The Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) and the Cebu Chapter of the Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants (JPIA) invited me to be one of the judges of the JPIA Idol Grand Finals earlier today and it was nerve-wracking. I've been judging a lot of contests before, but this was the first time I had to make a comment after the performance of each of the 10 finalist. The names and schools were not mentioned nor was it in our score sheet, so all we, the judges and audience, knew were just their numbers.
The support of the 10 schools represented in the grand finals was overwhelming. Their cheer was deafening and at times made it difficult for us to hear the last (sometimes the most important) notes of the songs. There was one who really sang well, but she just stood there without moving, clearly very nervous. There was another who clearly had a beautiful voice, but even with the microphone close to his mouth that he could almost eat it, the music still overpowered his vocals. Then there was one who sang an acapella of Tell Him but was clearly confused with the song as he started every line in Barbara's note and ends it with Celine's tune. And yes, it was a he.
Most of them were good enough to win so it was not an easy decision for us, but we had to choose the top 3. The funny thing is that until now, we still don't have any idea from what schools were the winners. All we know is that the 1st and the 3rd placers both sang Listen originally by Beyonce, and the 2nd placer sang I Believe originally by Fantasia Barino.
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