Reality Show In Malaysia

 

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 Mentor 5 by tv3 is still on air and recently AF9 by Astro announced their 12 finalist.. There are lots of post about this two reality show in Malaysia, so I decided to voice out my own point of view about this show..

First of all, I am not fan of this show and I don't even watch this show.. In fact I don't like this show at all..

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Why?

• Too much gimmick
• Too much dramas










• Winner decided by SMS votes

As simple as that. We all know that every movement ( except for private stuff ) of the participant recorded all along during this show and  the participant even realized about this. So, how we gonna know whether their attitude or behavior is not an act / gimmick to gain votes from the audiences? We never know! People can manage to act cool and nice whenever they are aware that someone is observing them!

I know that audience nowadays are wiser and knowledgeable about music and entertainment industries but do they really know what is it about? Try asking them what exactly the meaning of ' pitch ' in the term of music. Maybe some of them might give the right answer but do they really understand it? I don't think so...

Moreover, how can you be sure that the winner really is the one with the highest SMS votes win when there are no apparatus that can show you the result? Some people said they can even manipulated the SMS result to gain more money because there is no way we can ever  know how exactly this system operate.. In my mind, I imagined a big screen with  a hit counter that keep increasing whenever the audience vote  for each of the participant. You  know like the stat counter in our blog, where we can observe how many people visited our blog.. But so far, I never see they show us those screen to confirm that they are not manipulating the result..

How many artist that born from this reality show survived after the show then? From my own observance; very few of them. Doesn't it mean something? 

American Idol also used the same judgment method yet I likes this show more than Mentor 3 and AF.. The truth is I like international reality show such as Got To Dance (UK) & X factor because I likes the quality of the participant. Remember Akai , now 12year old, winner of the Got To Dance (UK) 2009? He is really a talented kid.. His performance really stunned me! There also Leona Lewis from the X Factor, who is popular with the song 'Bleeding Love'.. Don't forget about Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood and many more AI finalist who rise and shine to be a world class star!

Maybe it's not fair to compare our reality show finalist with them since our industry market is not as big as them. But, my main point here is whether all of those reality show in our country really produced a batch of good and quality artist or vice versa..

P/S - I don't watch but I support Sabahan Participant ( If any )