Let's hear it from my blog readers - what do you all of you think about their performances for Round 5?
Aijia's Performance for PK Round 5:
Zhiyang's Performance for PK Round 5:
Kewei's Performance at PK Round 5:
Olivia's Performance at PK Round 5:
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Saturday, September 12, 2009
Monday, September 07, 2009
超級星光大道5 PK Round 4 SG Representatives Performances
Yutaki's Performance:
Olivia's Performance:
Aijia's Performance:
Olivia's Performance:
Aijia's Performance:
Saturday, August 29, 2009
超级星光大道5 PK Round 3 Singapore Representatives' Performances
Sorry to keep the interested blog readers waiting. Here are our Singapore representatives' performances televised as of last night in Taiwan:
Yutaki's Performance in 超级星光大道5 PK Round 3:
Kewei's Performance in 超级星光大道5 PK Round 3
Olivia's Performance in 超级星光大道5 PK Round 3
Zhiyang's Performance in 超级星光大道5 PK Round 3
Aijia's Performance in 超级星光大道5 PK Round 3
And the contestant being eliminated is....
Yutaki's Performance in 超级星光大道5 PK Round 3:
Kewei's Performance in 超级星光大道5 PK Round 3
Olivia's Performance in 超级星光大道5 PK Round 3
Zhiyang's Performance in 超级星光大道5 PK Round 3
Aijia's Performance in 超级星光大道5 PK Round 3
And the contestant being eliminated is....
Saturday, August 22, 2009
超級星光大道5 一對一踢館賽 PK Round 2 Performances
Alright, the performances are finally on the Internet. Thank you to all the interested blog readers for being patient and kept on checking in back here. Enjoy the performances and do cheer them up!
Zhiyang's PK Round 2 Performance:
Aijia's PK Round 2 Performance:
Diya's PK Round 2 Performance:
Yutaki's 2 PK Performance:
Have to go now. A long day ahead today so wishing everyone a great weekend! ^__^
Zhiyang's PK Round 2 Performance:
Aijia's PK Round 2 Performance:
Diya's PK Round 2 Performance:
Yutaki's 2 PK Performance:
Have to go now. A long day ahead today so wishing everyone a great weekend! ^__^
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Edited Summary of Singapore representatives' performances scores for 超级星光大道 5 PK Rounds 1 to 4
踢館軍團區(收錄曾拿下20 UP或上場兩次以上)：
====踢館軍團隊長===
鄭可為 N/A N/A 16分 N/A
(Information source: http://blog.sina.com.tw/chinszuhan/article.php?pbgid=25150&entryid=594145)
Performance Statistics:
蔡艾珈
88 marks out of a participated possible of 100 marks
Percentile of 88% out of 100%
3 PK Victories, 1 PK Loss
Olivia
43 marks out of a participated possible of 50 marks
Percentile of 86% out of 100%
2 PK Victories
陳迪雅
19 marks out of participated possible of 25 marks
Percentile of 76% out of 100%
1 PK Draw, 1 PK Loss
黃智陽
55 marks out of a participated possible of 75 marks
Percentile of 73% out of 100%
1 PK Draw, 1 PK Victory, 1 PK Loss
王順達
48 marks out of a participated possible of 75 marks
Percentile of 64% out of 100%
2 PK Draws, 1 PK Loss
鄭可為
16 marks out of a participated possible of 25 marks
Percentile of 64% out of 100%
1 PK Loss
We are probably one of the deadliest PK team 超级星光大道 has ever faced. Here's why...
PK Round 1
蔡艾珈- 不痛/張韶涵 22分 勝
胡采書- 勇敢/張惠妹 16分
胡采書 was subsequently eliminated from PK Round 1 that night.
PK Round 2
黃智陽 : 洋蔥 / 楊宗緯 17分 勝
王 璿 : 相見恨晚 / 彭佳慧 15分
王 璿 was subsequently eliminated from PK Round 2 that night.
PK Round 3
蔡艾珈∶傻瓜/溫嵐 22分 勝
林育澤∶忘記我還是忘記他/迪克牛仔 17分
林育澤 was subsequently eliminated from PK Round 3 that night.
PK Round 4
Olivia∶Ain't no sunshine/Bill Withers 23分 勝
曾梓淞∶淚海/許茹芸 17分
曾梓淞 was subsequently eliminated from PK Round 4 that night.
Well done to all our 6 Singapore PK representatives! ^__^
| 第一場 | 第二場 | 第三場 | 第四場 | 總分 | |
| 倪安東 | 24 分 | 25 分 | 25 分 | 20 分 | 94 |
| 蔡艾珈 | 22 分 | 25 分 | 22 分 | 19 分 | 88 |
====踢館軍團隊長===
| Olivia | N/A | N/A | 20 分 | 23 分 |
| 陳迪雅 | 19 分 | 18 分 | N/A | N/A |
| 連蕙君 | 17 分 | 17 分 | N/A | N/A |
| 黃智陽 | 19 分 | 17 分 | 19 分 | N/A |
| 王順達 | N/A | 18 分 | 15 分 | 15 分 |
| 王筱奇 | 20 分 | 15 分 | N/A | N/A |
| 王 川 | N/A | N/A | 15 分 | 17 分 |
(Information source: http://blog.sina.com.tw/chinszuhan/article.php?pbgid=25150&entryid=594145)
Performance Statistics:
蔡艾珈
88 marks out of a participated possible of 100 marks
Percentile of 88% out of 100%
3 PK Victories, 1 PK Loss
Olivia
43 marks out of a participated possible of 50 marks
Percentile of 86% out of 100%
2 PK Victories
陳迪雅
19 marks out of participated possible of 25 marks
Percentile of 76% out of 100%
1 PK Draw, 1 PK Loss
黃智陽
55 marks out of a participated possible of 75 marks
Percentile of 73% out of 100%
1 PK Draw, 1 PK Victory, 1 PK Loss
王順達
48 marks out of a participated possible of 75 marks
Percentile of 64% out of 100%
2 PK Draws, 1 PK Loss
鄭可為
16 marks out of a participated possible of 25 marks
Percentile of 64% out of 100%
1 PK Loss
We are probably one of the deadliest PK team 超级星光大道 has ever faced. Here's why...
PK Round 1
蔡艾珈- 不痛/張韶涵 22分 勝
胡采書- 勇敢/張惠妹 16分
胡采書 was subsequently eliminated from PK Round 1 that night.
PK Round 2
黃智陽 : 洋蔥 / 楊宗緯 17分 勝
王 璿 : 相見恨晚 / 彭佳慧 15分
王 璿 was subsequently eliminated from PK Round 2 that night.
PK Round 3
蔡艾珈∶傻瓜/溫嵐 22分 勝
林育澤∶忘記我還是忘記他/迪克牛仔 17分
林育澤 was subsequently eliminated from PK Round 3 that night.
PK Round 4
Olivia∶Ain't no sunshine/Bill Withers 23分 勝
曾梓淞∶淚海/許茹芸 17分
曾梓淞 was subsequently eliminated from PK Round 4 that night.
Well done to all our 6 Singapore PK representatives! ^__^
Saturday, August 15, 2009
超级星光大道 5 PK Round 3 Songs Studio Recordings on 16 August 2009 Sunday in Taiwan
Here's another update on our Singapore representatives on the above mentioned competition in Taiwan. If it is accurate as what is happening in Taiwan right now, three of our representatives will have their studio recordings of the following songs for the PK round 3.
(Information source: http://hada.pixnet.net/blog/post/25659163)
Disclaimer: This tagger's news is around 5pm on 15 August 2009 so our representatives may still have time to change their songs so don't hammer me if they sung something else for the studio recordings tomorrow which is a good 8 hours away.
