AMERICAN IDOL

i have been following the american idol lately due to ms. malubay who is among the remaining 11 contestant vying to be the american idol for 2008. i want to see how long she will last.

the first filipino-american by the name of jasmin lasted to the top 3 and about two years ago a male filipino american lasted not that long.

one thing i seem to notice, filipino-american contestant seems that their choices of songs are not compatible to their voices. they seem to fell in love with the slow tempo. i know that filipinoes love to sing songs that are romantic and in one way or another that the messages that the song brings has attachment to them. i guess their parents has an influence in their selection of songs.

there was a filipino canadian girl who got in to the magic 12 of canadian idol. every week that i watched, ballad after ballad. she has a beautiful voice, just like my wife when she is taking a shower (just inside the shower where her voice really has volume and it echoes as if celine dion is performing her last show in las vegas. as always, i'm staring, standing up and applauding because of her body not the song). what i'm saying , the judges and viewers, never saw how well her voice is if she step away from doing slow tempo music. she didn't last that long too.

i think, these contentants should hire themselves a music coach who can advice them on what songs to sing. they can also advice them if the song can be re-arrange in such a way that it will be accepted. they should go to" frank- talanday's voices unlimited".

these filipino-american-canadian contestants have one thing in common, they are all 6-footers. if they are standing on a 2 foot stool. it reminds me that ms. malubay has a similarity with "things in life" eyes and the height of the "lady lonely traveller and daddy's princess".

now, if you will excuse me.... i would like to sing "ip the fictures faints"..........

MOMENT OF TRUTH

last night after watching the ladies edition of the american idol i was able to see portion of the new reality show called "moment of truth".

the object of the show is for the contestant to answer question truthfully and could win $500,000.00. it sound so easy and simple but after the watching the contestant answered the first six questions right, in which she won $10,000.00 and moved on to the next series of questions with another price bracket, i turned off the tv.

the contestant immediate family were part of the show and acting as a coaches for her. the six questions that were asked, i consider them as a touch and go questions even though it was inclining to a more personnal note. the higher the pot is, the more personnal it gets or put this way, the higher the jackpot the more you will air your dirty laundry and one wrong answer will ruin all your winnings.

life in this world is not filled with bed of roses. everyone of us has its share of dark moments. not everyone will ever know the truth about you except for you to divulge. in my opinion, participating in this kind of reality tv show is just putting yourself in a position you want to be. how low could you go?