16 December 2007
It is definitely the Biggest Idol Competition to date ever that u will get to see on television in this region , featuring six of the best singing talents in this part of Asia . Idol winners from Singapore , India , Malaysia , Vietnam , Philiphness and host Indonesia compete in a two hour competition with the results to be announced tomorrow night !
The Asian Idol Grand Final Performance Show was shown in all six participating countries television stations and I had the benefit and luxury of being able to watch the same 2 hours Grand Final Performance Show on 3 of the Channels - Mediacorp Channel 5 ( Singapore ) , Malaysia's 8TV Channel & on Host Nation's Official Broadcasting Channel - Indonesia's RCTI Channel !
Although it was stated in the respective TV Schedules that the Performance Show would all be shown at 10pm on the 3 Channels , it was not a LIVE Telecast at all ! In fact , as it turned out , it was a Delayed Telecast instead, despite the fact that all 3 Channels were showing the show on their respective Channels at that same period of time !
I know the TV Schedules of the various countries did not state that it was exactly a LIVE Telecast , but doing so ( showing it all at the same time at 10pm) may give viewers the impression that it WAS a LIVE Telecast ( which , in actual fact , was only a Delayed Telecast ! It might have lead to some confusion and misunderstanding that it WAS a LIVE Telecast , just because it was stated in the TV Listings that it would be shown all at the same time at 10pm on these 3 Channels !
If one were to have the benefit of having been able to watch the Performance Show earlier on all these 3 Channels , u would have noticed that Channel 5 were showing the programme slightly ahead of the other 2 Channels , with Malaysia's 8TV Channel 5 minutes slower than Channel 5 and RCTI Channel was in fact , 10 minutes behind the other two Channels !
For some of u who have been kept in the dark till now , guess u must be terribily shocked by this news ! Now u will be wondering , since it was to be a Delayed Telecast Programme right from the start , what's their purpose then of them ( the 3 countries ) decision to show the Grand Final Showdown all at the same period of time ? If their main intention of them showing it all at the same time was to be fair and square , where votings from the TV audiences are concerned , why this 5 or 10 mins adrift of each other ? Aren't they contradicting themselves then ?
Such a big competition , on such a big stage and on such a big Night like this and it was not being shown LIVE ? Oh .... What a disappointment ! The show itself was exciting and entertaining , with it's fair share of fun and laughter , but seriously , it could have been even better , more exciting and even more fun if it had been broadcasted LIVE to our Television screens ! But sadly , though none of them did .... !
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