WHO WILL BE THE NEXT MALAYSIAN IDOL ?

Farah had a huge fanbase in the studio but apparently, not enough at home where the majority of voters are.

The first one to be announced safe was Daniel. That result was unexpected, given his huge fanbase. But it was still disappointing to Roslan and Jee, who both predicted the two girls to make it to the finals. Only Paul had said that Daniel had too many voters backing him up.


Between Nita and Farah, Nita was more popular and won that round. So it was goodbye to the girl-next-door of the competition.


Farah was upset but she said she had expected it. Her target was only to make it to the top 3 and getting into the finals was always just a bonus so she claimed to be satisfied with the results. She admitted that a lung infection the past three weeks may have dampened her performance and affected the votes coming in for her. With no signs of the infection going, Farah said that perhaps it was better than she lasted only this long.


For now, she hope to be able to sing for a living and perhaps record an album, which had been the dream she was chasing for the past five years. If she records an album, it will be, “pop but not bubblegum pop!” the girl clarified. She had been writing her own songs for a while now and has about 10 songs already.


“When I stood next to Farah, I was ready to go,” Nita said. She felt Farah performed much better that night than her. Daniel also insisted that if based purely on performance, he wouldn’t last this long. The journey so far was to him like “a dream which we haven’t woke up from” while Farah said the experience had been “surreal”.


On the suggestion that he was only floating because of teenage girl voters, Daniel said that it may be true but that was the name of the game. He only aspires to try his best as he lacks the experience that Nita has and the single released that Farah can boast about.


On making it to the top 2 positions, Nita and Daniel said they did not feel any added pressure as they were already under tremendous pressure since the theatre round.


Daniel said he in fact had a breakdown during Theatre Eliminations. Before joining, he naively thought it was going to be easy clinching the title but in the theatre, Daniel realized how much stiff competition he was up against.


To participate in Malaysian Idol, Daniel had taken the whole semester off. But if he succeeds in taking the crown next week, he says he will put his studies in Music on hold. “I know it’s not a good impression for the public but Malaysian Idol is my dream, even before I entered university. I just sent in my application without thinking much of it so I was surprised to get a chance to study. But if I win, I will pursue a career in this industry because study is something I can always apply to do again. So I must grab this chance,” he said.


“I used to think my English is good,” Daniel added. “But now I know it’s not. So if produce album, it will be a mixed-languages album.”


On preparations for the finals, Nita and Daniel both agreed that it was practise, practise, practise.


For now, they – like everyone else – are counting down to the Grand Finals in Genting Arena of Stars. Don’t forget to catch it live on 8TV and TV3 on Fiday 23rd September 9pm and Saturday 24th September 9pm.