Singapore Idol | |
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Created by | Simon Fuller |
Presented by | Gurmit Singh Daniel Ong (Season 2) Hady Mirza (Season 3) |
Judges | Dick Lee Florence Lian Ken Lim Douglas Oliverio (Season 1) Jacintha Abisheganaden (Season 2) |
Country of origin | Singapore |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 54 |
Production | |
Production companies | MediaCorp Studios FremantleMedia Operations BV |
Original release | |
Network | MediaCorp Channel 5 |
Release | 9 August 2004 – 27 December 2009 |
Singapore Idol was a Singaporean reality television singing competition produced by MediaCorp Studios and FremantleMedia Operations BV. It began airing on MediaCorp Channel 5 on 9 August 2004 until 27 December 2009, as an addition to the Idol franchise based on the British show Pop Idol, and became one of the most popular shows in the history of Singaporean television.
The concept of the series is to find new solo recording artists where the winner is determined by the viewers. The series employed a panel of judges who critique the contestants' performances. The original four judges during season 1 were singer/songwriter Dick Lee, Florence Lian, record producer Ken Lim and singer Douglas Oliverio.
In season 2, all the judges from season 1 returned to the show except for Oliverio who was replaced by singer Jacintha Abisheganaden. In season 3, Abisheganaden left the judging panel and the rest of the judges returned to the show. From the start, the show has been hosted by Singapore celebrity and funnyman Gurmit Singh. Radio deejay Daniel Ong was the co-host of the show for season 2, while season 2 winner Hady Mirza replaced him as the co-host during season 3. Through telephone and SMS text voting, Singaporean viewers chose Taufik Batisah, Hady Mirza and Sezairi Sezali as winners throughout the three seasons.
Season 1 of Singapore Idol premiered on the National Day of Singapore (9 August) in 2004. This season produced a few memorable, albeit notorious, performers during the audition round. They included Skyy Sia aka Bananaman, who wore a mask of watermelon and bananas; Kelvin Sim, who accompanied his very bad rendition of Fool's Garden's "Lemon Tree" with a dance that rivalled that of William Hung; and Patrick Khoo, who literally whispered George Michael's "Careless Whisper".
As with other shows in the Idol series, the viewers' votes decide who goes on to the next round. This has always produced controversial results in every singing competition. In the third preliminary round, Jerry Ong, whose singing was described by judge Florence Lian as being "constipated" and "weak", was voted through to the finals, beating favourites Beverly Lim Morata and Nur "Nana" Hasanah, both of whom were thought to be better singers. Candice Foo, who got into the finals from the second preliminary round, withdrew from the contest at the last minute due to "financial difficulties". In a bigger upset, Jeassea K. Thyidor, considered by many to be a frontrunner in the competition, was eliminated in the very first round of the finals by a small margin of 200 votes. This sparked a brief, two-week anti-Jerry campaign that lasted until his elimination on 15 October 2004. In the final weeks of the Spectaculars, many speculated that Olinda Cho, one of the most consistent performers, would go on to the Grand Finals with Taufik Batisah, but Sylvester Sim, who had been in the Bottom Group more than anyone else, made it through instead in an upset.
In the final showdown held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on 1 December 2004, Taufik beat Sylvester with 62% of the votes to become the first Singapore Idol. The song both Taufik and Sylvester were required to sing was I Dream. Both received recording deals from Sony BMG on the same day. Taufik's album, Blessings, was released on 17 January 2005. Sylvester's album, Take Flight , was released on 8 April 2005. Another finalist, Maia Lee, also released an album titled Emotionally Advised on 20 August 2005. Sylvester was granted a release from Hype Records in mid-2006 due to personal problems. Daphne Khoo also release her debut album 'Desperate' in 2008 and won Best Breakout Solo Artiste, and EP 'Wonderland' in early 2014.
