As usual, just in case korang tak dapat baca, ni transkrip of what Diddy wrote.

http://klubbkidd.blogdrive.com
To : all my fans

"Thanx 4 supporting me & I appreciate that. Kepada sesiapa yg berminat nak join Dazzling Diddy FC, sila lah buat demikian....hehe... Diddy

So kalau korang peminat Diddy... apa agik, join ler Dazzling Diddy. Apapun, nak more of Diddy, gi ke blog Tuan President. Patutnya ada update sebut pasal camna korang leh gi Muzik@Ria malam ni tapi nan ado katanya, so erm... sesapa biasa gi ke Astro tuk the program, silakan ler jenguk usaha sendiri.
By the way... sempat tengok Diari pertama ari ni at noon.
Suka campur geram!
Suka tengok ari ni Sham lepas kan power punya sakit ati kat bebudak pasal their group performance.
eram time Faizal nak tanya balik, "Saya buat salah ke cikgu".
Hah... berani lagik menyampuk. Merasalah ko kena se das balik ngan Sham.
Go Sham!!! Teruskan lagik usaha anda!!!
Kalau Sham terus tegur bebudak tegur camni, aku syorkan buat fan club je wat Sham. Kalau power sikit, kita AFUNDI dia je masuk.
Dari jauh ku lihaaaaaaaakkk....
Baru nak celebration je Faizal kena laser seban konon wat muka innocent, terpaksa melayan Lotter wat Chow Kit Road. Seriously, he looks and sounds like he belongs there.
Syafi punya bab tolong bebudak vocal, aku kesian lak la... terpaksa dia layan horror-horror ni sekoq-sekoq!
Erm... tak larat Amirul, but ngan Velvet aku risau lak. She can't seem to get it right. Phrasing problems lak. Erm... dia ada stamina tak nih... hish. Worried for her.
Adus...
Forget Leez ler... no impact at all ler. So much for hoping she would bring something different into the Akademi.
Lor... end of first Diari kena layan airmata si Leez lak. Perlu ke? Wei...takde orang AFUNDI ko takyah ler wat drama.
But I supposed when Astro kata they needed something to create sparks in the Akademi, the meant some hootchie mama to strut in and get some hormonal pre-pubescent appearing geek to gawk at her lor.
The result? It worked!
Haziq tetiba actually became more irritating than ever with that stupid glazed look in his eyes ngada setiap kali ada Leez. Ada je benda yang menjelekkan pasai perangai dia.
Huh! Tau ler dapat lagu makanan ruji terus overconfident takyah focus tugasan.
Woit! Sedau ler moka toh cam bontot bas mini merah jambu yang diharamkan!
Tolong ler!!! I hope the rich fat cats who are throwing money behind him lose out in the stock markets soon. I don't know berapa lama lagik ler I can take this.
Dahler had to layan his tahi hidung ke jerawat... tak kuasa.
Patut ler orang kutuk Farhan memacam... mesti peminat Haziq (penghinaan yang teramat power!)
Dahler... muka toya Haziq wat aku hilang selera makan.
Ok gak Astro letak muka Haziq ni tak abih-abih...kurus gak aku akhirnya (mung kin ke?)
Rasa cam tak complete kalao aku tak sebut camna persembahan pelajar lain.
As expected, Velvet was having problems with Caramu, while Faizal lak pon 2 X 5.
Farhan takleh cakap sebab inadequate scenes showing her actually singing (terima kasih Astro sebab lombab).
As for Amirul dan Lotter... do you guys really expect much?

We got in the moment the movie started so we didn't really miss anything crucial.
Tapi akibatnya, first time aku tengok movie tanpa berbekalkan snacks.
Not to mention the fact that aku tak sempat gi toilet langsung.
And for the next two and a half amazing hours, aku dok at the same spot, terpaku tenung skrin.
It was a fab movie!
Memang soal effects, it was top notch, even way better than the cheesy Army Of Darkness wannabe CGI applications.
Plot-wise, I thought it was silly of them to try and put in some sub-plots like Will and his dad and all, but apparently all for a good reason!
Yes, after two and a half butt-numbing hours (WARNING : potential spoiler revelation), there is no bloody ending.
Aiyak... tergantung cita dia for another bloody sequel.
Wait a minute, this IS the sequel... so kira the third instalment ler.
Erm... but all in all it was a gorgeously made movie yang worth it (even if you have to pay for it)
But bear it's a popcorn movie, though not exactly a no-brainer.
In this follow-up to the 2002 movie, Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) reveals more of his deal with the devil, when dia kena langsai utang with the extremely cooly and scarily realistic Davy Jones.
Due to the interests of the East India Trading Company, the characters of Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley have to skirmish around to sabe themselves from a death sentence to track down Jack for a barter trade they don't understand.
Blah blah blah... the plot is mediocre... but the jumpy scraes come quite intelligently and if you're anything like the four of us who watched the movie, be advised gi buang air ke beli snacks BEFORE the movie cause there is no other time to do it once the film has started (abih lega bila abih movie bergegas carik bilik air)
Recommended film to catch... kalau ikut aku, it's a three and a half star effort.
Notable things to notice, the scene everyone's trying to get away from the cannibals. Davy's weird corpe crew (especially that hammerhead nasty), and the great make-up and CGI effects.
Rasa nak gi tengok lagik ler
Hmmm... abih je movie, ciao gi Bangsar melantak sebab masing-masing kebuluran.
Then said by to kak long and gerak gi Shah Alam. Sebelum tidur, rasa cam kewajipan nak update blog teramat, so decided pop in Internet cafe kat Seksyen 6 sat.
Nak update pasal Diari ari ni...
Aku sempat tengok the first Diari abih and halfway the second Diari (walaupun aku in between abihkan keja, answering the phone dan kelam kabut nak rush ke cinema).
Dalam Diari pertama, aku caught for about minutes the audio wasiat yang Diddy bagik. Touching and honest. Ok ler..
Then for some stupid reason, the played Jenga, which is about as relevant to them as fashion is to Yoda.
Aku tak paham tul scenes camni... pastu main game air entah haper, followed by some scene they were like going for a bite or something. Big, fat, hairy, deal.
Aku sempat tengok je part evaluation performance pelajar, and I think it's just silly.
I applaud the likes of Papa Rock sebab tak nak demoralise the kids and all, tapi in that way I think it crosses the fine line jadik manja lak.
Bila buat salah cam Haziq, walaupun dalam playback leh dengar sumbang mambang, still nak puji. Hurmphh!!! How are they expected to learn then?
Aku balik je check senarai lagu tugasan sebab dengar lagu Nikki featuring Zahid menjadi tugasan. Nak gak tengok sapa dapat.

Amirul - Oh No Kamu (V.E.)
Faizal - Dealova (Once)
Farhan - Meniti Titian Usang (Search)
Haziq - Tak Seindah Wajah (Tan Sri SM Salim)
Lotter - Chow Kit Road (Sudirman)
Velvet - Caramu (Nikki feat Zahid)
Leez - Ku Gembira Disampingmu (Khatijah Ibrahim)
Lagu Bonus - Lemas (Ruffedge)
Lagu Bonus - Saya Anak Malaysia (Dr.Sam)
Lagu Bonus - Hips Don't Lie (Shakira feat Wyclef Jean)

