Konsert 4 Akademi Fantasia 6

The yo-yo!! Hip hop intro….what’s up with that.Its not a theme week, so I didn’t quiet get it…hmmm…I suppose production is trying really hard to ‘meriahkan konsert AF6 yg still half baked ni. Didn’t work for me tho.

Here goes....my humble opinion of last nite's concert, where nobody was expecting much. Not even this man.

Faisal: Joget Bunga Melati (Halil Chik)
Before he sang, the VT was shown to remind the audience to brace themselves for potentially horrendous vocals. (Like we need reminding). But sometimes, you hit rock bottom there’s no where to go but up.

With the joget number, and the back up dancers…it started out with potential. I thot Faisal may just pull this off. Then I got bored. He could at least have joget a bit more to make it at least visually interesting. It was not his worst vocal performance in my opinion, but too little too late. And the voters gave up on you last week already.

Toi : Laukku Cukup Masin (Spider)
With looks not his best point, and mediocre vocals…Toi really need that one performance to keep his place in the Akademi. Being a world class angklung player apparently is an insignificant trivia, and not scoring him any brownie points with the voters.

It was just forgettable, pretentious and Toi can start packing.

If not for all the hype about Faisal being ‘buta bunyi’, Toi is my next choice to boot out.

Alif: Menghapus Jejakmu (Peterpan)
Alif showed potential vocally at Konsert 3. But the tukar lagu incident, and him being hard on himself for not being able to nyanyi lagu omputeh….no one is expecting much from Alif this time around. We all saw he’s struggling in the Diari kan.

This number I would have thot would be a bonus to any student, sing-a-long, clap-a-long kinda song. But Alif made it so boring. I still think he has a nice tone to his voice, but nyanyi macam takde perasaan and takde energy.

Having said that I would like to see Alif brush off this bad week, and shine because he has potential.

Saida: Hati Kama (Siti Nurhaliza/ Noraniza Idris)
A potentially meriah performance, with back-up dancers and all. One of my fav Siti songs. Ingatkan Siti yang nak naik nyanyi. Kak Ani rupanya.

She still seemed too conscious and I would have thot having a duet partner would make her more brave to go all out. Like I’ve repeated in every concert review, again we are hearing glimpses of good vocals. It’s a difficult song no doubt, with banyak lenggok lenggok that only Siti can pull off perfectly. I thot she was slurring at many of those lines.

It’s been 4 weeks, and glimpses of good vocals are not enough to carry you through Saida. Penat la tunggu…

Stanly: Kasih Tercipta (Faizal Tahir)
This song…..one of my favourite ballad for 2007 – both Faizal Tahir and Bob’s version. And even before Stanly nyanyi, I know I’m gonna hate him for hancurkan lagu ni.

It started out ok, baru nak suka he went ‘tora’…part ‘lara’….’cinta’….dah la lupa lirik ‘lalalala berganti pedih’. A very emotional song, but he seemed focus on technicalities konon nak campur2 classical elements…which failed miserably. It was pure torture to watch and listen.

Given Toi is the more bearable character in Diari, maybe Stanly can go home next week. I doubt so la with his East M’sian loyal supporters

Rina: Terbang Helang (Sharifah Aini)
To her credit, mama is always confident and relaxed. Kesian dia pakai gospel singers robe in bright yellow. After kena tegur dgn pengetua, ni ke Jasmi’s interpretation of what a 44 yr old should look like????

It was just average for me.

Nadia: Mengapa Dirindu (Saloma)

I am liking her vocals more and more each week. Nadia is one of them that is learning and improving. Maybe keras sikit lenggok dia for this traditional number, but that is forgiven because the rest were so pitiful. Best performance of the night.

Nubhan: Cinta Hampa (D’Lloyd)
It was a relieve to hear that soothing tone again after he destroyed Summer of 69 last week. But his body movement were just keras and unnatural, and that corny thing with Ogy, posing2 atas stage…..aiyooooooo…..keliruuuu ok!

The second half of the song sounded really sumbang to me.

I don’t see any improvements in his vocals. Patutla pengetua mengamuk …balik asal! He came to the Akademi with that nice tone, and after 4 weeks takkan sama je.

Adlin kata Robocop yg pandai menyanyi, pastu habis bateri….hahahaha. Best. (post lucah lagi….hahaha)

Riz: Marabahaya (Pop Shuvit)
An energetic performance from Riz, and the choreography and back up dancers helped to spice up his act. Vocally…the melody part, he sang ok..but rap is not his thing. Towards the end he just ran out of gas.

Betul jugak Ogy cakap, need not be interpreted as lagu untuk car racing je.

Stacy: Cinta Terhalang (lagu sendiri)
A supposedly historic performance, never before a student sang a new song at the 4th concert. I have not warmed up to the song yet. Ok ok jer. Credit to Stacy for being able to carry the song…but I found her breathing so audible in between lines that I found it distracting. Comparative to other students, Stacy dahsyat!...but that wont be a fair judgment kan.

Menuju Puncak.....were they miming again? This batch macam tak suka je lagu ni. I dont know why. This should be their song...of their struggles together...and every concert, the last time they sing and dance together as the final 11,10,9...and so on. For someone who watched this show dah masuk 6 season ni, i feel Sad la...

Considering dah sebulan budak2 ni dalam Akademi, with the dream team of Tenaga Pengajar…..the entire Konsert is far far below expectations.