A star is born. Congratulations to Taufik Batisah! He was crowned the first Singapore Idol at the Grand Finals held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium yesterday (Dec 1, 2004). The two and a half hour show saw Taufik, 23 squaring off with crowd favourite Sylvester Sim, 21 on a stage facing over 7,000 screaming, adoring fans. Both Taufik and Sylvester sang three songs with Taufik taking the mike first, an order decided when a coin was tossed in the earlier Results Show. One song was a song of their own choice, another was picked by the judges and the last was a special composition "I Dream" by Michael Fallon the eventual winner will get to record. Taufik and Sylvester both turned in a phenomenal performances but eventually Taufik, a National Service man emerged the Idol finalist with the higher number votes to win the much-coveted title of Singapopre Idol. He walks away with a Platinum recording contract with BMG and an artiste management contract with Hype Records.