Good luck to our representatives in the upcoming PK Round 3 tomorrow! ^__^
Here's another related article that I found floating on the Internet waves today:
电台1003票选活动 蔡艾珈获封人气王
今早二度赴台PK《星光5》：“小不点”蔡艾珈电台1003票选中封“人气王”、黄智阳被批“老油条”！
自两周前到台北首次PK《超级星光大道5》后，除了上周在第二会合中遭“淘汰”的陈迪雅外，本地踢馆高手蔡艾珈、黄智阳和王顺达今早启程二赴台湾， 为两天后的踢馆赛作准备。为配合《星光5》，电台1003昨晚空中举办人气票选活动，据成绩显示，年仅15岁的蔡艾珈呼声最高，本地听众最看好她能脱颖而 出；“美男声”黄智阳则被部分听众嫌太像“老油条”！
蔡艾珈、黄智阳和王顺达今早乘搭10点的班机前往台北，有了上回比赛的经验，三人今早登机前受访时，心情显然更轻松，蔡艾珈笑说：“上一次离开时是 哭的，因为有一群亲友送飞机，但今天很high、很兴奋，哈哈。”当她得悉自己备受本地听众看好时，谦虚回：“谢谢大家，我会尽量做到最好，不会辜负大 家。”
有传她已被台湾唱片公司相中，她表示现阶段只是在“观察期”，但目前还是学生的她仍以学业为重，“我希望至少能读完O水准，毕竟还小，但一切可以再谈啦。”她此次将选唱温岚的《傻瓜》及她曾在《校园Superstar》中唱过的《星星I’m Not a Star》。
被听众批“老油条”、评审也曾指他唱歌太注重技巧，少了感情，黄智阳却不放在心上，“我觉得自己唱歌不是没感情，而是技巧太stand out了，所以大家都会更注意技巧。”他这次吸取经验，将唱张惠妹的《如果你也听说》及王力宏的《一首简单的歌》。
“他们不是说我技巧太多，什么都太多吗？所以这次就选了《一首简单的歌》，希望能大家能听出情感来。”
滚石唱片：蔡艾珈可塑性高 传有台湾唱片公司相中蔡艾珈，本地滚石唱片总经理严光华：她可塑性最高。
一个多星期前，本地几位PK选手到台湾《星光5》踢馆，成功“踢”掉几位台湾参赛者，表现最让评审及当地观众惊艳的15岁蔡艾珈，自过两关后，据传让台湾一家唱片公司留下深刻印象，比赛还未结束，就有意签她为旗下歌手。
担任《星光5》PK赛评审之一的本地滚石唱片总经理严光华表示，本地选手当中，年纪最轻的蔡艾珈和黄智阳可塑性最高，他点评：“蔡艾珈人小，爆发力 却十足，但她年纪小是优点，也是缺点。评审和观众第一次被她的爆发力吓倒，第二次呢？甚至有人会认为，她年纪轻，可能都还没谈过恋爱，有可能把情歌唱得有 感觉和说服力吗？”
他指出：“她这个年纪，唱儿歌又很奇怪，唱情歌又不是，建议她选唱比较贴近自己年龄的歌曲。
本地第五位踢馆选手郑可为 本地第五位PK选手：“和音天使”郑可为今天抱病飞台PK《星光5》，与蔡艾珈、黄智阳和王顺达并肩作战！
她曾随大牌歌手陶喆、张惠妹、王力宏和林俊杰等巡回演唱，担任他们的“和音天使”，三年前，她也曾经参加本地第二届《绝对Superstar》，成 功晋升24强时，却因为工作在身，最后临时退出比赛；25岁的郑可为曾参加第三届海蝶“非常歌手训练班”，她年初受《星光5》制作单位邀请参加比赛，只是 第一次征选后，她再度因工作在身只好退出。月初，她主动联络《星光5》制作单位，今早已和其他本地PK选手飞台备战，成为继蔡艾珈、黄智阳、陈迪雅及王顺 达后第五位踢馆者。
郑可为昨天受访时状态欠佳，她表示，前几天刚完成陶喆澳门演出，庆功宴回新后开始感到不适、喉咙发炎，受访期间直呼“压力大”，她说：“我只是要去台湾唱我要唱的歌，这是很好的exposure，也可以听听评审们的评语。
据悉，她最近刚签约本地的S2S唱片公司：“我4年前开始为陶喆唱和音时，也以为他或会签我当歌手，但那只是我一厢情愿；不是每个人都能像萧敬腾，PK后就被唱片公司相中发片。所以S2S找我时，我想了一下就签约。
她将在后天的《星光5》录影中选唱方大同的《够不够》，陆续将唱陶喆版的《月亮代表我的心》，“其实我比较常唱英语歌曲，但制作单位不让我们唱英语歌，而我较擅长R&B曲风，所以选择方大同的歌。”
(Information source: http://tieba.baidu.com/f?kz=628117395)
临薇不乱 on 2009/08/15 16:54
蔡艾珈将在明天的星光录影唱：
1. 温岚的《傻瓜》
2. 顺子的《星星I’m Not a Star》
黄智阳将在明天的星光录影唱：
1. 张惠妹的《如果你也听说》
2. 王力宏的《一首简单的歌》
第五位新加坡踢馆者郑可为（陶喆的和音天使）将在明天的星光录影唱：
1. 方大同的《够不够》
2. 陶喆版的《月亮代表我的心》
希望新加坡选手都能加油！
把踢馆赛弄得有声有色！
加油！
(Information source: http://hada.pixnet.net/blog/post/25659163)
Disclaimer: This tagger's news is around 5pm on 15 August 2009 so our representatives may still have time to change their songs so don't hammer me if they sung something else for the studio recordings tomorrow which is a good 8 hours away.