(ages stated at time of contest)
Contestant | Age | Hometown | Voted Off | Liveshow Theme |
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Taufik Batisah | 22 | Winner | Grand Finale | |
Sylvester Sim | 21 | 1 December 2004 | ||
Olinda Cho | 24 | 19 November 2004 | Movies & Musicals | |
Daphne Khoo | 17 | 12 November 2004 | Asian Pop | |
Leandra Veronica Rasiah | 17 | 5 November 2004 | R&B/Soul | |
Christopher Michael Lee | 19 | 29 October 2004 | Big Band | |
Maia Lee | 21 | 22 October 2004 | Song by My Favourite Singer | |
Jerry Ong | 28 | 15 October 2004 | Disco Hits | |
David Yeo | 22 | 8 October 2004 | Rock 'n' Roll | |
Jeassea K Thyidor | 24 | 1 October 2004 | Parents' Choice | |
Beverly Lim Morata | 25 | |||
Candice Foo | 19 | Withdrew |
Did Not Perform | Female | Male | Top 30 | Withdrawn | Immune from Elimination | Wild Card Public Vote | Wild Card Judges' Choice | Top 11 | Runner-up | Winner |
Safe | Safe First | Safe Last | Eliminated |
Stage: | Top 30 | Wild Card Show | Spectacular Shows (Finals) | Finale | ||||||||||
Week: | 27/8 | 3/9 | 10/9 | 17/9 | 1/10 [lower-alpha 1] | 8/10 | 15/10 | 22/10 | 29/10 | 5/11 | 12/11 | 19/11 | 1/12 | |
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Place | Contestant | Result | ||||||||||||
1 | 2nd | Immune | Btm 3 | Winner | ||||||||||
2 | Elim | PV | Btm 3 | Btm 2 | Btm 3 | Btm 2 | Runner-up | |||||||
3 | 1st | Immune | Btm 4 | Btm 3 | Btm 2 | Elim | Eliminated (Week 8) | |||||||
4 | 1st | Immune | Btm 4 | Elim | Eliminated (Week 7) | |||||||||
5 | Leandra Veronica Rasiah | 1st | Immune | Btm 2 | Btm 2 | Elim | Eliminated (Week 6) | |||||||
6 | Christopher Michael Lee | 2nd | Immune | Btm 2 | Btm 3 | Elim | Eliminated (Week 5) | |||||||
7 | Elim | JC | Elim | Eliminated (Week 4) | ||||||||||
8 | Jerry Ong | 3rd | Immune | Btm 3 | Elim | Eliminated (Week 3) | ||||||||
9 | David Yeo | 3rd | Immune | Elim | Eliminated (Week 2) | |||||||||
10–11 | Jeassea K Thyidor | 2nd | Immune | Elim | Eliminated (Week 1) | |||||||||
Beverly Lim Morata | 5th | JC | ||||||||||||
Quit | Candice Foo | 3rd | Immune | WD [lower-alpha 2] | Withdrew (Week 1) |
Auditions for season 2 were held on 11 February 2006 at *Scape in Orchard Road and was extended twice due to overwhelming response – 12 February at the same location and 19 February in Toa Payoh. The season premiered on 21 May 2006 with clips of the auditions. Dick Lee, Florence Lian and Ken Lim returned as judges while Douglas Oliverio was replaced by Jacintha Abisheganaden. After widespread criticism of his hosting abilities in season 1, Gurmit Singh was paired with Daniel Ong as co-hosts for season 2. Season 1 fourth place finalist Daphne Khoo hosted Singapore Idol on Demand, an online subscription service that provided media downloads and exclusive footage of the show.
A day after the results for Piano Show No. 4 were announced, MediaCorp revealed that a computer glitch in the voting process had mistakenly sent Mathilda D'Silva into the top 12, instead of Nurul Maideen. Mathilda was placed in the wildcard show and was subsequently voted into the finals via the Wildcard. Shortly after the technical glitch fiasco, frontrunner and wildcard contestant Meryl Joan Lee announced her withdrawal from the competition to focus on her studies.
The Top 12 finalists were housed in Hangout @ Mount Emily, a budget hotel, for as long as they remained in the competition. Once the contestant is eliminated on the results night, he/she will head back immediately to Mount Emily to pack up his/her belongings and head back home.
Every Wednesday from 12 July 2006 until the Grand Finale, the Idols competed in the Spectaculars, with a specific theme every week, for instance "No. 1 Hits" and "British Invasion". On the following day (13 July 2006), "Singapore Idol Extra" showed viewers behind-the-scene footage of Singapore Idol. During the Results Show later, viewers were entertained with a live group performance, a music video of the Idols and guest appearances.
