Daniel Lee is our new Malaysian Idol!
It was a surprise to many! Or perhaps not really, considering he has been getting top votes in the last few rounds. In the last Spectacular show (which I had the chance to watch live at the studio) he got top votes despite not singing as well as his opponents.
It was a star-studded, or should I say `idols-studded' event with all of the MI1 and MI2 finalists performing on stage, before the result was announced.
No, I wasn't there nor even in front of the television. While all the excitement was going on at Genting's Arena of Star, I was watching another concert, coincidentally also at Genting Highlands.
Genting's PR had kindly given me two more comp tickets to this event that I am covering. I had since promised my parents to take them along. You see, we now share this common interest in classical vocal performance (mom and I are also taking vocal lessons). So we won't want to miss the performances by a trio from Australia who call themselves `Three Dragon Tenors'. `Dragon' signifies their race and original nationalities - Chinese.
Must say the three tenors gave a pretty good performance on an interesting repertoires that consisted of famous Italian aria from operas, Italian folk songs and Chinese classical numbers. However, during the show, my mind was drifting away from time to time as I wondered when the results would be announced and WHO would win?!
The suspense was gettting too much to bear....
The show ended around 10pm and as if the timing was `perfect' I received 3 sms-es, one after another telling me that Daniel has won! (Actually the first one read: `you happy lah') It's good thing that the show has ended or else I might let out a scream. Or maybe not, but will be too excited.. ;p
To be honest, I thought Nita has a better chance to win considering she did perform better on Friday night. She has stage presence and she looks more like a `star' than the cute and soft-spoken Daniel. But apparently Daniel is the `idol' material.
Later I learned from various sources that that chap managed to garner 68 per cent of the total votes! He received 1.2 million sms votes altogether! Amazing! I wonder how much some of his `ardent fans' spent on sms..
Non-fans and critics would inadvertantly compare Daniel to Jac but I believe he has a pretty bright future. But I also hope, like he himself said, that he woulld be admired for his talents and not his `cute looks'. (Actually I don't find him good looking but sweet, just like a nice little brother..)
Can't wait to watch his moment of glory on video - recorded courtesy of ML, who with his buddies and family members did not vote this time! (They were such crazy fans last year!)
Update: Ok, I must confess that I did vote after all - but just 6 votes. A token of my support. So, happily I told my friends that i voted when Lisa informed me Daniel won! When I asked her what's the votes difference (not yet disclosed then) she actually replied that Daniel won by 4 votes!! Yeah, like I believed!! But even when i called them (Lisa, ML and CS) up, all still lied so convincingly but actually pulling my legs! Hmm.. at least I didn't pump in' RM50 worth of votes like those three did for Jac last year. :p
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