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October 18, 2005
Minutes To Fame International Competition : Lim Chear Yong
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Did anyone watched Minutes To Fame International Competition on ASTRO on last Sunday, 6pm? The one where Malaysia's very own 12 year old singing sensation, Lim Chear Yong won?
I watched that show and except for the Malaysians who put up really big effort to make quality performances, the rest were sadly worse than the worst talent show. I must admire their bravery to stand in front of such huge crowd and do what they did but this show is like the cheapest talent show, where not really talented people go on stage to do silly stuff. Those from the western countries will always do kung fu or some acrobatic moves and awful singing whilst the Asians will mostly sing and dance with taking off shirts as an option. It was embarassing to watch but the Malaysian participants did very well.
Aaron Kwok was the invited guest together with Joey Leung and Hacken Lee with some silly no talent people as guests as well. The guest performances was awful. Aaron Kwok was particularly mean on that day. He "ting" a lot of them. Frankly I too will "ting" most of them like 30 seconds into the show but he was very patronising in the way he said like "You took a flight for how many hours to HK?" and it really meant "You took the flight all the way here to give us this crap?". I thought he could be more thoughtful since he himself ain't so great a singer.
However this show makes no pretenses that it is really a cheap show and therein lies the fun I guess. Simon Cowell will vomit blood.
First up for our Malaysian participants was the Indian guy who can speak Cantonese and Mandarin and he can sing so well but he wasn't the favourite probably because they found him odd. I thought he danced so well but he wasn't popular. His costume was amazing though. Anyway I saw the behind the scene earlier in E-Buzz and apparently just like 30 seconds into his performance Aaron Kwok "ting" this poor guy! Hacken Lee scolded Aaron and said "He even prepared a nice dance routine, how can you "ting" him so early??" and Aaron of course apologised and told the poor guy to continue. But Aaron was really nasty when he kept saying "You should smile when performing..." and that poor guy was like on the verge of tears...I mean he was just "ting" a few minutes ago! But I guess he went on with his performance as the final show didn't show all these.
Second Malaysian participant was this young 12 year old Chinese boy who sang and danced Indian songs and moves. He was very very good and his singing was good too but again not many appreciated him since they found him odd. At times I thought Hacken Lee displayed an ignorance for culture. Aaron Kwok however appreciated this boy's effort and I think gave him Best Performance award? Not sure what award was given.
I tell you when kids peform well adults will always lose.
The next one was another Indian type of song and dance mixed with modern feel by an older Chinese guy. He was really good but again his interpretation was lost to the very Chinese crowd.
At this point I must mention the Singaporean sisters whom Aaron rightly said "The mood before you came out was high but once you came out it became sombre...". Mean but it's the truth. The girls looked really quite ok with the comment but I am sure it may be killing them.
Bad Chinese were laughed at and mocked. I find it distasteful.
More bad participants like the cheetah lady from England (very aggressive and she kept saying "I am not finished") and silly guest performances. Some more awful performances by China participant and Australia and all. I think they too felt stupid BUT this show is the platform for you to do anything to stay in the show but what I saw was really silly looking people doing anything to stay for that one more minute. At times I was wondering why I wanna watch this show...
Then came the HK counterpart I think or maybe later. His was impersonation and it was scary because he was really so very good. But I think it was Hacken who asked him "You said you wanted to become a singer but I have yet to hear your real voice.." and Aaron jokingly said "He can release an album... a collection of hits by various singers all impersonated by one man!". Ok, it was funny but still man. Poor guy, he looked like he wanted to drop dead there and then. Anyway this is not like some serious singing competition, it is a talent show! Sometimes I think even the judges couldn't remember that fact.
Then came the reason that gave this show some credibility, if it has any at this point. Our own Lim Chear Yong, 12 year old boy wonder came out with the most amazing costume singing and dancing to Lee Hom's version of Descendants of the Dragon (something like that). He was very impressive but the judges dared to "ting" him before he finished his routine! He had saved the best for last where he danced to the music really so well! Even Aaron was impressed, which was why he and many others gave him more points, which pushed him to 2nd place. First was the HK guy. I thought ahhhh biased judging!!
Then came the final between the HK impersonator and our Lim Chear Yong. To give the HK guy credit, he was gracious in his compliments of our boy wonder and his impersonation of the 4 heavenly kings were amazing. Of course before he reached Aaron Kwok he was "ting"! Then he was requested to continue on and even Aaron looked like "Oh my God! So spooky! He sang EXACTLY like me!!".
At that point I was wondering why our Lim Chear Yong won (as I read in the papers just minutes before the final showdown). Then he came out, with his black leather do, coolest looking sunglasses and a fake black guitar and he sang to perfection Wu Bai's very famous song which I am not familiar with the title but the lyrics are "I don't want to think about you anymore..I don't want to love you anymore..all the pain and anguish I will throw it all away..all my thoughts, pining and dreaming will not be about you any more...". I then knew he had to win. I was very surprised why he never joined the ASTRO Kids talent show and then I realise his forte is singing famous adults' tunes and the Kids Talent Show doesn't fit into his forte. I also do honestly think the Minutes To Fame show was beneath his talent and showmanship! He was truly professional and yeah he took singing lessons but I am very sure if he was in Malaysian Idol I would vote for him. Then the judges asked if he could sing a love song and he sang Lee Hom's Only You (Wei Yi) with such feelings I had to clap really really hard.
 
[Source]
He won, overwhelming decision. So much style, such confidence, so much showmanship, so very young! I remember when he was singing the camera shot to an older guy who looked like he was about to cry and looking very proud. I think that's the father.
Amazing win. And today I read in Star newspaper about his super achievements in singing and how his parents actually invested time and money to cultivate his talent but he wisely said he wants to study first. Very grounded boy.
Congratulations to Lim Chear Yong for making this crappy talentless show into a showcase of talent and showmanship!
I SALUTE YOU!!
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