Ok this is ridiculous. The songlist is just crap.
Amirul dapat lagu quite safe, which doesn't test him vocally (but then it'd be a waste of time to test him sebab dia nyanyi Baa Baa Black Sheep pun teruji).
Faizal nyanyi Dealova? First of all, nyanyi lagu Indonesian kena kuat projection emosi, and Faizal doesn't really project himself that well.. but I know lots of fans will argue that it's not true and that he would be perfect for the song. I'll just say that people will believe what they want to.
Farhan will be challenged because for a straight out rock song, it utilises less obvious techniques, and I think she'll face some serious challenges in getting that right.
Haziq? Buang masa je. Cakap pe pun tak guna da. Letih jari menaip.
Lotter? Mendapat lagu yang dapat maximise kesengauan dia, though I don't care to talk about him anymore too.
Velvet rupanya yang dapat lagu Caramu, and I hope that part whistling yang susah dan bukan semua leh buat she can surprise me. If nothing else, perhaps she can demonstrate the use of superhead tone walaupun kalau dia takleh wat whistling. The song being rancak, sebab tengok Nikki pun nyanyi dan menari kena conserve energy, I hope she will be able to pace herself well.
Leez? Tak penting dalam kehidupan aku...
Hah? Lagu RuffEdge lagik? Kronisme ke haper ni? Ada interest ke sesapa nak lagu meka je? Takde lagu lain nak pilih ke?
Lagu Dr. Sam walaupun nostalgic, but seriously, perlu ke ada lagu ni? it's not a competition song, and it doesn't really need any vocal talent ok for this sing-a-long.
Trust me when I say the boys will go all out for this one because of that.
Hips Don't Lie is a laugh, sebab semestinya pas bebudak laki melalak, lagu ni akan menjadi ujian seterusnya untuk budak pompuan.
Double standard tul!
The boys keep getting the easy ones and the girls suffer and yet don't get the credit due.
I think the main problem that is evident now is that tenaga pengajar dan pengkritik tak sehaluan.
Sini ajar lain, sana kritik lain. And then sentap, bagik lak bebudak ni lagu yang lebih kurang within their comfort zone (but mostly for the benefit of the boys).
Your guess is as good as mine ler.
Tiring ler predictability Akademi Fantasia kali ni....
Dahler... nak gi tidur. Esok aku upload pesanan Diddy as well as review seterusnya.

WHAT THE #$%^&$# IS ASTRO TRYING TO PROVE???!!!
Gila ke haper nak wat gimik murahan takde tujuan?
Sapa punya idea bangang nak wat lawak ala ala bebudak reject dari Konsert Prelude lak akan dapat peluang tuk masuk Akademi Fantasia?
For those of you who didn't watch the show - time meka umumkan pelajar yang tersingkir, they also announced the highest voted student too, yang akan dapat peluang untuk memilih seorang teman yang kena sepak kuar dari Konsert Prelude, to join in the Akademi.
Sensasi lawak bangap sebab lepas meng-stresskan Farhan pelbagai kerana dia la yang kena wat pilihan, tetiba pas Farhan pilih Leez, diumumkan lak yang si reject ni akan dok Akademi seminggu tuk alami apa yang bebudak alami... meaning she will get all the coaching (carbs... carbs... carbs... - how interesting) and assignments that bebudak lain akan dapat.
Budak tu juga akan perform the next concert.
Tapi kelakarnya, tak ada AFUNDI. Leez masuk tu ibarat holiday percuma murahan tanggungan Astro. Bangang tul. Tuh ler pasal orang yang diupah wat gimik pon 2 X 5 ngan idea yang patut masuk tong sampah je.
All the stress and for nothing.
To make it worse, aku tengok Leez hancur berkecai impian dia ingat da dapat masuk as a student for contention rupanya LAWAK BANGANG!
And the other kids yang in the competition? Dapat teman baru tuk menemai meka tapi takde real function cam Fifi the f***ed up Friskies feline.
It was stupid, misplaced, hurtful of Astro to do that, and memang tu dah mula membuktikan Akademi Fantasia is sliding to the standard of Popstar, Audition dan sebagainya.
Hah... tuh lum agik sebut bab concert!
Mari kita aktifkan... carutan konsert Akademi Fantasia keenam!

Lagu Bonus - Angguk Angguk Geleng Geleng (Ahli Fikir)
Farhan and Velvet hidupkan lagu ni ngan their bits. Great intro for the party tune which could have gotten everyone bopping, though the choreography for this was kiddish and patheticly silly.
Aku tak paham apa fungsi Lotter. Si Faizal tuh rap cam pesan nasi ayam kat medan selera Batu Tujuh. Diddy and Amirul were ok tapi Haziq cam keta terbabas kat the slopes of Genting Highlands.
Talk about an accident! Horrible tul!
Budak kecik yang di bawa jadik guest tuh anytime better than ALL the kids sebab tengok dia punya body movements and rapping pun lebih standard.
So now we know the real standard of pelajar Akademi Fantasia.
And what the hell was up with DJ Uno? Farhan baru nak start another verse, and Diddy was backing her up, tiba-tiba the song went dead and Uno pose cam Miss Universe (merasalah Andrea Fonseka duta Petal sesuai ngan muka kuih bulan dia tuh)
Nak geram bab tuh, lagik mendidih aku Farhan menyanyi terpaksa pegang bahagian dada dia sebab baju yang di pakai TIDAK SESUAI!!! Takut melimpah keluar lak segala isi sebab it was soft plunging top she wore that could hardly contain any of Farhan's ample assets. Bodoh ker haper meka ni???!!!
Tuh ler pasal amik Rizalman.
Astro ni bab tertentu bangang nak mampos!
Tak tahu ke beza fashion designer ngan image consultant.There IS a difference. And tak semestinya sorang fashion designer knows what is best (or knows at all) the different style approached of different music genres.
If nothing else kalau da tau lagu tuh nak nari, perlu ke baju camtuh???
Rating klubbkidd :  (Could have been four stars tapi tolak satu sebab Uno bangang and satu lagi sebab Rizalman bangang)

Lotter - Da'Bomb (Ruffedge) 
It was so low lah, even for Astro nak bak tunjuk bak parents Lotter berjalan, nitis airmata....etc.
It was emotional blackmail for audiences to vote him (obviously cause they can't vote him for talent because he sucks)
I think this whole distiction of different backgrounds and all is so lame. They did this with Mas, and it's no different with Lotter. Perlu ke undi simpati???
Kalau nak anggap AFUNDI tu sebagai biasiswa, then people, make sure you ask for a refund cause this boy ain't worth the money!
Dari permulaan lagu je, terbukti segala yang di ajar cikgu Syafi tak ada effect langsung. Sengau dia bukan seperti nyanyi ngan hidung, but through his rear orifice (that means lubang)
Tempo... pitching...anything that could have gone wrong did. And everyone had to hear all that while watching bounce around like some possesed clown!
Aznil saved the show for him.
Worst joke of the night?
Ketiga pengkritik puji dia.
Rating klubbkidd :  (Seperti biasa untuk performance Lotter)

Haziq - Seruan (Lefthanded)
On again to wardrobe.Kenapa ni... letih tau nak komen pasal bab ni yang tak maju-maju walaupun Akademi Fantasia dah empat musim dah!
Nampaknya walaupun Yoda diketepikan wat sementara, the force lives on ler ngan Rizalman tetap mempunyai idea-idea tuk baju yang seolah datang ilham time tengah dodok atas jamban.
Nyanyi rock tapi pakai baju cam orang buta kat Kotaraya (meka pun pakai elok agik) yang pegi ke masquerade party dressed in a pop yeh yeh theme,selepas balik mancing ikan kat Pulau Carey. SEDIH!!!!
As with the motif of the performances of the night, it gets WORSE (hard to imagine but it does)
Apa punya budak si Haziq ni kata kaki concert ler haper ler... air guitar pun tak reti ke?
Again, every single problem imaginable with his singing and body language took over his persembahan.
Yang penting... enam minggu, tetap pose anxiety disorder tuh jer ler time dia wat show.
Sebelum masuk bridge, Seruan tiba-tiba menjadi lagu asli midway.
Pengkritik semua redeem themselves bila meka pon pening sampai nak propah kata bagus performance dia pon takleh sebab ternyata keburukan teramat.
Akibatnya?
Pas abih performance, Aznil mintak Haziq bukak spek itam dia tanak... meka kat dewan nampak dia asik kesat air mata. Nangis in between entah berapa lama.
Haper punya binatang punya perangai ler lemau camni???
Sapa ler yang banyak sangat duit nak bazir kat mangkuk hayun ni?
Cuba derma memana lagik elok.
HAZIQ... GO HOME!!!! TO YOUR PLANET!!!
Rating klubbkidd :  (Bonus dapat satu bintang sebab puas ati gelak dia nangis cam budak tiga tahun yang kurang kalsium  jatuh pokok pas kena marah jangan panjat. Sado masochistic tul aku! Tapi kalau dia tak, aku bagi dia historic no star effort da)

