Taken from The New Paper:
FIRST, the good news: Channel 8's Beautiful People is a less
obvious Channel U copy than Sunday's Foodie's Delight.
Then, the bad news: It has Joey Swee.
Each week, Dasmond Koh and Joey, together with a stylist from their
sponsor Jean Yip Group, seek people ripe for a makeover.
But, sometimes, that is not what the person wants.
Despite the hard work by the salon's creative team, some
contestants do not seem exactly pleased, even as they are mouthing
compliments.
The second contestant from the first episode looked obviously
unhappy with her makeover.
Even her friends couldn't muster any sort of excitement.
When she met her colleagues, the first remarks were: "You look very
mature," and "How are you going to school like that?".
That hardly qualified as a good beginning for the series.
But sour-faced contestants are hardly the biggest of the show's
problems.
Joey Swee is.
A good host knows there is a fine line between being in control of
a show and being controlled by the show. Joey doesn't.
Squealing and screaming her way around don't work. And frankly, it
gets very trying after a while.
The problem becomes more obvious when she meets her more
experienced colleagues.
In one segment, she bumps into Patricia Mok. And in those few
minutes, Pat outclasses her totally.
I take back whatever I have ever said about Fiona Xie's hosting
abilities, because Joey has taken the crown of TV's worst
host.
When Fiona met Joey, there was more screaming and yelping than one
can humanly endure.
These two women seemed more intent on having fun than sharing
fun.
Hopefully, the producers can rein in Joey's tendency to be
over-excited. Or they should consider roping in Pat Mok, or someone
else more experienced.
Otherwise, there is no real reason to watch the show.