Good luck to our representatives in the upcoming PK Round 3 tomorrow! ^__^
Here's another related article that I found floating on the Internet waves today:
电台1003票选活动 蔡艾珈获封人气王
今早二度赴台PK《星光5》：“小不点”蔡艾珈电台1003票选中封“人气王”、黄智阳被批“老油条”！
自两周前到台北首次PK《超级星光大道5》后，除了上周在第二会合中遭“淘汰”的陈迪雅外，本地踢馆高手蔡艾珈、黄智阳和王顺达今早启程二赴台湾， 为两天后的踢馆赛作准备。为配合《星光5》，电台1003昨晚空中举办人气票选活动，据成绩显示，年仅15岁的蔡艾珈呼声最高，本地听众最看好她能脱颖而 出；“美男声”黄智阳则被部分听众嫌太像“老油条”！
蔡艾珈、黄智阳和王顺达今早乘搭10点的班机前往台北，有了上回比赛的经验，三人今早登机前受访时，心情显然更轻松，蔡艾珈笑说：“上一次离开时是 哭的，因为有一群亲友送飞机，但今天很high、很兴奋，哈哈。”当她得悉自己备受本地听众看好时，谦虚回：“谢谢大家，我会尽量做到最好，不会辜负大 家。”
有传她已被台湾唱片公司相中，她表示现阶段只是在“观察期”，但目前还是学生的她仍以学业为重，“我希望至少能读完O水准，毕竟还小，但一切可以再谈啦。”她此次将选唱温岚的《傻瓜》及她曾在《校园Superstar》中唱过的《星星I’m Not a Star》。
被听众批“老油条”、评审也曾指他唱歌太注重技巧，少了感情，黄智阳却不放在心上，“我觉得自己唱歌不是没感情，而是技巧太stand out了，所以大家都会更注意技巧。”他这次吸取经验，将唱张惠妹的《如果你也听说》及王力宏的《一首简单的歌》。
“他们不是说我技巧太多，什么都太多吗？所以这次就选了《一首简单的歌》，希望能大家能听出情感来。”
滚石唱片：蔡艾珈可塑性高 传有台湾唱片公司相中蔡艾珈，本地滚石唱片总经理严光华：她可塑性最高。
一个多星期前，本地几位PK选手到台湾《星光5》踢馆，成功“踢”掉几位台湾参赛者，表现最让评审及当地观众惊艳的15岁蔡艾珈，自过两关后，据传让台湾一家唱片公司留下深刻印象，比赛还未结束，就有意签她为旗下歌手。
担任《星光5》PK赛评审之一的本地滚石唱片总经理严光华表示，本地选手当中，年纪最轻的蔡艾珈和黄智阳可塑性最高，他点评：“蔡艾珈人小，爆发力 却十足，但她年纪小是优点，也是缺点。评审和观众第一次被她的爆发力吓倒，第二次呢？甚至有人会认为，她年纪轻，可能都还没谈过恋爱，有可能把情歌唱得有 感觉和说服力吗？”
他指出：“她这个年纪，唱儿歌又很奇怪，唱情歌又不是，建议她选唱比较贴近自己年龄的歌曲。
本地第五位踢馆选手郑可为 本地第五位PK选手：“和音天使”郑可为今天抱病飞台PK《星光5》，与蔡艾珈、黄智阳和王顺达并肩作战！
她曾随大牌歌手陶喆、张惠妹、王力宏和林俊杰等巡回演唱，担任他们的“和音天使”，三年前，她也曾经参加本地第二届《绝对Superstar》，成 功晋升24强时，却因为工作在身，最后临时退出比赛；25岁的郑可为曾参加第三届海蝶“非常歌手训练班”，她年初受《星光5》制作单位邀请参加比赛，只是 第一次征选后，她再度因工作在身只好退出。月初，她主动联络《星光5》制作单位，今早已和其他本地PK选手飞台备战，成为继蔡艾珈、黄智阳、陈迪雅及王顺 达后第五位踢馆者。
郑可为昨天受访时状态欠佳，她表示，前几天刚完成陶喆澳门演出，庆功宴回新后开始感到不适、喉咙发炎，受访期间直呼“压力大”，她说：“我只是要去台湾唱我要唱的歌，这是很好的exposure，也可以听听评审们的评语。
据悉，她最近刚签约本地的S2S唱片公司：“我4年前开始为陶喆唱和音时，也以为他或会签我当歌手，但那只是我一厢情愿；不是每个人都能像萧敬腾，PK后就被唱片公司相中发片。所以S2S找我时，我想了一下就签约。
她将在后天的《星光5》录影中选唱方大同的《够不够》，陆续将唱陶喆版的《月亮代表我的心》，“其实我比较常唱英语歌曲，但制作单位不让我们唱英语歌，而我较擅长R&B曲风，所以选择方大同的歌。”
(Information source: http://tieba.baidu.com/f?kz=628117395)
Televised 超级星光大道 5 PK Round 2 Postponed Due To Donation Drive
Hi my blog readers following the above-mentioned singing competition who are concerned about our remaining three Singapore PK representatives!
I have official confirmation of the news that there is a postponement of the televised competition due to the fact that the organizers of the competition have decided to do a donation drive to aid the victims of the ongoing Taiwan typhoon disaster.
(Information source: http://blog.yam.com/millionstar/article/23342800)
In lieu of the humanitarian efforts, I urge my readers to be a little patient and let the Taiwanese and the international humanitarian aid organizations do what is timely and necessary to help those needy displaced by the terrible typhoon.
My condolences to all those who suffered and lost their loved ones in this natural calamity... -_-
I have official confirmation of the news that there is a postponement of the televised competition due to the fact that the organizers of the competition have decided to do a donation drive to aid the victims of the ongoing Taiwan typhoon disaster.
您好 我們是超級星光大道製作單位:
我們將在8/14(五)舉辦賑災募款晚會，除了募款之外，我們也將藉著歌聲帶給災區民眾力量。
希望網友們能夠提供88水災來襲前，受災地區的原貌以及在水災來時，大伙互相幫助展現人情溫暖的照片。
我們會在節目中播出網友所提供的照片，讓大家知道台灣人民堅強的一面。
照片提供請註明來源出處、拍攝地點、提供者姓名與聯絡方式，我們將回電確認版權問題。
(Information source: http://blog.yam.com/millionstar/article/23342800)
In lieu of the humanitarian efforts, I urge my readers to be a little patient and let the Taiwanese and the international humanitarian aid organizations do what is timely and necessary to help those needy displaced by the terrible typhoon.
My condolences to all those who suffered and lost their loved ones in this natural calamity... -_-
Saturday, August 08, 2009
超級星光大道 5: More Video Feeds on What's Happening to Our PK Challengers
For the viewing pleasure of all the singing enthusiasts in Singapore who wants to know how some of our Singapore PK challengers are doing in the competition. The disclaimer is still the same - I am not doing this for profits and am doing this to provide only the online viewing convenience of all the other interested blog readers who wish to follow the course of this competition, especially on the Singapore PK challengers.
Thank you to Jingyi for highlighting the first video, which spurred me to search and successfully find the remaining ones as well. I am still missing one more Singapore representative though. It's 2am right now and I am too tired to surf through the thousands of videos on Youtube. So here's what I can come up with right now.
806搶先看2
(Video source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5_oI1062hQ)
20090807 超級星光大道 10.陳迪雅:我愛你
(Video source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzFL0Yu4SkA)
20090807 超級星光大道 20.黃智陽:記得
(Video source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7esHkE8Au8)
20090807 超級星光大道 6.蔡艾珈:不痛
(Video source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6-JDnrV-1w)
Thank you to Jingyi for highlighting the first video, which spurred me to search and successfully find the remaining ones as well. I am still missing one more Singapore representative though. It's 2am right now and I am too tired to surf through the thousands of videos on Youtube. So here's what I can come up with right now.
806搶先看2
(Video source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5_oI1062hQ)
20090807 超級星光大道 10.陳迪雅:我愛你
(Video source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzFL0Yu4SkA)
20090807 超級星光大道 20.黃智陽:記得
(Video source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7esHkE8Au8)
20090807 超級星光大道 6.蔡艾珈:不痛
(Video source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6-JDnrV-1w)
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Article Feed from OMY: 黄韵玲评本地PK者 蔡艾珈胜在‘出乎意料’
《超级星光大道5》评审黄韵玲点评本地4名PK参赛者，认为蔡艾珈胜在“出乎意料”，陈迪雅因为“退缩”而败下阵来。
本地4个参赛者蔡艾珈、陈迪雅、黄智阳和王顺达赴台湾《星光5》踢馆，表现不俗，当中蔡艾珈更以25分满分打败杨骏文。《星光5》评审黄韵玲（台湾 著名音乐人）接受《联合晚报》电访时分析：“参赛者站在台上，就是要让人出乎意料，如果你超乎大家的想像，就赢了印象分。艾珈让大家惊讶‘哇，15岁能唱 成这样！’，而她又有足够的歌唱技巧和情感来说服评审。”
黄韵玲认为蔡艾珈有潜力，问题是她能不能一直带来惊喜，“你可以让大家surprise一次，但第二次、第三次呢？她能带给大家几次惊喜，这是她要去思考的问题。”
至于网友认为蔡艾珈唱法“太油”，黄韵玲则力挺：“老实说很多歌手都很油，蔡艾珈用她的方式去诠释歌曲并没有错。其实无论你多完美，还是会有人批评，网上有赞有弹，为什么要去听那些不好的评语？”
对即将再度参加PK赛的本地选手，黄韵玲的忠告是：“要尽全力，每一次比赛都要去享受过程。技巧不是不重要，但是最重要的还是要让评审从你的歌曲中 了解你的情感，让大家感受到你有多么热爱唱歌、热爱音乐，而技巧只是辅助你表达感情的工具。与其去揣摩歌曲，不如去想想这首歌对你的意义，把你的故事融入 歌里，有故事的人特别吸引人。”
仍看好陈迪雅 认为她有实力
赛前备受看好的陈迪雅被踢出局，黄韵玲：“她让我们感觉到她退缩了。”
黄韵玲之前来本地甄选PK参赛者时，就对陈迪雅赞誉有加，可惜陈迪雅却是唯一被刷出局的本地PK参赛者，但黄韵玲仍十分看好她，“对我来说她还是有 实力的。这是一个比赛，输了并不代表你不行。”谈到陈迪雅败下阵来的原因，黄韵玲说：“能代表新加坡来参赛，他们都是很厉害的。迪雅当天表现很稳，但是爆 点和杀伤力不够。可能她有压力吧，她让我感觉到她退缩了。”
黄智阳感情待加强 王顺达须学唱慢歌
黄智阳唱歌感情不够，王顺达则需在慢歌方面下功夫。
对于两个男PK者，黄韵玲认为黄智阳技巧多过感情：“他是技巧方面多一点，情感的表达则有他习惯的一套方式。他应该去想想所唱的歌曲对他的影响，把感情融入。”
至于能唱能跳的王顺达，黄韵玲说：“他边唱边跳而且没有喘，这是很厉害的。但我还是要说，唱歌应该讲究感情，他唱快歌没有问题，但是他是不是也能掌握慢歌？当歌手不能只是会唱快歌的。”
(Article source: http://showbiz.omy.sg/Showbiz/E-News/Story/OMYStory200908051515-80896/2.html)
(Blogger Owner's Disclaimer - the recent series of blog posts, including this one, is meant for the viewing convenience of interested blog readers who have to sift through the Internet for them. My posting of these articles are not meant for profit and are not meant to take away any credit from the originators of these articles.)
