April 26th marks the debut of Anugerah 2011. Upon arriving, I wasn’t having any expectations from the new talents for this season mainly because I know they won’t have enough ‘singing time’ to showcase their full potential as well as disappointments experienced from previous season. Talking to some insiders though, I was told this batch is a better one. Now that sounded promising.


Starting of the show with the Anugerah 2011 theme song, composed by Shahridzuan Selamat of Revalina and sang by winners of Anugerah, Sarah Aqilah, Aliff Aziz and Hyrul Anuar. A pretty good opening involving all the contestants to dance on stage. The show was hosted by ‘veteran’ Fauzie Laily and Huda Ali as well as co-hosted by the cheerful DJ Nity Baizura.

This year judges we have familiar faces like Eddy Ali and Ann Hussein with additional new face, Sheikh Haikel. The guest judge was Amin Hussen, MD of Beyond DDB. The support given this year in the TV Theater is pretty good with supporters donning their own colors bringing along banners and placards with strong cheers for the contestants.

While I was snapping away pictures usually I had to take note of the contestants that’s good and not so good (trying to avoid using the word bad hehe). As the episode ended, especially during their solo performance, surprisingly they all sounded pretty good. Only less than a handful of them that sounded a little off maybe due to nervousness but generally all of them performed well. The group performances though, it’s something the male contestants have to work hard on because the females simply win them on confidence hands down.
The Top 18 waiting for their results…

Maybe next week I will be able to feel more for the contestants and I will have a better judgment towards their ability to entertain and break into the already tough and small industry.
Anugerah 2011 MV (Theme Song)

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