After the double eliminations last week, the remaining contestants did a rock and roll tonight. But frankly, I wasn't moved. I found them boring. I found it even more boring when the judges were all in praise to all the contestant. Judges, are you sure you did the right thing?

Let's see what I saw and heard:


Jacob - I don't think this is the best for Jacob. But singing 'Man in the Mirror' is not easy either. So much so, I still think he won't go far. And telling to America of being in bottom three is not a wise idea at all.

Haley - I think she over-done the growling thing. Am still not a fan.

Casey - Not a memorable performance. I think my brother in law's version of 'Have You Ever Seen the Rain' is much better than him ;)

Lauren - Bad moves on choosing Aretha Franklin song. To sing her song, you must have big voice like Kelly Clarkson. Lauren is still immature to me. Oh please grow up!

James - He knows his game very well. When other contestants doing up-tempo songs, he chose a ballard-rock from the Beatles and he nailed it. I've been waiting for him to do other than fast number and he did it tonight!

Scotty - A Weird impersonation of Elvis and very corny too.

Pia - Relatively she rocked tonight. Vocal wise yes she nailed it but her performance wise, she did nothing. She made a safe move. I was expecting for her to move like James did in previous shows.

Stefano - "When a Man Loves a Woman" is one of my favourite songs. But I can't connect this song with Stefano. Something is missing. He is in danger unless of course all the teenage girls will vote for him like mad!

Paul - Jerky, Cocky, Corny and Crazy. But I think America loves him.

J-Lo & Steven - I'm getting tired of your 'amazing' and 'beautiful' comments. Get an idea!

My bottom three will be:

Jacob
Haley
Stefano

with Stefano leaving the Idol. I really wanted to choose Haley to go home but if this is happen, then we only have two females left and we don't want that to happen, yet!

Whatever it is, let's see who is going home tomorrow night.

Margie and her son, Luke were eliminated from the Race. It was all because of tea. Luke became desperate to find the right tea in a Roadblock. I can feel his desperation but if he push himself a little bit more I'm sure he could finish the task in no time.

Mallory and her dad won this leg and won themselves a million rupees! which is equivalent to USD20,000.00.

My favourite, the cowboy brothers, Jet and Cord and also father and daughter team, Ron and Christina took second and third place respectively.

Randy said, "We have no more save vote. It's up to you now America". Well Randy, actually America had spoken. They eliminated Casey. And I agree with them. But the three of you saved him! I think it's too early to use the save vote. You should used the save vote to the deserved contestant. You all said Casey is a talented guy. So to me, it's okay for him to leave. He can use his talent outside. But whatever done is done. Move on!

Tonight the 11 contestants sang Elton John's songs. All in all everybody performed well. But still, two must go tomorrow night.

Scotty - Country! Country! Country! I had enough!

Naima - She is in danger

Paul - He too is in danger

Pia - Ballard! Ballard! Ballard!

Stefano - I think he is save but not for long

Lauren - I don't like her version of 'Candle in the Wind'. She turned it 360 degrees! And please, your immaturity irritate me.

James - Rock! Rock! Rock! But I still like it because he performed like a pro!

Thia - Oh dear Thia! You too is in danger tonight. But hopefully they will give you another chance so that you can show them your true talent.

Casey - Just safe I think

Jacob - I can't stand this man. Is he gay?

Haley - I forgive her this time

Since they are sending two home, so I'll pick four sitting at the bottom.

Naima
Paul
Thia
Jacob

And Naima and Jacob will go home!

I couldn't be happier when the cowboy brothers overtake Mallory and her father to the Pit Stop eventhough they used their Express Pass to skip a tiring task in Roadblock which is to assemble bones of a dinosaur. The cowboy received US$5000 each for being the first team to arrive.

Kent and Vyxsin made an impressive turnover! From last to fourth place. But they were penalized for not taking a hired plane to China so their position shifted to fifth place.

During this leg, it was fun to watch the Harlem Globetrotters and the gang playing basketball with Jaime and Cara doing the cheerleaders thing.

