the voice

singing contests can be considered as basic offering on philippine tv. together with teleseryes, some sitcoms and news programs, singing contests rule the primetime since time immemorial. not sure if pinoys look at music as the higher form of art but this of course has to do with our love for singing. so it’s no wonder that i also look at singing contests as one of my weekend guilty pleasures. of course, i do not follow all singing contests as there were a lot that failed big time (see philippine idol and pinoy idol), but i do watch and enjoy thevoice of the philippines.

i still don’t understand their choice of presenter. toni gonzaga just doesn’t spell class and wit/intelligence. she just doesn’t have anything to offer except that eat bulaga humor, which of course is more apt with pinoy big brother. and of course, let’s not even talk about the other gonzaga sister.

while apl de ap just doesn’t matter in the states (unlike the other members of their group), he’s pretty much ok and has so far made good choices. thor and janice are some of the best and anyone of these 2 would be a worthy winner. bamboo had some of the strangest choices but i’m happy with his final 2 artists. sarah shouldn’t have saved mommy eva but her final 2 artists are really good singers (i’m leaning more towards morisette). lea salonga and her anti-birit rants are becoming annoying as the show progresses but she has 2 outstanding artists. while mitoy is ok and makes up for a good back story, radha should take this one and do battle with morissette, paolo and thor.

apart from the blind auditions, the other thing that i really like about this show is its battle rounds ala tennis. it has that draw (like 4 quarters in a tennis tournament), where artists face each other with the loser going home and the winner advancing to the next round. as of tonight, they’re already in the quarterfinals in tennis terms... although it’s more of semifinals as the final four will be revealed tomorrow night and the winner will be proclaimed next week. how nice it would be if the winner lifts a cup in the same manner how rafa lifted his 60 trophies!

this early, i’m already looking forward to its next season.