Judges
Malaysian Idol again, harping on the immensely popular Idol franchaise follows strictly to the judges selection and they did comeout close -> against American Idol.
Let us take a closer look:
->Randy Jackson - Roslan Aziz [both very famous producers in their own market]
->Paula Abdul - Fauziah Latiff [both golden girl of the industry during their heydays]
->Simon Cowell - Paul Moss [One is a well known figure in the entertainment industry and the other ? well a
guitarist of a NZ band which has its short days back in the 80's (to be precised
Aishah and the Fan Club)]
If we take a little closer at the judges, Roslan Aziz for me is a man who dares to speaks his mind though at times does not make sense but we hv to give him credit for that. However we cannot deny that his way of commenting on the judges is more towards of a producers view and therefore at time could be excusable.
Fauziah Latiff or Gee, one might say that she is a singer who has sweet little voice but not a powerful diva and therefore her suitabilty to comment as a judge is questionable. However good sweet little Kak Gee is as sweet as ever, very often if not always she would post positive comments and her only usage of criticism in terms of singing is "pitching problem". However having said that, we have to admit that she is one of the most beautiful lady ever to grace the local music industry for 2 decades.
Paul Moss oh Paul Moss, always the Cowell wannabe. At times I wonder whether he actually got instructed by the producers to actually mimic Cowell moves. Eg: Remember the times Cowell left the audition ? And our friend Paul Moss did the same .. coincident or mere copycat. Anyways, Paul Moss position as the judge is to stand in as a honest, critical and most of all influential judges of the 3. Well, at times he did that quite well but at the other end his preference towards pretty girls makes people loath. Unlike Simon, Paul Moss focuses on the performance of the contestants without digging in to the micro level of the contestants ... like the feeling of the song etc. ..
To sum up, Malaysian Idol judges is just a blind carbon copy of the American Idol judges. Though I respect their status in the industry but at times their views are questionable.
One of the biggest accomplishment before One in a million even started is that they managed to rope in Syafinaz as one of the judges [having featured influentially in AF series as guest judge]. And guess whos back to partner her ? YES PAUL MOSS !
Syafinaz the UITM music lecturer has always been strict and technical in terms of judging contestants and she did very well whislt featured as guest judge in AF2,AF3. Her judging credibilty is dearly needed for one in a million in order to bolster the image of the show in bringing out The Next Big Thing. However I am quite worried in the initial stages of the competitions esp in Central Eliminations where Syafinaz did not showcase her sharp criticism towards the contestatns in terms of technical aspects. But we do not need to wait long before Syafinaz was all herself again. In the finals, her sharp criticism towards the singing techniques of the contestants is straight to the point and sharp as ever. This is what we need as in a judge, able to comment and pinpoint a contestant's weakness to the details of levels so that they can reflect on this after the show and put on a better one in the future. We do not need a judge to thrash out the contestant with vulgar and ultranegative comments just to make them feel bad and not knowign where gone wrong ? Kudos Syafinaz
On the other hand, Paul Moss is back as the judge for one in a million ... geez are we surprised. His criticism did not wane either .... but again like what I said earlier ... we need constructive comments ... not "You are pathetic" , "THis is rubbish" .. etc. We have to admit that these contestants are still raw ... they need guidance and not mere condemnation. I would strongly suggest Paul to reflect on this one. If not, the contestants would just feel bad not knowing where they done wrong .... or maybe Paul cant see where is wrong .. he just knows its wrong ... FULL STOP .. this is very unfair to the contestants themselves. Paul, u gotta learn from Syafinaz ...
Another thing which I believe most of us can realize that there seems to be a rift between Paul and Syafinaz. Somehow I think most of us can see that Paul Moss has been rudely intercepting whenver Syafinaz voices her opinion. Izit because after 2 years of "monopoly-ing" the judge's table somehow Paul Moss got intimidated by Syafinaz sensical comments ?
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