Sunday, August 02, 2009
超级星光5懈可击 PK赛
As quickly as I can, bringing you the news from Taiwan. If an error occurred before viewing, press the HD button at the bottom right hand screen to overcome the error.
(Image source: http://news.msn.com.tw/photoL.aspx?id=1367679)星光5班10強被踢館 魔王來頭各個不簡單
星光5班10強才剛出爐，馬上就面臨嚴苛的壓力踢館賽，來自新加坡的挑戰者王順達，在本尊杜德偉大唱《脫掉》，陶子也請本尊上台PK一番，看到原版的《脫掉》，王順達直說：「薑是老的辣！」也透露原本有望與黃靖倫參加星光3的他，卡在兵役問題，現在終於美夢成真！
以 舞藝見長的新加坡選手王順達演唱《脫掉》，一身西裝斯文打扮的他，略帶日本風表現方式，杜德偉認為相當有個人特色，跳舞時聲音的表現也相當穩定；同樣來自 新加坡的蔡艾珈年僅15歲，完全看不出歌聲居然具有強大的殺傷力；還有被黃韻玲形容「一開口就會讓路人全部停住看她表演」的陳迪雅，黃韻玲認為挑戰者在歌 唱上都具有自己的獨創性，應該能和5班選手擦出不少火花。
中視《超級星光大道》最新10強正式出線，緊接著面臨的魔王踢館賽，有來自新加坡、馬來西亞、美國各地的高手。新加坡電視台StarHub特別跟節目合 作，把星光評審黃韻玲請到新加坡，在當地選出4名實力堅強的選手，來台灣跟星光5班的選手PK。面對大軍壓境，星光5班的曾梓淞倒是自信十足，直說：「我 們會愈強則強，遇弱也要很強！」本則新聞由NOWnews提供 2009/08/03
(Article source: http://news.msn.com.tw/news1367565.aspx)
15歲蔡艾珈 撂倒胡采書楊駿文
中國時報【王雨晴／台北報導】
星光５班選手２日起連續４周進入踢館賽考驗，新加坡電視台StarHub也與《超級星光大道》合作，選出４名選手來台踢館，年僅15歲的蔡艾珈表現驚人，上半場先淘汰胡采書，又讓楊駿文高分落入失敗區，黃智陽則PK掉王璿。
新加坡踢館軍團來勢洶洶，蔡艾珈５歲學習歌唱，外型可愛，殺傷力十足，演唱張韶涵〈不痛〉時，甫開口就震撼全場，讓對手胡采書慌了陣腳，評審評他到了Ｂ段，才找回原本唱歌聲音，最後遭淘汰。
打下胡采書後，下半場蔡艾珈再對上楊駿文，25分的滿分表現嚇壞５班所有選手，楊駿文演唱〈曲終人散〉時忘詞。獲第三場晉級資格，蔡艾珈表示最想挑戰徐詠琳，「她是所有選手年紀最小的，我也是４個人中最小的，這樣比較公平。」蔡艾珈下戰帖，徐詠琳不正面迎戰，她說尊重抽籤賽制，如果抽到她，她欣然接受。來自新加坡的黃智陽也連過兩關，下半場以純熟工整的唱功PK掉王璿。
本則新聞由中時電子報提供 2009/08/03
(Article source: http://news.msn.com.tw/news1367679.aspx)
【雷文】星光5班 10取9「踢館挑戰賽part1」歌曲+分數(8/2錄影8/7播出)
第一場踢館賽
第一名獎品觸控電腦/15分過關/淘汰一人
本集評審：Roger/杜德偉/張宇/小玲/小胖
1. 張韻姿- yes or no/張惠妹 15分
徐詠琳- 眼淚成詩/孫燕姿 19分 勝
2. 李桀漢- careless whisper/wham 14分
梁曉珺- 臉/王菲 18分 勝
3. 蔡艾珈- 不痛/張韶涵 22分 勝
胡采書- 勇敢/張惠妹 16分
4. 李振綱- I believe/范逸臣 14分
曾梓淞- 說不出的告別/林志炫 18分 勝
5. 陳迪雅- 我愛你/盧廣仲 19分
孫自佑- 活該/劉允樂 19分
6. 彭順延- a moment like this/ 16分
kelly clarkson
李杰宇- 青梅竹馬/周治平 22分 勝
7. 王筱奇- 愛 請問怎麼走/a-lin 20分 勝
王 璿- 放開你的頭腦/梅艷芳 17分
8. 倪安東- 你是我的眼/蕭煌奇 24分 勝
林育澤- 太傻/巫啟賢 21分
9. 連蕙君- If i ain't got you/ 17分
alicia keys
劉明湘- 獨角戲/許茹芸 17分
10. 黃智陽- 記得/張惠妹 19分
楊駿文- 曲終人散/張宇 19分
* 感謝shiz大提供資訊 QwQ
* 魚：蔡的肺活量很恐怖
陳迪雅說他最不想抽到孫 魔咒再現
* 孫自佑跟PK者同分，算過關晉級
然後陳迪雅下場會繼續來廝殺。
* 魚：倪安東很帥 是美國人
淘汰的是： 胡采書
得到電腦的是 李杰宇
(Article source: http://blog.sina.com.tw/chinszuhan/article.php?pbgid=25150&entryid=593976)
【雷文】星光5班 9取8「踢館挑戰賽part2」歌曲+分數(8/2錄影8/14播出)
BornFish說他累了 所以換我代po
一樣是由fish0103現場連線
第二場踢館賽
本集評審：R/杜/張/玲/胖
最高分獎品:五萬元護膚產品和禮券
1. 王順達 : 脫掉 / 杜德偉 18分
vs 梁曉珺 : 我恨我愛你 / 張惠妹 18分
2. 王筱奇 : saving all my love for you / 惠妮休斯頓 15分
vs 曾梓淞 : 我很醜可是我很溫柔 / 趙傳 16分 勝
3. 鍾盛忠 : 讓每個人都心碎 / 黃大煒 16分
vs 林育澤 : 挑釁 / 信樂團 19分 勝
4. 陳迪雅 : 討厭 / 芮恩 16分
vs 李杰宇 : 我會好好過 / 李玖哲 19分 勝
5. 江逢時 : 背叛情歌 / 動力火車 15分
vs 徐詠琳 : 傷痕 / 林憶蓮 20分 勝
6. 連蕙君 : 你贏 / 蘇芮 17分
vs 劉明湘 : at last / 碧昂絲 20分 勝
7. 黃智陽 : 洋蔥 / 楊宗緯 17分 勝
vs 王 璿 : 相見恨晚 / 彭佳慧 15分
8. 蔡艾珈 : 我該得到 / 戴愛玲 25分 勝
vs 楊駿文 : 下雪 / 阿杜 19分
9. 倪安東 : K歌之王 / 陳奕迅 25分
vs 孫自佑 : 當我想起你 / 張學友 25分
淘汰
王璿
(Article source: http://blog.sina.com.tw/chinszuhan/article.php?pbgid=25150&entryid=593977)
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
超级星光5懈可击 新加坡PK赛 七位挑战者的比赛片段 (Updated)
One Million Star Season 5 Singapore PK Top 7 Challengers' Competition Clips (Updated on 03 July 2009):
I know it's hard to grab videos of the competition but I am trying to seek them out and put them here. There's what I've found so far to quench the viewing thirst of some of my readers. The new update on 3 July is from the youtube - thanks for incinemas0sg and pb for the information so readers don't have to scour the whole internet for the videos! ^__^
(Video source: http://razortv.sg/site/servlet/segment/main/entertainment/32448.html)
Updated: This one is an completed video recording of (Top 3) Aijia's second round's performance. Thanks to incinemas0sg and pb for the videos! ^__^
(Video source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJUlV4BMroM)
This is (Top 3) Diya's second round's performance.
