Photos & Videos - Ipoh also Got Talent 2011 (Preliminary Round)

Britain’s got talent? Ipoh also got! However, to be fair, this contest is open to anyone in Malaysia between the ages of ten and thirty. Well, it should have been called ‘Malaysia also Got Talent’, huh?

The preliminary round was held on 19th Nov, 2011 and from the 37 acts, 24 made it to the semi-finals, where they have to try to get as many “Likes” as possible on their Facebook contest profile. This will make up 30% of their points, which will then determine if they get to proceed to the finals. I don’t find this fair as the younger contestants would have problems garnering votes online, particularly if their parents are computer illiterates. Additionally, it is obvious that group acts will naturally get more votes online than solo entrants. Also, because of an error, one entrant lost 380 “Likes”…