The Final Showdown for the title featured Jonathan Leong and Hady Mirza singing three songs each at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Due to the frequency jam that took place in the first season, the finals was held on 2 separate days; the performance show on 24 September at 8:00pm, and the results show on 25 September at 8:00pm. One of the songs which both contestants sang was "You Give Me Wings", which became the winner's first single. On 25 September 2006, 26-year-old Hady Mirza was declared the winner of Singapore Idol 2006 with about 70% of the votes cast. Hady's self-titled debut album was released in mid-November 2006. Hady would then go on to compete in Asian Idol and become the first Asian Idol on 16 December 2007 in an upset victory.
(ages stated at time of contest)
Contestant | Age | Hometown | Voted Off | Liveshow Theme |
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Hady Mirza | 26 | Winner | Grand Finale | |
Jonathan Leong | 23 | 25 September 2006 | ||
Jasmine Tye | 18 | 14 September 2006 | Contestant's Favourites | |
Paul Twohill | 17 | 7 September 2006 | Judge's Choice | |
Joakim Gomez | 18 | 31 August 2006 | R&B/Soul | |
Nurul Maideen | 19 | 24 August 2006 | Asian Pop | |
Mathilda D'Silva | 23 | 17 August 2006 | Rock 'n' Roll | |
Rahimah Rahim | 16 | 10 August 2006 | Home, Family and Friends | |
Jay Lim | 27 | 3 August 2006 | Songs by British Singers/Bands | |
Emilee Kang | 28 | 27 July 2006 | Classic Jazz | |
Gayle Nerva | 17 | 20 July 2006 | #1 Hits from 1996 to 2006 | |
Norman Then | 18 | 13 July 2006 | Parents' Choice |
Did Not Perform | Immune from Elimination | Female | Male | Top 28 | Wild Card | Wild Card Public Vote | Wild Card Judges' Choice | Top 12 | Runner-up | Winner |
Safe | Safe First | Safe Last | Eliminated |
Stage: | Top 28 | Wild Card Show [lower-alpha 1] | Spectacular Shows (Finals) | Finale | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Week: | 1/6 | 8/6 | 15/6 | 22/6 | 29/6 | 13/7 | 20/7 | 27/7 | 3/8 | 10/8 | 17/8 | 24/8 | 31/8 | 7/9 | 14/9 | 25/9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place | Contestant | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | 1st | Immune | Btm 2 | Btm 2 | Winner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | 1st | Immune | Btm 3 | Btm 3 | Btm 3 | Btm 2 | Runner-up | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Jasmine Tye | 2nd | Immune | Btm 3 | Elim | Eliminated (Week 10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Paul Twohill | 2nd | Immune | Btm 3 | Btm 2 | Btm 3 | Btm 2 | Elim | Eliminated (Week 9) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Joakim Gomez | 2nd | Immune | Btm 2 | Elim | Eliminated (Week 8) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Nurul Maideen | 1st | Immune | Btm 2 | Elim | Eliminated (Week 7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Mathilda D'Silva | Elim | PV | Elim | Eliminated (Week 6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | 1st | Immune | Btm 2 | Elim | Eliminated (Week 5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Jay Lim | 3rd | PV | Btm 2 | Elim | Eliminated (Week 4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Emilee Kang | 2nd | Immune | Elim | Eliminated (Week 3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Gayle Nerva | 3rd | JC | Elim | Eliminated (Week 2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Norman Then | Elim | JC | Elim | Eliminated (Week 1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wild Card | Primero Ang | Elim | Elim | Eliminated (Wild Card) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Choy Siew Woon | Elim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Geraldine Chua | 4th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Piano Show 4 | Meryl Joan Lee | 3rd | Eliminated (Piano Show 4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Annabelle Lu | Elim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loh Wan Hua | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charmaine Pelaez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Piano Show 3 | Randy Chua | Elim | Eliminated (Piano Show 3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tengku Adil Bahdar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Roslan Mohamad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Piano Show 2 | Melissa Loo | Elim | Eliminated (Piano Show 2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Milly Khoo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Piano Show 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Terence Tay | 3rd | Eliminated (Piano Show 1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Levin Ng | Elim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James Tay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Janson Tay |
Live Show 1 Parent's Choice
Gayle Nerva - I Feel The Earth Move by Carole King
Rahimah Rahim - Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps by Doris Day
Mathilda D Silva - Goldfinger by Shirley Bassey
Hady Mirza - Rock DJ by Ribbie Williams
Jay Lim - My Funny Valentine by Mitzi Green
Emilee Kang - Believe by Cher
Joakim Gomez - How Deep Is Your Love by The Bee Gees
Nurul Maideen - Don't You Worry Bout A Thing by Stevie Wonder
Norman Then - High and Dry by Radiohead
Jonathan Leong - Wherever You Will Go by The Calling
Jasmine Tye - Ain't No Mountain High Enough by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
Paul Twohill - Superman ( It's Not Easy ) by Five for Fighting
Eliminated - Norman Then
On 15 December 2008, MediaCorp mentioned in its free-circulating-paper, TODAY, that Singapore Idol Season 3 would be one of the new programmes for 2009. The third season comes three years after the previous.
