Hady Mirza!!! My Singapore Idol

Finally, the day had come and gone. After weeks of voting for Hady Mirza, almost $100 spent on voting (sms & calls & not including phone calls to friends), Hady finally become the Singapore Idol Season 2!!!!

Not only he is good-looking, he is a very talented singer who takes the song, gives it back to all of us with a new twist using his own identity. The songs come alive when he sang them. Frankly , I don't mind that his 1st single be replayed on air for a thousand times a day!!!

THAT'S what you call talent.. Taking a song and making it his own. Nevermind about all the other 'karaoke' finalists. Add them all together, and it even BARELY sums up to Hadi's talent, let alone Taufiq from Season 1.

Man, Taufik really improved a whole lot with his singing, dontcha agree? But people always say he wears eyeliner. He denied saying that it's natural. I don't know and I really DON'T CARE! ALL that counts is he can sing!! He can sing good!!

He has become an inspiration to other guys to take the leap and making a difference in their own lives. Prove to the rest of them that it takes talent to become an idol... NOT jumping around like a monkey, or sounding like a tuba, or even being a potato sack with a cute face, or even with loud diva voice but no original personality.

Sure, I didn't notice Hady amongst the 12 finalist nor during auditions, but when he performs, it just took my breath away with his voice. Hey, showmanship can be developed through experiences, but with showmanship but no voice to match is really a dud. Just like a prancing pink monkey. You'll never get far.

After all, when people buy the CD albums, all they hear is the talented voice, NOT the prancing and jigglings of the crooner.

With a voice like Hady's, who's gonna care about prancing!? He awed the country with his vocals and it almost matched Taufik Batisah.

Sureeee, Jonathan Leong has the package for a profitable marketing strategy.. but to be able to BE an idol, you'll have to take on your own personality and feelings into what you sing or it will just be another karaoke contest. Sure, by just standing still there and bellowing from your lungs, you've got nothing to show except your voice but still... the voice is still in the so-so category.

Passing phase. You'll get famous by your hunkiness and your looks, but you'll never get far without a voice.

But even if you voted for Jonathan, would you want him to compete along with the amazingly out of this world talents from NZ, Aussie, Indonesia & Malaysia or whichever countries there are? Erm... if u play to win, I don't think you're gonna coz you'll be representing your country INTERNATIONALLY and most of all under an American standard of scrutinizing judges.

PLeeeeeeeassseeeeee.. DON'T embarrass your country just because you think the finalists are cute. Make your country proud to have a talented contestant to represent the dot of a country on the world map which made a global impact on other countries because of its success.
Singaporeans HAVE made the right choice by voting Hady as the Singapore Idol. That's something to be proud of.

Be as it is what you wanna say. FACE it, man! Hady IS Talented! You would be proud to have him represent our nation.