Velvet - Run Baby Run (Sheryl Crow)
Honestly, I didn't expect much from Velvet sebab aku rasa lagu ni takde cabaran bagi dia vocally.
But the moment she started aku terpukau sampai buku nota aku kosong tak catat apa-apa.
It was a little bumpy here and there in terms of her body language, but it wasn't overwhelming. In fact, whatever flaw she had will only be noticed when I see the replay of her performance because I was too mesmerised by her vocals masa dalam dewan.
Adlin brought up a valid point in how Velvet didn't really understand the perspective of the song, but I thought it was silly to do that since Lotter pun dia tak carut.
Forget Raja Azura ler... she went on some stupid irrelavant tip of how Velvet kena gedik. Gila ke haper?
Standard English Faizal ke tak paham lirik mintak orang gedik tak bertempat.
One MAJOR problem... again was baju.
Apahal nyanyi lagu Sheryl Crow, tapi pakai baju ala ala pinjam dari Aishah time Aishah & The Fan Club time 80an punya pesen???!!!
And back-up (gelak sebab Haziq sambung nitis airmata agik pastuh) lak apa hal choreography 4U2C?
Rating klubbkidd : (Tambah satu bintang sebab mampu membuai yang berhati batu cam aku)

Diddy - Airmata Kasih (R.Azmi & Kamariah Ahmad)
Aku distracted time ni, sebab pas commercial break turn Diddy baru Haziq berani muka spek itam pose moka toya sentap.
I believe Diddy did feel the song, but I don't know what's his problem in physically emitting the emotions of the song to the audience.
Bab penghayatan, aku bagi mom dia 5 bintang!
His level of stage awareness is high sebab aku nampak dia usaha nak dominate the stage with his movements.
Unfortunately... for slow numbers like this, it looked like trying too hard sebab he was too conscious and self-aware.
Other than that it was a vocally pleasing performance, walaupun pengkritik mengarut meroyan meraban apa ntah (da sora Lotter pun meka leh kata besh camna)
Kak Engku finally ada function tuk malam tu, bila dia carut baju Diddy yang tak kena ngan lagu.
Rating klubbkidd :    

Farhan - Kopi Dangdut (Fahmi Shahab)
The good : Puas ati sebutan dia which brought out the flavour of the song. Her energy level and stamina bagus gila walaupun aku budget dia akan semput, but she maintained her vocals well throughout.
Walaupun ramai tak rasa camtuh, but dangdut is one of the hardest and most physically demanding tunes to carry, and from this aspect, Farhan excelled.
Even her gelek pun walaupun tak smooth sangat, but still ok ler.
Oh yes, and there was that thing with Diddy and Velvet they did which I don't think they caught on camera. Hilarious!
Kelakar tahap terburai isi perut tul.
The bad : She didn't really get the plot of the genre. I know she tried, tapi dia tak cukup gedik and seductive as a teaser (merasalah kak Engku tetap blab on about how gedik you have to be).
The ugly : Baju haper tuh? Dangdut ke....morally wayward 'bohsia' kat Central Market. Jeans siap lipat ke atas tuh ingat ke pasar nak beli ikan ke?
Rating klubbkidd :   

Amirul - Sedang Ingin Bercinta (Dewa)
I don't understand why they bothered with the dancing in this song.
Then I realised... what else can Amirul do?
Berbekalkan Velvet sebagai props bergerak paling gigih (sibok tol Adlin camni ke sana kemari pun leh kata dia berat nak gerak), Amirul SUCKED big time on the vocals.
BUT...kali ni, dia did better than Lotter and Haziq for this week sebab bab tarian dia excel.
Singing?
Was he???
Rating klubbkidd :   (Dua bintang tuk skil tarian and entertainment value. Vocal hancur tapi tak sampai tahap nak denda lak tolak bintang)  

Lagu Bonus - To Sir With Love (Lulu)
This song should have been sub-titled To Sir With Love (You Don't Know Or Care I'm Just Miming Badly).
Dahler nama lagu bonus berkumpulan, tapi bebudak pompuan je nyanyi.
I caught Diddy and Haziq as well as a little of Amirul (attempting to sing) the backup, tapi Faizal dan Lotter MIMING je!!!
And Faizal was so bad at it that he didn't even move his lips in time.
It was like watching a badly dubbed episode of Oshin, Moero Attack or Doraemon.
Or more accurately a Bruce Lee movie.
Dahler intro perlu ke that little acting bit tu?
Tacky!!!
Made it look like a bad round of Sinaran : Paspot Kegemilangan or Audition (and we know how well THAT did)
And for all that, none of the pengkritik yang bertugas even noticed. Bangap tol!
Merasalah tuh pun kak Engku kata bagus. Gila ke haper?
Tau ler ko pekak, tapi perlu ke buta sekali?
And in true Akademi Fantasia 4 style, promo lagik skali, kali ni tuk Blooming florists kerana sponsor bunga meka bagik kat cikgu ala sambutan Hari Guru (time ni paling banyak paling banyak curi tulang berpura-pura conversation ngan tenaga pengajar)
Rating klubbkidd :   (Untuk Farhan and Velvet saja. Diddy and Haziq commendable for trying while Amirul, Faizal and Lotter were just a big waste of time)

I have no idea what's happening, but this is proving to be the CRAPPIEST season of Akademi Fantasia in the four year history of the programme.
Mark my words... kalau trend undian ni berterusan, Velvet will be the next to go.
It's been predictable for the two or three weeks, and she seems to be the next following the trend.
So time to refocus.
AFUNDI hanya tiga orang da. AFUNDI FARHAN, AFUNDI VELVET dan AFUNDI FAIZAL (dia pun aku da mula tak kuasa, but daripada Amirul, Lotter or Haziq...)
Okler, check out these other blogs for some different takes of the show :
mentallydisturbed (upset tul terus balik bila Diddy eliminated)
mY kopitiam (saingan aku tuk jumlah dosa ngan molot yang leh tahan)
badrulaftersix (Diddy's guardian angel)
maddox24 (alternative views which are more polite)
5thE (Yoda's enemy)
Lea Laurielle (siap make-up tips lagik)

By the way,aku tatau ler whether you guys noticed or not, tapi antara tamu yang hadir, DJ Dave.
The funny part of the whole thing of seeing him was that he was sporting this goatee and really looked kinda erm...well.
You see the picture pun ko leh tangkap sendiri ler.
And THAT made him look him an Amitabh Bachan impersonator!
Kecuali aku rasa erm...the big A looks a lot more distinguished and all ler. Sibuk gelak dari jauh aku bila tengok (couldn't help it ma.. he was in my line of sight or whatever you call it.
Colouring his hair (not his goatee thought) makes him a tad impressive, not to mention his facial fur is well trimmed and quite exquisite.
Er...what's with the Spiderman theme for the t-shirt?
Yeap... the concert was that boring sampai benda camtuh pun leh amuse aku.
Camna tuh?
This really shows how bad the show was. SERIOUSLY!!!
So here's hoping Astro takes notes.
I hope you guys too will help, not just by AFUNDI untuk kayakan Astro lagi, but speak out of your dissatisfaction and what you think is wrong with thw whole scenario.
Start by leaving comments in blogs, forums...and kalau nak kayakan Astro at @15 (tuh pun kalao tak kena censored).
Right here, right now... leave your comments below and tell the people at Astro that something is seriously wrong, and maybe they should wake up from their daydream that Akademi Fantasia doesn't need to change because it's the No. 1 show on TV.
Your say is important... so that they know bukan kami-kami saja yang bersuara, and that there is a siloent majority who agrees that this show needs a breath of fresh air (and a new wardrobe and image consultant, among others).