Registration for Singapore Idol 3 officially started on 1 May 2009, and the season premiered right after the National Day Parade on 9 August 2009, 8:30 pm on Channel 5, with subsequent episodes on Wednesdays at 8:00pm from 12 August.
Returning host Gurmit Singh co-hosted with Singapore Idol 2 winner Hady Mirza, replacing Season 2's Daniel Ong. The returning judges were Dick Lee, Florence Lian and Ken Lim, with Jacintha Abisheganaden leaving the show.
The Top 100 contestants were put up at Orchid Country Club for a week of intense auditions and training. They were then reduced to a Top 76 for a group round, Top 54 for an Idol first where the contestants write and compose a duet and perform it, then the Top 40 of sang-off at Caldecott Hill. Top 24 consisted of half the contestants (6 males and 6 females) performing each night on 2 separate Piano Shows for a spot in the Top 12. The Piano Show has no theme, and contestants can sing any song they want. The Results Show was screened 30 minutes after the Performance Show. Voting began at the start of the Piano round at 8:00 pm, and closed at 9:45 pm (later extended to 10:00 pm and finally to 10:15 pm). The Top 3 public vote-getters, regardless of gender, advanced together with 3 of the judges choices per episode. Coincidentally, in the piano shows, all the contestants who made it to the next round by public voting were male contestants. There was no Wild Card round for previously eliminated contestants, unlike the previous two seasons.
After the Top 12 was revealed during the second Piano Show results segment, the judges announced that Mae Sta Maria would join the 12 and form a surprise Top 13. The season has received mixed to negative feedback from fans due to the new rulings (absence of the Wildcard round, lack of a gender cap and voting beginning at the start of the show rather than at the end).
It was revealed on 14 September that MJ Kuok, who had gotten into the finals by public voting after Piano Show 1, had withdrawn from the competition on 11 September, citing "personal reasons". The news was confirmed in 8 Days Magazine. He was then replaced by Nurul Huda from Piano Show 1. It was revealed that she had received the next highest number of public votes out of all the other eliminated contestants. [1]
This season also introduced the "Judges' Save", similar to American Idol Season 8, which could be used only when the judges unanimously decide to save an eliminated contestant up to and until the Top 5. The save was never used, when the judges decided not to save Faizal Isa, who was eliminated in 5th place. In retrospect, except for the Top 13 Results Show, where Gurmit explicitly asked the judges if they wanted to save Syltra Lee, the judges' save was hardly, if only briefly, mentioned.
Another first for the franchise was a surprise non-elimination round during the Top 4 Results Show on 25 November, similar to American Idol Season 6, although, unlike the American version where the bottom group was never revealed, Charles and Tabitha were first revealed to be the bottom two before they were announced as safe. Votes for that week were added to the following week's votes, with the contestant with the lowest-combined (Charles) being eliminated the following week.
The order for the final performance show was decided by a coin toss immediately after the Top 3 results show. Sylvia won and decided to go first. The Grand Finale, unlike Season 2, was not a two-night event. The performance was aired at 8:00 pm on 27 December 2009 and the results show at 10:00 pm on the same day. It was held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium with a full capacity of 12,000. The special guest was international recording artist Charice where she performed 3 songs which included her first single Note to God. The Singapore Idol stage will be torn down from the MediaCorp TV Theatre permanently thereafter.
