Pengumuman Terkini: Konsert Ketiga AF5 akan disiarkan secara langsung pada hari Ahad 1 April bermula jam 1.30 petang.
The Official Dafi FC (Kelab Rasmi Peminat Peminat Dafi) telah ditubuhkan dengan rasminya petang tadi oleh keluarga Dafi serta penyokong penyokong kanan Dafi. Nama yang diberikan kepada kelab peminat Dafi adalah 'The Official Dafi FC'.
The Official Dafi FC (Kelab Rasmi Peminat Peminat Dafi) telah ditubuhkan dengan rasminya petang tadi oleh keluarga Dafi serta penyokong penyokong kanan Dafi. Nama yang diberikan kepada kelab peminat Dafi adalah 'The Official Dafi FC'.
Nazie (President Sementara) dan Nana (Penasihat Kanan)
Untuk sementara waktu, ahli-ahli jawatankuasa PROTEM COMMITTEE The Official Dafi FC adalah seperti berikut:
Penaung : MUHAINI BT ZAINAL ABIDIN (Ibu Dafi)
Penasihat Kanan: NANA
President Sementara: NOR NAZIEMAH BT HASHIM (Aunty Dafi)
Vice-President Sementara: NINA SABRINA ISMAIL SABRI (Kakak Dafi)
Jawatan jawatan lain masih belum ditetapkan. Pengiktirafan sementara telahpun diberikan kepada websites berikut:
dafiaf5.blogspot.com untuk maklumat rasmi, gambar, youtube dan sebagainya.
dafi-fc.com untuk berforum dan sebagainya.
Tagline rasmi The Official Dafi FC ialah "DAFInitely Dafi!"
Pelancaran The Official Dafi FC akan diadakan dalam tempoh penghujung minggu ini dan peminat peminat yang ingin hadir di majlis tersebut diminta menghantar emel secepat mungkin yang melengkapkan nombor talipon kepada writetodafi@yahoo.com.my untuk menerima jemputan rasmi. Majlis pelancaran adalah percuma dan tidak akan mengenakan apa apa bayaran.
Pesanan President Sementara kepada peminat peminat Dafi
Nana sokong Dafi!
Nana sokong Dafi!
KONSERT KEDUA AF5
I apologise for the delay in writing the review for the 2nd concert. Pressing matters kept me busy all weekend; it's not easy juggling a full-time job with judging on another reality show and starting a fan club. My multi-tasking skills and problem-solving methodology were put to the test these past three days and amazingly I've emerged unscathed yet again. Boy, I'm damn good! (berangan kan?!!)
Armchair critics abound and I'm no different, so feel free to skip my review of the concert last week. But, if you insist...
CANDY - Semua Jadi Satu (3 Diva)
One of the most confident performances of the night and what a way to start off the show. Candy showed us style and attitude and as I was just beginning to enjoy her unique voice, the energy level in her performance dropped. Then it peaked, and then it dropped again. If there's one thing I cannot stand it is inconsistency. Nevertheless, a confident performance with very little tuning or timing problems.
RIZAL - Kembali Merindu (Slam)
Here is a guy with a pleasant tone. Here is also a guy with a permanent look of shock on his face. Unless you have an eccentric taste for the weird, Rizal is not commercial in any way. His distracting jerky moves were just too quirky, and not in a cute way. But at least Rizal tried and for that I give him points for enthusiasm and effort. I have the feeling he's leaving us soon.
EBI - Bailamos (Enrique Iglesias)
This is a perfect example of how to butcher the English language, and look like a clown whilst doing it. Honestly, Ebi's tone isn't all that great, and neither are his much touted looks. His tuning was horrendously out, veering into the dangerous territory of wrong notes. His contrived and overdone 'sexy' performance made him look stupid. And that hair really has to go. But the icing on the cake was when the little belly-dancing girl came on stage to join him, and he began gyrating in her direction. Can someone please enlighten me on the concept?
HELIZA - Aku Bukan Untukmu (Rossa)
I feel sorry for Heliza. It's not her fault that she sounds like Datuk Siti Nurhaliza. But it is very much her fault for pandering to the idea. Heliza did put in a good effort for a difficult song but if truth be told, her pitch was quite bad in places and her feel didn't match the beauty of the melody. It was pretty apparent that the song was just way too big for Heliza. The song ate her.
AIZAT - Basket Case (Green Day)
Well done Aizat for singing mostly in tune and almost in flawless American. Aizat told a story and I totally understood him. His energy levels were high and he's entertaining. Nevertheless, I just cannot help feel that he lacks that X factor. It's pretty unfair for people to knock him just because he doesn't come from a humble background. Should a kid be penalised just because his father is not poor?
