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One in A Million, a relatively new "Talent Reality Show" braces Malaysian airwaves recently. Up for grabs is a million ringgit [well not so after u kena taxed by IRB] which would be invested into the development of the winner's label in terms of getting the best in album production such as song composition, marketing etc... [1 million enuff ?]. But why "One In A Million"?. After 2 successful season [yes, we can still say season 2 is a success] with Malaysian Idol, why not continue doing it? Maybe because the "Idol" franchise is too expensive ? Therefore a locally produced talent show fits the "budget" ? [Or the buy British goods last campaign still continues?]. But is the RM 1 million catch really worth it ? After a few episoded of One In A Million, I can see some rationale in giving this show a shot ...
So lets get a head to head comparison:
i) Contestants quality
Both talent show focused on giving a birth to the next Malaysia's Big Thing after Siti Nurhaliza [or maybe Mawi]. The very first incarnation of Malaysian Idol nearly did that, Jac possess the quality of international class. Flawless vocals, she has most of Malaysian regardless of race and religion backing her up all the way to crown her as Malaysia's very first IDOL.
Malaysian Idol, a franchaise from the "Idol" phenomenon globally has to follow the rules of acceptance in terms of contestant's participation. A person who is 16 -29 years old who is a Malaysian and WIHTOUT a PROFESIONAL SINGING CONTRACT will find themselves eligible to participate in this competition. If we are to reopen history books, except for Jac [who herself courted some controversies with her own published album] none of the other Malaysian Idol Top 10 contestants really lived up to the high standards that Malaysia's Next Big Thing needs to have. Not even the winner of Malaysian Idol2 Daniel Lee [though he is starting to make waves in Taiwan]. No not even both runner ups Dina nor Nita ... So one might question, are we the proud owner of the "Boleh-land" does not have talents out there and Jac is just one of those tiny handfuls of "real" and undiscovered talent out there ? But then what about other talent competition like AF, Asto talents search, Vaanavil talent search ... the likes of Mawi AF3 [the new phenomenon of Malaysian local music industry], Bob AF2 [for what his voice power has been discounted by his rather "incommercial" physical appearance, or what about Zhang Dong Liang [ the winner of Astro talent quest who made it huge in Taiwan]. What we are finding is a STAR which can appeal to most of Malaysians .. not one ethnic group
One in a Million, tries to tackle the weakness of or rather the limitation of the Idol show. Instead of all those singing contract limitations, now all Malaysians who are 16 - 30 years old can participate in this talent show regardless whethere they earlier signed any recording contract or not. This means that even recording artists have the chance to participate in this competition and before you realize, many recording artiste who did not make it big time takes this opportunity to give their singing career another shot. However havign said that these people have to gamble on ONE thing ... their most precious FAME, the one they have been working on for years. One fine example is the participation of Dayang Nurfaizah [Dayang]. A lot of people has been crying foul over the unfair advantage that she has over the other contestants since she has been pro for quite some time. But then many would also agree that she faces the risk of paying the MOTHER OF ALL RISKs, she needs to prove week in week out that she is way above the rest else her credibility would be heavily criticized and so is the pressure she has to face. But we have to agree that these bunch of top10 that we have in One in a million is one of the most talented lot that ever graced local talent shows lately. For the first time, I have more than 3 favourites to look forward to week in week out (Dayang,Zai, Faizal, Azfar [at times, coz i like Zainal Abidin and his performance reminds me of Zainal Abidin] , Aliff and Suki [coz shes from Seremban]) ... something which I only have the luxury on American Idol ...
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