Channel U Superstars Grand Finals!
Last Thursday (1st Sept) was the exciting Grand Finals of the Channel U Superstars! The Grand Finals was held in the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Somehow, this compeition seemed much bigger than the Singapore Idols… maybe this is the R.E.A.L. Singapore Idols haha! As Channel U Superstars reached the finale, we saw many really talented singers got eliminated… such as Junyang (nice voice, nice singing but bad luck with the sore throat) , Sin Huey (super good technique and beautiful singing but not enough popularity) and Derrick (super yandao, super cute!!!). The Grand Finals was a battle of the sexes and the two finalists are Tan Weilian and Kelly Poon. They were tagged as the battle of the male vs the female, the 'Shen Qing' vs the 'Re Qing'.
The Grand Finals result outcome was based on 30% cd single sales and 70% sms/telephone voting on the actual day. For the cd single results which had been concluded earlier, the winner was Weilian, who sold 12,239 copies compared to Kelly's 11,319 copies (my feeble attempt to support Kelly by buying one cd did not help her…. sad~ ). Each of the finalists had to sing a total of five songs. This time, the judges were only allowed to give comments of each performance and choose the better singer of each round but cannot directly affect the final results.
*the five judges: Fang Zhonghua, Li Feihui, Ye Peifen, Xu Huanliang and Li Weisong*
The Grand Finals was organized in a concert format and opened with all contestants from the earlier rounds performing. Then it proceeded to the 1st song by Weilian ('Nan Ren Hai Yang' by Zhou Chuan Xiong). He sang with his usual nasal vocals and was very moving in emoting the song. Kelly went with a fast song for her opening song ('Yan Se' by Coco Lee). Her singing was a bit off but she made up with her showmanship and her massive Afro wig! I feel that the first round was a bit of a tie… Weilian scored with his better singing while Kelly got the crowd going with a catchy fast song, prancing around the stage. Kelly won this round in the judges' opinion 3-2! Yay!
The second round was the acapella section. Both the finalists were required to perform an acapella song aided by 5 backup singers from the eliminated contestants of the same sex (they were allowed to choose the backups). Weilian took on 'Wo Zhen De Shou Shang Le' by Jacky Cheung… one of my favorite songs and he did not disappoint! He sang really well and the back up vocals was superb! (Derrick and Junyang were among the backups man… power!!!). Kelly chose 'Sha Tan' (Tanya Chua's version)…. the beginning part was quite off-tempo… her main weakness… and the back up 5 girls (including Sin Huey) who kept singing, "Pa La Pa La", were really too loud and not nice… Kelly only did reasonably ok for the second half of the song when the pianist came in with the music. I think the girls' version of acapella suffered from a lack of bass and sounded too shrill for my liking and of course suffered from Kelly's tempo problems. I think this round belongs to Weilian with his great singing and his 5 backup singers, the majority of the judges also felt the same for this round and gave it to Weilian 4-1!
After the second round, the show went back to the quarterfinalists performing some group numbers. And we have our show-stealer… the solo performances by Junyang and Sin Huey and later a duet!!! Junyang sang a wonderful 'Guardian Angel' and Sin Huey sang 'Gan Xie Ni Yong Xin Ai Wo' by Peng Lin. Firstly, she looked fabulous in her purple gown… however she was a bit off pitch for the first part of the song before the music came in… the second half of the song was totally great!! Of the T.H.E. show-stealer was the duet by the two ('Wu Ding' by Jay Chou and Landy Wen)… they sang really good… were natural… and had a lot of stage presence! I think this song put a smile on all the viewers and brought the stadium crowd to a high! (my whole family enjoyed this song the most!)
*The show-stealers: Junyang and Sin Huey!*
The third round was the duet section with J.J.Lin as the partner. (all J.J.'s originals) Weilian sang 'Yi Qian Nian Yi Hou' which was quite bad in my opinion because J.J totally took the song on his own and Weilian sounded like a fan who got the honor of sharing a sing-along with J.J.. Kelly did better with 'Mu Nai Yi' due to her better handling of the R & B style, better back up when J.J. sang the main vocals and more synergy in the duet. I think this was arguably her best round and the judges unanimously voted for her. They also sang a 3-man duet ('Bei Feng Chui Guo De Xia Tian') (for this song J.J.'s voice totally ate them up...)
The fourth round had each of them singing an original composition by the judges. Weilian sang a song composed by Li Feihui with lyrics by Xu Huanliang ('Liao Jie')… and he sang it in his usual style… which was already getting boring for me at this stage of the show and he didn't even meet his usual standards (he said he was tired). Kelly sang 'On My Way' with the music composed by Lee Weisong who wanted her to shine with her stage persona with the song and she met all his expectations! Her costume was nice, the dance and the singing were all up to par… LWS was so excited when it came to him to say his comments! This round went to Kelly in my opinion also and the judges gave it to her 4-1!