(Video source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AMrwhk2lO4&feature=related)
This is (Top 3) Zhiyang's second round's performance.
(Video source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wsQXWqR4GA)
This is (Top 7 - Reserve) Carrie's second round's performance.
(Video Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KJ1zqIXLJI&feature=related)
This is (Top 7 - Reserve) Sylvester's second round's performance.
(Video Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR5qzmnkKWs&feature=related)
This is (Top 7) Yutaki's second round's performance.
(Video source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gudnifuv4hI&feature=related)
This is (Top 7) Teo Zuo En's second round's performance.
(Video Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkCP-Cvp2bE&feature=related)
I know it's hard to grab videos of the competition but I am trying to seek them out and put them here. There's what I've found so far to quench the viewing thirst of some of my readers. The new update on 3 July is from the youtube - thanks for incinemas0sg and pb for the information so readers don't have to scour the whole internet for the videos! ^__^
(Video source: http://razortv.sg/site/servlet/segment/main/entertainment/32448.html)
Updated: This one is an completed video recording of (Top 3) Aijia's second round's performance. Thanks to incinemas0sg and pb for the videos! ^__^
(Video source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJUlV4BMroM)
This is (Top 3) Diya's second round's performance.
(Video source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AMrwhk2lO4&feature=related)
This is (Top 3) Zhiyang's second round's performance.
(Video source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wsQXWqR4GA)
This is (Top 7 - Reserve) Carrie's second round's performance.
(Video Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KJ1zqIXLJI&feature=related)
This is (Top 7 - Reserve) Sylvester's second round's performance.
(Video Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR5qzmnkKWs&feature=related)
This is (Top 7) Yutaki's second round's performance.
(Video source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gudnifuv4hI&feature=related)
This is (Top 7) Teo Zuo En's second round's performance.
(Video Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkCP-Cvp2bE&feature=related)
Sunday, June 28, 2009
One Million Star 5 Singapore PK Challenge Top 20 Grand Finals Part 3 of 3
超级星光5懈可击 新加坡PK赛 Choosing top 3 out of the top 7 (Updated on 30 Jun 2009):
A grueling wait for everyone whilst the seven judges retired to convene for the top 5 contestants for round 2 of the Grand Finals. The top 20 were separated into two groups to give two group song items to entertain the waiting crowd during the interval.
And the emcees went to work and asked some of the contestants questions and let the audience know more about these contestants as well.
The top 7 out of the top 20 contestants chosen after the long break where the judges reportedly had a hard time choosing the 5 contestants so much so that they decided to give 7 instead of 5 contestants another chance to prove themselves onstage. Out of these 7, only 3 will be given air tickets on the spot to fly to Taiwan to PK in the One Million Star Season 5 competition.
Teo Zuo En 张祚恩 picked another groovy song for her second round and put in extra effort to show her near-perfect Broadway style of singing. I really enjoyed the performance and I began to see how the seven contestants start to loosen up to truly strut their talents.
Teo Zuo En 张祚恩 was impressive all the way to the end. Although her projection of voice was not up to ideal standards, she was definitely one of the more memorable ones who really immersed herself into the song and enjoyed herself onstage.
Yutaki Ong Soon Tat 王顺达 picked another dance number and added a rap portion as well to showcase what he was made of. Some of his dance moves actually reminded me of those I had done during my schooling days for those orientation camp dances.
Yutaki Ong Soon Tat 王顺达 eventually ended with a dramatic drop onto the floor of the stage but the longer I saw his performances, the more I felt that his dance repetoire seemed limited and he did not use the opportunity to improve his singing techniques and show any other new singing feel to his earlier song. I started to doubt his chances at this point.
Tan Diya 陈迪雅 picked another song which I could not care to remember because I was thoroughly enjoying round 2 where the contestants seemed stronger than before in some ways or at least much more relaxed enough to truly entertain on a live stage. Diya still retained her kiddy leg moves but turned a little more serious in emoting her song this time and delivered more techniques to impress the judges.
Tan Diya 陈迪雅 in her signature kiddy leg moves again. I thought the Taiwanese would surely comment on this as uniquely hers but I do worry some of the Taiwanese judges may start to wonder how come her facial expression was so serious but her body language was so happy-go-lucky...
Sylvester Sim Siang Long 沈祥龙's performance was a little disappointing for me because he did not use the second round's opportunity to show another side of him but instead got stuck with the same kind of body language - stiff and unmoving. Although his vocals were very impressive and remained impressive, I thought it was a regression since he made less effort to stand out more than the remaining six contestants.
Sylvester Sim Siang Long 沈祥龙. I held my breath hoping he could at least do something more but his body language was still unresponsively rooted to more or less the original position and I thought that would have more or less ruined his ticket to Taiwan.
Yeo Chia Ying 杨佳盈 started out very well and began to put another more emotive side to her performance and pushed herself even more to show her strengths and vocals.
Yeo Chia Ying 杨佳盈's troubles began when the ending part of the song required extensive free range expression and although she tried really hard, the increased background music volume started to take over her voice projection and she nearly broke one of the endnotes as her throat sounded as if it was drying up fairly quickly. The first thought that crossed my mind was that she did not prepare adequately for the ending free range portions.
Ng Chee Yang 黄智阳, after listening to the judges' comments that his first performance was mechanically too perfectionist to the point of losing its live soul, improved the greatest by dropping his cares and singing his heart out.
Ng Chee Yang 黄智阳. I saw the Zhiyang again during the Campus Superstars Season 1 competition, singing without worrying too much about what happens next and delivering what a live performance should have - sincerity and soul to the live audience, not just to oneself. Zhiyang's chances in my mind just went up two notches.
Chua Ai Jia Rachel 蔡艾珈 was the final seventh contestant to perform and just like the earlier first of the twenty performances, everyone held their breath to see what the little powerhouse could do since the other six was nothing short of awe-inspiring.
Chua Ai Jia Rachel 蔡艾珈 sang a very powerful number, which I believed utilized the most number of singing techniques that I have ever seen in the entire competition and Rachel's experience and familiarity with those techniques shone out just right. She seemed to cut down a lot of stage movement to accommodate the delivery of those note-changing techniques and I thought that must have cost her every ounce of power to push that performance worthy as a finale piece for the entire competition.
