Thursday, September 29, 2005
The results of ANUGERAH 2005 were satisfactory. I think those 4 did a relatively ok job i think. My Top 3 winners weren't what I expected & predicted. My Top 3 winners were 2nd, 3rd, 4th.
Congratulations to the champion of ANUGERAH 2005 - who won a total of S$12,000 cash & prizes - MOHD KHAIRUL ANUAR BIN MOHD NAWAR
Really didn't expect him to be the 'JUARA' (winner). But I do wanna express this:
Khairul Anuar's performance tonight was superb! Yeah, he received the highest SMS votes - Syed Azmir lost out by just a 100 - and Khairul Anuar also won the judges by that splendid performance of Hazami's song (which I had forgotten the title). All 5 judges were thrilled & elated with his last performance. Yup, last performance.
ALL 4 FINALISTS of ANUGERAH 2005 have to sing FOUR songs, each from 4 categories.
first category
Malay song as a group.
All 4 finalists sang "Pop Ye Ye" by VE as a group BUT marks were awarded based on each individual finalist's vocal, performance and pitching qualities from the judges.
second category
Duet with past years' winners of ANUGERAH.
All 4 finalists were given a partner handpicked by the judges (I think-that's what I heard). Syed Azmir duet with ANUGERAH 2003 runner up, Fuad Rahman.. KHAIRIL, 02, my favourite of them all duet with Anugerah 2001 runner up, Iskandar Ismail, son of the veteran singer, R.Ismail. Khairul Anuar, contestant 03 - whose supporters are not as many as Azmir's - duet with last year's Anugerah winner, Aqmal. They sang "Berhenti Berharap" by Sheila On 7. Khairul Anuar boosts up his confidence level while singingg that song becoz according to the judges and in my personal opinion that song is a difficult song. I agreed with one of the judges expressing that at the start of the song, Khairul didn't sing well but he picked himself up at the chorus line. Fauzie Laily 04. He duet with Anugerah 2003's winner Eka Mairina. (Fauzie was eliminated at the Quarter-Finals of Anugerah 2003. He has improved! Well done!) Both of them sang "Jika Kau Tiada" by Yusry and Erra Fazira, a fast song which was also difficult becoz Fauzie has to dance to the song too.
third category
English song as a group.
Seriously speaking, I do not really like this category. Although I frequently listening to English song compared to malay songs, I still felt this category unsatisfied. I know it's great to have all the four finalists sang an English song, but they sang it as a group. What I was expecting was, all the four finalists sang English song as a SOLO contestant, just like the contestants from Project Superstar.
So all the four finalists sang the song by Maroon 5, She Will Be Loved as a group. I cannot helped but laughed at their performance. They slaughtered the song! I think they could probably have carried the songs by likes of Fool's Garden's Lemon Tree or R Kelly's I believe I can fly or even Firehouse-Love Of A Lifetime. Oh well, they chose an inappropriate group english song. They could not reach the high notes for She Will be Loved, hence slaughtering the song. Sorry, that's just my honest opinion.
I am not surprised knowing the results who was the champion for the nite. (Though I certainly am amazed at how his voice sounds like a girl when he talks but macho enuff to sound like a guy during his singing) Khairul's did relatively better than most of them for the song She Will Be Loved and his last performance of Hazami's song which I still try to figure out the title!
Fauzie was alrite as well. Although 02(Mohd Khairil) is my favourite, I have to say that he was certainly struggling to sing an english song on She Will Be Loved. His diction is too telo' melayu!Sorry to all Khairil's fan, (I'm his fan as well) that's juz my opinion. But he really cant sing English song. From his diction, I can tell.
Even my mum agreed with me. She said, 03 and 04 sang pretty well for She Will Be Loved. For Syed Azmir, his element of music is R n B and not a pop song from a boyband like Maroon 5's She Will Be Loved. Hey, the judges praised Khairul Anuar's diction, vocal and performance for that english song! So, my guess was this, "He's gonna be Top 3, replacing the other Khai."
fourth category
Solo performance-a song from their choice
And as usual, the real competition begins when the 4 finalists are back singing solo. All 5 judges were thrilled & elated with Khairul Anuar's solo performance of that Hazami's song.
There u go, my review of this year's Anugerah finals. The runner up went to Hot Favourite: Syed Azmir, third place position: Fauzie Laily and of course the fourth place: KHAIRIL, my favourite among all.
Whether they got 2nd, 3rd, 1st or 4th..they are already in the FINALS beating over 800 contestants who went to IMM since June for auditions. They are Fantastic! Kudos! Lastly, winning and losing is part and parcels of every competition. That's always next year.
Good night Singapore!