FATIN - Bila Rindu Ku Sebut Namamu (Siti Fairuz)
This is a voice for the mass market. The dangdut market, to be precise. I almost thought I was at a Government dinner function and we were being served the 3rd course and some kombo kugiran kebudayaan was putting up a performance and Fatin was the pretty lead singer. Seriously. Fatin can sing, no doubt. But Fatin is just plain boring and forgettable. She'll do well at Government functions.
FARHA - Biarkan Aku Menangis (Tommy J. Pissa)
Big boy, big voice. Bright and rich tone that stays in tune. Farha is undoubtedly talented. But you could tell the boy was nervous. His outfit was way too ordinary (someone shoot the stylist!). Despite his excellent vocals and pretty decent interpretation and rendition of the song, Farha somehow didn't exude charisma. Forgettable.
MILA - Gotta Tell You (Samantha Mumba)
I honestly couldn't understand one word that came out of her mouth! Honestly! If Ebi butchered the English language, Mila was probably singing in Swahili (someone shoot the English lecturer!). Her pitch was a quarter tone off the key most of the time and the overall impression of this very bad performance is best summed up in one word: amateur.
AFIQ - Biso Bonar (Hattan)
Another big voice with a tendency to shout. Afiq has a common singing voice. How he made it into the top 16 is still a mystery to me. Hattan must have been very disappointed with this forgettable performance that was boring and didn't go anywhere. Oh well, at least Afiq got to go somewhere in the end.
NONI - Miraie (Kiroro)
Sweet tone, sweet face, sweet voice, sweet dress, sweet song. But NEVER ever wear stockings with open toe heels, dear (someone please shoot the stylist!). Next.
DEKNA - Cinta (Amy Mastura)
She looked the part, sang in tune and in time, and sustained a consistent level of energy till the end. Convincing. Vocally unique. Again, not the prettiest girl in the competition but definitely a face to remember. The best female performance of the night. I like Dekna, despite her awkwardness.
DAFI - Pencinta Wanita (Irwansyah)
Ok, so Dafi got lucky with the perfect song that suited his range, style, personality and charisma. And the audience loved it. The anti-Dafi crowd will loudly disagree with me but secretly they know that his boyish voice, confident attitude and sheer determination for someone so young will bring him far. Dafi is beginning to develop a charming style and charisma that will win him fans as well as haters. So what if he can't sing as well as the others or hasn't got a golden voice? AF isn't a singing competition, it's a popularity competition. Past winners have proven that fact time and again. Dafi wants to win, and I hope he does.
ASWAD - Nak Kahwin Duit Tak Ada (Sweet September)
Why? Geli lah nak komen! Busuk!!!
SHAWAL - Kenangan Mengusik Jiwa (A. Ramlie)
Undeniably the best male vocals of the night. A confident performance that impressed me. This boy is way too tall and tight pants with knobs bulging in certain places isn't quite tasteful. Shoot the stylist once and for all, please!!! The song was delivered sincerely and Shawal had no vocal problems. Here is a singer, finally. Tetapi, sayangnya...oopps!
OVERALL
Generally, there was improvement in the music arrangements of the songs, though I didn't think the students excelled either vocally or performance-wise. They did try and that in itself is commendable. Menuju Puncak was slightly better than last week.
The repertoire for the next concert:
▪ Al Jannah - Mawi oleh Ebi
▪ Melodi Ahlan - Waheeda oleh Heliza
▪ Melukut Di Tepi Gantang - Aishah oleh Mila
▪ Hijau Bumi Tuhan - XPDC oleh Aswad
▪ Terlalu Istimewa - Adibah Noor oleh Candy
▪ Erti Hidup - Dayang Nurfaizah oleh Fatin
▪ Ku Berlari - Firdaus oleh Shawal
▪ Ode to My Family - Cranberries oleh Noni
▪ Aku Tanpa Cinta Mu - Mirwana oleh Dafi
▪ Permaidani - Aris Ariwatan oleh Rizal
▪ Kembara Di Tanah Gersang - Al Jawaher oleh Dekna
▪ Insan - Yantzen oleh Farha
▪ Warisan - Sudirman Hj. Arshad oleh Aizat
I apologise for the delay in writing the review for the 2nd concert. Pressing matters kept me busy all weekend; it's not easy juggling a full-time job with judging on another reality show and starting a fan club. My multi-tasking skills and problem-solving methodology were put to the test these past three days and amazingly I've emerged unscathed yet again. Boy, I'm damn good! (berangan kan?!!)