So today started pretty fine sebab aku rileks ari ni kurang kerja. That's why I love Fridays.
Apapun, started the day on a fine tip sebab caught Rockstar : Supernova punya results show.
As expected the horrible two in Ryan and Zayra ada dok kat antara bottom three throughout the show. Tapi tengok, setan punya, diselamatkan lak... yang last meka terselamat!
I suppose when it comes to the general public, it's not an exclusive virus for people to vote NOT based on talent. So bab Akademi Fantasia camtuh,turns out it continues raging everywhere as any idiot who can afford a phone bill or to top up their mobiles have the freedom to decide the lives of other people.
FInal bottom three at the closing of the show were Chris, Phil and Matt... not too surprising choice of trio.
I'm just glad my favourites Dilana and Lukas were in. Tak sia-sia undi meka. Takyah bazir pon SMS to do it. Just online...
Lukas kind of rubs me the wrong way now because of his cockiness, but I suppose he's sure for his talent... just hope it doesn't get any worse.
Not so interesting to watch was the Diari Akademi Fantasia. On Diari today, I was nearly turned off. I seriously think the shows are going to get worse. Mana taknya, I seriously don't see any progress from any of the kids.
Six weeks, and stakat tuh je ke usaha mereka?
And the have among the best professionals teaching them lagik tuh...
I have to point out Velvet is disappointing me more and more, sebab walaupun dia maintain, still she's not living up to her full capabilities.
Faizal? Predictable!
Aku time Syafizawati tengah guide Faizal tuh, aku rasa Ajai patut ada and they had to work in tandem because while she's guiding them on technique, si Ajai should be present sebab dia leh guide performance, and the applications of the techniques itself.
Farhan lak jadik model Friskies... kenapa lak tuh. Bebudak ni kena psycho dah ke nak promote benda pun ke?
Yeap, they brought Rizalman in... but aku tatau ler how it helps keja Yoda. Sebab I think the production patutnya bring on board professionals yang patut lebih arif pasal showbiz. Fashion in entertainment ni... bukan semestinya designers tau sangat. Tak semestinya meka ni fashon designer meletop, they're in touch with the changing trends of fashion in music.
What is needed is professional image consultants.
Tapi jangan ler cam musim kedua bak  Mahani Awang yang tak kuasa tuh da.
Tapi nak wat pe, Akademi Fantasia sedikit sebanyak reflects the reality of our industry.
Which is lack of professionalism. Yerla... mak andam pon leh gelar make up artist professional katanya.
Moving on... the kids buat rehearsal To Sir With Love very thre high school production. Hancus tol!
Lah di da... tengok si Haziq practise ngan Ajai, sakit ati tol. Budak ni main-main je keja. Degil takleh dengar tol apa yang cikgu ajar.
Sesi love our local ,music heritage busuk sangat. While it's a good effort, but execution makes it come across as such a waste of time.
Amirul preferred to spend his time giggling. There is no real effort of the kids to appreciate the knowledge handed to them, but I suppose it's hard to blame them.
Haziq je nampak assume this air of superiority ngan berangan sebab tuh forte dia. Sib baik editing talk banyak tonjok muka toya dia.
Second Diari, repeat of the first in terms of mistakes in execution. Si Sham ajar bebudak nak layer Menujuk Puncak punya vocals.
Problem is, while he took nto account the choreography and how the kids would deliver with that in mind, I think the important think should have been working with Linda and Corrie sebab baru nampak the whole execution in full.
Time Angguk-Angguk Geleng-Geleng aku sakit ati tol tengok Faizal and Lotter. Lirik pun tak sure, step tarian pon tak betul. Padan muka si Linda ngamuk ngan meka.
Tunjuk lak scene Amirul rosakkan lagu Dewa. Horror!!! Memekak je ngan tarian orang meracau.
Eh eh... guests masuk. Lefthanded. Man Kidal... Tom dan Yan. Sesuai... Man  Tom Yan..  (gelak sat). Erm... apahal ler rambut meka ni skema. Tak up to date ler rockers kita ni.
Aku tak paham showtime with Lefthamded amd Ramli Sarip. I thought it was pretty self-indulgent, walaupun aku fan Papa Rock.
Eh... korang perasan tak muka Haziq versi Nash yang geek?
Except sora Haziq tak standard.
Mula Faizal confuse semacam kenapa ek???
Kerut dahi cam tertanya je.
Suka time jamming tengok Farhan dan Velvet on bass dan drums. Semangat!!! Tu yang penting.
Last scene tetap binatang kan...
Marrybrown punya promo agik!!!
Gi mampos ler.... tak paham bahasa tul meka ni. Iklan manjang.... the stupid mascot dahler sesuatuh!
Peluk bebudak siap tangan meraba semacam. Haiyo... amik kesempatan ke??!!!
Dahler.. enough with the stupids sponsors and their dumb mascots and product placements.
Over sangat dah!
Do these really think they can influence people with their products?
Kalau nak kata whether it's working for brand awaress, aku stuju ler, but for all the wrong reasons.
I know me, myself and I for one, takkan sekali-kali melangkah dalam Marrybrown sebab kebodohan teramat mencemari setiap episod Diari Akademi Fantasia ngan iklan bangap meka, followed by their dumb mascots entering the Akademi tak abih-abih.
And that's not taking into account it's one of the crappiest fast food outlets around (next to A&W)
Tu lum lagik.
Tak creative at all.
Not only they bring the dumb mascots in like the students are some retarded five year-olds that would be excited at the prospect of some guy dressed in a cheap animal suit, sweating away and undoubtedly stinking away... they bring stupid party hats and all.
Aku rasa kanak-kanak istimewa je bebudak ni.
Konon wat ala party. Cmon ler.... meka ni umur berapa?
And people are supposed to take them seriously?
Akademi Fantasia is seriously lacking direction dah skang...

So far I found the worst is the geek who tries to pass himself as a rock God in Ryan. Sodih mamat nih... totally screwed up Iris by The Goo Goo Dolls which is like one of the best songs of all time for me.
While the most horrendous sounding singer is definitely Zayra. I know she's trying to bring the latina out in her element of rock, but she comes across as a Shakira wannabe B grade porn actress who writhes around the floor with little vocal talent. And she definitely ain't rock. Abih hancur Bring Me To Life Evanescence. I think Farah does a better version of it (I'm serious!)
Tapi among the duds, I think Dilana kicks ass! She's my favourite female contestant followed by Jill.
Of the male contestants, I think Lukas is the best in terms of fitting the rockstar package.. he's also got one of the most impressive resumes of the lot. Closely following him is Josh, tapi aku rasa sora dia not in sync with the direction of Supernova which is metal edged padahal dia soul funk and blues direction. Then there's Toby which is quite decent too.
I don't know if I'm going to be able to blog so much about Rockstar : Supernova, tapi aku nak gak sebab aku memang minat abih.
Rockstar shines as a reality programme because it exposes more on the musical direction of the star wannabes, with them involved with the creative side, more often than not rearranging the material their way to bring out their individuality rather than any other series yang semua disuap.
Plus not to mention, the fashion of the contestants is edgy and relevant. But camtuh ler kalao takyah nak deal ngan Yoda as head of wardrobe kan?
Meanwhile... I have to just throw this into my posting. My two favourite contestants for Rockstar : Supernova!

Oh what the heck... ni blog aku per... so here's more pics from my two favourite rockers!
By the way, Lucas sang, Billy Idol's Rebel Yell which came across as a weird Manic Street Preachers meets Freddie Mercury, tapi kinda original, even though I suspect sound dia tak translate from what it was in the venue.
Dilana was simply electrifying in her weird evil manic possessed troll doll inspired take of Nirvana's Lithium. Manic abih siot!!!! Definitely tuning in for the the results show tomorrow. So far not much suspense because too many of them in the mansion still. once chop down to about 10 then best ler.

 

One of the reasons why watching Rockstars is not as painful sebab takde ler bak sponsors berduyun masuk ke rumah meka tuh kan.
I mean everyone can basically complain until the cows come home, but somehow the producers of the Diari cam tak reti yang orang TAK INGIN tengok sponsors gila glam depan kamera.
It does in any way contribute to the whole scenario of teaching nor does it enhance the experience for the viewers ler nak layan orang pathetically pushing the products to the kids.
If anything, let the sponsors know this... I AM TURNED OFF ANY PRODUCTS WHICH ARE SO BLATANTLY ADVERTISED!
Right now we already have a list of bebenda da nak avoid... Adabi, Gardenia, Toyota, Petals, Friskies, Marrybrown... confirm aku tak kuasa nak layan.
Now I have Sendayu Tinggi to add to the list for wasting entah berapa minutes of my life watching their pathetic publicity stint. Kalau da sibuk nak promote produk meka, takyah ler Kevin Zahri in the first place kan... I mean as it is, the whole list of sponsors for the junk food pun dah contradict his being there kan?
Yang dapat diselamatkan Hotlink (sebab da penaja utama nak wat camna kan...) as well as Osim (sebab provide me with comic relief tiap kali tengok iklan i-Gallop tuh).
Hope producers don't take it as nanti leh lak promote kedua produk sponsors ni gila babushka punya dah ler.
Tapi if you're as irritated as I am, mai kita send a message out to the advertisers yang kita nak beramai-ramai BOIKOT produk apa yang boringly forces us to endure some shameless endorsement. yang tak perlu. (cakap je... tak boikot pon, saja bagik meka sakit ati. I don't bother with even one of their products so far - no wonder they need the advertising)
I know programmes need ler endorsement to survive (or in this case make money) tapi tak perlu ler sampai camni.
Tengok cam American Idol, they work out the whole thing, by having the contestants figure in a commercial taped specially of them singing a tune.
That's not too subtle, but it doesn't turn you off either kan?
Selain dari tuh, apa lagi ulasan dan carutan aku tuk Diari ari ni?
Kejutan membawa RuffEdge pun tak dapek nak tolong Lotter who still sucks big time.
The other person who sucks eggs is of course Amirul, followed closely by Haziq. Aku seriously pity ler sapa yang AFUNDI meka ni. Not only they're not going to get their money back, I have this feeling that sapa abihkan duit kat meka bertiga ni seriously will regret their actions some time later.
And that pretty much sums up the interesting things to note for the past two episodes of the Diari today.
Bad huh? Tapi nak wat per... salahkan ler yang wat program tuh kalao da segala membosankan.
By the way... what the hell is that No Girls Allowed thing for again? Tak paham tol sgnificance of that and RuffEdge and all. Talk about desperate for a cliffhanger...

