One MIGhty Fine Effort (postscript to Rockstar:INXS)
Monday, September 26th, 2005
Our man Mig may have failed to land the gig, but he sure made the Pinoy big again in the global music scene.
JD Fortune’s charms and devil-may-care attitude proved to be the winning formula as he snagged the coveted INXS frontman role. The brash Canadian triumphed over fellow hopefuls Marty Casey and our “kababayan”, Mig Ayessa in the finale that was undoubtedly watched with keen interest here in our country. After almost a decade of vocalist vacancy, the boys of INXS will now be hinging their musical fortunes on a raw (some say a Michael Hutchence clone) but promising talent.
Mig’s Rockstar stint almost paralleled that of another Pinoy bet in that other talent show called American Idol. Both were propelled by the overwhelming surge of SMS votes and made it to the final three (just goes to show the power of our SMS bloc-voting capabilities). Unfortunately, they were deemed to be wanting in the judge’s viewpoint and lost out for the top plum. Almost, but not quite.
My inherent belief in the Pinoy being a world-beater led me to bet on Mig winning the Rockstar title. After all, one has very little to be proud about, what with all the scandals and never-ending turmoil rocking our beloved country. In the end, I lost out in our little wager. Thank god it was agreed upon that the winner would buy a case of beer. Grudgingly, I handed out my wager and proceeded to guzzle up the booze.
Indeed, it was one of those moments when beer seemed to taste like mana from heaven. Cheers to the incomparable talent of the Pinoy!
