Pinoy Idol

Now that Pinoy Idol moved to larger and supposedly better venue, what do you think?

1. Something is wrong with their sound system or acoustics. The singers are sometimes pitchy which means they probably don’t hear the right pitch.

2. Camera shots are too abrupt. They don’t have the boom camera that I often saw at Philippine Idol which gave a wide perspective of the audience and the production set.

3. The background video is so distracting. The lights were too bright. Why can’t it be subdued?

4. Raymond Gutierrez is still boring as ever. They try to make him look more intelligent by letting him wear glasses like they did to Ryan Agoncillo.

5. Lastly, why isn’t Pinoy Idol live telecast?

I know it’s unfair to compare the two Idol programs but why couldn’t Pinoy Idol create a much better version?

I am still hopeful that Pinoy Idol will improve. Cross my fingers.

Now about the finalists, here is what I think.

1. I expected the singers to improve with time but still I haven’t found the Pinoy Idol. The one with the X factor and singing talent.

2. Speaking of Robby, I cannot understand why the judges liked his performance. He sounds like he strained his voice .

3. I agreed with the judges’ comments on Mae Flores. I actually liked her performance. View her performance from starmometer.com

Did you like their gala night performance?

Eliminated tonight was Walton Zerrudo and Meryl David.

And Now the Top 14 Pinoy Idol Finalists are

Top 7 Guy Finalists

Ram Chavez
Daryl Celis
Robby Navarro
Toffer Rei
Kid Camaya
Warren Antig
JJ Jr.

Top 7 Girl Finalists

Gretchen Espina
Carol Leus
Penelope
Jayanne Bautista
Mae Flores
Jeni Rawole
Sue Ellen

From ‘Pinoy Idol’ moves to new home, picks 12 finalists

“Pinoy Idol” will soon transfer to its new home.

From the Filmex Studio in Makati City, the show will move next week to CenterStage at the Mall of Asia, Pasay City, where the final 12 contenders will be picked.

With this move, we will be expecting a larger production set and better design perhaps?

Here is an interesting Pinoy Idol article entitled Girls Rule Pinoy Idol as written by Nestor Torre

MANILA, Philippines - After viewing the first weekend of telecasts showcasing the 24 finalists on “Pinoy Idol,” we can share these initial impressions:

Quite clearly, the 12 female finalists are more promising than their male counterparts, quite a number of whom sound and look rather “TH” and/or amateurish. “Star quality” generally eludes them—in fact, some of them come across as rather scruffy.

On the other hand, about half of the female finalists have both looks and singing talent going for them. At this early stage of the TV tilt, therefore, we can “predict” that the women will rule the roost during the final phase of “Pinoy Idol.”

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Tonight’s elimination comprised of Vren Villaflor, Regine Ong, Sherwin Marquez and Rye Estrada.

Eliminated from the Girl Finalists

Vren Villaflor

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From Starmometer.com, here are the video performances of the Top 10 Guy finalists in no particular order.

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Starmometer ranks Top 10 girl Finalists with these 3 girls standing out from the rest:

Vren Villaflor - Wind Beneath My Wings

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I can’t help but agree with the readers of my blog. (I verified the IP address of the comments and they are all unique IP adress).

As I went through the criticisms towards GMA’s management of Pinoy Idol, I could only agree on these comments.

Attention GMA. Please do something with Pinoy Idol. These comments are meant to be constructive because we support the Pinoy Idol. I even created a separate blog for the Pinoy Idol because I had high hopes that it will surpass the ABC 5 Philippine Idol in 2006. I watched most of the live shows of Philippine Idol and compared it with the current Pinoy Idol so I have basis for my constructive criticisms.

I hope you look into these comments.

1. The top 24?? Top na ba yun? They all sound like bar singers. Walang dating. No one has a distinctive sound. No distinctive style. Wala ngang aabot sa kalibre ni Jan Nieto e. There’s something wrong with the judges.

2. The lights on the scaffolds of the stage, still too bright.

2. Even the video editing is soo boring… just lame ( i think i’ll be using “lame” to it’s fullest redundancy)

4. Even the sound, the musical band seems so karaoke on sound. It’s so sad that danny’s musical prowess is put into lame reputation. Even the voise of the amazing “the opera” cant be heard.

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Eliminated in tonight’s Pinoy Idol Top 24 results night was Dio Paolo, Elliot Andal, Drizzle Muniz and Bev Ejercito . What do you think? Why all that sobbing drama in the end? It’s alright to be sad and all but the Pinoy Idol finalists looked like they were in a funeral.

While the show was in progress, a disgruntled viewer sent me an email which is worth sharing so that Pinoy Idol show improves.

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Here are the 12 girl finalists in no particular order:
(Videos courtesy of Starmometer.com)

Jeni Rawole singing For Once in my Life

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