Random Vids 1

Hello there. This post will be the first of many random videos I will be posting (I always say this lol). I used to have a Random Japanese Videos section, but I guess I will change it to Random Vids instead. So ... instead of only Japanese videos, I will just post random videos I see on Facebook, youtube, links from friends etc etc ...

Lets start the ball rolling shall we ...

1) Time for Miracles (From the movie 2012)


Just watched the movie and loved it! Love this song too ... Adam Lambert!!

2) iPhone band


Missing my iPhone already heh

3) 超級白 Chao Ji Bai


Really sounds like something in Hokkien ;)

4) Prison Break - Dog Version


Really clever dog!! i hope Kimi doesn't try to escape sia

5) When TV goes Wild


Free TV on Mondays! Check out Starhub's website

That's all for today!

P.S: I have changed the number of post displayed for the main page and the labels to 5 (3 for random videos section) so that the pages will load faster and you won't have information overload when you click on random videos. Previously it crashed my browser but no problems now! =) Go click and find out!!

American Idol :Who will be the next American Idol?

After 38 episodes of American Idol and lots of predictions by me (some right some wrong), we are left with the 2 most popular contestants. In the words of Ryan Seacrest, we have the acoustic rocker versus the glam rocker, Conway versus California, the guy next door versus the guy liner (lol). It now comes down to Kris Allen and Adam Lambert. 2 opposites with their own unique appeal. Who will win this season’s American Idol? This is …. My final prediction of the season.

Adam and Kris each sang 3 songs, one favorite of the season, one chosen by Simon Fuller and one new song co-written by Kara DioGuardi. I felt that both contestants did very well in their first 2 songs but struggled with “No Boundaries” the song Kara co-written. So performance wise I feel that it is a draw. I’m surprised how Kris upped his game and gave his best performances of the season. This season is definitely a close one. Who do I think will win?

As usual let us see the iTunes Review Rankings (which is sometimes accurate heh)

1) Kris Allen – Apologize (1347 ratings) Heartless (3286 ratings) Total: 4633
2) Adam Lambert – Crying (1319 ratings) One (1497 ratings) Total: 2816

Oh my god! For the first time ever, Adam Lambert does not have the highest number of ratings. Kris Allen has so much more ratings this time round. Maybe fans of the ousted idols have all decided to support Kris Allen. Adam Lambert now has only his own fans to count on. Will this reflect the number of supporters Adam and Kris have? If it does, Adam is in deep trouble. I’m not sure if its real, but last week, only 1 million votes separated these 2 guys. Kris Allen has turned from a dark horse to a legitimate contender for the top prize. I have predicted against Kris Allen for the past 2 weeks and have been proven wrong. What should I do now?

I know! I should predict that Kris Allen will win and my unlucky streak in predictions will make Adam the winner he he. If Kris Allen wins my prediction is correct, if Adam Lambert wins I will be happy cause I like him better lol. Both ways I win! Woo hooo.

Okay, final prediction: Kris Allen to win American Idol!

After tomorrow's results, I will be eagerly waiting for the start of the third season of our very own Singapore Idol!! This time, I can actually vote for my favorites!

P.S: What a stupid final prediction by me. I should be ashamed of myself. Go Adam Lambert!

(Images Taken From: Official American Idol Site, iTunes, watchingamericanidol.com, examiner.com)

American Idol Predictions: Who will be out in the top 4

I got it wrong last week. I'm shocked that Allison got out, American Idol seems less lively without her. Why Allison why??

Being handicapped without the iTunes Review Rankings made my predictions less accurate heh. Fortunately for me, this week the amount of ratings and reviews can be seen and hopefully the numbers reflect the positions (like most weeks) of the 3 musketeers left, which will make my predictions more accurate.

One think for sure, without any help for the iTunes Review Rankings, anyone can predict that Adam Lambert will be in the finals with another round of outstanding performances. Simon predicted that Adam Lambert will win American Idol on Oprah! I think he totally outclassed Danny Gokey and Kris Allen and most of the previous contestants of past seasons. His range is just amazing. Although I must say all 3 of them gave great performances.

Okay, without further ado, let us see last week's iTunes Review Rankings so that I can predict who will join Adam Lambert.

They changed the iTunes American Idol download page for the top 3 and I must say it looks very nice.

iTunes Link - Support your favorites and order this week's performances now!

Here is your iTunes Reviews Ranking base on last week's performances

1) Adam Lambert - 1549 ratings / 225 review (avg 4.5 stars) Duet - 1078 ratings, 148 reviews
2) Danny Gokey - 635 ratings / 152 reviews (avg 3 stars) Duet - 396 ratings, 67 reviews
3) Kris Allen - 565 rating / 115 reviews (avg 4.5 stars) Duet - 396 ratings, 67 reviews

Adam's amount of ratings shows just how popular he is. These high numbers have been consistent throughout the season. As for Danny and Kris, they have been up and down almost every week. So despite Danny's horrible last note last week, he is still higher than Kris Allen. Maybe most of them are bad ratings ha ha. He has an average of only 3 stars. Duet wise Danny and Kris share the same numbers because they sang together (duh). I think Simon is worried that Adam's fans will get complacent and not vote as much so he reminded them to vote heh. This will surely ensure Adam's safety. As for the fate of Danny Gokey and Kris Allen, both gave great performances, but I guess I will just follow the the rankings and predict that .....

