Keling Killahs: Miss Vasantham

Ok, the 5th cut. This time, I didn't even get to catch much of it. So, I shall review only the portions I did manage to. And to all of you who ended up at Revolution night, shame on you. People put live show for you to NOT watch ah. At least I had a legitimate reason; beer.

Attempting to be systematic with it all, let's for a moment recollect what our dear host opened the show with. As with the other live shows, it seems that national tv is a platform he likes to voice his opinion. Paraphrasing cos I can't recall the actual words: "It's easy to sit behind computer screens and type, but not easy is to get up on stage and parade. These girls look cold [jillu] but they have a lot of courage [thillu]".

I geddit I geddit. You mean us don't you? Yes, us, just 1 site launched into the vastness of cyberspace which has approximately 21 billion sites and growing each second. Why is this all so personal? And why the need to respond via inserting your thoughts into your script? Could it be that you falsely assumed our one aim in life is to comment on your show? If that were the case, trust me you, the URL would read: missvasantham.blogspot.com. We are "The Home of Singapore Indian Satire", and since aforementioned pageant is Singaporean AND Indian in nature, it has become our offshoot for the Sept-Oct season. And more to come.

Still, I believe a compliment is due where it is deserved. The host of this programme, although not seamless like Seacrest on Idol, does a very good job with it. Especially, when dealing with the intricacies of time during a live telecast. At some times, the judges keep rattling on, but he makes it a point to make everyone say their piece short and sharp. It's great hosting, in my book. He is in control. As should all hosts be. I've gone for enough events where the host has no clue what comes next to know that hosting is far beyond just holding the mike and announcing the next name.

Is it just me or did all the judges look a tad bit mellow? Sunita was dressed really well, back to beauty queen roots instead of toying with her Mysore Maharani phase last week. I guess no amount of prodding is ever going to make Rafi NOT wear his shades. And since Asia Bagus, if Najip has to be applauded for one thing, it's his fine taste for headwear.

So, you know the drill. They came, they twirled, they left. About the only interesting thing in the ensuing Q n A portion was that Indra's tats came into the picture. If you hadn't already realized like some other fervent viewers (and I got this off someone else's blog), she has a barb wire round one of her fingers, and that one around the navel and of course the rest is tactfully hidden. She is getting hotter week after week this girl. Of course, the tats simply upped her cool quotient, though any other old school KLK would have gone "tsk tsk". She is has our support.

Faz was smokin hot! They were dead right bout that one, the whole "girl next door" turns "elegant woman". Kas dissapointed today with her indecisive demeanour. Anita, no two ways bout it. A girl who can talk like that is destined for the finals. Jamuna as usual, you ask her one thing she replies you with something unrelated. Ironic that Maran was the one who praised her for her "teeth-hair" answer the last time around, but he was the one who caught her out in the "you aint even answering the goddamn question" rout this time round.

The "Talent" round was truly a tad bit more creative and I was glad it lasted longer than the 10 second chop-off segments that were shown previously. The ladies generally picked a theme before hand, got a costume, and were meant to dance appropriately to their choice of music.

Always with the flair to pull off something unusual, I think Kas did well with that whole Venezuelan "get up" [costume in India speak]. Those feathers, many an ostrich would have had to donate to make up that whole costume. And boy oh boy, could the cowgirl get any hotter. It's stuff like this that make you wanna "Wait a minute, is that who we think it is?". Anita managed to break out of her homely kudumba kuthuvilakku cocoon and whip up a frenzy. Pun intended. There was some girl who did "Buttons" by PCD, but I really can't recall who it was. I think the only reason Jamuna stayed was cos she managed to plug it all Indiano-style. Sari and music and some moves, some furling and unfurling of the sari. You know we're suckas for culture. I personally thought the choice of costume and music that Ghayathri did was quite good. We had earlier predicted she should be out last week, but her performance in that slot was quite redeeming.

But overall, a very "clean" show if you will. No real outbursts of hilarity. No real stupid answers. No walking oxymorons. Perhaps this pageant is like the proverbial teenager, now finally maturing into the classy event it was billed to be.

So, end result, Ghayathri is out. Prasanna is out. Not really a shocker. Both ladies didnt really fight their case well if you will. Didn't really give anyone a good enough reason to say "Well, I think I wanna see more of what you can do". Farewell.

On a late note, Vasantham Central has finally updated their website. I think it was up for a few days. The plain "X" on the photos of the girls who are already out has been replaced with an "Eliminated" stamp. Hang on a minute, who did you get THAT idea from? There are also updates on more photos from the show under the "Photos" tab. A good way to collect images on your fav girls since they are all categorized by the individual contestants. Alas, even with such an improvement, they couldn't shy away from their attempt at "coolness" by naming their picture archives with the header "Pixxy Archival". See, Pixies are mythical creatures and you really should hire some other webmaster, one who is not prone to "cutesy", "kawaii" tendencies.

As last night was a double show, i.e. Group 1 was live and Group 2 was pre-recorded, KLKillahs is already aware of who is knocked out next week too. But, we don't want to release spoilers, it's quite taboo in the digital world of programme reviews and recaps. The KLK team is pondering attending the finals of the series, we'd better check first if we're already banned. If you're keen to join us, drop us an e-mail. There is also an informal bet system on the remaining girls to predict the winner. If you want to INFORMALLY have a one-on-one wager, do contact us too and we'll let you know how to go about it.