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August 24, 2005
Switching on to Iraqi Pop Hopefuls
A little light relief, courtesy of Oliver Poole in today's Telegraph.
While grisly goings on take place in Haditha, and sectarian politicians fight over the draft constitution, a new phenomenon has hit Iraq - it's own version of Pop Idol. For the past six weeks, at exactly 9pm every night, half the nation has become addicted to the show, called "Iraq Star". Already, 2,000 wannabe pop stars have been spotlighted as they face the scrutiny of a panel of judges.
As in the UK and US versions, there are three judges, but "nasty" Simon Cowell is here replaced by another plain-speaking judge, Muhammad Hadi, who has already turned hopeful contestants into blubbering wrecks. But with all that emotion flying about, even Mr Hadi has been known to dissolve into tears.
The hot tip to win is Bilal, a 12 year-old Mosul boy who recently, while singing his own uplifting composition about suffering children and Iraq's destruction, started to cry as he poured it all out. By the time he had finished, the panel of judges was also blubbing, including Muhammad Hadi.
When they are not weeping like babies, the judges can be stern. Mr Hadi is, after all, a music teacher, and likes to dress entirely in black clothing. A teenage girl was singing a Lebanese song, and was criticised for her dancing abilities. But her worst mistake was to get her grammar wrong in her rendition of a song about a humming bird: " 'Slaughtered bird' is masculine," the judge complained. "But you kept saying it is feminine."
Oh what I would give, to be able to watch Iraqi television.......
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at August 24, 2005 3:57 PM
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