No. He didn’t deserve it. He sucks. Actually I think he was either the worse or 2nd worse singer last night.

The only reason he won is probably due to those young teenage girls voting for his good looks, but talent and singing wise… he is comparable to my mechanic.

When the judged were ask to name their prediction of who should be the 1st Asian Idol, almost all the judges named Mike (Indon), Jacq (M’sia), and the Filipino Idol (Don’t remember her name). Hady was never on their list. So for him to win was a total mess and once again proving that, the real winner was not chosen last night.

They are all winners in their own countries but nobody really stood way out. Anyone of them deserves to win, including Hady, who sang with style, sincerity (1st song) and panache (for the U2 number) and has improved much from his Singapore Idol performances. Nobody expected him to win, including himself, so there was no pressure but I think he did us proud overall.

actually and honestly speaking he really doesn’t deserve the title.. he sounds like an ordinary singer.. mau from philippines is actually my bet because he posess talent, confidence, and emotions.. while she was singing i was really stoodstill and amaze, how wonderful she is as a singer… she’s incomparable, the best, awesome!.. people who vote for hady are deaf.. maybe.. the malaysian idol jaclyn was also a very good singer but i dont see the emotions and the love of her craft.. all she do is just raising her voice but no emotions at all!.. i know from all people MAU IS THE ASIAN IDOL!

Midnight Rocker u belong the Bias judges community , u have no talent , Asia Idol is not Asian singing idol u need all the package to be the Asian idol and MR u had bad taste and bad look even an old not even dare to look at u .

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_idol

There are several differences in voting and tabulation between Asian Idol and other Idol shows. Unlike the latter wherein the viewers get to vote for one contestant, the voting procedure for Asian Idol requires viewers to send SMS votes for two favorite Idols, thus allowing contestants to receive votes aside from their respective countries.[6][21]

As consideration on population size among the participating countries, tabulation of votes are done through an “Equal and Even Cumulative Method”, wherein the total votes of each country are converted into percentages.[21][22] The winner was determined through 50% viewers’ votes and 50% judges’ scores.[23]

There are however concerns about the accuracy of this voting procedure. As most if not all voters would have attempted to pair their own favorite with another contestant who in their view was the most unlikely winner so as to give their own singular favorite the most advantage possible (i.e. negative pairing). Under that circumstance, an undesirable effect may be that the unintended negaive votes would actually accumulate to a large number if the majority decided on the same contestant as the candidate for negative pairing. In that event the result could be interpreted as voting for not the most popular idol but for a contestant that viewers believe to be the weakest candidate to become Asian Idol.

Visit http://tinyurl.com/23wv54 for the following quote.

Quote:
Perci Intalan, ABC 5’s head of Creative and Entertainment Production, told Inquirer Entertainment that the result of the online poll was largely indicative of the contestants’ current standing in the regional contest which is being held in Jakarta, Indonesia for the first time.

“Mau’s closest competitor seems to be Vietnam’s Phuong. Mike, on the other hand, was chosen by Indonesians in a contest among four local ‘Idol’ winners. I heard that Malaysia’s Jaclyn is a superstar in her own country, though.”

Voting system

“In sum, they’re all strong contenders,” explained Intalan who had seen the contestants’ performance videos in the “Road to Asian Idol” TV special, aired on ABC 5 last Saturday.

According to the web site, viewers will be asked to vote for two contestants to eliminate “population size … as a determining factor. It takes into account any potential national bias.”

The system was formulated by FremantleMedia, “Idol” franchise holder, to ensure a level playing field.

It’s mathematical, Intalan agreed.

However, he disagreed with the strategy being proposed by some Filipinos in websites and blogs. “To help Mau, they suggest that voters pick Mau as first choice and the weakest candidate as second. The thing is, we have no way of knowing who’s the weakest,” he clarified.

End of Quote

Now it is quite clear that the majority has a very clear idea who the weakest candidate is.

Asian Idol is supposed to the the coming together of all the idols to celebrate singing prowess, etc. Who ended up as the actual winner is actually of little consequence to us the common people.

But when a faulty voting system just loused things up like this, it’s just … Trying to convince ourselves otherwise when it is less than believable is just difficult to stomach. It is insulting to the intelligence.

I think the ‘Midnight Rocker’ is an honest person. I’m nickname ‘Midnight Cowboy’. Riding a ‘Hayley Davidson’ (30yr old bike). May be we have same type of ‘hearing’ we only listening ‘engine sound’ which musician call it ‘mono tone’. Plse don’t blame group of people like us. We also have problem remember names, but if it is engine sound we know which bike it comes from. Too bad, ‘Midnight Rocker’ you & I should not have watch ‘musical’ shows. We should be watching ‘Racing’ or ‘Motor GP’. By the way, both of us are alike, we got hearing problem due to tuning up ‘loud’ engine daily. Your mechanic, should also go for ‘hearing test’

Since the very first time of the show, I had a thought that Hady Mirza, having a nice look, would win the competition. I am Indonesian, and I know that Mike, Jacklyn and Mau were equally the best. Hady was nothing compared to the others, but the handsomest of all. If only Indonesia had been represented by Delon, who looked handsomer than Hady (watch him, he looks like the little size of Richard Gere), I bet that Delon would have been the winner even the way he sings is just ordinary.

The lesson is: to be the winner is not always to be the best. Nice look plays a lot important role. Just like in our life, career, and love relationship.