Armchair critics abound and I'm no different, so feel free to skip my review of the concert last week. But, if you insist...
CANDY - Semua Jadi Satu (3 Diva)
One of the most confident performances of the night and what a way to start off the show. Candy showed us style and attitude and as I was just beginning to enjoy her unique voice, the energy level in her performance dropped. Then it peaked, and then it dropped again. If there's one thing I cannot stand it is inconsistency. Nevertheless, a confident performance with very little tuning or timing problems.
RIZAL - Kembali Merindu (Slam)
Here is a guy with a pleasant tone. Here is also a guy with a permanent look of shock on his face. Unless you have an eccentric taste for the weird, Rizal is not commercial in any way. His distracting jerky moves were just too quirky, and not in a cute way. But at least Rizal tried and for that I give him points for enthusiasm and effort. I have the feeling he's leaving us soon.
EBI - Bailamos (Enrique Iglesias)
This is a perfect example of how to butcher the English language, and look like a clown whilst doing it. Honestly, Ebi's tone isn't all that great, and neither are his much touted looks. His tuning was horrendously out, veering into the dangerous territory of wrong notes. His contrived and overdone 'sexy' performance made him look stupid. And that hair really has to go. But the icing on the cake was when the little belly-dancing girl came on stage to join him, and he began gyrating in her direction. Can someone please enlighten me on the concept?
HELIZA - Aku Bukan Untukmu (Rossa)
I feel sorry for Heliza. It's not her fault that she sounds like Datuk Siti Nurhaliza. But it is very much her fault for pandering to the idea. Heliza did put in a good effort for a difficult song but if truth be told, her pitch was quite bad in places and her feel didn't match the beauty of the melody. It was pretty apparent that the song was just way too big for Heliza. The song ate her.
AIZAT - Basket Case (Green Day)
Well done Aizat for singing mostly in tune and almost in flawless American. Aizat told a story and I totally understood him. His energy levels were high and he's entertaining. Nevertheless, I just cannot help feel that he lacks that X factor. It's pretty unfair for people to knock him just because he doesn't come from a humble background. Should a kid be penalised just because his father is not poor?
FATIN - Bila Rindu Ku Sebut Namamu (Siti Fairuz)
This is a voice for the mass market. The dangdut market, to be precise. I almost thought I was at a Government dinner function and we were being served the 3rd course and some kombo kugiran kebudayaan was putting up a performance and Fatin was the pretty lead singer. Seriously. Fatin can sing, no doubt. But Fatin is just plain boring and forgettable. She'll do well at Government functions.
FARHA - Biarkan Aku Menangis (Tommy J. Pissa)
Big boy, big voice. Bright and rich tone that stays in tune. Farha is undoubtedly talented. But you could tell the boy was nervous. His outfit was way too ordinary (someone shoot the stylist!). Despite his excellent vocals and pretty decent interpretation and rendition of the song, Farha somehow didn't exude charisma. Forgettable.
MILA - Gotta Tell You (Samantha Mumba)
I honestly couldn't understand one word that came out of her mouth! Honestly! If Ebi butchered the English language, Mila was probably singing in Swahili (someone shoot the English lecturer!). Her pitch was a quarter tone off the key most of the time and the overall impression of this very bad performance is best summed up in one word: amateur.
AFIQ - Biso Bonar (Hattan)
Another big voice with a tendency to shout. Afiq has a common singing voice. How he made it into the top 16 is still a mystery to me. Hattan must have been very disappointed with this forgettable performance that was boring and didn't go anywhere. Oh well, at least Afiq got to go somewhere in the end.
NONI - Miraie (Kiroro)
Sweet tone, sweet face, sweet voice, sweet dress, sweet song. But NEVER ever wear stockings with open toe heels, dear (someone please shoot the stylist!). Next.
DEKNA - Cinta (Amy Mastura)
She looked the part, sang in tune and in time, and sustained a consistent level of energy till the end. Convincing. Vocally unique. Again, not the prettiest girl in the competition but definitely a face to remember. The best female performance of the night. I like Dekna, despite her awkwardness.
DAFI - Pencinta Wanita (Irwansyah)
Ok, so Dafi got lucky with the perfect song that suited his range, style, personality and charisma. And the audience loved it. The anti-Dafi crowd will loudly disagree with me but secretly they know that his boyish voice, confident attitude and sheer determination for someone so young will bring him far. Dafi is beginning to develop a charming style and charisma that will win him fans as well as haters. So what if he can't sing as well as the others or hasn't got a golden voice? AF isn't a singing competition, it's a popularity competition. Past winners have proven that fact time and again. Dafi wants to win, and I hope he does.