But too bad for Jaime and Cara, they became the last team to arrive at the Pit Stop and has been eliminated from the race. The race will continue. Who will be eliminated next?

It's Motown week and it's not my cup of tea. Some I just passed, didn't watch until they finished singing.

Casey
Why do people like him so much? I can perfectly hear him screeching. Nothing interesting about him

Thia
She accepted the challenge made by the judges by singing an up beat song. She was just okay for me. She can't let her voice out. But at least, she was enjoying herself on stage.

Jacob
I can't see why he was given a standing-O by the judges. To me, there's no wow in his performance. This is the time I got up and go and make myself a cup of coffee I wish he stops talking about singing in the church. It doesn't mean you can sing well in the church, it works on TV.

Lauren
What was she wearing? A bedroom dress? Gosh! I'm starting to be irritated by this girl. She was unreal on stage.

Stefano
I like him. He sang with full of emotion. Forget about what the judges said about being not connected. It's bull-shit!

Haley
Oh dear. I'm just not connected with this girl.

Scotty
Another country song. Why the judges didn't challenge him to do something different apart from country song. The judges did that to Thia and Pia. Why not Scotty??

Pia
No doubt she has a beautiful voice. But she became boring every week. If she doesn't do something, she will be became just like Karen.

Paul
I'm still not a fan. We already have Rod Stewart, so we don't need another one.

Naima
As usual, another new fashion from her which is good for her. Performance wise, the song is just ok. The dance, I want more from her.

James
He is my favourite. Again this week, he was like performing in a concert. He used the whole stage and did a little back-ward dance. I like! But hoping to hear from him doing something different next week. Just like Adam Lambert did the 'Mad World'.

Steven
Stop saying 'Beautiful' and 'I love it"

Jennifer
You are so annoying! Let the other judges give their critiques.

Randy
We need you to give the whole truth. Forget about the audience booing. Say what you saw. If it's not good, just say it.

Simon
I miss your constructive comments.

My bottom three will be
Jacob
Haley
Paul

I think Haley will go this time. Check it out tomorrow night!

My bottom three spot on! But I picked Haley to go home but America wanted Karen to leave first. Meaning, the other two (Haley & Naima) are just waiting for their turn to leave American Idol.

Karen sang 'Hero' for her survival but lucky enough the judges didn't waste their only save vote for this girl. It was not unanimous though and I'm sure it was J-Lo who would likely to save Karen. Bravo to Randy and Steven to stick with their decision. It would be a waste to save this girl though.

By watching of the contestants performances so far, I could tell that all female contestants are in danger. It would be dominated by boys, again! Unless something drastic happen.

Let's find out what they offer tomorrow night.

What actually happened to the Goths?

It began when they forgot where they parked their car. Then they don't know how to open the car's bonnet. Out of panic, they lost their way to the airport and missed their flight to China. Vyxsin also left her passport at the airport counter (Kunming, China Airport). At this stage, I became irritated of Vyxsin. She panicked easily and forgets everything.

In Roadblock, Vyxsin once again broke into tears as she couldn't find her Chinese Zodiac charms. She said she is stupid. Luckily she admitted it so I don't have to say it again here LoL

After Vyxsin finally found her charms and put them in order, they took a gondola to go down Jade Dragon mountain. BUT their ordeal has not stop there! After they boarded a bus to take them to Old Town Lijiang, they realized that they lost their bag containing their passports and money. They begged the bus driver to turn back.

What will happen to them? We will find it out tomorrow night.

This leg of the race is not over yet as all teams were instructed to continue their race. The first team to arrive was Margie and Luke and they won themselves a trip to Aruba. Besides the Goths, Zev and Justin also has not checked in.

By the way, my Chinese Zodiac is HORSE.

Naima - I'm gonna agree with Randy. She was all over the place. It means, sumbang bah!

Paul - As I said before, I'm not a fan. He is starting to irritate me. He was wandering on the stage. Just like Taylor Hicks did before. Gosh! Not again. This is my second time mentioning Hicks!

Thia - No doubt she has a lovely vocals. But again, I'm gonna agree with Randy. Doing ballads again? It bore me all time!

