Well, there is a Singapore Idol (there’s an Asian Idol too, which I guess leads up to World Idol or some-not). If you are curious about it, well, here’s the link:
(The channel is making it free to watch on their official site, so not it’s not a rip)
OK, so I actually watched all four parts…
It was the same as American Idol of course…including the schtick and the hype and the jokes and the tears, yadda yadda…but a few singers were not bad. Nobody had me in awe, but for the first episode of your season, certainly no worse than American Idol.