We encouraged Nini to audition for Pop Star Kids. QTV Channel 11 held one at SM Dasmariñas last 18 February.
At first she was very reluctant, you see she is very, very shy. She is often requested to sing at parties but we have a tough time coaxing her to come forward and perform.
We thought that this would be a good opportunity to boost her self-esteem. We told her that if she can sing in front of total strangers; in a public venue then we have accomplished our objective. As an incentive she can buy toys at SM later.
I went ahead to have her photos reprinted (for the application form) and inquire what time the registration starts only to find out that the queue has already begun and loads have already registered. After a quick call to Mina, they rushed to SM.
She did the registering herself. The auditions started with Danny Tan himself overseeing. Our impression was that he was rushing things and was not consistent with the way he administered the auditions.
If you happen to be a second-timer, or have your piece miscued, you don't get to sing at all. Those who sang a piece they do not particularly like or mispronounce their English got cut-off and dismissed. He could have practiced a little more tact in talking with the children. We're not really impressed with the way he conducted the screening.
After almost half a day of waiting, her turn finally came up.
The audio technician had a problem cueing her piece. As expected she got cut-off. We were thinking, maybe the best approach to auditions is to commission a musician to make a re-hashed audition piece that will skip the "boring"/"bland" parts and proceed right away to the highlights of the song. Kailangan siguro gulatin mo kaagad para ma-impress yun judges.
We're not disappointed though that she did not qualify, we just set out to prove to her that she can sing in front of an unfamiliar audience. Mission accomplished!
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