By the time all the seven contestants finished, even the resident judge of One Million Star competition, Xiaoling Laoshi had to resignedly put her head onto the judges' tables - because she found it so difficult to choose three out of the seven onstage “我的天呀！这么难选！可不可以全部七个都带去呢？”
Tan Diya 陈迪雅 (Top 3) was chosen as the first of the three after 20 minutes when the judges finally came out of their second meeting. Diya was so moved that she started tearing and Carrie had to calm her down with tissue paper.
Chua Ai Jia Rachel 蔡艾珈 (Top 3) was chosen as the second of the three to go to Taiwan. What she was holding in both her hands was the air ticket and qualifying papers as a PK Challenger.
Ng Chee Yang 黄智阳 (Top 3) was the last of the three and the competition finally ended with much cheering and applause although some of the supporters' groups seemed disappointed with the results and left Kallang Leisure Park dejectedly, squatting by the kerbs looking into space.
I stayed back for another few more group shots of the winners. Diya still looked as if she could not believe she was going to Taiwan.
The three PK challengers alongside with the seven judges who had to crack their heads to decide the eventual three.
A final group photo of the top 7 along with the judges before I headed home. My legs were aching like crazy from standing for nearly 6 hours and I knew I had plenty of uploading to do back home.
A few pointers for singing enthusiasts who want to improve themselves. These are summed up from the judges' comments on the various performances and I thought they would be useful to some of my readers who are so passionate about singing and learning more:
“唱歌就像在讲个故事, 你要想要如何把这故事表达出来”
“听得出你的歌声中的热情，可是为何你的肢体语言是冷的呢？”
“不要只因为你喜欢歌曲中的某个部分，而忽略了整首歌想表达的感觉”
“歌曲中有大起小起之别，不能只依靠一层的感觉就能把歌曲唱出来”
That's all. End of blog series for One Million Star Season 5 Singapore PK Challenge Finals Competition. Hope my readers enjoyed the three posts! ^__^
A grueling wait for everyone whilst the seven judges retired to convene for the top 5 contestants for round 2 of the Grand Finals. The top 20 were separated into two groups to give two group song items to entertain the waiting crowd during the interval.
And the emcees went to work and asked some of the contestants questions and let the audience know more about these contestants as well.
The top 7 out of the top 20 contestants chosen after the long break where the judges reportedly had a hard time choosing the 5 contestants so much so that they decided to give 7 instead of 5 contestants another chance to prove themselves onstage. Out of these 7, only 3 will be given air tickets on the spot to fly to Taiwan to PK in the One Million Star Season 5 competition.
Teo Zuo En 张祚恩 picked another groovy song for her second round and put in extra effort to show her near-perfect Broadway style of singing. I really enjoyed the performance and I began to see how the seven contestants start to loosen up to truly strut their talents.
Teo Zuo En 张祚恩 was impressive all the way to the end. Although her projection of voice was not up to ideal standards, she was definitely one of the more memorable ones who really immersed herself into the song and enjoyed herself onstage.
Yutaki Ong Soon Tat 王顺达 picked another dance number and added a rap portion as well to showcase what he was made of. Some of his dance moves actually reminded me of those I had done during my schooling days for those orientation camp dances.
Yutaki Ong Soon Tat 王顺达 eventually ended with a dramatic drop onto the floor of the stage but the longer I saw his performances, the more I felt that his dance repetoire seemed limited and he did not use the opportunity to improve his singing techniques and show any other new singing feel to his earlier song. I started to doubt his chances at this point.
Tan Diya 陈迪雅 picked another song which I could not care to remember because I was thoroughly enjoying round 2 where the contestants seemed stronger than before in some ways or at least much more relaxed enough to truly entertain on a live stage. Diya still retained her kiddy leg moves but turned a little more serious in emoting her song this time and delivered more techniques to impress the judges.
Tan Diya 陈迪雅 in her signature kiddy leg moves again. I thought the Taiwanese would surely comment on this as uniquely hers but I do worry some of the Taiwanese judges may start to wonder how come her facial expression was so serious but her body language was so happy-go-lucky...
Sylvester Sim Siang Long 沈祥龙's performance was a little disappointing for me because he did not use the second round's opportunity to show another side of him but instead got stuck with the same kind of body language - stiff and unmoving. Although his vocals were very impressive and remained impressive, I thought it was a regression since he made less effort to stand out more than the remaining six contestants.
Sylvester Sim Siang Long 沈祥龙. I held my breath hoping he could at least do something more but his body language was still unresponsively rooted to more or less the original position and I thought that would have more or less ruined his ticket to Taiwan.
Yeo Chia Ying 杨佳盈 started out very well and began to put another more emotive side to her performance and pushed herself even more to show her strengths and vocals.
Yeo Chia Ying 杨佳盈's troubles began when the ending part of the song required extensive free range expression and although she tried really hard, the increased background music volume started to take over her voice projection and she nearly broke one of the endnotes as her throat sounded as if it was drying up fairly quickly. The first thought that crossed my mind was that she did not prepare adequately for the ending free range portions.
Ng Chee Yang 黄智阳, after listening to the judges' comments that his first performance was mechanically too perfectionist to the point of losing its live soul, improved the greatest by dropping his cares and singing his heart out.
Ng Chee Yang 黄智阳. I saw the Zhiyang again during the Campus Superstars Season 1 competition, singing without worrying too much about what happens next and delivering what a live performance should have - sincerity and soul to the live audience, not just to oneself. Zhiyang's chances in my mind just went up two notches.
Chua Ai Jia Rachel 蔡艾珈 was the final seventh contestant to perform and just like the earlier first of the twenty performances, everyone held their breath to see what the little powerhouse could do since the other six was nothing short of awe-inspiring.
Chua Ai Jia Rachel 蔡艾珈 sang a very powerful number, which I believed utilized the most number of singing techniques that I have ever seen in the entire competition and Rachel's experience and familiarity with those techniques shone out just right. She seemed to cut down a lot of stage movement to accommodate the delivery of those note-changing techniques and I thought that must have cost her every ounce of power to push that performance worthy as a finale piece for the entire competition.
By the time all the seven contestants finished, even the resident judge of One Million Star competition, Xiaoling Laoshi had to resignedly put her head onto the judges' tables - because she found it so difficult to choose three out of the seven onstage “我的天呀！这么难选！可不可以全部七个都带去呢？”
Tan Diya 陈迪雅 (Top 3) was chosen as the first of the three after 20 minutes when the judges finally came out of their second meeting. Diya was so moved that she started tearing and Carrie had to calm her down with tissue paper.
Chua Ai Jia Rachel 蔡艾珈 (Top 3) was chosen as the second of the three to go to Taiwan. What she was holding in both her hands was the air ticket and qualifying papers as a PK Challenger.
Ng Chee Yang 黄智阳 (Top 3) was the last of the three and the competition finally ended with much cheering and applause although some of the supporters' groups seemed disappointed with the results and left Kallang Leisure Park dejectedly, squatting by the kerbs looking into space.
I stayed back for another few more group shots of the winners. Diya still looked as if she could not believe she was going to Taiwan.
The three PK challengers alongside with the seven judges who had to crack their heads to decide the eventual three.
A final group photo of the top 7 along with the judges before I headed home. My legs were aching like crazy from standing for nearly 6 hours and I knew I had plenty of uploading to do back home.A few pointers for singing enthusiasts who want to improve themselves. These are summed up from the judges' comments on the various performances and I thought they would be useful to some of my readers who are so passionate about singing and learning more:
“唱歌就像在讲个故事, 你要想要如何把这故事表达出来”
“听得出你的歌声中的热情，可是为何你的肢体语言是冷的呢？”
“不要只因为你喜欢歌曲中的某个部分，而忽略了整首歌想表达的感觉”
“歌曲中有大起小起之别，不能只依靠一层的感觉就能把歌曲唱出来”
That's all. End of blog series for One Million Star Season 5 Singapore PK Challenge Finals Competition. Hope my readers enjoyed the three posts! ^__^
One Million Star 5 Singapore PK Challenge Top 20 Grand Finals Part 2 of 3
超级星光5懈可击 新加坡PK赛 Contestants 11 to 20:
Liang Shang Tong Elyse 梁善彤 was one of the very well-dressed contestants. Looks like a prom queen hor but she did not seem to immerse herself fully in the song that she sang.