James - Another great performance from him. This guy really know how to sell himself. A duet with Steven Tyler? Who would ever thought of that? It means America, you have to keep on voting for him in order to see the duet ;) Nice campaign James!

Haley - Another boring performance from her. I'm almost certain she would be in the bottom three tomorrow night.

Stefano - Great performance from him tonight. I think it was because his choice of song is very relevant. "If You Don't Know Me By Now" is a great song.

Pia - She has a great vocals but she doesn't 'wow' me yet. I'm waiting for the time to come.

Scotty - Perfect vocals for country song. Hope to hear something different from him.

Karen - I'm beginning to wonder, what did they see on this girl? Because she can sing spanish as J-Lo do? I bet she won't be long in Idol.

Casey - You know what, he is actually very pitchy. But he covers it up with his 'comic' performance. People love him that should be enough to keep him in there. But I doubt it he would be in the finale.

Lauren - I'm getting a little bit restless to see her. A little bit childish and fragile.

Jacob - What did he do? Why everybody praising him? Am I missing something?

Who would be in the bottom three? I think it would be all females again. And my guess are:

Naima
Hailey
Karen

Who is going home?

I'll pick Hailey.

Watch tomorrow for the result. Ciao!

ps. I'm gonna say something about the judges next week!

I didn't realize the Amazing Race is back! Usually, I would receive news from the AXN in my email but not this time. Well, it's okay. I only missed the first episode. And during the first episode nobody has been eliminated.

They call this new season as 'Unfinished Business'. It means, a second chance for them to win the million dollars. I would love to have Kev Jumba in this season but nope, he is not selected.

The returning teams are:

It was a spot on for me! Yes! I guessed correctly. Ashthon is out for good. She sang again hoping the judges to save her again. Fortunately, the judges didn't use their only save vote for her. She had her chance and she blew it.

Adam Lambert is back in American Idol but as a guest. He sang "Aftermath", his latest single unplugged. Hoping to hear him singing this song plug-in ;)

Check this out




Next week on Idol, the Top 12 will return on stage to perform songs from the year they were born.

Randy said, "It was boring and sleepy". And I would say, "It was boredom!!"

I won't give full review this time. I only pick who is okay, so-so and not okay and will predict who will be in the bottom 3 and who is going home.

Lauren - not okay (too confident?, I think so)

Casey - okay (but am still not a fan because I don't want another Taylor Hicks)

Ashthon - not okay (too much of diva?, I think so)

Paul - so-so (again, am not a fan - he is just not the american idol type)

Pia - okay (I have yet to see the more of her. Two weeks in a row singing a slow number, I'm almost getting tired. People like her because of her strong voice? Then, why she stretches her neck everytime she takes a higher note? You tell me!)

James - okay (in fact, the best of the night. Why? Because I'm a fan of his hehehe. Well actually, he is indeed very good!)

Haley - not okay (no further comments!)

Jacob - not okay (why everyone likes him? I can't see anything special about him. He can shout, yes, but that's all. Nothing to wow about)

Thia - so-so (I was ready for her smooth voice but in the end, I was a little bit dissappointed. Hopefully America will forgive her this time)

Stefano - not okay (Why did they all in praise of him? I've no idea. He can sing but wrong choice of song, that's all)

Karen - so-so (One word from me, it was overdone!)

Scotty - okay (he is a true country singer. Can't wait to see him doing other than country)

Naima - not okay (Now you know, it's not easy to sing and dance. Only a few singers can do that. Here in Malaysia, we have Stacy hehehe)

My bottom three will be

Ashthon
Stefano
Naima

Oh gosh! Does it look familiar to you? Yes! They are all the wild cards recipients. And who do I choose to go home tonight?

It might be Ashthon. Let's wait and see.

But the most important for tonight's result show is we have ADAM LAMBERT!!! Oh yeah! Can't wait!!

