I arrived home abit late just now and thus, missed the first half hour of the show. While I'm still feeling quite down about it, I suppose being remorseful isnt going to change anything... Anyway, the vote-to-eliminate system has started and seeing how adamantly I oppose its inefficacy, I have half a mind to simply boycott this year's Anugerah altogether. Then again, THAT would be a rash thing to do, wouldnt it? ;)
Fourteen contestants slogged it out and four have been kicked out (no doubt thanks to audience's votes rather than judges' scoring). The casualties for tonight are: Emiliah Senin, Idris Suliman, Norizwati Ismail and Siti Suhana Atanan. Out of these, I only managed to catch Norizwati in action but her rendition of Sepi Itu Indah, in my honest opinion, left much to be desired. However, judging from their competency in the first round, I thought Emiliah & Idris were amongst the better performers and therefore, I'm quite surprised that they were eliminated this week. Amazingly, there weren't any teary-eyes when the results were read out as all those who failed to make it to the next round walked offstage with a (weak) smile and dignities intact. Still, I'm certain that at least a couple of them must have been very disappointed at the outcome...
Although I only managed to watch the last six performances, I have a strong feeling that the guy who sang Bila Rindu, Rezalludin Rayhan, could be one of those who might finally proceed to the finals; although not strong in the looks department, his singing was spot-on and he's even got a nice vocal tone. I'd set my bets on him but then, with that stupid voting system going on, ANYTHING is possible on this show... Hence, that (i.e. betting) would be quite a risk... hmmm...
Whatever the case, I've yet to go gaga over anyone in particular. Have I mentioned before that I miss Eka Mairina, Norazmeen & Azamullah (all of whom were last year's contestants)?? Well, I really, really do! Furthermore, I think the guest artistes for this week were rather crappy. I'm sure Suria could do better than that! *Grrrr....*
