The One of A Kind

Did anyone watch rapsodi just now on Suria?

Its this combined performance that happens anually with Singapore and Brunei... This year they did it in Singapore.

And it has successfully drove me crazy. By the end of the show, i was irritated beyond words. They used names like Taufik, Kumar and even Fiona Xie for this show... But those people are the ones like promoting the various eating place and things like that...

This Year, Singapore sent: (Those actually singing la)

Hetty Sarlene - I wonder why though.. there's so many other gr8 singers...
Siti Elfaeza - Again i wonder why
Jus 8 - An Acappella group.. They're GREAT!
Ahli Fikir - They were great too! They brought up the energy which automatically droppend when Hetty sang...
Some of the local comedians...
And some pple from Vasantham called Sanjay and gayathri.. They made the show interesting as well... with the twist of bollywood.. LOL!
Oh ya.. and Elfie! he's like.. WHEE!! POWER! I've always been a fan of his since small.. whahahahah

I'm wondering why is it that the ones that are mediocre like the first 2 mentioned has more songs than the rest... They each had like wat.. 5 songs? ARGH!

Well, luckilly its in Singapore.... It wasnt as bad as last year.... Last year was hilarious... Coz, it was the Bruneians singing ALL english songs and the Singaporeans singing the malay songs... And to think that Singapore is the multi-racial one...

This yr it was fully malay but... there were tooo little singers performing... and its more like a tourism advert than a combined concert. And it really gets boring after awhile..

Repetition of faces is not really great for health.

I mean.. What does it mean... when THE HOSTS can sing better than those performing? Insulting isn't it?

And when you sing ethnic songs... The last time i remembered it doesnt sound like what i heard and the time where umbrellas and fans were used in dances have long passed. Music have evolved and dance have gotten nicer over the years... and just now... I was disappointed.

Siti Nurhaliza sings ethnic too... But i dont remember wincing at the song... OK well, maybe its coz, she naturally great... But there are other ethnic songs that i've heard too.. but nothing was sore to the ears you know...

And its abt time that recording artistes stop using her songs for this kinda concert and use their own songs. Songs that suits their vocal and character. Songs that were made for them. ARGH!

So much for giving Sukma Irama (that's its previous name) a make over and calling it Rapsodi and promising a show that would blow our mind away...

They gave a make over to the Singapore-Malaysia performance as well... And called it Muzika Extravaganza... And yes. It was extravagant.

Oh well. I'll just have to see what next yr's Rapsodi in Brunei will be like... I hope it'll be better...

Sometimes, i dont see the point of organizing a combined performance with 2 countries, putting in a lot of your time and effort in it for rehearsals and all... and then.. nobody remembers it...

Such a waste of effort.