Kris Allen will go home (sorry girls again)

He is the best looking out of the 3 I know, but I think he is the weakest vocally. As what the judges say, this is a singing competition after all. I'm sure all 3 will go on to make their own albums though.

I predicted that he will go home last week and was wrong :( Maybe he will prove me wrong again but I will stick to my prediction. Let's see if I'm right later.

(Images Taken From: Official American Idol Site, iTunes)

American Idol Predictions: Who will be out in the top 4

Yes I got it right again last week! Buuuuttttt ...... hmmm something weird has happened to the iTunes ratings and reviews. It has too little ratings that no amount is listed! It's either
1) Out of a sudden
2) Nobody in America likes all the contestants anymore
3) There are some technical problems on iTunes
4) They did it on purpose as they do not want to disclose the number of ratings and reviews because it is such an accurate indicator of who will be out!

Now that my most powerful tool is gone, I have to give my weekly prediction based on my gut feeling. Oh well, I guess I have to drink my can of Coca Cola to make me smarter. Gotta love those product placements in shows heh.

This week is rock week and I think Adam Lambert and Allison Iraheta must be delighted. Adam was of course the best performer of the night (what a surprise ..) and Allison in my opinion is the second best of the night so I'm sure both of them will be save this week. The Adam and Allison duet was also very good. (I wonder why they added duet into the competition, are they following Taiwan's version of American Idol, "One Million Star" where they have duets every now and then. Maybe they will have duets with superstars in future season just like "One Million Star".)

I think Kara is in love with Adam. Last week she said something like she opens her mouth whenever Adam Lambert is infront of him (which reminded me of a recent south park episode featuring the Jonas Brothers heh), and this week, she wears the same jacket as Adam. I won't be surprised if she rushes to buy his album when it comes out in the future.

The other 2 contestants Danny Gokey and Kris Allen showed that rock isn't their thing today. Danny's final note/scream was like a girl screaming for help! Kris Allen didn't do much better, I thought his performance was quite boring. Their duet was quite nice though, although not as good as the Adam and Allision show.

I don't have the iTunes Reviews Ranking due to the reason stated above so I can't see who is the least popular last week :( Let me just put the iTunes Reviews Ranking of the week before (minus Matt Giraud) and see if its helps.

1) Adam Lambert - 1428 ratings / 326 review (avg 4.5 stars)
2) Kris Allen - 1240 rating / 348 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
3) Allison Iraheta - 602 ratings / 211 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
4) Danny Gokey - 428 ratings / 128 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)

*Matt Giraud was last

Adam was surprisingly in the bottom 2 last week (fake?), so I guess all his fans will be panicking and will call and sms till their fingers get blisters. His performance was amazing so that would help too. Allison would be safe too due to her performances and the image transfer of Adam to her after their duet. The 2 who are in danger are as stated before, Kris and Danny. If you look the rankings, Danny is last and should be out, but that ranking is the ranking 2 weeks ago and is quite outdated. Now that there is only four of them, Kris's voice seemed weak as compared to the other 3, and based on previous rankings where Kris has always been yo-yoing up and down. So I think it should be Kris Allen at the bottom instead of Danny.

My Prediction: Kris Allen to go Home (Sorry girls)

(Images Taken From: Official American Idol Site)

American Idol Predictions: Who will be out in the top 5

Now that there are only 5 contestants left in the competition and all 5 of them performed well last night, it will be harrrrrrrd to predict anything base on the performance. So this week, I will just base my prediction solely on the iTunes Review Ranking. Simon predicted that Allison Iraheta might be in trouble tonight. Will he be right? Or will the iTunes Review Ranking be as spot on as last week (damn should have predicted base on that last week).

Here is your iTunes Review Ranking based on last week's performance ....

1) (1) Adam Lambert - 1428 ratings / 326 review (avg 4.5 stars)
2) (2) Kris Allen - 1240 rating / 348 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
3) (3) Allison Iraheta - 602 ratings / 211 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
4) (5) Danny Gokey - 428 ratings / 128 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
5) (4) Matt Giraud - 267 ratings / 82 reviews (avg 4 stars)

Adam Lambert must be feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeliiiinnnnggg good right now. He has been ranked number 1 in the iTunes REview Ranking for like forever! His has been consistently performing brilliantly every week which really justifies his top ranking every week. I have never seen any idol contestant perform so well every single week before. I've said before and I will say it again. He will win this season's American Idol for sure heh, the finals will be the easiest to predict. So it's a fight between the rest of the 4 contestants to join him in the finals. At the moment Kris Allen seems to be the favourite to join Adam Lambert in the finals.

One of the 4 potential runner-up to American Idol will be going home later tonight, and the contestant I predict will be Matt Giraud. This prediction is based on my usually reliable iTunes Review Ranking. Sorry Matt Giraud and fans.

