Pop Idol
Sunday, October 21st, 2007"I feel the change comin’…I feel the wind blow…I feel brave and daring…I feel my blood flow….with you I could bring out all the love that I have…With you there’s a heaven, so earth aint to bad!"
Indeed earth ain’t so bad yesterday, as I braved and dared to step in to the stage of L2S Pop Idol, a singing competition organized by our company for it’s employees - I made it to the final 6 of the contest which gave me the chance to show off the voice that’s long been hidden (ahem). And I feel that I never failed to take on the challenge.
There was no wind at that moment but it felt like there were confettis falling all over and sparks of lights and glitter as I hit those final notes in the bridge of Barry Manilow’s "Weekend in New England" - I started off as my pirated karaoke VCD (which I borrowed from a neighbor) skipped the first verse of the song, but as any professional singers (and wannabes like me) do - the show must go on, so I didn’t mind the technical glitches but continued to sing like nothing bad had occured.
I was satisfied with my performance, although my voice sounded shaky at time. I think it was due to lack of sleep and the fact that I never had the chance to rehearse the song at all. But I am happy because I never slipped a note and I never messed up Mr. Manilow’s top 10 hit.
So we started of as 6 finalists (3 male and 3 female contenders) and we were trimmed down to 3 - I never made it to the final 3 as expected, but I am contended with what I’ve shown that night. The other five contenders are either choir members or lead singers in a band. I am there to represent all the frustrated singers in the videoke bars (there is still a chance for all of us indeed). That night the divas swept off all the male singers as the 3 ladies get in to the top 3.
The truth is, there is a part in me that doesn’t have the urge to get in to the top 3 because I know, the next level of competition will definitely ruin my reputation. The final 3 shall sing "This is the moment", and sad to say my vocals doesn’t have the capacity to hit the final notes of this song. It would have been a nightmare, getting in to the top 3 with me messing up this Erik Santos’s grand champion piece. Of course the part of me that has all the hopes for the top 3 spot was because of the money heheheheh….Other than that, it was a blessing and what I just hoped for.
I stopped singing when I was 10 years old and I just held the mic again some 3 years ago, in a videoke bar of our former boss, where we use to hang out. I never thought that after so many years, I’ll be singing again in contest and after all the anxiety that this contest had brought in me for the past week, I’m glad that it ended in a grandiose moment - with me delivering a decent performance.
