To whom it may concern

 To Whom it may concern,

“Indonesian Idol” is an annual Indonesian televised singing competition that has been airing on RCTI. Part o the Idol franchise, it originated from the British reality program “Pop Idol”. “Indonesian Idol” is a combination of a reality show and a talent search show. Unfortunately, instead of giving the opportunity to anyone who has talent and capability to be promoted as an idol. I find some weaknesses in this program.

Sometimes, the winner is not guaranteed to have a quality of a good singer because the winner is merely determined by public voting by phone and SMS. Most of these voters do not consider the jury’s comments on the contestant’s performance because they would prefer focusing on the contestant’s physical appearance and personality rather than his/her singing quality.

As a consequence, after the competition is over, only a few of the winners get the chance to be professional singers. Why is it so? Because they don’t have great skills to be professional singers. Furthermore, most of them only have little experience in the show business, while being professional singers needs a long process and time.

My suggestion is that “Indonesian Idol” should not determine the winner based on the contestant’s popularity. The singing quality of each contestant should be the first priority.

Yours truly,

Pinky Baboe- Semarang

7. The text belongs to the . . . text type.

a. Discussion

b. Analytical exposition

c. Hortatory exposition

d. Description

e. Explanation

8. Public voting is subjective . . . the score comes from the voters who often do not consider the jury’s comments on the contestant’s performance.

a. Although

b. Instead of

c. Despite

d. In spite of

e. Because

9. “My suggestion is that “Indonesian Idol” should not determine the winner based on the contestant’s popularity. The singing quality of each contestant should be the first priority.” This part of the text is called . . . .

a. Thesis statement

b. General statement

c. General classification

d. Recommendation

e. Reiteration

10. How “Indonesian Idol” determine the winner is considered subjective because of the following reasons, except . . . .

a. The winner is determined by public voting by phone and sms

b. The winner is determined by the physical appearance

c. The winner is determined by jury's comments

d. The winner is determined by the participant's appearance

e. The winner is determined by the contestant's personally

11. “They would prefer focusing on the contestant’s physical appearance and personality rather than his/her singing quality”.This sentence means that . . .

a. They like the contestant’s physical appearance and personality better than the quality of a good singer

b. They like the quality o a good singer better than the contestant’s physical appearance and personality

c. They prefer the quality of a good singer to the contestant’s physical appearance and personality

d. They prefer the quality of a good and talented singer

e. They don’t like the physical appearance and the personality