Written by: mrK

Kepada mereka mereka yang tidak puas hati dengan review saya, harap maklum bahawasanya review saya ini semata-mata pandangan saya sahaja. Kalau ada daripada mereka yang baru sahaja jumpa lelaman ini, mungkin awak tidak perasaan kata-kata saya yang telah saya tulis di dalam review di permulaan pertandingan ini.

“Review yang saya akan buat ini bukan untuk semata-mata mahu menegurkan salah silap peserta-peserta kumpulan ini, tetapi untuk memberi pandangan ikhlas saya.” 

Keyword: Pandangan ikhlas.

Saya ini bukan siapa cuma salah seorang penonton pertandingan ini. Memang saya ada kenal dengan empat daripada mereka yang telah pun terlibat di dalam pertandingan ini di bahagian muzik (korang pi pikir lah sape), tapi sesungguhnya, pandangan saya ini tak ada kene mengena dengan markah yang peserta-peserta Anugerah telah pun dapat di dalam pertandingan ini. I have no say lah, kalau cakap omputih.

Lagipun, pertandingan ini sudah pun berakhir. Tetapi sampai hari ini saya masih dapat backlash daripada peminat-peminat Aliff Aziz.

Boleh abang tanya, korang ini ada tak baca review aku part one ngan part two? Tak baca takpe, ni abang compile kan pendapat abang tentang Aliff Aziz.

 Review One:

“Aliff Aziz, the boy whom many loved to hate. Only 16 years of age and brimming with talent and confidence, Aliff Aziz gave exactly what the Anugerah juara should have given. He let go of himself, let his guard down, let the confidence in him take over him and gave his 400% on stage. Notice that I said 400% because Aliff Aziz was such an over-confident boy last night that it came to a point where you felt like smacking him and just shouting at him to be a little humble. And no, his singing did not dramatically improve last night because it was still the same “breathless and raspy” singing. The only good and major improvement was his stage presence. He made the stage his and in other words, CONQUERED the stage. A true performer from his first to his last performance, Aliff Aziz did not let anything hold himself back. You can tell from his body language that he can already foresee himself bagging the Juara title. His determination and confidence was over the tops. You could say that it was good but you could also say that it was bad. A little humble please from a 16 year old? Then again, most of Singapore’s artistes are very humble people but where are they now? Nowhere.Whatever the case, Aliff Aziz’s voice had drowned in the music last night. If so, how is he going to do anymore performances with live bands in the future? It showed just how weak Aliff Aziz’s voice was.When I was in the studio, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING convinced me that Aliff Aziz has the right voice to become the Anugerah 2007 Juara. Yes I am terribly disappointed with the results and I know many are too but what’s done cannot be undone and we just have to accept the fact that Aliff Aziz has won the title of Anugerah 2007 Juara.Congratulations to you Aliff Aziz. Lady luck must have really been smiling broadly at you.“ 

Review Two:

“Probably the only thing I would say about Aliff is that I might have just figured out what is wrong with his singing. Listen carefully and you’ll notice that Aliff Aziz’s voice is one that does not projects to the audience. His voice goes up but not forward. Whoever who cannot understand this should just skip this paragraph. Continuing on, a good singer should be able to project his voice to the audience without having to exert too much force. The few times Aliff actually managed to project his voice was when he had to use a lot a lot of force to a point that it almost comes off as screaming. Probably the reason for this is his choppy breath support like Syafinaz said. For now, I wish Sony BMG all the best of luck in training Aliff Aziz in his vocal area to produce a good album.Yes Aliff Aziz was the better one among the four but that does not mean he deserves to win the Juara title. No we are not insulting him just because we are the orang tua tua who cannot accept a young boy winning all those prizes and cash, but rather we saw him beyond his looks and straight to his singing. Aliff Aziz WILL BE a good singer in a few years’ time given proper vocal training but NOT NOW. Maiya Rahman would have been a more deserving Juara.”

Enough said? Aliff Aziz was smart to acknowledge Ady Cradle, use the earpiece (so he can listen to himself better for those who don’t know), and conquered the stage like how a true Juara should. What I don’t like about him is just his singing and maybe that’s a very personal view. Maybe his style of singing just doesn’t impress me but it may impress many others. So pardon me if I had gotten a little too personal about it. Whatever the case, I will still wish Aliff Aziz the very best as our new Juara and on his upcoming album.

Anyway, those who enjoyed reading my reviews and whom actually saw eye-to-eye with me on most things that I had reviewed about, feel free to go to my own personal blog at http://finneganbell.wordpress.com .