I thought it would be 12. But I'm wrong. They make it 13 this season. Their reason? It's tough for them to choose. Well, America actually made their choices. They voted 10. And the remaining two spots would be picked by the judges. But the judges had tough time to choose. So, instead of picking two, they picked three! Am I glad with their decision? Well, as long as Stefano is in ;)

Out of 10, I got seven spot on! Meaning, the America agrees with me ;)

James Durbin
Casey Abrams
Paul McDonald
Scotty McCreery
Jacob Lusk

Thia Megia
Lauren Alaina
Haley Reinhart
Karen Rodriguez
Pia Toscano

and the lucky three, chosen by the judges, well actually not before they sang for their lives!

Stefano Langone

Ashthon Jones
Naima Adedapo

I've been watching the American Idol season 10 religiously since the first audition! I think this season is the most talented participants they ever had so far. Especially those teenagers. I definitely sure the judges had tough time this year to choose the best among the best. It was so sad to see some them were sent home.

These are my picks:




If you ask me, do I have favourites? Of course I do. I like James and Thia. I hope these two will cruise to the finals and make it to at least top three.

Women's Singles
Kim Clijsters (Belgium) bt Li Na (China)
3-6, 6-3, 6-3

Men's Singles
Novak Djokovic (Serbia) bt Andy Murray (Great Britain)
6-4, 6-2, 6-3

Men's Doubles
Bob Bryan (USA) & Mike Bryan (USA)
bt
Mahesh Bhuphati (India) & Leander Paes (India)
6-3, 6-4

Women's Doubles
Gisela Dulko (Argentina)& Flavia Pannetta (Italy)
bt
Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) & Maria Kirilenko (Russia)
2-6, 7-5, 6-1

Mixed Doubles
Katarina Srebotnik (Slovakia) & Daniel Nestor (Canada)
bt
Yung Jan Chan (Taipei) & Paul Hanley (Australia)
6-3, 3-6, 10-7

Oh yesss!! I'm in cloud nine!!

Li Na created history, being the first Chinese singles in Grand Slam! Yeah, you heard me right, she made it to the finals. And what's more? She defeated the world no. 1 Wozniacki 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 in semi-finals.

She will face Clijsters in the finals! I know Clijsters is in top form now. But miracles do happen. I want Li Na to win.

In men's singles, sadly Nadal was ousted by Ferrer. But never mind, as long as Federer too won't be in the finals. Both of them have to wait a little bit longer to create another slam history hehehe

Who will join Djokovic in the finals? Murray or Ferrer? Hopefully it's Ferrer ;)

Roddick crashed in round four :( Poor him. I don't know what will happen to him next.

But Li Na cruised to semis. Fantastic! I hope she can get through.

Who else?
Federer, Djokovic and Wozniacki also through to semis. But am not a fan, sorry! I'm hoping Clijsters and Nadal will join the rest to semis.

What else?
Oh yess...the American Idol Season 10 is here! Will blog this in a separate post.

Happy New Year 2011!

opppss...am I late?

well, as the old saying says, 'better late than never' ;)


I'm back to update my blog
coz Australian Open is here and it begins today
and the good news is
Andy Roddick & Venus Williams cruised to the next round

please! let Roddick win this time
it's very frustrating to see him reached semifinals four times in Australian Open
and yet never advanced to the final

I hope 2011 is a good year for Andy Roddick
he is already 28 years old
and I'm sure he will retire soon
but hopefully before he hangs his rackets
he will win grand-slams
Australian or Wimbledon, fingers-crossed!

For the first time, I'm satisfied and relief! After 16 seasons, The American version of The Amazing Race finally created history where, all female team won the Race. Big applause to Doctors, Nat Strand and Kat Chang!

To make it more memorable, second place is also won by an all female team, Brook and Claire. Good job girls! I predicted them to take the third place. Jill and Thomas took the third placing instead. In the beginning of the Race, this team (Jill and Thomas) did a good job but they flopped when they took an un-corporating taxi driver. What the heck! They are in the United States and it seemed that the driver couldn't understand English!! In this case, Asian taxi drivers like in Hong Kong and South Korea are better than them. All Jill and Thomas wanted were an internet service. and the driver kept on saying that his taxi has GPS! What a joke! From here, I knew Jill and Thomas would be left behind. A few minutes behind from the other teams could make a lot of different. Anyhow, Jill and Thomas already created history where they were the first team to win the Express Pass which is first introduced by the production in this season's race.