Aku malas nak ulas Diari sebenarnya, tapi sebab tugas tak selesai tuk nak 'usir' yang tak patut dan tak layak dari Akademi, maka tugas tuk nak jalankan kempen out with Haziq, Amirul and Lotter, lum selesai (especially Haziq.
Aku rasa lebih bernas kalao aku letak by point form, so here's my observations from tonight's Diari.
Ten things that happened in the Akademi yang diringkaskan, walaopon Asteo panjangkan jadik sejam ponya programming with the repeat of the same commercials.

1. Tau ler menang VIOS, tapi perlu ke endorsement lagik tuk keta. Dahler setiap konsert da sebut, ni nak waste entah berapa lama preaching about the merits of the car.
Tak perlu!
Later ada lak Petals endorsement (which I don't know ler how it ties in...) - read kat bawah.
Hanya mangkuk hayun yang gedik nak tengok pompuan cantik jer yang akan TERUJA (bahasa familiar tak?) melihat che ki ni dalam Akademi.

2. Lemau si Lotter tak paham konsep advertising katanya to believe that the car ad which show a Lock Ness like monster planting a decoy of a VIOS cut-out. Sodih!
Was it a stupid joke yang tak kena, or is he just an imbecile?

3. Sebab sebenar Astro masih lum bagik lagu Inggeris to Faizal has become more apparent. Mamat ni memang horror with no initiative to learn as far as I can see.
Ni ler the education system in Malaysia... dah abih sekolah pon haram leh at least decent speaking English. Camna nak maju... so much for globalisation.
Tengok masa second Diari, dia ala miming jer cara group song tuh dipersembahkan. He looked like a badly dubbed Japanese serial ler molot gerak lain, lain lak dinyanyikan yang sebenarnya.
Tuh ler pasal... masa sekolah sibok wat benda lain. Nak ngadu konon...if you had SPM level punya English pun, takkan lyrics To Sir With Love pun tak mampu. Lain kali tolong ek Astro wat ujian lisan English and Bahasa Melayu dulu ek sebelom benarkan bebudak tak prepared ni masuk Akademi.
Ni baru group song... lum solo lagik. Zila dok Jempol pon, usaha leh gak... ko ni nak bising jerk. Dah nampak pemalas streak in Faizal and I am starting to get turned off. Seb baik aku terlampau nyampah ngan Haziq as well as Amirul dan Lotter. Besides, antara semua lelaki, I still think Faizal has the best vocal... so sabau jerlaa...

4. Syafizawati has a problem with utilising the student's abilities. Dah sora budak tu sengau... sengau tuh pun leh sedap. But in Lotter's case memang ler sengau merengek, so what needs to be done is tell him HOW to use it within limits lor. Susah ke. I think Syafizawati is a decent vocal teacher, cuma dalam konteks time frame Akademi, dia tak pandai nak compact kan the syllabus to fit the Akademi's period of studies.
Time dia rehearse Da Bomb, dia berhati sangat nak follow Syafi punya advice, sampai takde tune lak... takkan dia nak nyanyi melody nbacking vocals lak camtuh???
Bak kata Fiebie, dalam minggu keempat keatas baru nak hissing, minggu keenam baru nak tell them what slurring is and all.

5. Velvet ler paling relaks for this week because her assignment takde pon pose any challenge. Camna selection lagu ni? I think there are a lot of areas Velvet still needs to work on, sebab in some parts, she is starting to look as lazy as Faizal.

6. Haziq is still horrible, dan sesapa yang tengok Diari pon aku rasa leh anxiety disorder. Gegemndang telinga aku begging for mercy ler setiap kali mamat ni buka molot dia. I seriously think he has a problem with swallowing his voice, sampai projection dia (or lack of it) sedikit sebanyak impacts his performance. Yang tambah sodih tuh mamat ni cam takleh tima pengajaran fakulti. Why bother then kan?
He has the singing ability of a wedding singer. Baik dok nyanyi je kenduri kawin kat Sungai Ramal or wherever kat Johor dari dia feeling kat Akademi.
Well... selepas Mawi, mungkin orang Johor nak promote anak lahir negeri meka kot... but I think Haziq is definitely not the one. Bak kata orang Johor... LEMAU!

7. Sebut anxiety disorder, as usual, kena la layan scene Haziq nak merayu simpati ngan condition dia. Shape up or ship out I say!!! Kalau tak mampu nak belajar, berambos! To become a singer or an entertainer, either you have it or you don't. And the only thing he has is the ability to sakitkan telinga orang.
Malas lak... I see Syafi and Ajai preaching the same thing over and over again tapi tak masuk his thick skull.
Hope Astro are paying the faculty enough to stand all this crap (but with the number of sponsors dok masuk tiap ari takkan takder kot kan)

8. Which brings us to matilah Petals softenmer pun nak tompang advert katanya ngan endorsement Andrea Fonseka. Cantik ker ko? Aku ingat agik tengok Miss Universe time dia compete. Malu jer....
And they brought her in.. for?
Strictly production eye candy yang membuang masa. Takde kena mengena ngan fokus Akademi. Kalau nak sebut pasal nasihat dan motivasi, dia sendiri takde background, and in fact... kan kita da ada Dr Eveready? Aku rasa cam production takde idea ler... either that or sodih nak layan setiap sponsor sampai tiap ari ada je scene camni.
This seems to be a major problem this season. Kalau musim lepas sakit ati sebab Tirai Akademi Fantasia MEMBOSANKAN ngan bebudak digunakan endorse every Tom, Dick and Harry to sponsor, nampaknya musim ni Diari jadik vehicle sponsor.
Tak suble langsung!
Agak-agak ler sikit...
Da tengah program tuh ada iklan berapa lama. Perlu ke program tuh pun compriosing of iklan lagik.... whacked tul!

9. Merasalah sapa kata Farhan takleh gelek. Start jer nampak light-light dia gelek keras sikit, but through her effort, I'm proud to say that she's done it. Not too bad... tak sepower orang kurang waras sorang ni ler, but baguih gak.

10. I am sick and tired of how sometimes meka wat cliffhanger ending yang nak bagik suspen konon, tapi tak suspen pon in the end. Erm... so who cares ala ala ada sign No Girls Allowed tu?
Cepatlah Haziq, berambus dari Akademi supaya aku leh rilek dari nak wat ulasan harian Diari (kalao dia kuar ada lak Lotter dan Amirul lak). Hish...

By the way guys... nanti ada upcoming series ni aku nak update korang, that I will also be reviewing weekly, iaitu Ejen 016. You guys can check the site for more info for now, Esok jangan risau, aku akan rajin sikit update ek...

