Anugerah Juara Lagu-25

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Assalammuaalaikum w.b.k.t

Sebelum aku start ngerepak, 

1) Mintak maaf kepada PEMINAT-PEMINAT mana-mana artis yang sik setuju dgn pendapat aku. Tis entry is purely non-academic, non-professional, non-sensical perception of me towards the event.

2) My tone might sounds a lil bit degrading, but dats just me whining. Don't be surprise.

3) U can be mad ... for all I care!! (Ok, tis one came out wrong).

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Okay, first of all, I am a fan of Anugerah Juara Lagu. I dunno since when, probably since Siti Nurhaliza's making a debut kali. So, I can say, I've been following the ups and downs, changes in AJL  ever since laa. Mcm dolok, AJL dipertandingkan based on kategori. So, bcos of dat, we see different KIND of performances. And of cos, lagu Etnik Kreatif will usually triumph dari segi performances. But, dat is one of the thing dat makes AJL meriah.

Until recently, bila indie is making a big hit. Banyak artis2 muda start berkarya. So, AJL terpaksa berubah, no more category. Maybe alasan yang diberikan adalah untuk menjadikan AJL satu pertandingan yang FAIR, meaning every artist will have an equal chances in winning (statistically, UNLESS politically interfered). Tapi aku rasa, dats not EXACTLY the main reason laa. Aku rasa reason utamanya adalah sebab wujud category yang sikda penyertaan, so terpaksa jadikan AJL ya open. So, coincidently time tok lagu-lagu pesen baru tengah majmuk, so OF COURSE lerr lagu-lagu yang bertanding akan jadi SEPESEN, and it shows in the finalist. Lagu ballad nang sik banyak, lagu etnik kreatif, sikboh katalaa. 

But nothing much we can say about it, sbb music scenes is dynamic, selalu berubah mengikut peredaran masa. Macam dolok juak, banyak lagu dangdut yang masuk AJL. So sama mcm kinek tok, byk lagu indie yang masok AJL. 

Anyway, regarding AJL-25. 

AJL tahun tok adalah antara event yang aku paling tunggu-tunggu. Dari segi promo memang kelas. Dari segi penganjuran Semi-finals pun macam best. Different is the word la.

Tambah-tambah lagi bila diumumkan persembahan interlude adalah artis-artis otai. 

And definitely, yang paling aku tunggu adalah Dato' Siti Nurhaliza & Ziana Zain....there, 

I said!!

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Here it goes;

Bila persembahan opening start, aku dah rasa sikbest. MAINLY, dari segi sounds. I know, maybe sound dlm Stadium ya nang meletop, tp kt TV sikbest. Berdengung, muffle, sik jelas. Maybe juak cdak produksi maok kita di TV merasai sound yang sama dlm dewan, but to be honest, i don't feel it. Music mcm sangat overpowering, suara penyanyi jadi sik berapa jelas. Plus, aku sik tauk kenak perlu ada orchestra. It defeats the purpose of PERTANDINGAN LAGU, sbb dah dibantu oleh orchestra and all. 

And, penonton di rumah sikpat tangga stage. Until M.Nasir berlagu, baruk ada shot yg tunjukkan mcm ni rupa stage. 

Plus, lighting pentas nang la kacak, tp WHY WHY WHY WHY ada bayang-bayang!!!  Kadang-kadang, kita dpt tangga bayang2 camera! And bila tym emcee kelaka, ada bayang2 indah di muka sidak. Apa ni.....

Tp, in terms of selection lagu untuk opening, aku suka la. Memang mengimbau kenangan. Cuma, I am not so thrilled with the video clipping sebelum lagu ya bermula laa. Terganggu sikit feel show opening. Because, mun ikut selera aku, when we talked about an OPENING SHOW, every moment MUST be ON STAGE. Bukan di selang seli dgn video clipping la. Sbb energy yg kita rasai ya jadi sik selari. Im saying this from the home-audience POV la, sbb, bila masok part clipping ya, what we saw is the vclip, NOT the feeling of the stage.

Okay, so let me just quickly reviewed the performances (yang aku ingat jak la);

Yuna 

LIKESSS. Not so effortless but still dalam kategori bersahaja. Love the upper part of the dress. Until the camera show the back-shot of the dress. Orange satin ya macam off la for me. Nampak mcm satin berbelas ringgit jak. The dress luks lyk a cross between Anna Paquin (Academy Award) + Alicia Keys (Grammy Award) dress. Watever. Tp dari segi persembahan, I like. But will LOVE it MORE if Yuna main grand piano. Dramatik gik viewnya, sedramatik lighting & mood yang coba ditonjolkan. 

A.P.I

I get the concept, but......tolonglaa abang main guitar! Jangan curi limelight vocalist boley sik?!

Tomok

A lil too KPop-py. Tis is the usual effort when it comes to pop rock kind of performances. Xda umpphh but we can see the effort. So, nice try.

Shahir

Adakah itu Nasha Aziz!!! Gosh.....puhlessssssss laa. Bersajak? Are u kidding me? Dat is so amateurish. Plus, nya tok tek menjanjikan persembahan yang akan diingat sampe bila-bila. YES, part last ya nang akan aku ingat. Part kenak tampar. Wakakak....ok. Dat part, I must confessed, even I didn't see it coming. But Shahir dah bukak braces, kacak ko Shahir. Tapi mcm put on weight sket jak. (Xda kenak mengenak dengan AJL).

Faizal Tahir (erghhhhh!)

Okay, the first song ya nang aku rasa pointless. Memang ada idea di situ, but, wat the heck? Mcm bermain2 jak, sik serius. Lebih serius persembahan Tomok. Anyway, adik Aleeya dah kedak muka Selena Gomez dah ku diat.

