Project Superstar and aspiring Singapore singers should really learn from Taiwan's 星光大道..
I guess one major flaw of Project Superstar is really the fact that they based too much on the audience votes.
By now, MediaCorp should realize that audience don't necessary vote for the best but their favourtie. But i guess that's not their concern since the whole idea of it is primarily - to generate money.
Taiwan's 星光大道 is 100% based on judges' scoring and yet, it's getting a lot of response from the audience. This shows that if the program and more importantly, the contestants are good enough, you do not have to involve the audience (by making them vote) to make your program popular.
But in terms of the contestants' ability, there's no doubt that these Taiwanese really have more potential than anyone in Project Superstar.
The second season just ended and here's the Top 10:
Not that i think the winner (the guy with long hair) is the best singer amongst them but at least he CAN sing compared to our Proj Superstar singer - Daren Tan, who is such a wannabe -.-
星光二班 - 你們是我的星光(Live)
星光二班 - 你們是我的星光(MV)
Anyway, here are my favourites :)
魏如昀 Wei Ru Yun
i like the voice.. and she writes her own songs too :)
梁文音 Liang Wen Yin
1st runner-up for the second season, crazily versatile woman.
By the way, she's only 20 years old.... so ya, crazily versatile gal.