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Singapore Idol is a television show on Channel 5 of MediaCorp TV. It is a competition among undiscovered singers in Singapore. Like others in the Idol series, it is modelled after Pop Idol. The current judges are singer/songwriter Dick Lee and record producers Florence Lian and Ken Lim. Previous judges included local singers Douglas Oliverio and Jacintha Abisheganaden. The show is currently hosted by local celebrity and funnyman Gurmit Singh and Hady Mirza, winner of Singapore Idol 2. Previous host Daniel Ong was a local deejay. The show is produced by MediaCorp Studios and FremantleMedia Operations BV. The show was put on hiatus for a while after the second season and was replaced by another reality contest, Live The Dream. Season 3 premiered on Singapore's National Day 2009, exactly 5 years after the beginning of Season 1.
[edit] Season 1 (2004)Season 1 of Singapore Idol premiered on the National Day of Singapore (9 August) in 2004. This season produced a few memorable, albeit notorious, performers during the audition round. They included Skyy Sia aka Bananaman, who wore a mask of watermelon and bananas; Kelvin Sim, who accompanied his very bad rendition of Fool's Garden's "Lemon Tree" with a dance that rivalled that of William Hung; and Patrick Khoo, who literally whispered George Michael's "Careless Whisper". As with other shows in the Idol series, the viewers' votes decide who goes on to the next round. This has always produced controversial results in every singing competition. In the third preliminary round, Jerry Ong, whose singing was described by judge Florence Lian as being "constipated" and "weak", was voted through to the finals, beating favourites Beverly Lim Morata and Nur "Nana" Hasanah, both of whom were thought to be better singers. Candice Foo, who got in to the finals from the second week, withdrew from the contest at the last minute due to "financial difficulties". In a bigger upset, Jeassea K. Thyidor, considered by many to be a frontrunner in the competition, was eliminated in the very first round of the finals by a margin of 200 votes. This sparked a brief anti-Jerry campaign that lasted for the next 2 weeks until his elimination on October 15. In the final weeks of the Spectaculars, many speculated that Olinda Cho, one of the most consistent performers, would go on to the Grand Finals with Taufik Batisah, but Sylvester Sim, who had been in the Bottom 2/3 positions more than anyone else, made it through instead. In the final showdown held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on 1 December 2004, Taufik beat Sylvester with 62% of the votes to become the first Singapore Idol. The song both Taufik and Sylvester were required to sing was I Dream. Both received recording deals from Sony BMG on the same day. Taufik's album, Blessings, was released on 17 January 2005. Sylvester's album, Take Flight, was released on 8 April 2005. Another finalist, Maia Lee, also released an album titled Emotionally Advised on 20 August 2005. Olinda and Daphne would also release their debut alums in years to come. Sylvester was granted a release from Hype Records in mid 2006 due to personal problems. [edit] Top 11 Weekly Song Themes
[edit] Elimination Chart
1Candice Foo withdrew from the competition 1 day before the Top 12, citing "financial" reasons. Her departure was too last minute for any replacement to enter. 2The Top 11 elimination round featured a double elimination. Beverly Lim Morata was eliminated first, followed by Jeassea K Thyidor. [edit] Season 2 (2006)Auditions for season 2 were held on 11 February 2006 at *Scape in Orchard Road and was extended twice due to overwhelming response - 12 February at the same location and 19 February in Toa Payoh. The season premiered on 21 May with clips of the auditions. Dick Lee, Florence Lian and Ken Lim returned as judges while Douglas Oliverio was replaced by Jacintha Abisheganaden. After widespread criticism of his hosting abilities in season 1, Gurmit Singh was paired with Daniel Ong as co-hosts for season 2. Ex-contestant from Singapore Idol season 1 Daphne Khoo hosted Singapore Idol On Demand, an online subscription service that provided media downloads and exclusive footage of the show. A day after the results for Piano Show #4 were announced, MediaCorp revealed that a computer glitch in the voting process had mistakenly sent Mathilda D'Silva into the top 12, instead of Nurul Maideen. Mathilda was placed in the wildcard show and was subsequently voted into the finals. Shortly after the technical glitch fiasco, frontrunner and wildcard contestant Meryl Joan Lee announced her withdrawal from the contest to focus on her studies. The final 12 contestants were housed in Hangout @ Mount Emily, a budget hotel, for as long as they remained in the competition. The Final Showdown for the title featured Jonathan Leong and Hady Mirza singing three songs each at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Due to the frequency jam that took place in the first season, the finals was held on 2 separate days; the performance show on the 24th of September, and the results show on the 25th of September. One of the songs which both contestants sang was "You Give Me Wings", which became the winner's first single. On 25 September 2006, 26-year-old Hady Mirza was declared the winner of Singapore Idol 2006 with about 70% of the votes cast. Hady's self-titled debut album was released in mid November 2006. Hady would then go on to compete in Asian Idol and become the first Asian Idol in December 2007 in an upset victory. [edit] Top 12 Weekly Song Themes
