Yeah! Issue 176

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Translated by shinghui, taken from Bluehyppo forum...

The Birth of an Malaysian Idol! Daniel Lee Chee Hun beat Nita by 1.2 million of votes.
This competition which involving Malaysians to hundred percently choose their own Malysian idol, after 4 months of competiting, Daniel did not disappointed the crowds that He won Malaysian Idol 2 1st place, become the proud of Chinese.

Recently Final and Results show was held in Genting Arena Stars, there are big force during the show,
which was Daniel's fans at the right side and the left side was Nita's fans. When everyone was waiting
nervously for the result show, when it was the commercial time for TV, the crowd was shouting their Idols' names, it has risen the show's exciteness.
Before the result show, Daniel Lee Chee Hun and Nita was competiting their singing skills at the same stage!
Both of them each sang 3 songs, including their own choice of song, the theme song which the judge and the organiser would like them to sing. Daniel sang Rick Price's Heaven Knows as his chosen song, the judge chosen song, Angin Malam, and the new written song, Mimpi, he gets good comments from the judges.
After Mimpi this new song was written, now, has become Daniel;s song, Nita choose to sing Shirley Bassey's Big Spender, her sexyness has attracted the crowd's to applause.

The judge has choosen Sheila on7's Berhenti Berharap for Nita to sing. Both of them sang Kau Di Hatiku and You'll be in my Heart.

The next day was the result show, although the tense feeling only can be feel at the end of the show, but the organiser wish to let people feel glad.
The Malaysian Idols which was eliminated sang few songs to entertain the audience. Even the pirated "Siti Nurhaliza" and "Michael Jackson" was there
to entertain the audience.

Daniel who has idol's qualities is the whole Malaysian's favourite even the mature, powerful, Nita could not beat him. Although Nita performed well during the
final and get a lot of applause,But when the result was out, Daniel won by 1.2 million of votes which is 68% of 1.67 million of votes. He beat Nita who is taller than him
and become the second Malaysian Idol!

Interestingly, before the result was announced, during the duet between Nita and Daniel, Daniel carelessly stepped Nita's skirt and Nita felt embaressed. It shows that Daniel will step forward than Nita and become the next Malaysian Idol.But, every competition has its winner. The result was based on the SMS and landline votes. It is a fact that Daniel is the next
Malaysian idol.It is a fact that Daniel is the Malaysian idol. His fans were excited and Nita fans too, cheered for Daniel.

After the result show, when Daniel was interviewed by the journalists, the new born Malaysian idol Daniel Lee Chee Hun admitted that he was suprised when he won. It is because comparing singing skills, he felt that he is not the strongest one, so he think that he shouldnt be in this stage, but when he is stating that, he thinks that he won because of his singing style and his music background. "The power of my voice is not enough, i also have diction problems, but i think that the audience liked my style and music background.(what style?) It is easy listen reffering to the style. But my strongness is maybe my fake key style..hahahaha...(are you sastified with your perfomance during the final?) i think that my performance was ok..can sastified!

Lee Chee Hun which is Studying in USM Penang, continue to remain calm and humble personality, he felt that no matter he wins or not, he and Nita will still be the winner of the night. [Chosen to be the Malaysian Idol, i think that my responsibilities are big, i hope that i can be the role model of youth and kids, i must try hard and be positivbe when facing anything. He laughed that he joined his first competition at the age of 7 in his primary school, and he sang a nursery rhythm. I used to join interschool singing competition, and never join this kind of huge singing competition.]

Daniel Lee Chee Hun sang in cafe since 3 years ago,although his singing experience cannot beat Nita who sang in pubs for 8 years.( I cant believe that i am this year's Malaysian Idol,before joining this competition, my parents disagree that i played music, but after i enter the Top 1, they gave me a lot of support, they even came here from Nouthern part of Malaysia, drove to KL, and went to Genting Highland to support me.)

Daniel stopped his studies for a semester to join Malaysian idol, he will continue his studies later, If he has a chance to record his album, he will organise his time, he will balance out his academic result and his singing career. (I hope that i have the chance to record a chinese album, if i have another chance, i will sing Malay and English too. ) Daniel will own a contract of Sony BMG record company throughout this result. Daniel now is a part of Sony BMG, and is under the same company with Jay Chou, to him, what is his feelings? ( I hope that i will have the chance to work with him. but all the things happen too fast, i did not thought of anything, maybe i will have a different reaction when you ask me next time) Daniel expressed that he is influenced by Jay's style of singing.

Daniel's talent has been once realised by Pan Mei Chen, and brought him to Taiwan for a training course, he has been asked whether he will share his achievement with her, he answered: ( i dont want to answer this question) He has been asked about the opinions of the other contestants, Daniel answered: (Everyone of them performed good, me myself think that it was a waste because Trish and Atilia performed well. To tell the truth, i felt that they are good from the beginning, their voice and style are strong, but they are eliminated during the first stage, so i felt that i work hard to prove to everyone that i should be in this stage.)

During the interview, there are fans stated that although Nita's singing skill is more powerful than Daniel's, Daniel will be how confident to join the World idol ? (Everyone choosed me, i will try my best. Before that i am just a normal Daniel, and i still have diction problems. Throughout this 3 months, i have improved, i am still little Daniel, i will try harder to make myself more confident, and learn from it.]

As the first chinese to become the Malaysian idol, Daniel is happy to make our chinese proud. Daniel said he did not just make the Chinese proud, but the whole Malaysia.

(I added one part where shinghui did not tranlate)
On the other hand, speaking about some people comparing Daniel and the season one winner, Jaclyn Victor, judges Roslan Aziz and Fauziah Latiff said that the comparison shouldn't even exist. "Both of them are different type of singer, if you say Nita is a R&B singer, then Daniel is a pop singer, because both of them have their own unique charisma, so you can't compare them. Daniel knows composing, and he knows how to play instruments, 1.2 million votes can be wrong right?" When the 3 judges were asked whether they were satisfied with this year's result, Paul Moss explained that there's no definite right or wrong in this competition. "We saw that Daniel's fans are full of enthusiasm, this is actually a very healthy phenomenon." Roslan Aziz said, Daniel knows how to play the instruments and also knows how to compose, he is looking forward to Daniel's works in the future. Fauziah Latiff said, "Comparing Daniel and Jaclyn is very unfair, because they have their own unique advantages." The 3 judges think that this type of competition is very 'healthy', and they are quite satisfied with the results!

Besides that, 8TV's Chief Operating Officer Mr. Ahmad Izham Omar said, the votes came in this season was higher than last season, this shows the great support by the audience, but asking whether will there be a season 3, it will be announced later after the meeting concerning about it.