Jaclyn Victor loses Mania


Until tonight I’ve never watched Astro’s latest reality show Mania but I was aware that Jaclyn Victor has been number one consistently throughout the show only to lose it all tonight at number three. The final tally before was Jaclyn 26% Hafiz 23% Stacy 22%. I wasn’t paying attention to the last two.

That all changed dramatically within the next 1 ½ hours where we saw Hafiz crowned as the Mania Champion and Jaclyn at third place. I somehow don’t buy it because Jaclyn was clearly the best performer in the competition’s entire run and she was expected to win.

The final tally should be shown right after announcements so to satisfy the contestants’ voters lest the feeling that the show was rigged. In amidst the current political climate, we can assume anything that’s related to religion and race. I don’t need to elaborate any further on this.

I think overall that Hafiz, Stacy and Jaclyn performed rather well tonight. They each gave their strong performances and they were all impressive. I thought Hafiz was good and I was looking forward every time he appeared on stage. But I wasn’t ready for him to win. He was good but not great. Jaclyn was great. So how the sudden shift of points? I guess we would never know; that’s the organizers’ privilege. We’ll end at that.

By the way…

Stacy did very well tonight and as a Sabahan I’m proud of her. I enjoyed her performances very much. I find that she has matured in her industry and I look forward to her albums in the many years to come.