Oct 30 2009
The Idols get their voices in gear
Last weekend, your Idols got down and dirty scrubbing cars clean for Channel 5’s charity car wash at Dempsey Hill. They raised over a thousand dollars for MediaCorp’s adopted charities, HCA Hospice Care and Rainbow Centre Yishun Park School, as well as Class 95FM’s adopted charity, Operation Smile. Yay Idols!
“I’ve never washed a car before!” said Sezairi. “My mom and my dad went, and were like, ‘That’s my son! Vote for him okay!’ It was annoying!”
“I’ve washed a lot of cars, so I think I was being a bit authoritative,” Mae laughed. ‘Cannot do this! Use a chamois! Very expensive one!’ I wash my mom’s car, because she’s terrible at washing cars. I’ve learnt how to do it properly.”
“I just ran around with the hose,” said Sezairi with a snicker. Did he hose down any girls? “Accidentally, yes. All the girls. Accidentally!” So, who looked the best in a wet T-shirt? “Duane!” Sezairi chortled. Ho ho.
So, what kinds of tunes do Mae and Sezairi play in the car? “I have a whole stack of CDs that don’t have any covers, and so it’s lucky draw for me,” said Mae. “I have some at the side of the doors that are all scratched. I listen to mad hip hop. And sometimes people catch me dancing. After a while I stopped caring. The best time I think is in the car, because you can sing very loud and the acoustics are good.”
“That’s what Charles does,” said Sezairi. “When we’re in his car, he’s like, ‘Guys, usually this is the time when I practice. So if you guys don’t mind if I sing?’ I don’t have a car, but one of my best friends drives. So all my CDs are in his car. I listen to a lot of John Legend in the car. Jamiroquai. Something upbeat. I have this tendency to always be in the shotgun seat and always fiddling with the stereo. If there are seven people in the car, they have to listen to what I want to listen to.”
So they sing while riding in cars and washing cars—and also while washing themselves. “The shower is the most conducive environment,” said Sezairi. “But usually I sing in my storeroom. Or my living room, ‘cos my house is like semi soundproof ‘cos my dad is an audio engineer. I sang in the kitchen once and somebody from downstairs yelled ‘Idol!’ because they knew I lived there.” “I sing in my room,” said Mae. “I’m staying with my auntie now. The thing is, everybody can hear me on the street, so they all know I’m an Idol. I hear ‘Shut up!’ sometimes.” Tsk, don’t they know a girl needs to practice to sound as good as Mae does?
In other news, we had to say goodbye to Malaque this week. “I wasn’t really surprised,” she said. “Christopher Toh’s prediction was right! I was telling the others, I hope Christopher predicts I’ll be out every week. It was like a motivation to perform better–like I have something to prove. I was pretty happy because I left on a good note and I’m happy with my performance.”
Malaque would like to be remembered as “the girl who’s always been in the bottom three. And who sang the Indian song and made the ratings go up.” Now that her Idol journey is over, she’s going back to school—“After that, who knows? MediaCorp might want to hire me!”
Only seven Idols left–keep watching and keep voting!
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