Don't know why but I have always thought that local 'live' productions look 'cheap'.
I mean, don't these programme directors watch television at all?
Just look at American Idol. Don't need to talk about the stage set, whether it's grand or what lah.
Our local 'live' productions can certainly improve on the lighting. Everything looks so clinical and harsh, no emotion at all.
In American productions, things always look so professional because they use mood lighting and even if there is direct light, it's always controlled such that everything looks pleasing.
Is it so difficult to do that? I don't think cost is really an issue right?
Anyway, I wish our local Malay hosts are a bit more witty and spontaneous in their delivery lah. Suzhairie is good but he seems to hold back sometimes, probably a bit afraid to say some things. The judges, I've got nothing to say. That guy who's always in this kind of competition, acts like he knows every damn little thing, and that he can't go wrong. Of course it makes good television lah, but aiyah, he doesn't really sound as clever as he thinks he does.
This week 'live' show - it was so damn predictable when he announced which bands were going to get through. Bands were alternately told whether they were going through the next round. Where's the suspense? Gosh!
Anyway, hope this Anugerah Band produces something that everyone can be proud of lah. Not just for the sake of garnering SMS support and making money for Suria.
I think the follow up for this kind of thing has always been lacking lah.
How many local bands can you remember being marketed aggressively and developed to their full potential, after they've won television competitions like this?