No detailed review from me coz I didn't watch the final concert from the beginning. Heavy rain last Satudray and our area was blackout since 6pm. The electricity restored at 10.30pm and I only managed to watch Hafiz, Akim, Yazid and Isma's performances [2nd songs]. When it was Aril's turn, it blackout again :( 15 minutes later it restored again but Aril has finished perform.

But overall, the final concert was quite boring. If I compared them with OIAM3, OIAM3 was far better. I didn't enjoy their songs at all. It was like they are just novice in organising a concert. I just wanted it to be ended and get on with the results.

As we all know, Hafiz (46) claimed the champion title. Aril (22) took the second place with Akim (18) in third. Yazid (9)in fourth and Isma (5) in the last place.

What I don't understand is how come Isma didn't get anything? Only a trophy for her?? Nonsense! I'm guessing that Astro had planned to have four finalists only. But since their favourite student was eliminated in week 7 they have no choice - they had to do the AFMasuk. Isma became victim here. Eventhough I'm not Isma's fan but I pitied her for not getting anything!!

AND What with Siti Hajar and Syafi? Everytime the judges compliment Hafiz, diorang tarik muka masam!! But when the judges compliment Akim, bersinar-sinar muka diorang! In the beginning I don't want to believe to what I've read that these two teachers were pilih kasih. Now it really showed. To me, the line up faculty this year failed. Transformasi tinggal nama saja. This is what you get when all women in control LoL

I have a lot more to complain but it just wasting my time. Bagus kalo diorang mo dengar LoL. Kita tunggulah AF8 pula. Siapakah akan beruntung untuk pegang title AF8? Nice number. Ada hong :)) I just hope if there is AF8 again, they will recruite Ramli MS as Pengetua with new faces of tenaga pengajar. Hazami should be one of them. Syafinaz as Vocal tutor. Ogy or Adlin can take Ida's job. The dance floor can be given to any new faces. Cikgu Fati also should be replaced. Barulah ada transformasi!

Last but not least, let's check the list of the champions [so far]

AF1 - Vince from KL
AF2 - Zahid from Selangor
AF3 - Mawi from Johor
AF4 - Faizal from Terengganu
AF5 - Mila from Pulau Pinang
AF6 - Stacy from Sabah
AF7 - Hafiz from Sarawak
AF8 - ? [Kelantan, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Kedah, Perlis, Perak, Pahang]

and the AFMasuk?
AF2 - Linda - 2nd place
AF4 - Lotter - 2nd place
AF7 - Aril - 2nd place

It means, when you were being AFMasuk, there is no way you can claim the champion title LoL

OKlah. I officialy close AF7. See you all next year!

Selepas menonton ulangan American Idol pada pukul 8 malam semalam, saya tukar channel ke 104. Pada ketika itu, saya sempat dengar Sarimah cakap "sila beri komen anda samada perlu atau tidak diadakan AFMasuk?" What??!! Sudah-sudahlah tu. Yang sudah keluar, biarkan dia keluar. Tidak perlu dimasukkan lagi. Mungkin ada hikmah di sebalik penyingkiran si Aril tu [pelajar kegemaran anak principal, katanya].

Kata nak transformasi. Apa kes AFMasuk lagi? AFMasuk sudah tidak relevan. Orang sudah bosan dan meluat. Menghabiskan duit orang saja.

Pagi tadi saya terbaca Berita Harian bertarikh kelmarin [orang baca paper hari ini, saya pula baca paper kelmarin yang sudah basi]. Apa yang menarik minat saya adalah nama Linda Nanuwil disebut kembali. Maklumlah, Linda kan sinonim dengan AFMasuk ;) Setiap kali ada ura-ura AFMasuk, nama Linda pasti disebut. Ok lah tu, ini bermakna, orang masih ingat dengan Linda. Saya ambil sedikit petikan berita tersebut:

Boys Group Singing
No bad at all. Fiiiionaaaa.......

Aril
No doubt his performance was good but vocally he has a lot more to improve.

Claudia
Vocally she was good but performance wise I just can't connect with it. I think it should be a lot better if she sang with playing a guitar [She can play the guitar, right?]

Akim
Pancit! Semput! Low notes problem! I think he was pushing himself real hard to compete Aril!

Yazid
Sumbang! All I can hear from him was "with or without you". Performance wise, not bad!

Aishah
No improvement! Nothing to shout about. I couldn't even rememember any of her performance!! And what with her fashion?? Another victim??

Hafiz
He forgot a few words. If I were him, I just create my own words. I think nobody even bother what were you saying, right? He was saved by Najwa, lucky for him! The production should let him sing last, instead of the boring Isma!