Liang Shang Tong Elyse 梁善彤 still looked pretty rigid even at the end of the second chorus and even though her appearance scored considerable points, she did not seem to win my favour for the ability to commandeer the song and the audience, making some obvious mistakes here and there in the performance.
Liang Shang Tong Elyse 梁善彤. Judges were ready to praise her for certain portions of the song but overall, I did not seem to think the judges were that impressed enough to readily grant her the ticket to Taiwan yet.
Sylvester Sim Siang Long 沈祥龙 went onstage with quite a lot of cheers from his supporters. He looked much more refined and I no longer see his beng image this time round, which is a good thing in some ways. He went on and delivered his song very confidently and I could tell that he put in plenty of practice and improved quite a lot since I last saw him onstage.
Sylvester Sim Siang Long 沈祥龙 seemed to be singing in some pubs and thus gathering quite some stage experience but I thought he was really too restrained by setting up his mic stand and not moving beyond it. Like Zhiyang, there was nothing wrong with his singing skills but the overall feel of enthusiasm and entertainment value onstage seemed lacking somewhat.
Sylvester Sim Siang Long 沈祥龙. Some of the judges recognized him and gave due praise to his singing abilities and I thought he could possibly proceed to the second round because of his immense experience after the judges' comments and giving him the benefit of the doubt that he could loosen up in the second round to do better.
Chen Simin Charlene 陈思敏 sang a rather quick number with some areas for showing a wilder side of her range of expressions and I thought she was one of those contestants who were trying to get into the feel of the song.
Chen Simin Charlene 陈思敏. However, by the end of the first chorus, I realized that Charlene seemed to over-focused on the free-styling portions of the song but gave much lesser emphasis on the verses of the song, and such an unbalanced allocation of feel was noted.
Chen Simin Charlene 陈思敏. Judges commented about her balancing of the song's emotions as well and though they praised on her good figure, they said her clothes were not really suited for the song.
Tan Diya 陈迪雅 was still the same - very casually dressed even for such a competition. Even though I knew it was what she called as a "beggar" styled of image but I really hoped she could upgrade her clothing a little when she goes to Taiwan. It's still a big competition there after all.
Tan Diya 陈迪雅 sang 《找自己》by David Tao and gave a very relaxing rendition onstage, with her signature kiddy-legs moves and I thought it was quite a relief from all the broody and heavy sentimental song renditions by the earlier contestants. I admired her courage to throw every care in the wind and just go for the song, which gave quite a lot of bonus marks.
Tan Diya 陈迪雅 interacted with the emcee. Like Carrie, she was one of the rare few contestants who dared to banter with the emcees onstage and that was a plus point in its own right because Taiwan did not really appreciate singers who could not say much behind the microphone. Judges were quick to point out her joyful rendition and her relaxed composure onstage as well.
Joyce Liew Zhen Ling 刘真伶 is actually a very experienced singer because she was the original singer for the myojo instant noodles gingle - 快来尝尝明星面. And her experience showed when she opened her mouth to sing - very steady skills and ultra clear enunciation - amongst the best in fact.
Joyce Liew Zhen Ling 刘真伶. However, the way she dragged out her notes were very traditional and it did not seem to sit well with the modern contemporary setting of the One Million Star competition. She did not seem to really update her wardrobe to fit her song either.
Joyce Liew Zhen Ling 刘真伶. Judges were all praises for her crystal-clear singing but stopped short of guaranteeing anything because they also commented that Joyce did not really update on the newer ways to sing the contemporary Mandarin pop songs and thus hinting that her overall feel would be harder to impress the judges and audience in Taiwan.
Alfred Sim Chee Hao 沈志豪 came from another experienced singing background as a wedding singer. A friend of Kewei who even advertised for him on Facebook using a short performance clip - Alfred did an excellent rendition of 曹格's 1234567 in the vocal aspect - a very manly voice with a well-controlled and huge range of falsetto techniques.
Alfred Sim Chee Hao 沈志豪. Unfortunately, whilst his vocal skills were very very impressive, his facial expression and body language were lacklustre. Immersed in his own song, he did not really have much genuine contact with the audience there and that took a lot of marks off his live performance's feel and sincerity.
Alfred Sim Chee Hao 沈志豪. One of the judges said that although Alfred's passion of the song could be felt in his singing, his exterior was passionless and that incongruity was pretty obvious and detrimental. I thought it was quite a waste because perhaps he was so used to singing at weddings that Alfred forgot he was supposed to be a superstar competition PK challenger who shoud commandeer both the song and have the stage charisma to commandeer the stage as well.
Yutaki Ong Soon Tat 王顺达 was the only contestant who fielded a full dance track 《精武门》by Show Lo and he really took the opportunity to strut his dance moves, which were very eye-catching and yet another breath of fresh air from the otherwise very tensed-up competition.
Yutaki Ong Soon Tat 王顺达. Yet, I could see that there was a little bit of gap in his performance because whenever he sang, he would freeze all dancing so there was still room for improvement in getting his stamina up completely to truly deliver a dance-track with singing. Think, Aaron Kwok, who could dance and sing at the same time.
Yutaki Ong Soon Tat 王顺达. Judges loved his dedication to dancing and singing and praised his valiant efforts in putting a dance number, which could be potentially dangerous if one's dancing was not up to par. Although he incorporated softer dance moves coupled with a little bit of break-dancing, I thought his rendition was uniquely his in some ways and that put Yutaki in my favourites at this point of time.
Keely Wee Shi Kai 阮诗凯 put in a reasonable performance with her song but she seemed really reserved and when performed immediately after Yutaki, she was unable to hold the attention of the audience who could not yet recover from all the showmanship to settle down to listen to a ballad.
Keely Wee Shi Kai 阮诗凯's voice trailed off less than desirably when the music was louder towards the end of the song and I had trouble listening to what she was singing. Sadly, there was no deliberate highs and lows of the song and Keely played too safe in delivering the song but not projecting her strengths.
Keely Wee Shi Kai 阮诗凯. When I spoke to pew on Facebook, I thought Keely would have been better off if she had chosen Boom! (an opening song for her during the Campus Reunion Concert) because that song would have made a more powerful impact on the judges and displayed her courage to attempt other genres to differentiate herself from other more powerful ballad singers. However, Keely picked the wrong song - too mediocre song to really impress.
Lovynn Kan Jing Wen 简静纹 put in a Stehanie Sun's song if I remembered correctly and that song was supposed to be sung with a bad-girl attitude and that was what Lovynn was trying to challenge and prove to the judges onstage.
Lovynn Kan Jing Wen 简静纹 seemed to really try very hard, making use of the stage to deliver some attitude and fire in her performance - there was only one problem - she did not look enough of the part in both her vocals and her body language to convince me that she truly understood what the song needed.
Lovynn Kan Jing Wen 简静纹. Judges said more or less the same thing because Lovynn's song choice actually locked herself in instead of unleashing her greater vocal powers and stage charisma. In my opinion, she could have let herself truly go onstage to experience the wildness of the song and immerse herself to give that true rock feel - alas, she did not.
Teo Zuo En 张祚恩's pink stockings really gave me the creeps because I thought those colors were really too glaring to complement anything in her outfit. However, she was a teacher in one of my friend's vocal school and underestimate her not - she knew more about groove and attitude than most of the top 20 contestants and could confidently pull those off without a sweat.
Teo Zuo En 张祚恩. The way she commandeered the song was very impressive because she knew exactly where all the emotions were but I thought her starting verses were a little weak and unimpressive and she only started to warm up after the choruses to hit it right. Both the judges and my opinions coincided - she could have done better if given another chance.
