Indian Idol?

[Bimbette]

Hey all!



Was watching an episode of 'Indian Idol' (for the uninitiated, its an all India hunt for singing talent in the country) on TV. There was this one participant (a girl of about 17) who sang something that was unfortunately not in tune.



What got my goat was a certain Anu Malik's reaction, "Aap agar competition main akele hoti tab bhi aap last aati" and more stinging remarks. Stung by the unexpected criticism/barbs, the girl left with tears in her eyes.



The judges have had a lot of fun at the participants' expense all in the name of entertainment. If the participant enjoys the joke, then its ok. But making them feel like crap, by poking fun at their lack of singing abilities is definitely not on.



Anyone who concurs?

[Alexis]

Indian Idol is just like American Idol then! In AI, Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson, and Paula Abdul critique the singers who try out. Every one of them. Simon always has something rude and mean to say, no matter how well the singer sings. Randy says it like it is, and Paula is very sweet and she sort of balances out the damage done by the other 2.



I dont think making fun of them serves any purpose---other than entertainment. It would, infact, crush the spirit of the singer who becomes the butt of the jokes.

Theres something called constructive criticism, this definitely doesnt come under that.

[sethslut]

who are the judges and who is the host?

[Alexis]

who are the judges and who is the host?

If you posed that question to me: The host is Ryan Seacrest, and those 3 are the judges.

[lonewolf]

Simon always has something rude and mean to say, no matter how well the singer sings. Randy says it like it is, and Paula is very sweet and she sort of balances out the damage done by the other 2.

Thats why I never really liked American Idol even though some of the participants were good. If the participants were so lousy that the judges have to ridicule them, they should have been eliminated in the screening process itself, before reaching the round where they are aired on television.



Have you seen any episodes of Pop Idol? Its the British version of American Idol, and is supposed to be far better.

[Tiger]

Hi lonewolf,



How about apt-get dist-upgrade ?



My equivalent is emerge world

[Arti]

Hey all!

Was watching an episode of 'Indian Idol' (for the uninitiated, its an all India hunt for singing talent in the country) on TV. There was this one participant (a girl of about 17) who sang something that was unfortunately not in tune.

What got my goat was a certain Anu Malik's reaction, "Aap agar competition main akele hoti tab bhi aap last aati" and more stinging remarks. Stung by the unexpected criticism/barbs, the girl left with tears in her eyes.

The judges have had a lot of fun at the participants' expense all in the name of entertainment. If the participant enjoys the joke, then its ok. But making them feel like crap, by poking fun at their lack of singing abilities is definitely not on.

Anyone who concurs?

Judges... audience... I remember this one time that I was at a contest, one of the judges started talking so loudly that I stopped signing and got off stage... she was the principal of the school that was hosting the culturals. As I got off, she said, "You were singing quite well... why did you stop?" And I told her that I was surprised she even noticed I was singing.



Another time, the crowd was hooting a first time singer... I asked them to shut up or come up and stage and sing... one of the guys told me that he wasn't on stage because he couldn't sing and for that very reason this person should also get off.



Anu Malik... I'm sure that anyone else in his position... some really talented person... would have been more encouraging. He's an insecure copy cat himself.

[dethslut]

who are the judges and who is the host?

If you posed that question to me: The host is Ryan Seacrest, and those 3 are the judges.

, na, me was curious about the indian idol.

i know bout the american idol and that wanker simon

[akhilis2cool]

all these talent hunts are getting too much. rite now as many as four of them r going on.

it has got more entertainment value than the real need for talent. anu malik is the lousiest person to b a judge. and whats Farha khan doing trying to judge singers. sonu nigam is a little better since he has hosted sa re ga ma before.

but over all its a waste of time watching these shows.

[Arti]

all these talent hunts are getting too much. rite now as many as four of them r going on.
it has got more entertainment value than the real need for talent. anu malik is the lousiest person to b a judge. and whats Farha khan doing trying to judge singers. sonu nigam is a little better since he has hosted sa re ga ma before.
but over all its a waste of time watching these shows.

I agree totally about Anu Malik being the lousiest judge... of music that too!

[Kavita]

Dont worry ppl,



jitna joor ka dhakka lagega, untana accha talent ubrega, if at all the participant really wants to acheive. Otherwise he/she is lost.





It hurts, but ... one should be strong enough to face things coming their way.

[Arti]

Dont worry ppl,

jitna joor ka dhakka lagega, untana accha talent ubrega, if at all the participant really wants to acheive. Otherwise he/she is lost.


It hurts, but ... one should be strong enough to face things coming their way.

I think this is where the line between constructive and destructive criticism is crossed.

[Kavita]

Whatever it is, these are facts.



Some criticize constructively and some distructively. Got to face them.

[Arti]

Whatever it is, these are facts.

Some criticize constructively and some distructively. Got to face them.