The second song, ok, ya nang aku salute la. Walopun aku sik suka FT, tp aku kira ngakuk la persembahan ya agak best. Unpredictable. So, congrats sbb menang persembahan terbaek. Neway, loose the Rayban please, it doesn't fits u well.

Ana Rafali

Congrats Ana sebab menang Juara. Walopun rami yang melatah, tp rezeki kan. Neway, persembahan Ana tok, aih.....aih, haih.....cmni tok. Wrong all over the places. I dont even know where to start. Make-up, BAD. First baju kurung pesen, BAD, ill-fitted. Second Red Kebaya, Gosh!! Can't it be any REDder!? Plus, streka la bagus2 owh. 3suku persembahan ya, nya berlagu dlm kandang. Wei, u r the star of the show. Not dat over acting male dancer! And why on earth, the spotlight & camera was directed to the dancers NOT much on her. Overall, show ya LACKING the quality of Ana Rafali. Ana yang kita kenal, sgt bersahaja. But, it didn't shows in the performance. Messy. Mcm diplan oleh student U jak, bukan profesional. Sorry gurl. 

And the shoes she's been bragging about the entire time...........(erghh...malas ku!)

Black

Erm, 1st performance ya aku sik ingat. So, considered sik brapa terkesan di hati.

2nd performance ya, ok laa. Vocal-wise, nang undoubtedly superb. Yang lain ya, suma nya besa jak. Props atas pentas ya suma sik berfungsi. Saja jak ngubah view pentas. Dari mak andam ni nak ka nya minjam pintu gerbang ya?

Adira

Cute. Dress cute. Contrast dgn penari. Acrobatic kat atas ya ala2 show Pink time Grammy. Banyak gilak pake kain, rimas mata saya. Make-up, tersangat laa nude, jadi mcm kembang muka nya. Nasib hairdo nya cute. Seiring usia.

Stacy

Kelass. Seperti biasa. Stacy ptt tukar cara persembahannya, dah jadi agak predictable. For dat song, I was hoping dat she wud go theatrical. Think ADAM LAMBERT or Lady Marmalade. But, unlike before, Stacy kurang menari tis' time. Only the finale part.

Hafiz

Jauh di sudut hatiku nang aku berharap Hafiz dpt Vokal Terbaik, HONESTLY. Plus aku salu puji vokal Hafiz, NOT BECAUSE NYA SARAWAKIAN. And sangatlaaa A PLEASANT SURPRISE bilanya dpt menang kategori Vokal Terbaik. Maybe rami orang sangka Black. YES, vokal black pun superb juak. But Hafiz is not bad either laa. Lantang and jelas. Performance-wise, ermmmm aku sik brapa gemar gilak dgn persembahan berlakon-lakon tym pertandingan AJL. Sangatlaa amateur pada pendapat aku laa. Tapi, part nya kluar dr backstage bertukar baju, agak surprising juak laa....

Bunkface | Hujan | Meet Uncle Hussein

Sorry. Aku sik ingt. Really. 

Not dat I didn't favor them, it just didn't register in my head. Sorry. My Bad.

Dato' Sharifah Aini

U'r face change alot la Dato'! U r already beautiful, why do u need to take any cosmetic procedure to ur face. Gosh! Sayangnyaaa....

Ziana Zain

SPEECHLESS!! Sangatlaaaaa santeeeeekkkkk....huhuhuhu! (rambut jak saya sik suka gilak, ada feeling stewardess sikit2). Suddenly, the side-part of her hair mcm terlebih berkilat. Tapi sikpa, dimaafkan, sebab.....persembahannya SANGATLAAAA DIVA!! I like!! Orgasmic!!

Pilihan lagu yang sangat tepat! Kita salu berharap Ziana mbak lagu ya live, and she did.....she did it well!! Thumbs up for Ziana Zain.....sembah ratoo!

Dato' Siti Nurhaliza

Meriah, seswai la untuk closing. Penari sekampung2 dimbak nya. Tapi kenak mcm kurang lunak owh suara Siti kali tok? Maybe nya demam kali. But the dress is great! Plus, performance Siti nampak mcm diplan, which is gud for me laa since it is a traditional song. 

Cheryl | Ally | Faizal

Agak boring. Maybe trio tok dah sik patut dikekalkan. Ally mbak feeling "rasa pandei", Cheryl mbak watak "Sik tauk hal" and it's boring, Faizal suka mbodo dirik which is kinda sad. WTH?
Only towards the end of the event, baruk ada lucu2 skit. Honestly, change please. Ada sedikit feeling boring disitu.

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So, ya adalah my quick review of the performances. Mun ada yang aku tertinggal...Sorry.

And I'm sure, some of u might not agree wit wat I said here, but hey....dat's why they call it preferences. 

Even Ana Rafali menang pun ada yang sik suka. Biasalaa nak owh. 

But, yes, agak shocking. I was angling for Yuna, but Ana yang menang. Anyhow, aku sik tauk apa yang dinilai oleh juri, but watever it is, agak berbeza dgn pendapat public laa. 

Another persoalan, 

"Perluka pilihan juri berbeza dengan apa yang public suka?"

"Adakah public suka karya yang sik seberapa?"

Ermmm....rezeki. Jangan disoal. 

Ok, dat shud be it. AJL dah settle, pemenang dah umum.

Overall, AJL25 is - 3/5 STARS

(Sila belajar lagi dari South Korean, those ppl there are VERY talented)

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Tis is Matt Ashkeroth

Kak Ziana meletop pom pom laa malam ni!!!

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