Liang Shang Tong Elyse 梁善彤 was one of the very well-dressed contestants. Looks like a prom queen hor but she did not seem to immerse herself fully in the song that she sang.
Liang Shang Tong Elyse 梁善彤 still looked pretty rigid even at the end of the second chorus and even though her appearance scored considerable points, she did not seem to win my favour for the ability to commandeer the song and the audience, making some obvious mistakes here and there in the performance.
Liang Shang Tong Elyse 梁善彤. Judges were ready to praise her for certain portions of the song but overall, I did not seem to think the judges were that impressed enough to readily grant her the ticket to Taiwan yet.
Sylvester Sim Siang Long 沈祥龙 went onstage with quite a lot of cheers from his supporters. He looked much more refined and I no longer see his beng image this time round, which is a good thing in some ways. He went on and delivered his song very confidently and I could tell that he put in plenty of practice and improved quite a lot since I last saw him onstage.
Sylvester Sim Siang Long 沈祥龙 seemed to be singing in some pubs and thus gathering quite some stage experience but I thought he was really too restrained by setting up his mic stand and not moving beyond it. Like Zhiyang, there was nothing wrong with his singing skills but the overall feel of enthusiasm and entertainment value onstage seemed lacking somewhat.
Sylvester Sim Siang Long 沈祥龙. Some of the judges recognized him and gave due praise to his singing abilities and I thought he could possibly proceed to the second round because of his immense experience after the judges' comments and giving him the benefit of the doubt that he could loosen up in the second round to do better.
Chen Simin Charlene 陈思敏 sang a rather quick number with some areas for showing a wilder side of her range of expressions and I thought she was one of those contestants who were trying to get into the feel of the song.
Chen Simin Charlene 陈思敏. However, by the end of the first chorus, I realized that Charlene seemed to over-focused on the free-styling portions of the song but gave much lesser emphasis on the verses of the song, and such an unbalanced allocation of feel was noted.
Chen Simin Charlene 陈思敏. Judges commented about her balancing of the song's emotions as well and though they praised on her good figure, they said her clothes were not really suited for the song.
Tan Diya 陈迪雅 was still the same - very casually dressed even for such a competition. Even though I knew it was what she called as a "beggar" styled of image but I really hoped she could upgrade her clothing a little when she goes to Taiwan. It's still a big competition there after all.
Tan Diya 陈迪雅 sang 《找自己》by David Tao and gave a very relaxing rendition onstage, with her signature kiddy-legs moves and I thought it was quite a relief from all the broody and heavy sentimental song renditions by the earlier contestants. I admired her courage to throw every care in the wind and just go for the song, which gave quite a lot of bonus marks.
Tan Diya 陈迪雅 interacted with the emcee. Like Carrie, she was one of the rare few contestants who dared to banter with the emcees onstage and that was a plus point in its own right because Taiwan did not really appreciate singers who could not say much behind the microphone. Judges were quick to point out her joyful rendition and her relaxed composure onstage as well.
Joyce Liew Zhen Ling 刘真伶 is actually a very experienced singer because she was the original singer for the myojo instant noodles gingle - 快来尝尝明星面. And her experience showed when she opened her mouth to sing - very steady skills and ultra clear enunciation - amongst the best in fact.
Joyce Liew Zhen Ling 刘真伶. However, the way she dragged out her notes were very traditional and it did not seem to sit well with the modern contemporary setting of the One Million Star competition. She did not seem to really update her wardrobe to fit her song either.
Joyce Liew Zhen Ling 刘真伶. Judges were all praises for her crystal-clear singing but stopped short of guaranteeing anything because they also commented that Joyce did not really update on the newer ways to sing the contemporary Mandarin pop songs and thus hinting that her overall feel would be harder to impress the judges and audience in Taiwan.
Alfred Sim Chee Hao 沈志豪 came from another experienced singing background as a wedding singer. A friend of Kewei who even advertised for him on Facebook using a short performance clip - Alfred did an excellent rendition of 曹格's 1234567 in the vocal aspect - a very manly voice with a well-controlled and huge range of falsetto techniques.
Alfred Sim Chee Hao 沈志豪. Unfortunately, whilst his vocal skills were very very impressive, his facial expression and body language were lacklustre. Immersed in his own song, he did not really have much genuine contact with the audience there and that took a lot of marks off his live performance's feel and sincerity.
Alfred Sim Chee Hao 沈志豪. One of the judges said that although Alfred's passion of the song could be felt in his singing, his exterior was passionless and that incongruity was pretty obvious and detrimental. I thought it was quite a waste because perhaps he was so used to singing at weddings that Alfred forgot he was supposed to be a superstar competition PK challenger who shoud commandeer both the song and have the stage charisma to commandeer the stage as well.
Yutaki Ong Soon Tat 王顺达 was the only contestant who fielded a full dance track 《精武门》by Show Lo and he really took the opportunity to strut his dance moves, which were very eye-catching and yet another breath of fresh air from the otherwise very tensed-up competition.
Yutaki Ong Soon Tat 王顺达. Yet, I could see that there was a little bit of gap in his performance because whenever he sang, he would freeze all dancing so there was still room for improvement in getting his stamina up completely to truly deliver a dance-track with singing. Think, Aaron Kwok, who could dance and sing at the same time.
Yutaki Ong Soon Tat 王顺达. Judges loved his dedication to dancing and singing and praised his valiant efforts in putting a dance number, which could be potentially dangerous if one's dancing was not up to par. Although he incorporated softer dance moves coupled with a little bit of break-dancing, I thought his rendition was uniquely his in some ways and that put Yutaki in my favourites at this point of time.
Keely Wee Shi Kai 阮诗凯 put in a reasonable performance with her song but she seemed really reserved and when performed immediately after Yutaki, she was unable to hold the attention of the audience who could not yet recover from all the showmanship to settle down to listen to a ballad.
Keely Wee Shi Kai 阮诗凯's voice trailed off less than desirably when the music was louder towards the end of the song and I had trouble listening to what she was singing. Sadly, there was no deliberate highs and lows of the song and Keely played too safe in delivering the song but not projecting her strengths.
Keely Wee Shi Kai 阮诗凯. When I spoke to pew on Facebook, I thought Keely would have been better off if she had chosen Boom! (an opening song for her during the Campus Reunion Concert) because that song would have made a more powerful impact on the judges and displayed her courage to attempt other genres to differentiate herself from other more powerful ballad singers. However, Keely picked the wrong song - too mediocre song to really impress.
Lovynn Kan Jing Wen 简静纹 put in a Stehanie Sun's song if I remembered correctly and that song was supposed to be sung with a bad-girl attitude and that was what Lovynn was trying to challenge and prove to the judges onstage.
Lovynn Kan Jing Wen 简静纹 seemed to really try very hard, making use of the stage to deliver some attitude and fire in her performance - there was only one problem - she did not look enough of the part in both her vocals and her body language to convince me that she truly understood what the song needed.
Lovynn Kan Jing Wen 简静纹. Judges said more or less the same thing because Lovynn's song choice actually locked herself in instead of unleashing her greater vocal powers and stage charisma. In my opinion, she could have let herself truly go onstage to experience the wildness of the song and immerse herself to give that true rock feel - alas, she did not.
Teo Zuo En 张祚恩's pink stockings really gave me the creeps because I thought those colors were really too glaring to complement anything in her outfit. However, she was a teacher in one of my friend's vocal school and underestimate her not - she knew more about groove and attitude than most of the top 20 contestants and could confidently pull those off without a sweat.
Teo Zuo En 张祚恩. The way she commandeered the song was very impressive because she knew exactly where all the emotions were but I thought her starting verses were a little weak and unimpressive and she only started to warm up after the choruses to hit it right. Both the judges and my opinions coincided - she could have done better if given another chance.
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