Aku harap semua da baca ari ni punya story kan kat The Malay Mail (click the link for the story kalao tak).
Aku rasa cukup isu tunang kat sini.
Bukan apa... tapi perlu ke...
Jodoh kan soal antara dua orang. Apa pun penyebab sebaliknya, bukan semua akan dapat tahu, dan spekulasi tak penah nolong sesuatu keadaan.
For me, sesiapa yang bukan star tapi pandai nak wat statement tak abih, especially kalao pompuan... erm... korang pepandai ler sendiri tafsirkan.
Anyway, ari ni start blur gila. Aku patut gi tengok wayang tuh 10.30 pagik, tapi entah kenapa teringat esok jer benda tuh. Cis!!!
Pastu ingat press conference kul 2pm today, turns out aku sampai venue termalu sebab benda tuh esok! Damn!
I got something fantastic in the mail today... kang aku cita apa dia. Nak gi tea break dulu.
Aku balik opis je pening. Malas lak wat update.
MLm kuar ngan 'dia'. Yeahuuu!!!!!
Seronok ler dapat mengubat rindu.
Tapi sibuk dok ngubat rindu, gatal lak bontot nak dok lelama sebab masa kita gi dinner, kedai makan tuh takde lak Astro.
Ampeh tul... akibatnya ter miss lak first part of the Diari.
Abih je dinner, isap rokok sebatang dua, balik ke rumah 'dia' tuk tengok Diari.
Aiyak... patut ler aku takde love life, masuk time Akademi Fantasia punya musim je, yang disayang pon dilupakan...
Didn't really pay attention to the second Diari either... cuba perasan most of the kids sucked big time. Lotter especially...
Aku dah mula muak ngan pilihan lagu basi dari Akademi, and even worse, the wrongful assignment of each song.
Aku sakit telinga masa meka nyanyi To Sir With Love, because lagu lama tuh aku leh ingat dari dulu, and it never sounded so horrible.
Malas tulis pepanjang... layan angau teringat 'dia'.

Aku memang sibuk ari ni. Sibuk ngan cita Mawi la... nak korek cita Siti agik la.
Kerja ni cam takde time tul kekadang. Masuk 11 tahun, nothing's changed. Maybe I'm just getting old. Aduh... nak 30 dah dalam masa dua minggu...
Started the day late today sebab nak recover tak cukup tidur over the weekend ngan konsert, pastu abih rush gi Institut Jantung Negara selepas berita mengejut, then ke Kulai awal pagi esoknya, balik lak keletihan teramat tapi tidur lewat.
Bangun cam takde keseimbangan langsung.
I decided not to go for the press conference Salima (jangan spekulasi ek), hanya sebab aku keletihan teramat, dan memandangkan office pun tau aku sampai leat malam sebelum kat opis, of course I was excused.
Petang sikit gi ERA, sebab nak interview Salima. Jumpa abang Badrul yang menjadi host aku selain dari Linda kat konti. Sempat sembang ngan Salima.... tunjuk blog... (gelak jahat)
Apa? Korang ingat aku tak berani tunjuk ke?
Hah... aku jenis selamba. Apapun, seperti tiga musim Akademi Fantasia yang lepas, I will only say this once more... once meka ni keluar Akademi, things are different (for most of them ler)
Sebab perwatakan yang kita kenal melalui TV kan? Kekadang yang sebenar lebih elok... ada juga yang lebih buruk. Apapun we start back with a clean slate to get to know the real person... and Salima was pretty fun.
Adakah aku menyesal dia kena singkir? Tidak juga... sebab I thought in terms of the competition, her time was up.
And dia tak kecik ati pun lepas kita sembang. Merasalah dia gelak tengok gambar promo IKEA, apa lagik terkejut ngan dedahan persaudaraan baju dia ngan baju Princess Leia seperti didedahkan oleh orang gila.
Apapun, you guys may have thought it wouldn't happen, well, here it is...pesanan istimewa kepada semua peminat Salima dari Salima herself.

Pada mereka yang ada masaalah kekurangan 20/20 vision, ni ucapan Salima ek.

Kepada peminat Salima di http://klubbkidd.blogdrive.com
Terima kasih kerana mengundi Salima. Kepada semua peminat, harap anda akan terus menyokong saya tau... I love you all...
Maafkanlah klubbkidd, mulut dia mmg class.jgn saman dia tau.. hahaha...... - Salima

Aiyak... merasa lah Salima melaser aku balik! Takper gurl... aku bagik ko peluang! Tapi syarat nanti ko kena belanja aku teh tarik ngan duit show pertama ek!
Anyway, moving on, abih je interview Salima, gerak dari Astro and rushed back to the office.
Call Mawi sebab nak interview... dia baru balik dari tanah perkuburan... pas doa and all. Masa tu baru sampai balik kat rumah jiran, nak prepare lak planning tuk kenduri arwah.
Apa yang dibincangkan? Erm.. korang tengok je ler front page The Malay Mail ek. Aku bukan apa, aku mintak ler semua jangan ler bawak isu tu dalam blog ni sebab aku rasa ni bukan waktunya. That's my personal opinion.
Bab keja aku takleh wat apa la kan... but my blog is my personal domain and I feel that everyone doesn't really know 100% of what happened, so we can speculate all we want... but these are real lives we're talking about.
Banyak lagik isu nak bincang (alamak... jangan sambung bukak isu Siti dan Datuk K... tu pun kalau leh kurangkan ler ek)
Abih wat story semua, rasa bosan nak mampos... lepak punya lepak da time Diari.
To be honest, hari ni punya Diari aku kurang memberi perhatian sebab masa tu ngan Farihad dan Zul tengah sok sek.
Kira ujian pertama aku, cukup tak aksi dalam Diari narik minat aku tuk stop sembang ngan kengkawan tuk pay attention to the TV.
Ternyata gagal ler sebab I found myself more interested in our conversation.
Didn't feel at all charitable masa tengok bebudak... bak kata ratu speku Star Wars, mesti bebudak anak yatim lebih teruja kalao Mawi yang muncul.
Aku tak pay attention meka wat zirafah tuh, tapi gelak kemudian dalam sembang peminat wardrobe Astro bila dia point out that ZAIrafah tu bernama Aliya MaYODA. Matilah aku gelak terguling-guling. Motif nama sesuatuh jer???!!!
The turnoff for the day was Amirul. Birthday tak birthday... budak ni has to go (mintak dia eliminate sekali ngan Haziq berambos kuar Akademi)
Time tak wat muka toya, nangis lak.
Blah blah blah... tenaga pengajar mengkritik @ memuji kerapuhan setiap pelajar. Matilah osteoperosis!!!
Fed up tul tenaga pengajar sibuk manjakan student. I blame last concert punya failure to attract because of the lack of real effort show by all the students, tapi bebudak ni riang ria McDonalds je kerana tenaga pengajar tima apa saja alasan meka tak perform up to expectations.
Pleaselah...
Waste of time. Starting to think Diari Akademi Fantasia is a waste of an hour a day....
Still, saja kena tune in kan, kalau tak, takde benda lak nak carut. (gelak jahat sambil angkat kening sebelah maintain macho)
I don't know, but I kept checking the voting update.
Tahniah ler pada Diddy sebab earlier today... eh yesterday berjaya top the charts.
Kali pertama dia nombor satu.
At 3am, results dah ubah lagi, with Faizal - 17%, Diddy - 17%, Farhan - 16%, Amirul - 15%, Lotter - 13%, Velvet - 13% and Haziq - 9%.
Aku sekarang pening. Sebab aku ngaku Diddy is not exactly the worst and thus does not deserve elimination. Farhan memang la tak deserve to go pun.
Faizal? Walaupun aku geram dia tak perform up to mark... memang dia pun patut stay la... sebab Amirul dan Lotter as well as Haziq are doing much worse.
Now... the problem is... Velvet dok atas Haziq ratu gigil sikit je.
Which means, kalau minggu ni sekali lagi posterboy Parkinsons terselamat, Velvet mungkin jadi mangsa.
Mmm... ni kena ubah strategi undian demi nak selamatkan Velvet.
My endorsement for AFUNDI skang stands at Farhan, Faizal, Velvet and Diddy. Tiga lagi, lantak ler kalao korang suka, but please oh please, vote for these four sebab they are the LEAST deserving of being eliminated.
Kalau antara tiga tuh berambus, aku leh lagik rilek... aduh...
Entahlah... pada betina-betina gersang yang ngundi... takyah ler.. korang bukan dapat merasa pung.
As for yang pakai money power, takyah ler... budak tuh takde aura cam Mawi walaupun senegeri. Perlu ke?
Hmph... ok ler. Nak meroyan pasal lagu tugasan minggu ni. This is the list for this week.

