should i?
If its the Idol contest you intend to take part in, my
suggestion to you is - drop the idea unless you are a Malay.
Simply because the voting is by sms. How can our pathetic Spore
votes be compared to the huge majority of malay votes living in
Malaysia? You know how ethnicatlly challenged our
northern neighbour are, and they do take an active interest in such
activities.
Not that it is no good, for an artiste needs to survive and
improve, and such support will ensure good album sales. Our own
country is just simply too small for native local talent to
survive, unless he/she dont mind living on small wages and compete
against great musician Filipinos or sexy thais.
Furthermore, each sms carries a cost, and heck, we should thank
Malaysia for voting - they are in this manner contributing to our
economy, haha!
Thus, for every Idol contest, the sad fact is that a Malay or
Malays will always win, so long as he/she has a pleasant face, with
a megawatt smile, regardless if lack of a singing voice, as long as
Malaysia is allowed to interfere in our singing/talent competitions
thru opened sms votes.
I bear no grudge to our Malay talents, and I personally
think they are great. Only thing is, - is the idol
contest looking for a national talent based on singing
ability or an international talent based on ethnic
support?
I have no doubts that our Singaporean Malays' support is based
on singing quality but as for the Malaysian votes, it is most
certainly otherwise.