Isma
What was she singing again? A forgettable performance!

Girls Group Singing
Very the sumbang mambang. I think, they were concentrating their dance rather than their singing!

Based on their performance that night, I think Aishah or Isma should leave.

Tugasan Minggu ini ~ It would be a musical theater - I'm not a fan :(

Aishah - Slot Akasia (Impak Maksima)
Akim - Titah Sultan (Puteri Gunung Ledang)
Claudia - Katakan (Puteri Gunung Ledang)
Hafiz - Di Mana Kan Ku Cari Ganti (P Ramlee the Musical)
Isma - Mulanya Cinta (P Ramlee the Musical)
Yazid - Ratu Novella (Impak Maksima)

Bonus Songs
Dewa Perang (Puteri Gunung Ledang)
What Time Is It (High School Musical)

We are yet to know how many finalists they want this year. How about two finalists? Alang-alang ikut format American Idol, biar ikut terus [BIG LOL].

Oh and by the way, thanks Astro for inviting Adibah Noor again but what was the other lady still doing there?? Gosh! I can't stand her comments - "all the best to you"

Sebenarnya pelajar AF7 kali ini amat beruntung kerana berpeluang untuk buat konsert bersama dengan kumpulan Band ternama. Tapi tidak dinafikan, ada kebaikan dan tidak kurang keburukannya. Kebaikannya ialah kumpulan band tersebut dapat membantu para pelajar dari segi persembahan. Keburukannya pula, bila pelajar tersebut tidak dapat 'mengimbangi' persembahan band tersebut maka 'tenggelam'lah pelajar itu.

Saya tertunggu-tunggu persembahan berkumpulan iaitu menyanyikan lagu Linkin Park. Sepatutnya mereka menyanyikan lagu "What Have I Done" tapi ianya sudah menjadi "What Have YOU ALL DONE" to this song??? Odoi bogia, sumbang terumbang-ambing ke laut! Tak kan saya menangis pula kan, so saya ketawa terbahak-bahak sajalah LOL.

Estranged featuring Akim
Seolah-olah terkapai-kapai meminta tolong kerana tenggelam di laut! Should I elaborate more?

Estranged featuring Aril
Siapa bah pengkritik yang puji suara dia ni? Mau kena kurik bah tu telinga. Suara dia hampir lemas dikatakan the best vocal? Tapi no doubt, his performance on stage bolehlah cari makan :)

Kristal featuring Hafiz
Vokal tenggelam dan agak semput. But stage presentation boleh tahan.

Claudia featuring Kristal
Adlin kunun cakap terkinja-kinja tidak tentu pasal. Tak kan lagu rancak macam tu mau berdiri macam tiang letrik pulak??!! Good connection with the audience. I like her performance BUT not the HAIR! Macam nenek kebayan pulak saya tinguk.

Cokelat featuring Isma
I couldn't remember her performance. Yang saya ingat, dia berani pula 'kambai-kambai' tangan dia di bahu anggota Cokelat. Lelaki pula tu! Aduii, tidak manis bogia!

Cokelat featuring Aishah
Sebelum Adlin cakap, saya sudah cakap. Baju tidak kena! Saya pantang tinguk penyanyi yang nampak ketiak!! Lepas tu, nampak 'shorts' di dalam. Itu fesyen dia macam itu principal selalu pakai kan? Performance pun tidak menjadi!

Lefthanded featuring Yazid
Kesian budak blur ni. Konsentrasi dia paling lama pun 30 saat saja. Selepas tu, ke sungai sudah suara dia. Si Man Kidal tried his best untuk membantu tapi tidak kena peduli pula. Kesiannnn

Qhaud featuring Lefthanded
For the first time I'm giving credit to Qhaud. He is the best performer for the night! Tapi tinguk pola undian, awal-awal saya sudah expect dia yang akan tersingkir. Apa buli buatlah. Kurang peminat mengkali dia ni.

A note to the production ~ please replace the judge sitting in the centre. Komen beliau boring tahap gaban. Yang bagus dikeji, yang buruk dipuji. Kemudian kelihatan tidak bermaya, macam mengantuk - kena ceria macam Paula Abdul bah. Suara pun monotonous. Gantikan beliau dengan Adibah Noor. She is much-much better.

