Pertama kali berkesempatan menonton rancangan Bintang RTM semalam. Duh, terkejut juga bila melihat bakat peserta-peserta yang telah terpilih dalam kelompok 30 terbaik ni. Saya ingatkan semuanya hebat-hebat dan memberikan saingan sengit di antara satu sama lain, rupa-rupanya ada juga yang masih ditahap peserta-peserta ujibakat AF, OIAM etc. Adakah juri-juri yang memilih mereka ini semasa ujibakat kurang layak atau pun memang sudah ketandusan peserta berbakat besar hadir ke ujibakat BRTM?
Saya tersentak juga bila juri memilih peserta Sabah Iqbal, mara ke peringkat suku akhir. Persembahan pertama beliau menyanyikan lagu Broery Marantika just too awful. Maybe he scored high marks on his second song (I didn't watch his second performance in full cos I switched over channel to Tv3). I thought it's got to be Zek who should accompany Jo-Anna to the next round. So looks like all three contestants from Sabah, so far, get through to the next round (syabas!). Setakat ni Sabahan tidak perlu mengundi pun..hehe.
Memandangkan empat peserta yang lain ala suam-suam saja bakat durang, maka persembahan Jo-Anna nampak seperti langit dan bumi, hitam dan putih jika dibandingkan dengan peserta-peserta yang lain. Sungguh jauh dan ketara perbezaannya. The first song, 'Pesan Mama'(a jazz number), was commendable cuma part music bridge dan 'scating' tu terlalu panjang dan nampak macam kosong (terdengar juga some flat note). It's good if she danced in synchronize with the dancers during this part tapi mengkali they don't have time for the choreography. The second song, Diana Ross's 'When You Tell Me That You Love Me' was worth the praise too (despite the key being slightly lowered) she managed the high big notes. But for sure. it's an eye feast watching someone pretty on TV, I was sort of in dilemma on which one to set in full level...my audio (ear) or my visual..:-).
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