Will the ranking system once again proof to be an accurate indicator?

(Images Taken From: Official American Idol Site)

American Idol: Wildcard Results

Great ... even when I guessed blindly I got 2 out of 3 correct! Actually it should be 2 out of 4 since they "decided" last minute that it would be the top 13 instead of the top 12. I thought they would choose the contestants based on their performance, but I think they went with who they liked. The performance was just for show. Although I like Jasmine Murray, I did not think she sang well but lucky for her she got through based on her personality and cuteness I think. Matt sang well and deserved the spot, when it was between him and Anoop, I was afraid he would be out but luckily they like Matt. Can't wait to hear him sing while playing the piano! I guess we will see more of Megan Joy Cockrey and her interesting dance too heh. I wonder whats the hype with Anoop, did not think he sang that well, I think it must have something to do with Slumdog Millionaire winning the Oscars. I thought Jesse Langseth would be a better pick to go through.

Tatiana performed great again but this time she switched to her irritating personality again which killed her chances of going through. Okay I admit, even I am getting irritated with her and am sort of relieved she is not through.

So now we have the top 13 instead of the top 12. Most of my favorites are still in the competition. Adam Lambert, Matt Giraud and Jasmine Murray do your best! I'm kind of sitting on the fence on Danny Gokey at the moment, have been influenced by the cynical people on some websites and forums saying how he makes use of his dead wife to gain votes. Didn't realize this till I read those stuff but I feel that it might be true. It might be unintentional, cause the death happened quite recently and he still misses her a lot. But if he shows or mentions her again in the top 13 without anyone asking, he will definitely be in my hate list. I'm going to add one person to my favorite and she is Allsion Iraheta. I don't know why, but these few days her performance last week has been playing in my head and I unintentionally start singing the song Alone lol. I'm so going to get an itunes gift card soon so that I can download their performance.

Next week, it will be though to predict since now I can only choose 1 out of 13. Its like horse racing, at first I could choose the placing (top 3) but now I can only choose the winning horse. The odds are definitely narrowed down here. Can't wait to see everyone perform next week!

American Idol : Group 2 Predictions

Yay mid semester examination is over! Can rest my brain for a while. Only for awhile casue I have presentation on Monday and more assignments to hand in the the next few weeks wooo hooo.

Just watched the American Idol Group 2 performance a while ago and although it might be a little late, here are my weekly predictions on who will go through.

The show started with some not so inspiring performance from the first four contestants, the worse being the very lame performance from Nick Mitchell or better known as Norman Gentle ... I really hope he does not make it through although there would definitely be some jokers voting for him just for fun. Matt Giraud and Jasmine Murray were one of the first 4 contestants unfortunately. Don't think either of them will make it through this week. However, based on the judges comments, i think both of them stand a high chance of coming back for the wildcard round. Hope they get the chance and please choose a better song the both of you.

After Norman Gentle's joke of a performance, Allison Iraheta made the first decent performance of the night .. okay actually it was a great performance heh. She I think will be the top girl who will go through. Another girl who impressed me was Megan Joy Corkrey ... I thought with that fierce looking tattoo on her right hand she would be those rocker kind, but she is actually quite sweet. Not sure I liked her dance though he he.

For the guys side, there is no contest for the top male. It will definitely be Adam Lambert! His performance was great, even better than Danny Gokey! He was the last contestant too, always an advantage.

Watch the video of his performance! (Not sure how long it will be up on youtube its removed though)


Love the new youtube borders, no need to go through the troublesome process of adding my own now he he
Here are a few more links in case this gets removed.
Adam Lambert sings Satisfaction
another link


This won't get removed I think. Only can hear his voice though.
If he does not get through, I will donate $5 (paypal only) to the first person who sees this and post the comment "Adam Lambert didn't go through, please give me my 5 bucks" =|

So my predictions are ....

Top Male - Adam Lambert
Top Female - Allison Iraheta
Next highest vote - Megan Joy Corkey

Kris Allen might have the chance of being the contestant with the next highest vote too. His performance was good and he is good looking. Sure to have lots of votes from teenage girls.

Got 2 right last week. How many will I get right this time?

American Idol : Tatiana Will Be in the Top 12!

Not bad, I got 2 out of 3 correct, it was quite obvious Danny and Alexis were going through though heh. I can't believe Michael went through to the top 12 man. His performance wasn't that great, in fact it surely is worse than Tatiana whom I believe deserves to go through. Although she is a drama queen (as she showed again yesterday by crying non stop after the results are out), you got to admit her performance on Wednesday was one of the better ones, the camera also loves her, trying to capture all her drama mama crying moments he he.

Here is my bold prediction: Tatiana will make it to the wildcard stage where she will go through and reach at least the top 5!

Looking forward to group 2 next week, this only Danny Gokey was in my favs list, this week there are 3! The 3 contestants (click for my favs) I hope will go through are:

Adam Lambert

Jasmine Murray

Matt Giraud

All the best!!