ASWAD - Nak Kahwin Duit Tak Ada (Sweet September)
Why? Geli lah nak komen! Busuk!!!
SHAWAL - Kenangan Mengusik Jiwa (A. Ramlie)
Undeniably the best male vocals of the night. A confident performance that impressed me. This boy is way too tall and tight pants with knobs bulging in certain places isn't quite tasteful. Shoot the stylist once and for all, please!!! The song was delivered sincerely and Shawal had no vocal problems. Here is a singer, finally. Tetapi, sayangnya...oopps!
OVERALL
Generally, there was improvement in the music arrangements of the songs, though I didn't think the students excelled either vocally or performance-wise. They did try and that in itself is commendable. Menuju Puncak was slightly better than last week.
The repertoire for the next concert:
▪ Al Jannah - Mawi oleh Ebi
▪ Melodi Ahlan - Waheeda oleh Heliza
▪ Melukut Di Tepi Gantang - Aishah oleh Mila
▪ Hijau Bumi Tuhan - XPDC oleh Aswad
▪ Terlalu Istimewa - Adibah Noor oleh Candy
▪ Erti Hidup - Dayang Nurfaizah oleh Fatin
▪ Ku Berlari - Firdaus oleh Shawal
▪ Ode to My Family - Cranberries oleh Noni
▪ Aku Tanpa Cinta Mu - Mirwana oleh Dafi
▪ Permaidani - Aris Ariwatan oleh Rizal
▪ Kembara Di Tanah Gersang - Al Jawaher oleh Dekna
▪ Insan - Yantzen oleh Farha
▪ Warisan - Sudirman Hj. Arshad oleh Aizat
10 comments:
hehe.. mr.M, i love your comments especially this
"Mila was probably singing in Swahili (someone shoot the English lecturer!)"
and i thought i was the only one yang geli ngan aswad..hehe..ade jgak teman i ye..hehe
i thought y'd disable comment for this posting.... sigh.. my browser getting dizzy and dizzier....
Yes i love shawal performance.... the way he'd dressed makes he looks taller than farha..... also not forget fitri AF2.. his thigh so thin lar....
p/s: The English lecturer should do post-mortem after this....
quote "Why? Geli lah nak komen! Busuk!!!" end-quote.
seriously you should use sentences like this while judging...hik. ;)
aanyways...i've never really been a fan of AF (any season), but would somehow end up watching on saturdays anyway...so i'll leave this topic out..but yeah..about the pronounciation(s):
please,please,to all singers speaking english as a second language--- if you wanna sing in english..learn to pronounce the words properly before putting in all the other effort of pitching and vocal acrobatics and what nots.
sekian sahaja...
AF is NOT a singing contest? ohhh.. no wonder.. defeat the puspose la ni.. shud chg the title though..
en.pengurus,
apa yg "ops!" about persembahan shawal?.. sila kembangkan ayat itu pls.. huhu!.. larikkk!
AFUNDI SHAWAL!.. matilah promote peserta selain dafi!..
ok! AFUNDI DAFI jugakkk!
ode to my family? noni better be good.. klu tak.. aku kutuk.. jgn lingkupkan lagu kesukaan aku dah.. hahaha.. by the way.. adakah bilangan org yg suka dafi tu sama ngan sokong mawi mase die awal2 masuk af..??
err...dafi did not get lucky. he chose the song, which he knew was most boy-band-ish because he realises the restrictions of his vocal range.
and AF while a popularity competition, at least past winners had more versatility.
so if dafi wants to earn some credibility he's got to pick the right ones....
as for aizat... my answer would be only if his votes are consistently top three when his performances are not la...
Hi vernon - this in Ann who couldn't get over u supporting Dafi and putting yr credibility at risk!
"AF isn't a singing competition, it's a popularity competition. Past winners have proven that fact time and again."
Errr...hello...past winners could actually sing OK! (even Mawi & Faizal!). Like my friend said, if Dafi wins, it'll make Faizal look like a super singer!
If AF isn't a singing contest, then why the heck are they having singing lessons & croaking (some literally!) their lungs out every week...? Hmmmm...boggles the mind...
Just imagine if Dafi won and there's a joint show with Indon AF singers like they did in the past, can you honestly say you wouldn't be cringing even before Dafi opened his mouth? Think about it ;)
nice review again mr manager...
i'm also reviewing the concert in y sites...
not much really just a rambling
hi, i'm a new reader and really enjoy your posts. oh... and i also love the Maya Angelou wisdom!
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