Amirul - Sedang Ingin Bercinta (Dewa)
Diddy - Airmata Kasih (R.Azmi & Kamariah Ahmad)
Faizal - Senandung Anak Laut (Kembara)
Farhan - Kopi Dangdut (Fahmi Shahab)
Haziq - Seruan (Lefthanded)
Lotter - Da'Bomb (Ruffedge)
Velvet - Run Baby Run (Sheryl Crow)
Lagu Bonus - Angguk Angguk Geleng Geleng (Ahli Fikir)
Lagu Bonus - To Sir With Love (Lulu)

Seeing Amirul screws up every song, aku pasrah jer ler antara lagu fave Dewa aku akan hancur bekecai.
Diddy's song has a fascinating fact, that lagu dia bak tuh lagu mak dia gak, according to wikipedia Dazzling Diddydan kroni.
Faizal got an easy one... which I really find disturbing. Perlu ke lgu Kembara bagik dia. Motif sangat lak selection lagu kali ni... perlu ke Kembara. Hish! Cam lah industri kita ni ketandusan lagu nak bagik....
Farhan should be fun... cause I do want to see her tested, so it's going to be nice to see how dia leh gelek ker tak.
Haziq? Aku hanya mampu tergelak je. Aku ingat blog aku dan orang gila je hamun si Haziq punya anxiety disorder ni, tapi rupanya pihak Astro pon pandai nak wat lawak ek. Ni lirik first verse lagu Seruan dari Lefthanded yang jadik tugasan dia.

Gigil menggigil aku
Ku dengar suara kebesaran
Terbangun dari tidurku
Suara azan berkumandang

Sesuai ler gigil-gigil ni Haziq kan master. Dahler, aku fed up sebab minggu ni aku menunggu dia atau Faizal mendapat lagu omputeh, tapi tak kesampaian hajat nampaknya.
Instead, Velvet yang dapat lagu English. Penting ke? Haiyo... very the makanan ruji. Cuba bagik Faizal ke Haziq... ada berani?
Lagu "cantik, menarik, tertarik..." bakal menjadi hancur thanks to Lotter and the bonus songs?
What a laugh!
Angguk-Angguk Geleng-Geleng ni... erm... huh.. I don't know lah. Tuk aku tak sesuai langsung. Nak ajar bebudak vocal ni bagi lagu menjerit meracau. As for To Sir With Love, lagu tuh lembab dan tak sesuai tol live performance.
Tatau ler Sham rearrange camna, but somehow I doubt that it'll be fantastic.
Erm... dah ler.. nak balik dulu. Ni nak kul 3.30 pagik da ni. Esok syukur aku relax sikit bab keja.
At least abih time je aku dapat jumpa 'dia' yang aku tak kesempatan walaupun berkali janji dalam seminggu ni, dan tak ketemuan even longer because the week before gi Singapore.
Esok pagi nak gi tengok preview Jatuh Cinta Lagi, filem yang dibintangi Kris Dayanti. Nanti aku letak review sini ek so korang tau besh ke tak filem ni.
Pastu ada PC lak tuk Azwan punya Cit Cat. Pastu rilek jumpa 'dia'! Aduh... bila rindu tak terubat dengan perjumpaan, tenatnya diri mengingati dan terkenang-kenang.
Tak per... esok dapat jumpa setelah kian lama melepas geram saja melalui panggilan...
Tak sabar ni nak tenung wajahnya....
By the way, remember guys, to get tomorrow's The Malay Mail ek (promo sat)
Ok ler... this is it, I really have to sleep (time camni lak terasa lapar pulak.. hish... camna lak diet aku nak jadik ni. Fail!)

"Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will not fear; Thou art with me." (Psalm 23:4)

*I will be leaving for Kulai at 7am bersama ngan Freddie Fernandez to pay our last respects to the late Pak Atan.
**Update petang Ahad - Aku telah kembali ke Kuala Lumpur bersama Freddie dari Maestro dan Rozina dari Astro. Sempat mengikut upacara pengkebumian Mawi's later father kat Tanah Perkuburan Islam Felda Taib Andak lebih kurang 10.45 pagi. Beberapa warga Maestro dan Astro turut menghadirkan diri to pay their last respects.
Selesainya everything, we all moved to rumah jiran Mawi di mana ibu Mawi is staying for the moment. Nampak rumah separuh siap yang menjadi idaman allahyarham... sedih terkenang dia tak sempat melihat rumah itu sempurna didirikan.
Lega hati dapat menyampaikan takziah pada Mawi, dan duk bertanya keadaan dirinya. Jelas pemikiran dia tengah kusut ngan pelbagai isu yang melanda, disamping pemergian ayahanda tercinta.
Apapun... be strong Mawi. As a friend... I wish you all the best.
Untuk pengetahuan peminat Mawi, dia akan direhatkan oleh Maestro selama tiga minggu, jadi setiap aktiviti yang dijadualkan dalam tempoh tu akan dibatalkan atau ditunda.

I'm sorry... what was that?
Kita kat konsert keberapa ini... mmm... hampeh!!! Tak ada peningkatan langsung. If anything, the students seem to be regressing rather than progressing. Bazir beras je dok dalam Akademi kalau setakat performance cukup makan.
I don't have a clue to how they're going to survive in the real world after this...
Malam semalam punya konsert was one of the WORST of the whole season, especially since it was already the fifth, tapi standard cam minggu-minggu awal and not halfway as it actually was.
First of all... aku nak komen bab fashion sebab aku tetap sakit hati ngan baju. Pesen kali ni improve ler sikit... tapi mungkin atas sebab aku dengar kali ni da masuk consultant bab tuh.
Tapi tetap... kalao korang perasan, skirt pendek Velvet coupled with the boots tak kena langsung sebab menampakkan betis dia yang ala pemain bola. So unflattering. Meka ni tak study ke bebudak sebelum dress them up?
And how about the other two examples di bawah ni?

Erm... tapi aku suppose meka anggap kelas ler baju tu sebab lampu tuh daripada IKEA punya catalogue. Still it was horrible. Tapi aku rasa tak ler sekeji seperti Fiebie katakan dia sebahagian dari tema Star Wars.
Even my favourite si Farhan pun not spared. Dahler masa show pakai baju tidur. Time Menuju Puncak dia tukar ler baju kerana perlu menari, terus pakai baju yang ala transperent light-light complete with this flowy material yang just was everywhere. Last-last nampak ler lurah dendam time menari. Nasib baik ler pakai bra itam. Cuba kalau masa time Ekin dulu (ingat tak review aku masa tu) yang baju nampak bra murahan ala Bee Dees - or worse RM10 3 helai kat pasar malam kat Keramat.

Pening... pening... but on with the show lah. Hmmm... malas sebenarnya mau review kali ni sebab tak hold aku langsung performances from these kids ngan ala tak kuasa nak perform gitu... someone please slap some sense into all of the remaining ones sebab almost all of them NO PROGRESS!
Kalau ikutkan, Haziq tambah teruk... Farhan pun down sikit... (tapi dimaapkan sikit asalkan tak melarat sebab dia memang meletup da pun) dan yang lain sama jer spiralling downwards uncontrollably.
And here's... the review.