In this final leg, I LOVE the Identify the Greeters challenge. This challenge is to test your knowledge and memory in a crucial time. At least, the Greeters were there (Pit Stop) for nothing. Racers should acknowledged them too. I'm glad Nat and Kat made notes on every leg of the race and that's why they don't have problem to identify the greeters. A lesson to learn for all the would-be racers!

The Amazing Race 17th season officially closed. Can't wait for the next one. I found out that the next season will be filmed in High Definition! Bravo! Love to see the race around the world in high-tech!

This is the place I almost visited early November. Last minutes, I was informed the tour group is fully-booked. My friend went and I was left behind. To my consolation, my friend bought me a Korean key-chain ;) Hopefully, I can visit South Korea in the future, well, after their 'war' ended I suppose :)

Ok, back to the Amazing Race! The four remaining teams were instructed to fly to South Korea. Due to their 6-hour penalty, Nick and Vicki were left far behind and they didn't catch up the flight which took the other teams to South Korea.

In the Roadblock, one team member must look for a similar headband worn by hundreds of soldiers who were training taekwondo to get their next clue.

In Detour, it was a choice between Full Throttle or Full Bottle. Between this tasks, I would definitely chose Full Bottle coz in Full Throttle, teams were asked to skate 24 laps!! I never skate in my life and how could I possibly do the task. In Full Bottle, teams were asked to deliver 6 glass bottles to a designated place without breaking any of them and later drink a bottle of ginseng. I'm sure ginseng would energize the teams LoL

There were almost no show of Nick and Vicki throughout the race. They were only seen doing their Speed Bump which was to clean a big army truck. I don't even know whether they completed the rest of the tasks. After the Speed Bump, they appeared in the Pit Stop. And as expected, they were eliminated from the Race.

The final three teams are Jill and Thomas, the first team announced to be in the finals. Brook and Claire, who were initially arrived first at the Pit Stop but were penalized for taking a cab to their Detour location and this made them taking the second place. And finally, the Doctors Kat and Nat.

Who would win the million dollars??

My prediction are:

1st - Kat and Nat

2nd - Jill and Thomas

3rd - Brook and Claire

I hope this time, the Amazing Race would finally making a history - an all females team to win the Race! Fingers-crossed!

one of my favourite food

Oh yes. All the remaining teams went to Hong Kong. I've been there last March this year. This is the second place after London they went which I visited this year. And how come I didn't stumble with them :(


My first stop at Hong Kong was at the Avenue of Stars. When teams were instructed to go there, I'm sure they will pass Bruce Lee's statue. It's not only they passed, the clue box was actually put near the statue. I was there! I was there!


How could Vicki hates the food. To my experience, Hong Kong has the best food. Expensive but delicious ;) That's what they did in Roadblock. Teams must identify fake foods to get their next clue. Vicki had problem in here. I was just thinking, if she hates Chinese food that much, then how come she volunteered doing the task?

In Detour, it was choice between Ding Ding or Sampan. Both tasks are tough especially if are you doing it in night time. In Ding Ding, teams must ride a Tram and and look for signs 'Pit Stop', 'Statue' and 'Square'. Only Jill and Thomas tried this but eventually failed to spot the signs. In Sampan, teams must use Sampan (boat) and look for registration number matching to the number on their bird cage. Nick and Vicki abandoned this task. This made them the last team to arrive at the Pit Stop. But lucky for them, it was a non-elimination leg and they were safe.

Although Nick and Vicki are safe, I'm sure they will be the next team to be eliminated. They were penalized for 6 hours which to be incurred in the beginning of the next leg. Furthermore, they need to do a Speed Bump too. So, I'm almost certain, it's time to say goodbye to this team.

By the way, I forgot to mention Nick's rudeness to Vicki. When Vicki told him she had an asthma, Nick was not helpful at all. All he cares was the race. Sorry to tell you Nick, but the most important thing in the Amazing Race is team work and unity!