Always look on the bright side of life~!

This post is done by xinyi for Sylvester Sim, Singapore Idol runner up.

Ok, to be honest, My family voted two times for him last night. So, I hope Sylvester knows that he does sing better than Taufik! :)
My mum initiated it. She said halfway through Sly's first song, It's My Life, "Wha he sing so good I want to vote!" I was abit hesitant about it at first, because my family used to belong to the group who never votes. Not one single one for anybody. Later, when Sly unleashed his last song, I Dream, my parents said that he sang alot better than Taufik. This song was meant for him, after all. (Though I think that this song is very obiang. (old-fashioned) Because the lyrics make it sound like a 10-Year-old national day theme song) Then, my mum said the same thing again. This time, my dad wanted to use his phone to vote. Ok, so we voted with his phone. Our decision was clear- Sylvester is the winner!! He sings so much better than his rival last night, Taufik.
My dad gave many good examples of chinese-marketed singers from Singapore. Stephanie Sun Yan Zi was the first he mentioned. She's already spent 3 years in the chinese entertainment circle, and even after a one year break, her new album, Stephanie, has topped the charts.
I thought of more popular singers from Singapore. Ah Du, Lin Jun Jie, Tanya Chua and Kit Chan.(though she's not popular anymore now) They've lasted in the chinese entertainment circle for a long time. There are also the newbies, Huang YiDa, Joi Tsai Chun Jia and Stella Ng. They're also in the chinese entertainment circle, and heck, they're popular too.
Try to think about how many english-marketed singers there are who are as popular as those mentioned above, and also come from Singapore. How many can you name?
The answer is straightfoward, and would come as naturally as why human beings breathe. None.
Let me emphasize this again. NONE!!!
I may seem sarcastic now, yes? But that IS the actual FACT! The actual, terrifying TRUTH! I'm not being biased towards the chinese, but this is the fact. Ok, a good example is Dick Lee. If you ask me when I first came to know of him, my answer is, when Singapore Idol started. And, I didn't even KNOW that he sings, until i saw his oddly-coloured cds in shops a few weeks back. (My opinion of his singing is that, William Hung sings better than him.) And after hearing his songs yesterday, I am more than happy to tell you that his two songs are total flops. (especially Fried Rice Paradise)
Dick Lee's in the English entertainment circle, and a Singaporean. Could he be marketed overseas to become popular with people from other countries, like the chinese-marketed singers mentioned above? No. Why? My father puts it simply- The americans just can't accept us at all. 'Why not? You must be a racist! I hate you!', I hear you say. Hey! Cool it! Okay, hate me all you want. But you can't change facts. It's like this. It's like, you can't stop the earth from spinning on its own axis. The world's like this!! If it's not gonna work, then it ain't gonna work. Opinions from a small group of people can't make a difference THAT easily. It's gonna be real tough. You gotta get a big group of people with the same opinion to change the world's opinion. Human beings are like that, like it or not. They'd rather go with the majority's decision.
Now I can already hear Taufik's mad fans screaming, "You're a total RACIST! You hate Malays and are biased against them, right?" I'm not. That's the fact. I'm not angry that Taufik has won the title of the first Singapore Idol, nor am I happy for him. I don't think that he can be marketed overseas like what his managers say.
What about marketing him to the Malaysians? My prediction is that he would be better off there than with Americans, Singaporeans, or the world market. He should have a malay album. He's better off singing malay, in my opinion. The world won't be able to accept him.
He won't make it as a singer. Believe me. And the world idol judges aren't gonna take in his singing well, too. Like it or not, even the chinese have problems getting popular in the english entertainment circle. (the most popular one I've heard of so far is... Jin?) Needless to say, malays will also have huge problems getting into it. (the most popular one is....... Shakira?? She didn't last long too) Taufik will not be exempted from bad treatment in america.
I was happy to see that Sylvester's going to have an album in the newspapers today. It shows that Singapore is not wasting its talents. My advice to recording companies is to save our sinaporean talents! They're hard to come across. I think giving Daphne Khoo and Maia Lee recording contracts would be good too, because they're talented, just like Sylvester! *hint, hint, yo! Ken Lim!! You've got some good talents ready for you to take in and earn big money! Think about the money, Ken!*
I remember that someone threw a lightstick at Ken yesterday. I wonder who that was. :p hehe. He got a crude shock, hehe! Poor Ken. It was very obviously meant to hit him on the head. But it was a near miss.
I see Sylvester as Clay Aiken, and Taufik as Ruben Studdard. Don't you think so? Clay Aiken was a runner-up too, and also got a recording contract. Clay also had a big group of mad fans. (remember? There was a poster that said, 'Clay is my AMERIAIKEN Idol!!!')

Work hard, Sly! Make good use of this recording contract!

Singapore will see you make it in the Chinese music industry!