Harsh Words

I just want to do a quick poll here :
1. How many of you out there think that the judges on Singapore Idol are harsh?

2. Do you think they are too harsh?

3. How many of you feel that Singapore Idol has exceeded expectations of its viewers?I'll put up my opinions in a bit. :) Just wanted to know what people out there think.

Update :
I read in Streats' Forum pages this morning about how Singapore Idol is a bad production. That it encourages Singaporeans to laugh and make fun of our fellow Singaporeans.

I wonder if the write has caught American Idol. American Idol did not get this much flak from Singaporeans. Why? Maybe it is the mentality of "Haha, lets all laugh at the Americans for making a fool of themselves.". Here's the thing, at least the Americans can laugh at themselves too! So why can't we do the same thing?

There has always been complains that Singapore has no talent. That we need to produce more local talents and this is one way/avenue to do so. So why shoot Singapore Idol down? How different are Singapore Idol contestants from any other Idol contestants in other parts of the world? If you look at the rejects, they are the same thoughout any Idol contests held worldwide. There are bound to be nutcases all over the world and it is no exception in Singapore. There are some contestants who are really really bad who put themselves up to public scrutiny. If these contestant had appeared on any other local staged contests they would have probably gotten the same reaction from us - peals of laughter. So why is it different to laugh at people who make a fool of themselves on any occasions and laughing at them on national television.

If you want to make it in the media industry you have to be tough, you have to be able to take criticism. So kudos to the judges for being brutally honest and i can't blame them cos some of them are just really really really bad. Trust me the judges are just a taste of what it is to come for these potential idols. Their worse enemies are us - the public. Singaporeans are our fellow Singaporeans harshest critics.

So cut Singapore Idol, the pre-production crew, the post production crew and the judges some slack. Just because Singapore has decided to have a Singapore Idol doesn't make it any worse than the other Idol productions around the world. You know maybe for once if we were to support our own local productions, in this case Singapore Idol, with more passion. Local productions can only be spurred on to produce better productions.

Honestly, i have not enjoyed a local production more than i have enjoyed the two episodes of Singapore Idol. If you put yourself in from of national tv to showcase your talents or lack thereof you were just asking for it. :)