Monday, April 14, 2008
a mix between Big Brother and ANTM....what's so original about it? Akademi Fantasia was a mix of Big Bro and American Idol, and Malaysia's Most Beautiful *kofkoff* remember sheet-take?and hail berry!?*koffkoff* well....nothing original there either...
so tell me why.....why oh why this particular show is different?
I dont know how much of "the talk of the town" it is back home...but...HEH HEH. I'M LOVING IT LA.
Before you froufrou "I watch ANTM from Cycle 1 to 10 and am therefore too superior for this shit" people shout about how horrible it is, let me say one thing..as usual, we malaysians always have to prove ourselves..whether it is by making the longest pandan cake in shape of the malaysian flag, or by sending a space tourist into..well,space...we just have to. it's almost as if it's in our DNA to strive to be the first in something, no matter how insignificant.
What does this show prove, you ask? ....*goes to website and tries to printscreen..wait.*
.......ASDFGH..screw Mac and its inability to printscreen and its non-existent MS Paint.
sigh. ok fine. I shall be boring and tell you what it proves...
......*so super anticlimax I want to die*
Malaysians has once again, made itself proud by producing it's first online reality tv series!!!!*yay throws confetti*
Okay so if you still don't know which show Im talking about, either you're a) not Malaysian *and acceptable excuse* or b) just damn n00b.
Malaysian Dreamgirls!!!!!!
here's the boring introduction, if you would like to read what *i* think, just forward down a little bit..
Malaysian Dreamgirls is an online show where 12 girls are chosen out of the masses, thrown into one house (not as fancy as the ones you see in BigBro or TilaTequila), and are taught the secrets of being a supermodel...Every week a girl is voted out...and the winner gets to be on the front cover of NewMan *malaysia's GQ? i dunno*, a NISSAN LATIO, RM10,000, a NISSAN LATIO, RM3000 worth of haircare stuff from Wella, a NISSAN LATIO, RM1000 worth of Escada fragrances, and...a NISSAN LATIO. The judges are KennySia, ElaineDaly, and LimJimmy.
*end intro*
Okay it's not like Im car-crazy or anything but the nissan latio is what most of the girls are after anyway. It aint like ANTM where girls cry and cry and cry about dreaming to be the world's best supermodel..At the most least you can say that our Malaysian girls are much more realistic about their looks and their capabilities as a supermodel (or lack thereof)..
nyaaaaaaahahahahahahah.Thanks to an idiotic fourth year who's an insomniac, I actually saw one of the first epis..and I was hooked.
Not because it was thaaat great or anything, truth be told, it kinda sucks..but because it has Malaysian Accents GALORE...(I think now you can see how much im missing home..since I usually HATE ahpia, ahlianfied accented English)..and it's sooo fascinating to watch the slow progression of bitchiness in that house.
*ahem*The bitchiness starts when a few of the girls suddenly become quite secretive about the goings-on in the house. Think along the lines of "I just dont like it...when..*pause* some people...don't clean up after themselves you know?.." It's actually quite the pissing off cuz that just makes you want to know who the hell didnt clean up..*stones* zomg maybe that was a gimmick to make ppl stay tuned!!.......naaaah the production team cant be thaaaat creative.
The next episode after someone gets voted off..."Well, we're okay la..it's just that, some people are still here...and then..."*camera goes sepia and zooms in on a few of the contestants* at this point you're like omg just tell me and spill the damn goss already..But NO. nothing gets told, and everyone's basically lalala *I quote Datin Hanis(one of the contestants)* until one day semua belang-belang keluarrr...and that's only in episode 5.
Even then, there arent any confrontations..it's just mainly backstab bitching and long long long bits of posing and posing and posing and posing with weird background music.The funniest parts are when the contestants are allowed their 15 minutes of connection to the outside world. That's the only time where they get to know abit of what the others are saying about them from their parents/friends/whoever they contact.FUIYO..funnyness. Esp Cindy..heralded as queen bitch with her funky accent which comes and goes at will..you kneeowwww.
she launches into bitchcomplaints to her father with "ah pa, ni zhe tao na ge ma lai po....in du po.."*ah pa, you know that MALAYYY WOMAN bla bla bla INDIAN WOMAN...* right in front of the cameraman. committing audience suicide i thought. which person would still vote for her after hearing her underlying racist comments.but....i guess the malaysian audience..is still quite blind.
and then there's Nadia..and the issue about Jeans, and TOMAHTOEEEESS.and swearing.
and there's Fiqa, with her pretty looks and apparently down to earth personality.. *people who know her claim that it's a facade..a front just to endear herself to the audience* Personally I think everyone knows someone like her in high school, the kind that's pretty and nice when she needs something, but isnt genuinely nice..I bet everyone who's reading this has someone in mind.
and there's oh-so-sweet Hanis, who everybody looooves to manja because she's so innocent and n00b about everything.
and there's Jay, the big sis of everyone, nobody has anything bad to say about her. except the audience...everyone says she looks like a MANWHORE. but i dont think so...her angular face makes her different from the rest..unique u know?
and who could forget Ringo, aka Cheesie, a popular blogger who kinda damaged herself because she was initially rejected for the top 12, and got accepted again after one of the contestants dropped out, but not before she wrote a bitter bitter bitter blogpost about how some girls didnt deserve to get in and that the judges had fungus in their eyes...oo..bitch material??apparently not...matter was resolved in one single apology and she has dissappeared into the background ever since.from her blog I find her a very bubbly person and it's sad tht her personality isnt showing through on the show..her legions of fans are keeping her in still.though i dont know what a 5"2 model would do on a catwalk laa...nevermind....if she wins theres more hope for me...:):)
and of course, the reason why i watch the show... Adeline....when the judges asked her how bad she wanted to be a super model..she replied "deee-eeper than mountain...higher than sea" and when she got it she said.."i dont know what to say..i....i....lost..." hahahahahaaa...so funnyy.
hem hem hem.I dont remember the rest...cuz theyre not really worth a mention la you kneeeow.
The three judges dont play any important part..esp kenny..who just goes "ooh look at that..." hahaha...okay maybe it can be said that he's important..because he is the epitome of malaysian men. everytime see hot chick all they know how to say is "ooh look at that" or variations of it.
Jimmy is just very obvious about all the advertising "And girls..what pretty exercise outfits you're wearing..all sponsored by....*waits for response from girls but doesnt get any* by Reebok!!"
Elaine Daly..hm.she doesnt appear in every episode but when she does I see how far away the models are compared to her. and she isnt even that big a supermodel.siiigh.
All in all, a very good show to watch if youre currently procrastinating on something...and need one more nonsensical thing to do in your time of procrastination. I doubt anything productive will come of this. all the models fall short of even the ugliest in ANTM.
As for me, I can't wait till the next episode comes out!!!!
OOH PS: check out cindy's blog for some hot spicy photos of herself...taken by her lil brother....i dont know what to say to that la.i think that's pretty sick and kinky zomg.
OOH OOH.interesting fact: wesleyans! I dont know how many of you know...but our very own prahsanna is in the trailer for Malaysian Dreamgirl..I think she should have been one of the contestants..sure beat the others flat..except her height la sigh...why are we so short la why. watch her here...
PPS: if youre wondering why suddenly im blogging more than usual, it's because procrastination is kicking in. so there will be more crap from me.hehe.
..i need to pee.
TOODLES!
