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>Viewfinder : Most TV talent searches >are starmaking vehicles in disguise! > >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >Its shocking but its true. With both GMA-7 >and channel 2. Shame on them. Its incredible >but three of the former handlers of the SongBird >are involve here. Incredible because they keep >posting in the media that they made Regine and >are responsible for her being the star she is >yet for some reason they have failed up to now >to repeat their feat as so-called professional >talent makers to make anyone come even close >to being a true artist like Regine is. And >Regine-like clones don't count. ;-/ >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > >First posted 08:48pm (Mla time) Oct 02, 2005 >By Nestor Torre / Inquirer News Service > > >LOCAL TV now features many talent searches and >competitions-"Star in >a Million," "Pinoy Pop Superstar," "Starstruck," "Star >Circle Quest," >etc. How effective have they been in developing >outstanding new stars? > >We've followed the careers of some of their past >winners, and can >share these hopefully instructive observations: > >Clearly, the singing competitions have created popular >stars like >Sarah Geronimo and Sheryn Regis, so they have achieved >their >objective. However, these new stars are quickly sucked >into the birit >syndrome that has the local music biz in its thrall, >so few original >artists are emerging. > >Instead, what we're getting are many cookie-cutter, >xerox-style >performers with little that's really new to offer. > >Worse, quite a number of these new singers are made to >act, or host >shows. Mark Bautista was a dud in the superhero flick >he starred in, >and Erik Santos is an uncharismatic host on this >year's "Star in a >Million" contest. > >These young talents are made to believe that all they >need to know in >order to host a TV show is read the spiels written for >them. Wrong!- >no wonder they do so poorly on TV. > >As for the non-singing young stars spawned by the >other talent >searches, it's really ironic that, while the tilts are >unreeling on >TV, they are subjected to so many thespic tests, but >after they win, >it turns out that they're being required to do nothing >more demanding >than just the usual pa-cute teen idol shtick. > >The biggest successes to date in this regard have been >Sandara Park >and Hero Angeles. They did well in the anthology movie >they co- >starred in, but their careers have since been put on >hold as Sandara >spends much of her time in South Korea, and Hero >and/or his handlers >have rubbed producers the wrong way. > >Even when they were busy, however, the two teen faves >didn't do much >that was particularly remarkable, or even just >different. So, what >was all that rigorous "training" for? > >Given these perceived parameters, we now see that, >contrary to their >pious declarations and exhaustive "development" >processes, most TV >talent searches are simply star-making vehicles in >disguise. > >In the past, young stars were discovered and built up >by studios in >annual batches, with rather iffy results in terms of >actual star >value generated. The TV talent searches have been more >reliably >productive in this regard, which is why everybody is >doing it. > >TV talent tilts are effective starmakers because they >provide >unknowns valuable television exposure that quickly >makes them >familiar faces to millions of viewers. > >So, instead of subjecting finalists to so many >rigorous challenges to >develop talents that aren't really needed in their >eventual careers, >the searches should concentrate on the basic >performing skills and >charisma factors that really count. > >http://beta.inq7.net/entertainment/index.php? >index=2&story_id=52086&col=26 > >Editor's Note: Published on page A2-2 of the October >3, 2005 issue of >the Philippine Daily Inquirer. > > > >/ ------ P I N O Y * POP * S U P E R S T A R ------ > > > >Writer Nestor Torre just telling it as it is once >again. >Though he got it wrong once when he wrote about Faith >Cuneta. But that was just Boy Agenda's trying to get >his shadow out of the Regine-Faith intrigues he is >tagged as the one creating. Remember music fans- >it isn't (mostly isn't) the artist who is creating >the intrigues they have with other artists you read >about in the showbiz media. Its their managers, >handlers >and especially the person who usually does the >benefiting >artist's PR and media publicist. Which in Faith's case >(as well as Regine Velasquez) it is Boy Agenda. Who >uses his own created false stories, rumors and >intrigues >for his own benefit in his own tv shows as well as >feed his many showbiz ties in tabloids and newspapers. > >Regine fans should know how it really is. > >:-/ Its not the way you're being made to >think it is. > > >--------------- > >rv_pinoypopsuperstar >Music Inside Buzz Stories >http://insidebuzz.tripod.com >Regine Velasquez: Pinoy Pop SuperStar >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rv_pinoypopsuperstar/ >< ------------------------------------------- > > >One winner who was 'advised' to get a nose job >by managers of GMA-7 ( one of them is married to >someone who is related to the place that did the >plastic surgery. Yeah? Ethics is out the window >with the people who worked with the song bird. >Another relative linked to the same person >mentioned is the one who helped put together >the false tax-evasion charges and no doubt >is involve with Boy Agenda and company in >trying to make their false charges into >looking like they are ligit ones now. ;-/ > > >( Hocus-pocus-focus? ) > > >regine_velasquez · asia's songbird!!!! >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/regine_velasquez/

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