OIAM 3 - Established artiste won

HOW FRUSTRATING! I voted non-stop, using the fix line until 10.20 pm, right after Esther sang her second song (the sms lines seemed hard to get through at that moment). Now I realised how unfair it is for the decision to have three grand finalists, especially when the voting counter is re-set to zero. 8TV should have planned earlier, just like they did in season one, instead of giving the tasks to viewers. Re-setting the voting counter back to zero is just unfair. In season one it was a pre-planned non-elimination, hence the accumulated weekly votes (correct me if I'm wrong) the one who was leading in that week (in this case Suki) had greater chance of winning.

Right after the winner was announced I unconcsiously switched over channel and not sure if there was announcement made on who was placed second and third. The game was just not fair. I just hope Monkey Bone the label who managed OIAM3 winner, will give Esther the chance to cut an album *sigh*.

Video klip persembahan Esther mendendangkan single terbaru Menggapai Mimpi.

Really, really love her vocal delivery (very der Anitar Baker kan..hehe), cuma part yang pulling away the mic tu spoil sikit. But I have to admit I'm equally annoyed by the dress. Stylist manalah punya angkara tu?!

And here's the second song. I couldn't enjoy her performance during the live telecast as I was so worried for a wardrobe malfunction :-).

I changed the word from recycled artiste to established artiste (refering to Tomok) for this entry. Rupa-rupanya Tomok is very much active with his band The New Boyz. Album terbaru mereka (album ketujuh pula tu mind you!) diterbitkan dalam 2007 tapi langsung tiada sambutan. Dalam album terbaru tu Tomok sebenarnya sudahpun mengalami transformasi seperti yang ada sekarang, cuma ramai orang tidak perasan (it shouldn't be a new thing and nobody should've been surprised bagai nak rak, kalau ramai yang notice perubahan beliau sebelum ini). I think dia ni mau mengikut jejak langkah Rich untuk kambali menimbulkan kumpulannya yang agak tenggelam. Infact lagu-lagu dalam album baru durang banyak juga yang bagus and very current (you can sample them on their MySpace site), heran juga ya tiada sambutan langsung. So tengoklah nanti bagaimana keadaan selepas Tomok bergelar juara. Rasanya macam tidak perlu juga buat album solo si Tomok ni, sebab album dengan The New Boys pun masih perlu dipromosi. Baik lagi buat album solo si Esther dan Aweera dulu...hehe :)

Peratusan undian akhir

Tomok 39.3% (101,509)
Esther 33.29% (90,451)
Aweera 27.41% (71,703)