Soliloquy of a Juneberry

The Past Life of an A*ditor

Who were you in your past life?



You Were: An Obese Priest.
Where You Lived: Texas.
How You Died: Hung for treason.

Explains a lot.....

posted by juneberry @ Saturday, August 20, 2005 1 comments

NDP 2005

Where's Juneberry?



Spotted me??

posted by juneberry @ Saturday, August 20, 2005 9 comments

Biased Judges on Proj Superstar

I am feeling very angry after watching the Male Finals of Proj Superstar (PS) just now.
THe judges were super biased towards Junyang.. so much so that I am permanently in the anti-Junayang club now... the judges were the catalysts for this "allergic reaction".

(Sidetrack: another reason that I am starting to dislike junyang is that i feel that he can't accept criticism graciously.. and he is starting to come across as slightly arrogant and too full of himself)

Why do i say that the judges are biased?
Well, don't you get the feeling that they focused picking Junyang's good points but for weilian they mentioned very little abt his gd points. The most obvious biased judges were LFH and YPF.

Here's my take on their performance:

First Song
okay.. both weren't good...

Junyang:
The weak and off-pitch falsetto really killed his performance as his off key note was really obvious.

Also, his fast paced song was just like him singing the same song with a faster rhythm... i didn't feel any kick hearing him sing.

The music was at times covering his voice. He should have asked the musicians to tone down during rehearsals (as what a pro performer would have done).

Weilian:
I must agree that he sounded like he couldn't keep up with the tempo of the song.

His pitching wasn't stable at certain parts... but what i felt was that his off pitch notes were few and not obvious.. an untrained ear might not even have noticed he went off-pitch.

His voice was above the music. The judges failed to mention that he is no longer using very nasal voice. His voice placement has definitely improved greatly from the previous week.

Comparison:
Overall i think weilian did better just because his voice control is better.. and his voice sounded better too... brighter than that of junyang's. But the judges decided otherwise. But for this 1st round, i could still accept the scores the judges gave.

Second song
Both improved

Junyang:
Eh.. his diction was funny at times.
"disguised" i heard "distised".

I felt he chose the wrong song. His beginning was unstable.. sometimes sharp sometimes flat (the judges conveniently overlooked this point for junyang but pointed out that weilian was off-pitch ... even though both were "off-pitch" to similar degrees)

The song was so repetitive that towards the end i almost fell asleep because Junyang did not play much with dynamics (loud/soft).

Frankly speaking.. this is supposed to be a light-hearted piece.. but i felt nothing hearing him sing. (the judges said he's got the groove.. BIG DUH.. i didn't hear any.)

Weilian:
I developed goosebumps involuntarily when he sang his song... yes literally!! For me this is a good gauge of whether a performer is good.

I didn't like "Heaven Knows" previously.. but hearing Weilian's cover of this song propels this song to My Favourites list. His performance was sincere and touching. If he went off-key.. it wasn't THAT obvious (such that the judges have to mention for weilian but not for junyang).

His diction was great... much better than Junyang's. (needless to say.. i can't fathom why the judges thought his diction wasn't good... in any case.. they aren't qualified to comment on the contestants' diction since their area of experise is Mandarin)

He has stage presence.

In fact, i felt this was the best song performance among all the songs previously performed by all the contestants.

Comparison:
It was at this point i start to feel that the judges were biased. 'Cos Weilian was DEFINITELY better than Junyang for this segment.

Third song
Both didn't do that well

Junyang:
His pitching was again unstable at the beginning. Sometimes flat sometimes sharp... this was very obvious. (CONVENIENTLY.. this was overlooked by the judges)

His portrayal of the song was a happy one.. he looked and sounded happy. I don't know why t** h*** LFH thought it was touching... BIG DUH again....

He was very stiff.. and if you've noticed.. all throughout his 3 songs.. his expressions and gestures were ALL the same.. until it was super predictable -smile, punch the air in front of him, place his hand on his chest, wave at the crowd. I don't know again why t** h*** that LFH and FZH thought his gestures were expressive..

Weilian:
hmmnn... to be fair .. he sounded apprehensive when performing this song... but i felt the emotions were there in his performance... at least he didn't sound happy.

It was completely beyond me why the judges (esp YPF) said he did not put in his emotions... >.< ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Well, i would like to say that maybe the judges did not purposely set out to be biased. BUt as those who have studied Organisational Behaviour (OB: very basic study of the subconscious human minds) would know that people usually only see what they are looking for (or are expectingt to find). even though the event may not have happened for a fact I believe that subconsiously.. the judges are looking for Junyang's good points but looking for weilian's faults.. maybe cos they are already decided on who they wanna see as the first Superstar. Parting shot: All judges should be impartial. Practising favouritism is being unfair.

Disclaimer: i didn't have time to write a very "flowing" post nor check the grammar & the sentence structures etc.. if you find any mistakes.. please forgive me. very tired.. going to sleep.... zzZZZzzz

posted by juneberry @ Wednesday, August 17, 2005 10 comments

Hmmnn

Whee!!! "The face" is out!!!!

As for the guys' side... well, i quite like all 3 of them... too bad one needs to be out. sigh...

by the way, I shan't blog often in the time to come.. cos i am starting work tml.

posted by juneberry @ Friday, August 12, 2005 5 comments

Thought of the Day

Just watched the Project Superstar Results Show.

In the tableu of 6 people who are going on to the next round, there was only one happy face.

Needless to say, i dislike that face immensely.

All along, i've never liked that face. My sister even went a step further and proclaimed,
"Qian4 Bian3 de4 Lian3" (literal transaltion: a face that is plain begging for a punch)

I've always pride myself on being an astute face reader (not in terms of predicting past and future but of a person's character)... as proven time and again after getting to know the subject.

Today, a friend told me something which proved that i am correct yet again about the character of
"the face".

Are you part of the group of "blind" supporters?

posted by juneberry @ Friday, August 05, 2005 11 comments