When browsing which newspaper I have to buy this morning, pictures on front page caught my eyes. So I bought New Sabah Times. I quickly turned to page 8 & 9 because the news really interest me :-)

'One in a Million' is a new reality singing competition in Malaysia. It offers RM1,000,000.00 to the winner, which includes a music career.

There are 31 Sabahans who made it to the Kuala Lumpur rounds. Meaning they are the top 80 individuals who had made it to the next round of elimination. The New Sabah Times' reporter managed to interview 4 of them. They are:

16 year old Stracie Angie Anam from Kampung Tuavon Penampang. She is currently studying in St. Michael Penampang (my former school--bangga ni--hehehe). Her audition song was 'Hero' by Mariah Carey's.

17 year old student also from Penampang who scored 10A's in his SPM recently, Jason Gapang. The Chinese-Dusun who plans to study to become a Chemical Engineer had to sing Ronan Keating's 'If Tomorrow Never Comes' as his second song before the judges, Paul Moss and Syafinaz said yes, see you in the next round.

Reno Rodny Fabianus, a 21 year old who was the KadazanDusunMurut@KDM Idol last year's winner is also selected. He is a recording artist of Skyline. According to Reno, his audition was a little more stressful than the others as he had to perform four songs before finally being accepted.

Another recording artist who had made it is 26-year old Ivy Alexandra Fredoline Mohamid. She is with Moe's Music Production. She sang 'If I Ain't Got You' by Alicia Keys but the judges were not satisfied. Then she decided to go with 'Kaulah Segalanya' by Ruth Sahanaya.

Would they make it to the final 12? We will have to wait for that, don't we? The first episode of One in a Million would be on Friday 26th May 2006 at 9.30 on 8TV. This show will be hosted by Marion Rose Caunter of 8TV Quickie Fame and Awal of Astro Ria's Beat TV).