OIAM roadshow at BTS; MTV Asia Awards Prelude Show at Zouk
Last Sat, they had the upcoming One In A Million auditions roadshow at Berjaya Times Square. Seeing as I’ve got nothing to do on that day, I decided to check it out. The location of the stage situated at the corner of West Wing Ground wasn’t really strategic. Crowds seemed mild. I thought it could have been better in the centre stage. As usual, the bunch of Pinkies are visible to support you-know-who. First up to perform was Rydee with I Will Survive, Purple Rain & I’ll Be There. Then it was Farah’s turn belting Kelly’s hits Since U Been Gone & Because Of You. Her third song was a rather surprise to me..Ashlee Simpson’s La La…never have I heard her sang it before. Vick was next with Craig David’s Walking Away, Anuar Zain’s Mungkin and he’s soon to be released EP song, Hui Lai/Kembali. Like Daniel’s Mimpi/Fei, he recorded both languages of the song. Vick got off the stage to make way for Nita who sang Shakira’s Objection, Hati Ini Telah Dilukai & Big Spender. The last Idol of the day was none other Daniel, which all the Pinkies has been waiting for..as usual..LOL. He did Mimpi, You Ji & Angin Malam. Got to comment on his voice, it was rather pitchy at certain parts which is still visible after having done so many shows. Perhaps he could have conflicted throat infection resulted to straining. But it was pretty clear he didn’t sing well. Next came OAG’s Radhi & V.E. closed the performance of the day.
Hung around Times Square to attend the MTV Asia Awards happening later at 7.30pm in Zouk. Had dinner at Chicken Rice Shop with Ostro before we left to catch a cab there. Unfortunately, as we stepped out the building, it started raining cats & dogs. Took shelter at the opposite bus stand, at the same time trying to flag down a cab in the midst of a bad downpour. Managed to catch one, got there about 8pm. Then again, people are still waiting outside the entrance. As soon as they started to allow guests in, we had our passes given to them. This is my first time entering Zouk, you could say it’s an opportunity to scout the area as I will be back here again next week for the Idol competition.
This year’s MAA ‘06 was Asian Animation and big cardboards of various anime drawings displayed. Meet up with Kai M & Kai Yeh, Mr. & Mrs. Dragon arrived slightly later. There was a small booth at the corner to test your versatility as a vj. Grand prize goes home with a 32" LCD TV. Definitely a very good deal and it’s Ostro’s forte so we are all not suprised if he sailed to the finals easily. Host of event for the night was none other than VJ Denise Keller. Surprisingly VJ Utt didn’t turn up. At first I didn’t even realise that this lady with black head-length hair and striking thick lipstick was Denise..till I take a good look at her. Gosh, I don’t remember when was last time I turned into MTV and what a shocking transformation she became LOL. Wanted to snap a pic with her but was turned down by her PA as she was about to host soon. Dang.
They were performances by AF2’s Adam with Tak Tahu and Ahli Fiqir with that annoying Angguk2 Geleng2 song. Denise also introduced some of the favourite local nominees, namely Too Phat & Rufffedge but neither performed as only 1 representative of their group members were on stage. Thank god Mawi wasn’t there…LMAO. Like as though he’ll enter clubs like these. Then it was the announcement of the finalists who got into the semifinals with their skills in veejaying. Totally not surprised, Ostro got in together with 3 other gals and a guy. Their next tasks was to introduce themselves to the audience and tell them why they need the LCD TV so badly. All in all, Ostro did the best with his smooth speaking but the contents weren’t really solid. More like empty babblings towards the end. For the 3rd round, they had to choose either of these 3 actions;
i) Do 20 push-ups
ii) Belly dancing or
iii) Sing an Ahli Fiqir song.
All 5 did ii) which Ostro blew it here as he literally didn’t know how to belly dance LOL. Instead he went for breakdance hoping to impress the crowd, which unfortunately, didn’t buy it. The winner was between the final guy & gal who did it convincingly enough to hypen the crowd. And it was decided by the chairman of the sponsored LCD TV, that the winner was the boy. Recalling back now, it was hilarious at the way he shook his belly (actually more of his booty XD) ever so gracefully, total envy to other gals.
Show ended at 11pm. We left the place and went to the adjacent bar to meet up with a few Pinkies who was suppose to be inside too but arrived to late to be allowed entrance. Chatted for a while before decided to have supper at at coffeeshop at Jalan Loke Yew. Ordered Tai Lok mee and mihun. Tasted really good. One of the Pinkies, Mei Ling happened to live in Sea Park and she offered me a ride home.