Diddy - Biar Betul (Akar)
He was a little out of breath, but all in all it was a rocking performance. This time, aku rasa his intensity, yang usually buat dia nampak rigid and so calculative (merasalah Adlin kebas dari review aku dan Fiebie tapi tak diberikan kredit) worked in his favour.
Definitely the best performance from Diddy so far but I sort of agree ngan Juliza Adlizan punya komen that his main problem is the lack of identity when he's onstage.
He's one of the remaining few in the Akademi yang masih mengalami masaalah ni yang telah mengakibatkan penyingkiran Zila, so here's hoping he'll prove me wrong before it's too late.
Rating klubbkidd :  (Patutnya tiga setengah bintang, tapi tolak setengah sebab dia terkejut tak maintain time bunga api meletup)

Salima - Because Of You (Kelly Clarkson)
Time Salima nyanyi nih, aku rasa cam dia nyanyi lagu nasyid ketika mulut disumbat ngan selipar jepun.
Her problems were massive in terms of enunciation, diction... etc.
Ok, so she had problems with language. But let's progress from there.
Nyanyian dia slurring tak abih dan terlalu mendayu tuk something that was more along the lines of releasing this pent up emotion and frustration.
Tak guna ke kamus yang Dr Eveready bagi? And kalau pakai takkan ler nak translate word for word... apapun baju dia one of the worse!
Letak lilin ke cahaya apa kat celah kaki dia dah dia leh masquerade as a tanglung untuk Pesta Kuih Bulan.
Kesian Kelly Clarkson kalao dia dengo Salima dan tengok baju dia pakai yang tak kena konsep lagu... mesti garu pala sampai berdarah tertanggal kulit pala.
Rating klubbkidd :  

Haziq - Juwita Citra Terindah (M.Nasir)
Start pun cam singing a badly composed lagu rakyat rather than this lagu pop yang tengah popular.
Tahap kesumbangan dia, korang kena dengar sendiri lah. Aku cakap pun, ada yang stok pekak badak tak caya kan? So kalau dengar... eloklah. Kerana dia, aku rasa from now on, aku kena pakai ear plugs je bila gi Dewan Sivik nak tonton konsert.
Yang paling tak tahan tuh signs of anxiety disorder tetap! Erm... takde ke aksi lain? Lain kali mintak ler Ajai pegang rotan dok sebelah dia. Perform jer dia nak wat aksi Karam Singh Walia dia, rotan sekali... komen si AC pasal Haziq rupa terseksa dan teraniaya, aku rasa lebih sesuai digunakan pada para penonton, both kat venue dan melalui TV kerana have to endure that horrendous thing he passes off as singing.
By the way, aku rasa Salima keluar minggu ni pun akibat dia pun sudah di infect ngan anxiety disorder la katanya. Yes, it's contagious! Mintak-mintak student lain tak kena... tapi mengikut gambar diatas, jelas terbukti it's too late!!! Quarantine meka cepat!!!! Lock Haziq up in solitary confinement and throw away the key!!!!
Rating klubbkidd :  

Amirul - Lagu Zaman (SM Salim & Ramli Sarip)
Ouch!!!! (review paling pendek tapi tepat to describe that performance)
Rating klubbkidd : (Tambah satu bintang hanya kerana kesian takde bintang kalau tak)

Velvet - Sangkar Cinta (Ziana Zain)
Ok... it's official. Velvet is just getting too lazy to make an effort.
She is too dependant on her vocals alone yang dia tahu cukup bagus sampai tahap koreografi pun dia malas nak ikut sangat.
She even dropped a word early on.
Vocally she was ok ler tapi dia cam overconfident bila dia sampai some difficult notes that dia leh leka and screw up easier parts.
She lacks punch, and that's sad sebab aku rasa potential dia is quite overwhelming (just like the sight of betis dia yang the wardrobe department seolah nak highlight)
Rating klubbkidd :    

Faizal - Terharu (Sweet Charity)
"Ko ni cam Ricky Martin - puna kerusi".... kata AC.
Erm... tak silap aku last week dalam review da carut Harun Salim Bachik kan pasal he made that comment. AC has been doing his homework I see... lain kali bagi lak credit if you have to plagiarise apa-apa ek.
But it was deserving sebab Faizal can't dance for nuts. Kadang-kadang tengok swagger dia ni cam drunken master aje. Camna tuh... lebih sebulan dok Akademi  jalan pun masih senget!
Vocal ok ok jer... malas nak komen bab tuh sebab takde peningkatan takde penurunan, tapi dia ni... erm korang tengok replay. Dia ni paham lirik ker?
Dari penari empat orang tuh, perlu ke nyanyi line tertentu kat penari laki (gelak jahat sat! Tu komen cik Fiebie kat aku ler... so salahkan dia kalao nak marah)
Malas... I think it's a waste of time and words to continue. Aku rasa Faizal ni memang static, but the audience doesn't even care. He could fart onstage and people would still vote him (*sigh*)
Aku tetap sokong Faizal, tapi aku tak suka tengok dia terlampau selamba without taking things more seriously.
Here's hoping lor...
Rating klubbkidd :   

Farhan - Biarlah Rahsia (Siti Nurhaliza)
Honestly... aku kecewa sikit ngan Farhan punya rendition.
It wasn't as good as I hoped it would be, sebab walaupun aku negative gila tengok Diari sepanjang minggu dia struggle ngan lagu tu, I still hoped for the best from her.
Still, it was a challenging song for her sebab unline orang cam Salima, dia tak boleh sangat lagu mendayu ni.
All in all, she didn't stamp her superiority on the song, and quite a few parts where she visibly slipped, tapi in a group of eight yang the best is only mediocre, Farhan was still the best of the night.
Rating klubbkidd :    

Apa ler komen yang semakin 18SX ni kat Akademi Fantasia???
Hah? Kembang kuncup katanya. Intelligent ler sangat. Geez... those witty comments were really impressive ler.
Sheesh.
If you guys are looking for what I think of the performance of lagu bonus in persembahan berkumpulan bebudak ngan lagu Serasi Bersama dendangan asal dari Nurul dan Ajai, serta Menuju Puncak, sori ler but I really didn't have the mood to even look at the performance.
Time nak masuk break pas Farhan, kami dapat berita menyedihkan mengenai pemergian ayahanda tersayang Mawi... apa lagi...kami semua terkejut beruk.
Walaupun mungkin meriah ker haper bunyi lagu mengundang kami yang tahu untuk melupakan seketika benda tu... it was impossible.
And it stretched until Aznil made the announcement... I'm sorry but again I say  couldn't gather my thoughts and focus on what I thought of the two performances, so memang tak sesuai kalao aku nak komen.
Aku one thing for sure tak setuju ngan komen Adlin pasal pemilihan lagu. Memang aku pun sedikit sebanyak rasa some of the songs hambar, but still I do not see what's wrong with testing the versatility of the kids.
Mungkin tahun ni nampak ketidaksesuaian lebih ketara simply because almost all of the kids TIDAK VERSATILE!
Aku ingat lagi dulu... masa musim kedua. Sedangkan Bob pun lagu Amuk leh bawak ngan bagus... apa pun irama.
And most of the kids were that way. Think back.
Kali ni... semua bebudak stereotype able to carry only one genre at most (tu pun sumbang mahram punya nyanyian).
So jangan disalahkan lagu... salahkan pembawanya.
I said it... and I will say it again. These kids are simply not improving.
At this rate, I don't see them performing any better even sampai final nanti. Biar konsert pertama atau sepuluh, tetap meka camtuh gak.
Bila nak improve?
The worst part is, bila meka kuar kang, kalao attitude dalam Akademi da camtuh, bayangkan bila meka da keluar, da jadik artis. Keras pala nak ikut cara sendiri, tak nak ikut tunjuk ajar.
Artis camtuh ker yang kita nak?
Astro better worry because perangai bebudak tu, will make people think more than twice sebelum menghabiskan duit AFUNDI kalau keadaan ni tetap berterusan.
Okler... da kul berapa... nak ciao balik. Tak tidur ler alamatnya ni...
By the way... thse are the results selepas show. Malas nak pre-show results sebab ranking seminggu tak gerak-gerak pun.

Camna ek undian Haziq tinggi sangat? Very the Misteri Nusantara.
Am I happy Salima has been eliminated? Honestly.. yes. Memandangkan tinggal Haziq yang turn me off, I hope that he too will ikut ler jalan Salima soon.
But then again... that's MY personal opinion of their worth to the Akademi.
Apapun, aku nak katakan sini... sebab ramai masuk sini aku nak caj tuk setiap kali korang masuk blog.
Setiap kali masuk korang diwajibkan AFUNDI SEMUA pelajar KECUALI Haziq at least sekali seminggu.
Aku tatau ler korang wat ke tak, tapi resit doa dimurahkan rezeki korang mengiringi (cam sial je aku ni...) Cadangan aku ni adalah supaya memulakan systematic elimination untuk pastikan Haziq keluar sebab dia je yang nampak sangat ada outside inteference dalam votes, tetiba melambung mendadak walaupon burok persembahan!
Apapun... don't forget ek to check these fabulous reviews :
mentallydisturbed (orang gila meroyan akibat tak makan obat)
mY kopitiam (molot takde insuran yang mega pedas!)
badrulaftersix (pejuang pergerakan AFUNDI Diddy)
maddox24 (gentle sikit nih kalau dibandingkan)
5thE (fashionista divine!)
Lea Laurielle (queenly musings)