On Gary V's Thoughts Regarding the Shocking Elimination

 For your reference, you may read the full text here: Gary V's Post

Let me share my insights on Gary V's reaction on the never-ending battle of good and bad comments in the cyberspace after the unexpected exit of Mark Mabasa from the competition.

By deconstructing Gary V's statement, it is a clear-cut view that Mark is one of his favorites in the competition. He was his very first choice when they chose auditionees for the Over 25's Category to qualify for the Judge's Home Round. I guess, if TakeOff wasn't in his team, he would choose Mark to be saved instead.

Gary V knows who "is in it to win it". However, I still cannot reconcile myself to the thought that the judges are playing it too nice for the contestant. The reason of "technical difficulties" is a little bit lame for me because I witnessed many contestants that delivered their stellar performances despite the glitches. Take Reema Lucida for example from Born Diva, a defunct singing show of ABS-CBN. I had no idea what happened but it was only the drums that continued accompanying her on the middle part of the song when she interpreted "Run To You" by Whitney Houston. Did that affect her? Nope. Because her performance was still powerful. As the Queen song says, 'The show must go on'.

Further, last Saturday was not a lone case where the judges were too pleasant. Indeed, there were disastrous performances on the first Live Performance night. They lambasted KZ and Charice for the poor song choice and yet, liked the poor performances of some contestants (I will be posting my review on their first live performance soon).

 But let me get this it straight. I am not blaming the judges for Mark's exit. I am just irritated to the fact that their comments are way too poor than what I am expecting.

Was it Charice's fault that Mark left the game so early? I don't think so. If the fans were not complacent, Mark should not be in the bottom spot and would not face elimination if they had done their part in voting wildly. This might sound cliche but still, "nasa huli ang pagsisisi".

I understand where Mr. Pure Energy is coming from. Posting negative comments, bashing and name-calling would not add up to the total votes to save a contestant nor these would change the fact that Mark was already eliminated. Haters can keep on hating and sour-graping but in the end, these do not have any bearing on the final results.

Remember, this is still a contest determined by the votes that we do or do not cast. So in the end, whoever wins this competition, deserving or not, it is us to be blamed.