This season was abound with controversy. During the Top 8 and 7, while the judges claimed both nights as "girls' nights", the girls filled up the bottom groups. This resulted in extensive media promotion for the females left in the competition, and the idea of a female idol was fuelled by both the judges and the episodic trailers. However, the last male standing in the Final 3, Sezairi Sezali, still ultimately won, receiving 61% of the votes cast in the finale. While Sylvia became the first female to make it to the finals, Sezairi's win makes all three Singapore Idol winners young Malay males.
Order | Contestant | Song | Result |
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1 | Charles "Stitch" Wong | "Collide" | Advanced |
2 | Frances Maria | "So What" | Eliminated |
3 | MJ Kuok | "These Walls" | Advanced 1 |
4 | Jannah Shaharuddin | "No One" | Eliminated |
5 | Farhan Shah | "When You Look Me in the Eyes" | Advanced |
6 | Ryan Lee | "Moondance" | Eliminated |
7 | Malaque Mahdaly | "The Voice Within" | Advanced |
8 | Nurul Huda | "Rehab" | Eliminated 1 |
9 | Theodore Teow | "Bless the Broken Road" | Eliminated |
10 | Douglas Wong | "How to Save a Life" | Eliminated |
11 | Tabitha Nauser | "One Night Only" | Advanced |
12 | Syltra Lee | "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" | Advanced |
a Nurul Huda was originally eliminated but was invited back to the competition as a replacement of MJ Kuok, who withdrew from the competition after being voted into the top 13 by the public.
Order | Contestant | Song | Result |
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1 | Sezairi Sezali | "Sunday Morning" | Advanced |
2 | Gabrielle Ferdinands | "Thinking of You" | Eliminated |
3 | Duane Ho | "A Little Too Not Over You" | Advanced |
4 | Jonathan Cheok | "Come Together" | Eliminated |
5 | Fathin Amira | "Karma" | Advanced |
6 | Sylvia Ratonel | "Mercy" | Advanced |
7 | Faizal Isa | "This Love" | Advanced |
8 | Charlene Torres-Tan | "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" | Eliminated |
9 | Benjamin Chow | "At Last" | Eliminated |
10 | Samantha Lee | "Don't Speak" | Eliminated |
11 | Justin Jap | "So Sick" | Advanced |
12 | Mae Sta Maria | "Better in Time" | Advanced |
Order | Contestant | Song | Result |
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1 | Mae Sta Maria | "Lady Marmalade" | Safe |
2 | Charles "Stitch" Wong | "Low" | Safe |
3 | Syltra Lee | "Breakaway" | Eliminated |
4 | Sylvia Ratonel | "Fallin'" | Safe |
5 | Sezairi Sezali | "You Give Me Something" | Safe |
6 | Tabitha Nauser | "Big Girls Don't Cry" | Safe |
7 | Justin Jap | "Heartless" | Safe |
8 | Fathin Amira | "Hurt" | Bottom 3 |
9 | Nurul Huda | "Oops!... I Did It Again" | Safe |
10 | Farhan Shah | "Bad Day" | Safe |
11 | Malaque Mahdaly | "Hush Hush; Hush Hush" | Bottom 2 |
12 | Duane Ho | "Poker Face" | Safe |
13 | Faizal Isa | "Stop and Stare" | Safe |
Order | Contestant | Song | Year | Result |
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1 | Nurul Huda | "Walk Like an Egyptian" | 1987 | Safe |
2 | Justin Jap | "Together Forever" | 1988 | Eliminated |
3 | Tabitha Nauser | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | 1992 | Bottom 3 |
4 | Charles "Stitch" Wong | "You Give Love a Bad Name" | 1986 | Safe |
5 | Sylvia Ratonel | "Sweet Child o' Mine" | 1988 | Safe |
6 | Faizal Isa | "End of the Road" | 1992 | Safe |
