaotic.. We had to pose as Olinda's fans and snooped into Daphne's family area... Then we offered our help to raise a big 5-person banner saying "Definitely Daphne!" and we were waving it like mad whenever the commercials ended... It was a fun experience cos we were like screaming and waving at her frantically... Daphne waved at me a few time during the show cos we totally adore her soooo much!!! She's like a short, but cute and friendly little girl with an amazing unique voice that people don't appreciate... :(
What's worse to prove the abovementioned sentence is that she has to go to the bottom 2 with Sly! It's till that moment that we know that Daphne has a higher chance to be ousted at the night... :'( Cos Sly has damn many fans going ga-ga over him!!! Truly! 65% of the stage audience were like 'Sly we love you!' all the time.. Scary but admirable... Heh heh...
So yep, unfortunately, Daphne got the boot and amazingly, she remained calm and happy, held back her tears and made yet another phenomenal exit with one of the most unique "I will survive" that got everyone clapping for her cos it was just so upbeat and beautifully sang - by a young and aspiring 17 year old pop star... It was till after her song that she finally broke down into tears.... It was a real touching moment, cos even their family and fans were real glum and sad, I mean who wouldn't be, but Daphne will still remain as a cute and funky girl in the hearts of all rite?
After the show, we waited at the reception, and after the long-awaited moment, Daphne arrived! Originally, I just wanted to see her cute face and go home. But Pin Yan told me to get her signature cos it was once in a lifetime opportunity, for us at least... So I took out my poster, grabbed his pen and squeezed through the mountain of fans (really, i ain't exaggerating) and stuff my poster in front of her face (cos same height wat..) and she immediately noticed the big poster and signed on it... After thanking her for a few times while she was signing it, she took a look at me for once and I asked her to give me a five before I squeeze out of the crowd and she did! With a funky and friendly smile, she stretched out her palm at mine! Woo-hoo! I was literally yay-ing and jumping out of the crowd!! Some people wait a lifetime, for a moment like this! yay! Daphne rocks big time!!! :D
Sigh... I really wish Brandon will give us the finale tickets too so we can revisit this moment again.... Or maybe not... But this whole experience is indeed fun and everything cos its like behaving mad and forget about everything for once... Unbelievably fun!
Signing off,
KX
11/13/2004 01:29:00 PM