Aishah - Flora Cinta (Min Malik)

Akim - Situasi (Bunkface)
Aril - Nakal (GiGi)
Claudia - When You're Gone (Avril Lavigne)
Hafiz - Kau Yang Punya (Malique/Najwa)
Isma - Tak Mungkin Kerna Sayang (Alyah)
Yazid - With or Without You (U2)

Lagu bonus Pelajar Lelaki - Fiona (4U2C)

Lagu bonus Pelajar Perempuan - Untukmu (Feminim)

Except for Avril Lavigne, lagu-lagu di atas agak asing bagi saya. Blame it to me kerana tidak mengikuti perkembangan semasa. Tapi bagi pendapat peribadi saya, why don't they give the students lagu-lagu yang tengah 'in' sekarang. Barulah rating naik. Saya rasa rating OIAM3 lebih bagus dari AF7! Salah satu panel memilih lagu di atas mesti datang dari Radio Era yang sudah basi itu :( Bosan tahap 'bosing'!

BTW, sekarang pelajar tinggal tujuh orang tapi sampai sekarang, belum diketahui apakah hadiah-hadiah yang akan dimenangi oleh juara AF7. Kondo Melaka sudah tidak menaja ka? Silap haribulan, hadiah juara adalah sebijik motosikal jenama Modenas ;) dan hamper barangan yang ditaja oleh penaja yang selalu disebut oleh AC di awal konsert tu! Bosan tahap tonduyutung!

Isma - Kau Mawarku
Akim - Jika Kau Tiada
Qhaud - Dibius Cinta
Hafiz - Terlanjur Cinta
Claudia - Kau Muzik di Hatiku
Aishah - Dua Hati Menjadi Satu
Yazid - Terharu
Aril - Aku dan Dirimu
Sidi - Cinta yang Sempurna
Overall - I was entertained! Mungkin disebabkan kemunculan para guest artistes LoL!


Lagu bonus ~
I Want to Break Free [Queen]
What I Have Done [Linkin Park] - most awaited!


Looking forward to this concert ^-^

Claudia
Aril
Yazid
Akim
Isma
Rubisa
Hafiz
Sidi
Zizi


AISHAH - Dua Hati Menjadi Satu (Gita Gutawa & Dafi)



CLAUDIA - Kau Muzik Di Hatiku (Jacyln Victor & Vince)

Another boring concert from AF7. Or is it me? Maybe my expectation is a bit high ;)

I'll make my review as brief as possible ~~

Yazid

I kinda agree with Adlin, his performance didn't 'blend'. His dance and his song didn't seem right!

Aril

Suara belum berapa 'masak'. Need a lot of hard work there. (His backup singer was a spoiler)

Claudia

Something is lacking. Her song need her to be more 'gedik'.

Rini

She was out. No need to comment!

Qhaud

I hate it when he sounded like Latiff Ibrahim (another spoiler from the backup singers)

Akim

Flat! And when AC asked him a question (actually the question is to save him) but this kid dengan selambanya menjawab dengan jawapan 'bodoh'!

Rubisa

Poor song selections from the tenaga pengajar. It's not Rubisa's fault anyway. But she could do something not to make it boring!

Zizi

Her rapping semput!

Sidi

The most boring performance I've ever seen!

Obri

He was out too. No further comments!

Aishah

When you are too careful you tend to make many mistakes.

Isma

Nothing special. I don't know why she is always on top. Family undi ka?

Hafiz

Entertaining but his low note need to be sharpened!

Tugasan Baru ~

Aishah - Mentari Merah di Ufuk Timur

Akim - Destinasi Cinta

Aril - Lakaran Kehidupan

Claudia - Suralaya dalam D Major

Hafiz - Cinta Ini

Isma - Kerja Gila

Qhaud - Di Taman Teman

Rubisa - Tiada Lagi

Sidi - Ku Milikmu

Yazid - Aku Cinta Padamu

Zizi - Aku dah Bosan

Bonus song from the boys - Jerat Percintaan

Bonus song from the girls - Isabella

Again! Impian saya belum kesampaian. Actually I'm looking foward one or two of them to perform English songs. Hampehhh. Another boring concert? We will see. I do like Amy Search songs but not the other one [sorry to say]

I am not gonna give my comments on each of the student's performance coz to me, except for Claudia (what happened to her make-up?) and Hafiz, all are lame! I think it was too early to give them a medley songs. They couldn't carry the task.

All of the students except for the two I mentioned above, were off-pitch. I thought it in the first place there were some technical problem but there wasn't. The problem came from the students themselves.

Adila wasn't that good but she shouldn't be the one to leave. Based on their performance, it should be Yazid AND Rini. There were two bags on the stage and I thought two will leave. There wasn't any explanation on the other bag. I supposed they changed their mind in the very last minutes!