7 | Fathin Amira | "I Love Your Smile" | 1992 | Safe |
8 | Mae Sta Maria | "Lately" | 1981 | Safe |
9 | Malaque Mahdaly | "Right Here Waiting" | 1989 | Bottom 2 |
10 | Duane Ho | "I Have Nothing" | 1993 | Safe |
11 | Farhan Shah | "Love Will Lead You Back" | 1990 | Safe |
12 | Sezairi Sezali | "Faith" | 1987 | Safe |
Order | Contestant | Song | Result |
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1 | Sylvia Ratonel | "Sinaran" | Bottom 4 |
2 | Duane Ho | "Dang Ni" | Safe |
3 | Malaque Mahdaly | "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai" | Safe |
4 | Fathin Amira | "Bakit Pa" | Safe |
5 | Sezairi Sezali | "Jeritan Batinku" | Bottom 2 |
6 | Mae Sta Maria | "Nobody" | Safe |
7 | Faizal Isa | "Hapus Aku" | Safe |
8 | Tabitha Nauser | "Ting Hai" | Bottom 4 |
9 | Farhan Shah | "Teman Istemewa" | Eliminated |
10 | Charles "Stitch" Wong | "An Jing" | Safe |
11 | Nurul Huda | "Made in India" | Safe |
Order | Contestant | Song | Result |
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1 | Faizal Isa | "Billie Jean" | Safe |
2 | Sezairi Sezali | "Thriller" | Safe |
3 | Nurul Huda | "Ben" | Eliminated |
4 | Sylvia Ratonel | "The Way You Make Me Feel" | Safe |
5 | Charles "Stitch" Wong | "Remember the Time" | Bottom 3 |
6 | Tabitha Nauser | "Who's Lovin' You" | Safe |
7 | Mae Sta Maria | "I Want You Back" | Safe |
8 | Duane Ho | "The Girl Is Mine" | Safe |
9 | Malaque Mahdaly | "Rock with You" | Bottom 3 |
10 | Fathin Amira | "You Are Not Alone" | Safe |
On the results show, the "bottom two" was not announced. Gurmit Singh first revealed that Charles, Nurul and Malaque were in the "bottom three". Gurmit then eliminated Nurul immediately and the other contestant which was in the "bottom two" together with Nurul was not revealed.
This week, the contestants each perform a song to dedicate to somemore in their life (e.g. friend, family member etc.)
Order | Contestant | Song | Result |
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1 | Charles "Stitch" Wong | "Fall for You" | Safe |
2 | Sylvia Ratonel | "When You Believe" | Safe |
3 | Faizal Isa | "I'm Yours" | Safe |
4 | Malaque Mahdaly | "Because You Loved Me" | Safe |
5 | Mae Sta Maria | "Hero" | Safe |
6 | Duane Ho | "A Song for You" | Safe |
7 | Fathin Amira | "Back at One" | Eliminated |
8 | Tabitha Nauser | "Halo" | Safe |
9 | Sezairi Sezali | "Ordinary People" | Safe |
On the results show, no "bottom three" was announced as the voting results were announced in "random order". Gurmit Singh announced the safe contestants one by one. After Sylvia, Faizal, Malaque, Duane, Tabitha and Sezairi were announced as safe, Charles, Mae and Amira were the last three remaining. Gurmit Singh then eliminated Amira immediately. Charles and Mae were not necessarily among the bottom three vote-getters that week.
Order | Contestant | Song | Result |
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1 | Sezairi Sezali | "Play That Funky Music" | Safe |
2 | Duane Ho | "Tainted Love" | Safe |
3 | Tabitha Nauser | "Ain't Nobody" | Bottom 3 |
4 | Charles "Stitch" Wong | "Take On Me" | Safe |
5 | Sylvia Ratonel | "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" | Bottom 2 |
6 | Mae Sta Maria | "Kiss" | Safe |
7 | Faizal Isa | "That Thing You Do" | Safe |
8 | Malaque Mahdaly | "Last Dance" | Eliminated |
This week, the contestants perform a song selected by their parents.