I don't think any human being deserves that kind of a comment... that too from Anu Malik

[daisy]

Whatever it is, these are facts.

Some criticize constructively and some distructively. Got to face them.

I don't think any human being deserves that kind of a comment... that too from Anu Malik

i totally agree. i dont think anyone has a right to humiliate anyone. if you dont like just dont select that person. its that simple.

[Arti]

Whatever it is, these are facts.

Some criticize constructively and some distructively. Got to face them.

I don't think any human being deserves that kind of a comment... that too from Anu Malik

i totally agree. i dont think anyone has a right to humiliate anyone. if you dont like just dont select that person. its that simple.

yeah... if you can't encourage... at least don't discourage

[Aquarian81]

Yes that was a good comment arti, but however india needs to come up with their own shows, stop copying what next Friends? Will and Grace?

[Arti]

Yes that was a good comment arti, but however india needs to come up with their own shows, stop copying what next Friends? Will and Grace?

At the moment, India is coming up with a nice line up of saas bahu serials. Copying is not new... neither w.r.t. movies, nor serials... remember ji pradhanmantri ji

[lonewolf]

Hi lonewolf,

How about apt-get dist-upgrade ?

My equivalent is emerge world

Hi Tiger.



In my opinion, Gentoo is more or less a copy of Debian but the portage concept makes it unique in itself. I know about the optimisation/flag stuff in Gentoo.. but the performance improvement is almost negligible.



I wanted to install Gentoo on this computer to try it out, but can't afford to spend 30 to 40 hours just doing an install Debian Sarge installed rather fast (only 30 minutes) for a full install with all the stuff I need, including IceWM, XFCE and Flux WMs. And man, XFCE rocks!! Its the best lightweight WM I've ever used!! I don't know why Linux users keep yakking about GNOME and KDE when you have others like Flux and XFCE



BTW my computer here in office is a 500MHz desktop with 384MB RAM, and it runs faster with Debian Sarge than the other 3GHz desktops which have Windows XP installed



I use apt-get update and apt-get upgrade to keep my software upto date 'apt' in Debian is way too cool Screw RPMs



Debian rocks!!!!

[solosynergy]

Hi lonewolf,

How about apt-get dist-upgrade ?

My equivalent is emerge world

Hi Tiger.

In my opinion, Gentoo is more or less a copy of Debian but the portage concept makes it unique in itself. I know about the optimisation/flag stuff in Gentoo.. but the performance improvement is almost negligible.

I wanted to install Gentoo on this computer to try it out, but can't afford to spend 30 to 40 hours just doing an install Debian Sarge installed rather fast (only 30 minutes) for a full install with all the stuff I need, including IceWM, XFCE and Flux WMs. And man, XFCE rocks!! Its the best lightweight WM I've ever used!! I don't know why Linux users keep yakking about GNOME and KDE when you have others like Flux and XFCE

BTW my computer here in office is a 500MHz desktop with 384MB RAM, and it runs faster with Debian Sarge than the other 3GHz desktops which have Windows XP installed

I use apt-get update and apt-get upgrade to keep my software upto date 'apt' in Debian is way too cool Screw RPMs

Debian rocks!!!!

now where in the world did this fit into the DB.

[lonewolf]

now where in the world did this fit into the DB.

Have a look at every discussion/post in this DB. Don't you find at least a few stray out-of-topic messages in every discussion? b-) Anyway sorry about that. I should have started a new thread for GNU/Linux.

[solosynergy]

now where in the world did this fit into the DB.

Have a look at every discussion/post in this DB. Don't you find at least a few stray out-of-topic messages in every discussion? b-) Anyway sorry about that. I should have started a new thread for GNU/Linux.

haha yeah i know.but this came outta nowhere.

[lonewolf]

haha yeah i know.but this came outta nowhere.

Actually it did. Tiger uses Gentoo Linux and I use Debian GNU/Linux.



My signature consists of a couple of regular commands I use on my computer, and which are unique to Debian GNU/Linux. Tiger noticed my signature and posted the equivalent Gentoo command here

[solosynergy]

haha yeah i know.but this came outta nowhere.

Actually it did. Tiger uses Gentoo Linux and I use Debian GNU/Linux.

My signature consists of a couple of regular commands I use on my computer, and which are unique to Debian GNU/Linux. Tiger noticed my signature and posted the equivalent Gentoo command here

yeah the techie stuff got the better of u since u found one of ur kind. hehe

[Lucifer]

No, I disagree. That girl came on Televeision of her own accord for her 15 minutes of fame. This was not something that she did not have a choice in. So, no, my sympathies do not rest with the girl. I am not condoning what Anu Malik did (hell, I can never condone anything he does), but she did know what she would be subjected to once she got there.



And, let's be practical here. Does anyone really think that the winner of the competition has not already been decided?