Oh and by the way, the teachers chose Qhaud as the best performer. Singing impersonating Ziana Zain could win the reward?? Very the sucks! The reward should be given to either Hafiz or Claudia. It doesn't matter whether Hafiz was the previous winner - just give it to him, again! Let it be a warning to other students - that Hafiz is already in front. If Esther of OIAM3 can get the immunity twice, why can't Hafiz?

It looks like they will be doing 'oldies'. I hope they are as good as Lotter AF4 doing the 'Oh Azizah' number. And I hope I won't be left alone again to watch the concert like last Saturday. I was at Poring, Ranau with family and friends. At first, we were watching together - very looking foward. But in the middle of the concert, one by one of them retreated to their beds. I was left ALONE! You see how bad the concert was :(

What can I say

after watching the first concert
it was boring...with capital B

the only performance I wanted to watch again was

AC's shuffle dance with Aril :))

If I were the producer

I would kick out almost half of the contestants

the songs choice were theirs, right?

and yet....it failed to lure me

the only commendable performances were

Claudia

Rubisa

(except for her 'kneeling-dance' yikesss)

Aril

the rest are forgettable

and the judges?

I could sleep during their giving comments

Edry was saying, they were told to give good remarks only

NO WONDER!!!

Everything was so wrong that night

the stage

the wardrobe

the sound system

the people crowding the stage

the MC

the American Idol copycat

The first concert was already forgotten by me

let's see what's in store for us this weekend

the students will do medley

Adila

Merawat Cinta Terpendam (Liza Hanim)

Asyik (Amelina)

Aishah

Coba (Faizal Tahir)

Gila (Mila AF5)

Akim

Satu (Dewa)

Buruan Cinta (The Lima)

Aril

Benar-Benar (Adam AF2)

Robot (Adam AF2)

Claudia

Ku Mahu (Siti Nurhaliza)

Wanita (Siti Nurhaliza)

Hafiz

Cinta Ini Membunuhku (D'masiv)

Toyol (Aznil Hj Nawawi)

Isma

Jat Da Da Da (Dia Fadilla)

Hello (Farah Asyikin)

Obri

Akan Tiba (Aliff)

Ada Untukmu (Nubhan AF6)

Qhaud

Bila Nak Saksi (Spider)

Lagu Untuk Mu (Meet Uncle Hussein)

Rini

Aku Cinderella (Amylea AF3)

Kiblatku (Hazami)

Rubisa

Dingin (Ziana Zain)

Gagap (Stacy AF6)

Sidi

Selamat Ulang Tahun Sayang (Imran Ajmain)

Kukoo (Ferhad)

Yazid

Lelaki ini (Anuar Zain)

Fikirlah (Aizat AF5)

Zizi

Sembilu (Ella)

Wonder Woman (Mulan Jameela)

I am still waiting for the transformation :(

Daripada enam calon, hanya dua dari Sabah yang telah dipilih untuk memasuki pengajian di Akademi Fantasia. Mereka adalah Rubisa dari Kota Marudu dan Zizi dari Semporna, Tawau. Congrats to both of them!

AF juga buat kejutan dengan memilih 14 pelajar instead of 12 mengikut kebiasaannya. A bit crowded tapi we will see.

Pengetua AF masih dirahsiakan. Sarimah Ibrahim suruh kita tunggu lagi. Adeh! What so special about it? Bagi tau sajalah. Kalo Datuk Sheila Majid yang dipilih lagi bagus :)

pic credit here

Sayapun tidak mahu ketinggalan untuk membicarakan pasal AF. Bukan apa, selepas pihak Astro memperkenalkan top 20, saya dapati ada ramai dari Sabah ;) So, kita tunggu siapakah yang akan melangkah ke top 12 (kecuali kalo ada perubahan).

Peserta dari Sabah ~~

Abraham Edwin Dungot @ Ab - Ranau (sepupu si Linda kah ni?)

Alpaezah Manaf @ Faezah - Keningau

Cabrine Blaire Bernard Solibun @ Cabby - Kota Kinabalu (ingatkan Solibun ni org Penampang)

Lizda Nuryanti Abidin @ Lizda - Tawau

Nur Fazelah Mohd. Tahil @ Zizi - Semporna, Tawau

Rubisa Tiasin @ Rubisa - Kota Marudu

Gambar dan peserta yang lain, korang layanlah di mana-mana web. Ataupun, tunggu saja hari Sabtu & Ahad ni nanti di Astro Ria, pukul 9.00 malam. Tirai akan dibuka.....