Order | Contestant | Song | Result |
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1 | Faizal Isa | "The Reason" | Safe |
2 | Sylvia Ratonel | "Warwick Avenue" | Bottom 2 |
3 | Sezairi Sezali | "Georgia on My Mind" | Safe |
4 | Tabitha Nauser | "Summertime" | Safe |
5 | Charles "Stitch" Wong | "Fly Away" | Bottom 3 |
6 | Mae Sta Maria | "Over the Rainbow" | Eliminated |
7 | Duane Ho | "Imagine" | Safe |
Order | Contestant | Song | Chosen By | Result |
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1 | Tabitha Nauser | "Ain't No Other Man" | Charles "Stitch" Wong | Safe |
2 | Sezairi Sezali | "What Goes Around... Comes Around" | Faizal Isa | Safe |
3 | Charles "Stitch" Wong | "Insomnia" | Sezairi Sezali | Bottom 2 |
4 | Sylvia Ratonel | "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" | Tabitha Nauser | Safe |
5 | Duane Ho | "Paparazzi" | Sylvia Ratonel | Eliminated |
6 | Faizal Isa | "Always Be My Baby" | Duane Ho | Safe |
The contestants are each given a list of songs chosen by the public (a different list for each contestant). They each chose a song from their list to sing.
Order | Contestant | Song | Result |
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1 | Faizal Isa | "Beautiful Soul" | Eliminated |
2 | Tabitha Nauser | "Roots Bloody Roots" | Bottom 3 |
3 | Sylvia Ratonel | "Cry" | Safe |
4 | Charles "Stitch" Wong | "Wherever You Will Go" | Bottom 3 |
5 | Sezairi Sezali | "Virtual Insanity" | Safe |
On the results show, the "bottom two" was not announced. Gurmit Singh first revealed that Charles and Tabitha were in the "bottom three". Gurmit then eliminated Faizal immediately and the other contestant which was in the "bottom two" together with Faizal was not revealed.
In this week, being a week before World AIDS Day, the contestants each compose their own songs to perform as well as a cover song to play their part for charity.
Order | Contestant | Song | Result |
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1 | Sezairi Sezali | "Where Is the Love?" | Safe |
2 | Tabitha Nauser | "No Matter" (original composition) | Bottom 2 |
3 | Charles "Stitch" Wong | "One" | Bottom 2 |
4 | Sylvia Ratonel | "I'll Be Here" (original composition) | Safe |
5 | Sezairi Sezali | "You" (original composition) | Safe |
6 | Tabitha Nauser | "Praying for Time" | Bottom 2 |
7 | Charles "Stitch" Wong | "Before You Hit the Ground" (original composition) | Bottom 2 |
8 | Sylvia Ratonel | "Make You Feel My Love" | Safe |
On the results show, Gurmit Singh first revealed that Tabitha and Charles were in the "bottom two". However, the two contestants were then declared safe together with Sylvia and Sezairi and no one was eliminated. Gurmit Singh stated that it was a surprise non-elimination round and votes for that week would be carried over to the following week. The contestant with the lowest combined votes over the two weeks would be eliminated the following week.
Order | Contestant | Song | Result |
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1 | Tabitha Nauser | "Crazy in Love" | Safe |
2 | Sezairi Sezali | "Mad" | Bottom 2 |
3 | Sylvia Ratonel | "I Don't Need a Man" | Safe |
4 | Charles "Stitch" Wong | "With You" | Eliminated |
5 | Tabitha Nauser | "Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)" | Safe |
6 | Sezairi Sezali | "Caught Up" | Bottom 2 |
7 | Sylvia Ratonel | "American Boy" | Safe |
8 | Charles "Stitch" Wong | "LoveStoned" | Eliminated |
Order | Contestant | Song | Chosen By | Result |
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1 | Tabitha Nauser | "Spotlight" | Dick Lee | Eliminated |
2 | Sylvia Ratonel | "Angel" | Ken Lim | Safe |
3 | Sezairi Sezali | "Your Body Is a Wonderland" | Florence Lian | Safe |
