IDOL

Still, the year is not over and there are new “issues” the media and showbiz writers keep bringing about.   Sarah Geronimo is the star of a new series aired on ABS-CBN.   The show is IDOL, a musical teleserye about Billie/Jean about to be a big star together with her childhood friend and singing partner, Vince, played by Sam Milby.  People cannot help but compare it to Glee and that it pales in comparison.  Production-wise, I think so. I cannot say much about Glee because I do not watch it.  I can only say that I was disappointed with how the story went (in IDOL) because of my preconceived idea that it is a light drama-comedy-musical and it turns out that it is not.  I blame it on the promo teasers.  It was misleading.  Anyhow, it is hard to make a musical drama, a TV musical drama.  It works in theater plays, but doing it on TV is not the same thing.  As of the present time, the verdict is already out:  IDOL will end this week.  It’s a good thing they did not cut it abruptly.  There is still a resolution of the story.  On a positive note, the casts’ acting are good.  It’s just the story, it’s  heavy for a supposed musical drama–at least for a musical drama that everyone has in mind, which is a fun musical drama.  Ooohh.. another positive note is that the songs are all OPM!! For other people, it would be negative, but for me, it’s a definite positive!

Check the theme song of IDOL:

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