Finals: Whack 12 Recap

Horrible lightings. Irrelevant ramblings from the judges. Irritating “Winner!” comments from Jolina.

This pretty much sums up the 1st pre-recorded Gala Night of Pinoy Idol. And tomorrow, after the newly-imposed seventeen-hour text voting (only) votation process, another good performer would be going home.

Tonight, we start the show off with a dismaying performance by the Whack 12. We saw lights everywhere and I mean everywhere! The lights didn’t even compliment the stage design. There’s nothing grandeus with the new set. The technicals did a horrible job, since the arrangements were off and the band can’t be heard vividly.

One minute performances. Lengthen it guys! Get more ads! :-) I advise.

So, Gretchen started off with a bomber song choice and that is Aretha Franklin’s Respect. Yes, dear, you are no Aretha but doing that song takes a lot than what you have. You gave us an incomparable performance. It was way too ordinary that it seemed like it was a baby singing a nursery rhyme. Her facial expressions have improved and she gained lots of confidence this time. I’d give her thumbs up to that.

The next performance was very forgettable. Warren screamed and shouted, as he normally does in his performances, and defies what is worst. And that’s why he’s our pick for the worst this week. Help us in making him stay! That’s IDOL WARREN and send to 2344 or 367.

Sue sang Survivor and we have a new freaky dancer over here. Here’s JJ’s better half. She’s cute and all. She has a unique voice of a singing chuckie doll. And she’ll stay until we get tired of her tiring hand moves and overjumping! If you count how many times she jumped in the opening, you can start now by counting the stars in the sky and after that, count the buhangin in Boracay, ganun karaming beses siya tumalon! And it was irritating.

Shniffer Rei sang another Harem Scarem. He did quite well, but he has to effort more to get lotsa votes. I am predicting he’s gonna be in the bottom group tomorrow.

Recipient of the Jolina “Winner” remark this week, Jayann sang Aretha Franklin’s Natural Woman which was okay. I felt some Idol vibe in it. I’m guessing that if she stays through until the Finals, she might really win.

Kid sang Ordinary People and it was great. Kid’s slowly growing on me. He has the best and most consistent vocals of the remaining ones. He just lacks some personality. That’s it. I think he’s gonna be in the bottom group tomorrow and I hope not.

Daryl gave a way better performance tonight. It even topped Ram’s or Toffer’s. It was so-so for the competition but he way better than he’s expected to do. So far, it’s his best performance.

Someone should start advising Ram to avoid mimicking Bamboo and make a style of his own. He's got no looks nor vocals to match up with Bamboo. He's not gonna win and he's wasting our one minute. Please do boot him out. I think he's gonna be in the bottom group tomorrow.

Jeni had a great performance. Too bad the judges can't hear what I'm hearing. This girl is a lounge singer, yes. But she deserves to be an Idol finalist. She's one of the best as of now. And I think she's in danger. Last two weeks, she's been put up in the bottom group.

Penelope did a good performance but those who improved a lot had gotten more attention than her pretty voice. We know that she has good vocals but she might get unnoticed because lots of the finalists are more beautiful and improving more. I hope he steps her game up a notch higher since I don't want her to waste her |early favorite| advantage. She has the biggest chance to win it. I just hope she doesn't lose just because she chooses a wrong song.

I can't believe that even if Shnobby Navarro fucked up the first part of his song, he got good reviews. Halatang bias ang judges. I do believe that he had a good ending to the song. But some falsetto were off and a lot of notes are all over the place in the first half of the song.

Ending the night is Mae Flores. Mae sang Alanis Morisette's You Oughta Know. It was the only performance I enjoyed and Mae improved so much. I really like her since the start. Now, she's been tagged by Wyngard as a 'star'. Ogie added in an irritating rebuttal that he disagrees, because tonight a 'superstar' is born. Let's see if Mae can pull it off again next week.

Here's Vote for the Worst Pinoy: Iboto ang Lagpak ranking for this week:

01. Mae Flores
02. Kid Camaya
03. Penelope
04. Jayann Bautista
05. Robby Navarro
06. Jeni Rawolle
07. Daryl Celis
08. Toffer Rei
09. Gretchen Espina
10. Ram Chaves
11. Sue Ellen
12. Warren Antig

So who's in danger? I definitely think that Kid, Ram and Toffer are in danger. In the girls, its Penelope and Jeni who's in danger. I think tomorrow, the bottom three would be two guys and a girl. And who's leaving us tomorrow? Warren is the worst but it looks like its gonna be Toffer Rei.