4 | Tabitha Nauser | "Superwoman" | Dick Lee | Eliminated |
5 | Sylvia Ratonel | "Held" | Ken Lim | Safe |
6 | Sezairi Sezali | "Haven't Met You Yet" | Florence Lian | Safe |
Order | Contestant | Song | Result |
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1 | Sylvia Ratonel | "Mercy" | Runner-up |
2 | Sezairi Sezali | "Virtual Insanity" | Winner |
3 | Sylvia Ratonel | "Yellow" | Runner-up |
4 | Sezairi Sezali | "Crazy" | Winner |
5 | Sylvia Ratonel | "Touched by an Angel" | Runner-up |
6 | Sezairi Sezali | "Touched by an Angel" | Winner |
Did Not Perform | Female | Male | Top 24 | Judges' Choice | Public Vote | Top 13 | Runner-up | Winner |
Safe | Safe First | Safe Last | Eliminated |
Stage: | Piano Shows | Spectacular Shows (Finals) | Grand Finale | |||||||||||||
Week: | 9/2 | 9/9 | 9/23 | 9/30 | 10/7 | 10/14 | 10/21 | 10/28 | 11/4 | 11/11 | 11/18 | 11/25 [lower-alpha 1] | 12/2 | 12/8 | 12/27 | |
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Place | Contestant | Result | ||||||||||||||
1 | Sezairi Sezali | Top 13 | Btm 2 | Btm 2 | Winner | |||||||||||
2 | Sylvia Ratonel | Top 13 | Btm 4 | Btm 2 | Btm 2 | Runner-up | ||||||||||
3 | Tabitha Nauser | Top 13 | Btm 3 | Btm 4 | Btm 3 | Btm 3 | Btm 2 | Elim | Eliminated (Week 12) | |||||||
4 | Charles "Stitch" Wong | Top 13 | Btm 3 | Btm 3 | Btm 2 | Btm 3 | Btm 2 | Elim | Eliminated (Week 11) | |||||||
5 | Faizal Isa | Top 13 | Elim | Eliminated (Week 9) | ||||||||||||
6 | Duane Ho | Top 13 | Elim | Eliminated (Week 8) | ||||||||||||
7 | Mae Sta Maria | Top 13 | Elim | Eliminate (Week 7) | ||||||||||||
8 | Malaque Mahdaly | Top 13 | Btm 2 | Btm 2 | Btm 3 | Elim | Eliminated (Week 6) | |||||||||
9 | Fathin Amira | Top 13 | Btm 3 | Elim | Eliminated (Week 5) | |||||||||||
10 | Nurul Huda | Elim | Eliminated (Piano Show 1) | [lower-alpha 2] | Elim | Eliminated (Week 4) | ||||||||||
11 | Farhan Shah | Top 13 | Elim | Eliminated (Week 3) | ||||||||||||
12 | Justin Jap | Top 13 | Elim | Eliminated (Week 2) | ||||||||||||
13 | Syltra Lee | Top 13 | Elim | Eliminated (Week 1) | ||||||||||||
14 | MJ Kuok | Top 13 | WD [lower-alpha 3] | Withdrew (Week 1) | ||||||||||||
Piano Show 2 | Jonathan Cheok | Elim | Eliminated (Piano Show 2) | |||||||||||||
Benjamin Chow | ||||||||||||||||
Gabrielle Ferdinands | ||||||||||||||||
Charlene Torres-Tan | ||||||||||||||||
Samantha Lee | ||||||||||||||||
Piano Show 1 | Theodore Teow | Elim | Eliminated (Piano Show 1) | |||||||||||||
Jannah Shaharuddin | ||||||||||||||||
Ryan Lee | ||||||||||||||||
Douglas Wong | ||||||||||||||||
Frances Maria |
Of the 13 Finalists, only the Top 3 contestants have continued to remain in the public eye. Sezairi Sezali and Sylvia Ratonel have released their debut studio albums, Take Two and Sylvia Ratonel respectively. Singles were released from the album and have made it into the Top 10 on the 987FM Top 20 Chart, with the best-performing single being Sylvia Ratonel's "It's Raining" (it peaked at #3). While Tabitha Nauser has not released an album, she collaborated with international artists Sean Kingston, Steve Appleton, Jessica Mauboy and Jody Williams on the official theme song to the 2010 Youth Olympics, "Everyone". Nauser was given the opening lines of the first verse, and her vocals can be heard harmonising with the other artists in the choruses and bridge. The song was released as a CD single, which included an acoustic version of "Everyone" performed by Nauser alone. Successful airplay of the song made "Everyone" reach No. 1 on the 987FM Top 20 Chart, making Tabitha Nauser the first Singaporean vocalist, at least in recent years, to achieve that feat. "Everyone" remained on the top spot for 2 weeks.
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