&& shut up ” EDWIJ”!! HADY’S GOT THE PACKAGE

Hi there motd!

Thanks for the comment on my blog! Nah, my forté does not really lie in art. I aspire to be a famous local writer like Damien Sin, you know?

Have a nice day!

Well – Midnight Rocker — in case you’re missing the fact, it is his blog/website as well, and he can choose to delete/edit the comments people leave. It is his right to be able to do that, and that matter alone overrides your “freedom of speech” argument and you were missing the whole point of it.

Anyway, you couldn’t really change that Hady Mirza IS the Asian Idol.

it seems to be that everybody has got something against hady winning. he did not enter the competition hoping to win. he knew he could not win against tough competitors. but he stayed strong and positive. also, he was being a good sport about it. i think people should cut him some slack. after all, he was not responsible for his win. it is the PEOPLE who voted.

in addition, i think all these PEOPLE should be a good sport and not be sore losers about his win. being an idol does not mean the one with the best vocal. maybe they should have named it ASIAN BEST VOCAL IDOL instead, if u want the others to win so much. better yet, nobody forced any of u to vote him (supposedly the weakest) for ur second choice. u should have known that if ur voting for the hady coz he’s the weakest, many would do that too. hence, causing hady to win.

i seriously think that people from the other five countries have not shown their graciousness over their non-win. i did not say ‘over their loss’ because non of them lose. it’s just that they did not all win. get over it. there are more important thing to worry about.

RetroDude… I KNOW it is his blog… geez for crying out loud… I think you’re missing the point… but anyway… doesnt matter…

Yes… I cant take away that Hady is the 2007 Asian Idol… thats a fact… and I cant take away the fact that he sucks as well… but who’s calculating right?

MotD?… I insulted someones mother eh?.. hehe… sorry…. maybe you should have put a *censored* somewhere there and leave the other comments untouched… but then again… you’re the boss here and you run the show… so no argument (but you gotta admit… it’s fun having some controversy here)…

Nura… YES I KNOW HE WONT THE TITLE OF ASIAN IDOL (HELLO??)…. I AM JUST SAYING HE SUCKS AT SINGING BUT HE WON… THATS ALL I’M SAYING?…. I thought you guys are supposed to be open minded about these things?…

i am open minded about it. i was just angry at people’s response. there is no call for insults.

but my point is, yes, he did not have the best voice. but give him points for being a good sport about it. and also, no matter how much u might hate it that he wins, i guess there should be a certain amount of respect given to him.

yes, i thought that it was a little unfair that he won. jac had an awesome voice. along with mau and mike. but it is a competition after all.

That the problem with u MR u just can’t except the fact, the audience has the say the rule has been set the winner has been announce u should give some credit to the winner everyone wants to win so badly for their country even the judges trying to play some dirty trick but it doesn’t work. The cool part of Hady he kept smiling, being the one who had the most unfair critics from some of the judges who never tries to give word of encouragement. Hady stood calm he just sang his song and enjoy entertaining the crowd, he knows he’s a small nation but he show u he can win big.

The audience saw this cruelty so credit goes to Hady’s .

Yeah… u just think u better than him and that doesn’t give u the wright to compare him with your mechanic cause you are the one who sound like your own mechanic. Now what u looking for sympathies from lady .

@nura

I wonder how many of us would actually still remember Hady a year down the road when everything had settle down.

How many of us here would remember Hady the first Asian Idol if no record company are willingly to groom him. He would just fade with time like many others before him.

It’s not our say Nura ,every human being make mistake , let us learn a lesson from this first seasoned as we go on we’ll improved we become a better person interm of organisation as well as individual, rest of us will be mindful in future when give critics not to hurt anybody whether directly or indirectly , critics shuld have motivation factor in oneself and nation building.
If we put a full stop to this then we be a loser forever .

There is bound to be season 2. This is making money and I mean lots of money for the companies.

Every since the American Idols took America by storm, there were so many idols contest in Singapore. Eg. for channel 8 and U, there’s Super idol, Super band etc…

@Midnight Rocker

I have finish Heros Season 2. Kind of disappointing. Oh well enjoy your Heros.

Do drop by when you are free.

@Midnight Rocker

I wouldn’t dare to download in case the companies decided to sue me. Watch it online with those online players.

Indonesia did mistake by sending Mike instead of Delon. Mike is the best singer but not the best idol. Delon has more chance to win the Asian Idol. Delon’s debut album got two platinums just one month after released. Delon also has proven that after four years he still exist and still the most popular idol.

hady win becos the people from india and philipines also voted for him. hady came from small population country singapore. people vote can vote two choice. first choice is their country and second choice is of course someone you dont think will win. the someone who dont have chance to win is of course small country singapore. so india and philipines and malaysia all voted for hady as second choice.

Umm…. Hady deserved to WIN Asian Idol!… Yup no doubt that others r more better singer than him. But look guys…. as Asian Idol what are the factors that e person should have??? Not only good vocal, but the connection with the audiences, listeners! Ok lets not talk about look. Hady Mirza has more factors than any of the Idols. He can sings English and Malay songs well, with expressions. Also for your info. i think he won the majority of votes was bcos he did sang an Industan songs as well during 1 of the nights. Well mayb he capture the hearts of many people.
Conclusion: He deserve the title and no matter wat HE’s now our Asian Idol 2007.
PS:( Even if Taufik Batisah (S’pore 1st Idol) replace Hady, i bet he’s sure to win the title too…..)