[edit] Elimination Chart
1Meryl Joan Lee was originally offered a Wild Card slot, but she turned down the offer, officially eliminating herself from the competition. [edit] Season 3 (2009)On December 15 2008, Mediacorp mentioned in its free-circulating-paper, TODAY, that Singapore Idol Season 3 would be one of the new programmes for 2009. The third installment comes three years after the previous. Registration for Singapore Idol 3 officially started on 1 May 2009, and the season premiered right after the National Day Parade segment on August 9, 2009, 8.30 PM on Channel 5. Returning host Gurmit Singh co-hosted with Singapore Idol 2 winner Hady Mirza, replacing Season 2's Daniel Ong. The returning judges were Dick Lee, Florence Lian and Ken Lim, with Jacintha Abisheganaden leaving the show. The top 100 was reduced to a final 40 after sing-offs at Caldecott Hill. This was then cut to the Top 24, with 12 contestants (6 guys and 6 girls) performing each night on 2 separate Piano Shows for a spot in the Top 12. The Results show is screened 30 minutes after the Performance Show. Voting begins at the start of the Piano round, and closes at 9.45 PM (later extended to 10 PM). The top 3 public vote-getters, regardless of gender, will advance together with 3 judges' choices per episode. Coincidentally, all the contestants who made it to the next round by public voting are male. There will be no Wildcard round for those who failed to make the cut, unlike the previous two seasons. After the top 12 was revealed during the second piano show results segment, the judges announced that Mae Sta Maria would join the 12 and form a surprise top 13. The season has received mixed to negative feedback from fans due to the new rulings (absence of the Wildcard round, lack of a gender cap and voting at the start of the show rather than at the end). It was revealed on 14 September that MJ Kuok, who had gotten into the finals by public voting after the first Piano Show, had withdrawn from the competition on Friday (September 11), citing "personal reasons". The news was confirmed in 8 Days Magazine. He was then replaced by Nurul Huda from the first piano show. It was revealed that she received the fourth highest public votes after the top 3 that night. This season also introduced the "Judges' Save", similar to American Idol Season 8, which could be used only when the judges unanimously decide to save an eliminated contestant up and until the Top 5. The save was ultimately not used, when the judges decided not to save Faizal, eliminated in 5th place. In retrospect, except for the Top 13 results show, where Gurmit explicitly asked the judges if they wanted to save Syltra, the judges' save was hardly, if only briefly, mentioned. Another first for the franchise was a surprise non-elimination round during the Top 4 results show, similar to American Idol Season 6, although, unlike the American version where the bottom group was never revealed, Charles and Tabitha were revealed to be the bottom two. [edit] Top 24 Contestants
[edit] Top 13 Weekly Song ThemesTop 13 - Chart Toppers
Bottom Three: Fathin Amira, Malaque Mahdaly & Syltra Lee Top 12 - The Year I Was Born
Bottom Three: Justin Jap, Malaque Mahdaly & Tabitha Nauser Top 11 - An Asian Feast
Bottom Four: Farhan Shah, Sezairi Sezali, Sylvia Ratonel & Tabitha Nauser Top 10 - A Tribute to Michael Jackson
Bottom Three: Charles "Stitch" Wong, Malaque Mahdaly & Nurul Huda Top 9 - For Someone Special
Eliminated: Fathin Amira Top 8 - Mambo Mania
Bottom Three: Malaque Mahdaly, Sylvia Ratonel & Tabitha Nauser Top 7 - My Folks Love This
Bottom Three: Charles "Stitch" Wong, Mae Sta Maria & Sylvia Ratonel Top 6 - Killing Me Softly (With This Song)
Bottom Two: Charles "Stitch" Wong & Duane Ho Top 5 - You Asked For It
Bottom Three: Charles "Stitch" Wong, Faizal Isa & Tabitha Nauser Top 4 (Week 1) - A Song For A Cause
Bottom Two: Charles "Stitch" Wong & Tabitha Nauser Top 4 (Week 2) - Step Up & Dance!
[edit] Elimination Chart
1Nurul was originally eliminated in the first Piano Show. She was called back after Top 13 finalist MJ withdrew. 2MJ was originally voted into the Top 13 by the public, but withdrew, citing "personal reasons". 3Gurmit did not specifically reveal the Bottom 3 for this week. Instead, he randomly announced the safe contestants one by one. When it was down to Mae (alone in her group), Charles and Amira (in another group), he eliminated Amira directly. 4Gurmit first revealed Charles and Tabitha to be in the "unsafe" group. When it was down to Faizal, Gurmit eliminated him directly. 5No one was eliminated because it was a surprise non-elimination round. Votes are to be carried over to the next week and the one with the lowest combined total would be eliminated. [edit] References[edit] External links
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