KLK·ontroversial Kompetition

The War is over.. but the fires are yet to be put out.. KLKillahs definitely had our 2.14 [with 7 percent GST] cents worth on the entire brouhaha that has descended upon not only ours but Yindian blogs around the nation. Still, famed for our neutral "fuck up everybody" attitude cum repressed anger issues, we needed to show that all youse aint the only ones who know how to bitch. In fact, we kinda do it a helluva lot better.

NUS Vidiyal won. Some cheered. Tons boo-ed. Did they deserve it? According to word on the street [at least those we live in] NO. We find out why they think that way and what really gives. Consider this an episode of Mythbusters. [Yes, we know you haven't heard of it since SunTV gives you all the education you need in this lifetime]

Part 1: SMS Wars

The propaganda machine that NUS rolled out was almost Stalin-esque in its efficacy. Agitation by the SS-like "Vidyalites" running arnd campus, canvassing, passing out flyers, kisses, promises.. every damn trick in the book.. even directly/indirectly touching on their loyalty being NUS students.. Auw.

Non-indians? Dunno wads Dhool? Not going to watch? Who cares?! You are from NUS.. support bumiputra!! Netizens weren't left unperturbed by the crusade. Flaming was going on afterburners on tag boards all around town. Spam e-mail, MSN nicks/messages, Friendster bulletins, "cut and paste" flyers. Every possible string was pulled in order to bring in the most votes. Even this very blog, sullied its creed for neutrality and failed to moderate the "Pro NUS" tags that appeared in the dead of the night.

Let me clear the air, KLKillahs takes no sides. We're quite happy fucking up everyone in sight equally.

Now, the reality check. Perhaps we were only acquainted with the NUS war effort because of our close ties to the undergraduate community. How about the other groups? Did they also go on an all out Mortal Kombat for that measly 60 cent vote?

Myth Busted:

Every group DID sms/call/msn everyone in their immediate vicinity to garner votes for their cause. Everyone DID ask their immediate recipients to forward the message on. An eyewitness account related to one of the KLKillahs tells of how Kali Dancers were in fact distributing sweets in exchange for votes in Tekka to the general public. Another well-connected eyewitness tells of how he received the "Vote Me" mass sms message from ALL the 5 groups.

And if this entire SMS cheater bug tale was to be totally convincing, Vidiyal ought to have won the damn vote off shouldn't it? Here we produce a graph detailing the voting percentages as of the Friday before the Finals. Trust us, the actual figures don't differ much from this representation.

1st - Kali Dancers
2nd - Borders
3rd - NUS Vidiyal
4th - Anarchy 99
5th - AcidHouz

Commentary

What is this SMS voting all about really? To select the best dancers? Or to see who has the most friends / relatives / 2nd - 3rd degree Friendster connections? Yes, the counter argument will be that "It's a competition, we do what it takes to win.". True that, leave humans to their own devices and they're bound to want to take top spot using anything within their abilities. Still, the spirit of finding the best dancers is just gone now isn't it?

Meritocracy is a system of government or other organization based on demonstrated ability (merit) and talent rather than by wealth, family connections (nepotism), class privilege, cronyism, popularity (as in democracy) or other historical determinants of social position and political power.

Underline "merit" and "popularity". Something our nation is built upon and prides itself on is the ideal of meritocracy. A competition obviously seeks to reward the ones who deserve the most merit amongst their competitors and not be rough-raped into being a democratic "Vote for me cos you like me" system.

Here the counter argument will definitely seek to implicate American/Singapore Idol's voting system. 26,000 votes for this competition. 3 million votes for Singapore Idol. And close to 100 million votes during the final stages of American Idol. Some of us here DO understand the law of averages. And furthermore, when you have 3 million people voting for 2 finalists, after the first 500 we're damn cock sure none of them even has the remotest personal relation to the finalists. In your speak this would be "The member is in your extended network. Please provide E-mail address or Full Name".

Part 2: Rumour Mill

Other then the Fuhrer chanting vote canvassing, word has been spreading, rumor has been mongering, that the NUS Alumni is alive and kicking within MediaKorp. A mini revolution was taking place during the time-wasting the very un-funny V1 and V2 were trying too hard to do. Fingers have been pointed at every possible media persona [mostly at the producer's levels] for being in cahoots with NUS Vidiyal, possibly exploiting their connection to their alma mater when calling in favours. Details, like all rumours on the street have been hard to come by and substantiate. Did art and talent truly prevail? Or are the naysayers to be believed that no matter where you go and what you do, it's your "friends" who matter the most?

Myth Busted:

I personally don't know how far this accusatory claim of lack of integrity is true. But I know what I'd do if I was a judge on this fated episode and someone came up to me and said "Well, we know that ***** won by your marks, still ***** is gonna take the prize because WE decided so".

This would be an apt moment to tell the offending turd to take that result slip, turn it sideways, and stick that sum'bitch straight up his candy ass. I might also be inclined to, go down Know Your Role Boulevard, hang that right at Jabroni Drive, and proceed to check his candy ass in at the Smackdown Hotel. [mandatory People's Elbow is released here]

Part 3: Convo with Random NUS Student

Me: do u think NUS deserved to win?

V: honestly no, as much as i am happy for them, i honestly thought that they were not the best today.

Me: can u please tell me why so?

V: their concept was good for the first dance...costumes were the most outstanding out of all the grps in my opinion...cos they were classy and attractive...unfortunately the execution of their first dance cld be betta...cos somewhere in the middle it started getting messy due to their coordination...expressions cld be made more impactful...then for the 2nd round i thot their dance was of least relevance to the music and the least creative as compared to acidhouse, steps, diversity and all.so overall they were good but nt gd enuff to clinch the title. my inside info tells me tt the votes made all the diff. who were u expecting to win?

Me: god knows la.. me not interested in whu won.. but i think NUS bucked the trend.. and didnt do the 'typical' thing.. so i guess that appealed to me..

V: ok then gd tt they won then

Me: but got so much KLKontroversy.. i like :)

V: yea alot...pple actualli started booing so loudly when nus was announced as the winners.

Myth Busted:

Not all their supporters are mindless sycophants apparently. We apologize for failing to ask if "V" actually DID vote via SMS.

Part 4: Recap of the Finals

These being the only videos we could get a hold of at press time, enjoy these 3 groups who have entertained with their goyang goyang through the weeks.

Tridiac





Acidhouz





Anarchy 99

NUS Vidiyal

This section will be updated as and when we receive the videos of the other 5 remaining groups.

More to come! Watch this space as we invite one of the Vidiyal teamsters to 'fess up on what they really think of all the criticisms flung their way and what they think won them the competition. All this in, Part 5: Interview with a Vidiyalite. After that we'll attempt to seal this with a collection of comments from around the blogosphere in Part 6: The People Speak.

Howeezit ?

dhool, vasantham central, dance, acidhouz, nus vidiyal, anarchy 99, tridiac, kali dancers
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