*Weilian and Kelly in their fourth round costume! Kelly look so cute!!!*
The fifth and final song was a self-chosen song. Weilian chose another typical song again… I forgot the song name already (they all sound so similar… I will try to recall *edit: it's 'Qi Shi Ni Bu Dong Wo De Xin' by Tong An Ge*). I guess my idea of a superstar is one who is versatile in singing and has decent stage presence… Kelly chose Coco Lee's 'Bei Ai De Nu Ren'… her gown was absolutely fabulous!!! She looked like a real superstar for the final song and finally she carried the whole song through quite well! (the high parts are a bit shrill though… not so nice)
After final round, we were treated to a performance by J.J (obviously the best singer… but he is already a superstar!) before going to the results. I was not surprised Weilian won despite the better singer being Kelly.
*Results announced and Weilian won*
He already sold more cds… and I am sure based on pure voting he will surely win… sad but true.
*Li Weisong looking disappointed with the results*
But in the end Kelly won a fan in me! I bought her cd (first cd in 7 years, remember?) and the miser in me even sms once and called twice to support her (total 3 votes haha!). Anyway I shouldn't take the victory away from Weilian… if he is just selling a single 'Gun Dan De Ye Wo Bu Gu Dan'… the single would sell through the roof!!!… but singing the same kind of songs over and over again really bores me. Kelly's makeup was a bit over-the-top for the night… I like her bangs more! I also think JY and SH stole the show! I will probably buy future albums from: Kelly (fan), Sin Huey (best singer), JY (friend and my father likes him). JY made my father learn 'Liu Shui Nian Hua'!!!
*Kelly, runner-up, female finals winner and the WINNER in my heart!*
The Grand Finals result outcome was based on 30% cd single sales and 70% sms/telephone voting on the actual day. For the cd single results which had been concluded earlier, the winner was Weilian, who sold 12,239 copies compared to Kelly's 11,319 copies (my feeble attempt to support Kelly by buying one cd did not help her…. sad~ ). Each of the finalists had to sing a total of five songs. This time, the judges were only allowed to give comments of each performance and choose the better singer of each round but cannot directly affect the final results.
*the five judges: Fang Zhonghua, Li Feihui, Ye Peifen, Xu Huanliang and Li Weisong*
The Grand Finals was organized in a concert format and opened with all contestants from the earlier rounds performing. Then it proceeded to the 1st song by Weilian ('Nan Ren Hai Yang' by Zhou Chuan Xiong). He sang with his usual nasal vocals and was very moving in emoting the song. Kelly went with a fast song for her opening song ('Yan Se' by Coco Lee). Her singing was a bit off but she made up with her showmanship and her massive Afro wig! I feel that the first round was a bit of a tie… Weilian scored with his better singing while Kelly got the crowd going with a catchy fast song, prancing around the stage. Kelly won this round in the judges' opinion 3-2! Yay!
The second round was the acapella section. Both the finalists were required to perform an acapella song aided by 5 backup singers from the eliminated contestants of the same sex (they were allowed to choose the backups). Weilian took on 'Wo Zhen De Shou Shang Le' by Jacky Cheung… one of my favorite songs and he did not disappoint! He sang really well and the back up vocals was superb! (Derrick and Junyang were among the backups man… power!!!). Kelly chose 'Sha Tan' (Tanya Chua's version)…. the beginning part was quite off-tempo… her main weakness… and the back up 5 girls (including Sin Huey) who kept singing, "Pa La Pa La", were really too loud and not nice… Kelly only did reasonably ok for the second half of the song when the pianist came in with the music. I think the girls' version of acapella suffered from a lack of bass and sounded too shrill for my liking and of course suffered from Kelly's tempo problems. I think this round belongs to Weilian with his great singing and his 5 backup singers, the majority of the judges also felt the same for this round and gave it to Weilian 4-1!
After the second round, the show went back to the quarterfinalists performing some group numbers. And we have our show-stealer… the solo performances by Junyang and Sin Huey and later a duet!!! Junyang sang a wonderful 'Guardian Angel' and Sin Huey sang 'Gan Xie Ni Yong Xin Ai Wo' by Peng Lin. Firstly, she looked fabulous in her purple gown… however she was a bit off pitch for the first part of the song before the music came in… the second half of the song was totally great!! Of the T.H.E. show-stealer was the duet by the two ('Wu Ding' by Jay Chou and Landy Wen)… they sang really good… were natural… and had a lot of stage presence! I think this song put a smile on all the viewers and brought the stadium crowd to a high! (my whole family enjoyed this song the most!)
*The show-stealers: Junyang and Sin Huey!*
The third round was the duet section with J.J.Lin as the partner. (all J.J.'s originals) Weilian sang 'Yi Qian Nian Yi Hou' which was quite bad in my opinion because J.J totally took the song on his own and Weilian sounded like a fan who got the honor of sharing a sing-along with J.J.. Kelly did better with 'Mu Nai Yi' due to her better handling of the R & B style, better back up when J.J. sang the main vocals and more synergy in the duet. I think this was arguably her best round and the judges unanimously voted for her. They also sang a 3-man duet ('Bei Feng Chui Guo De Xia Tian') (for this song J.J.'s voice totally ate them up...)
The fourth round had each of them singing an original composition by the judges. Weilian sang a song composed by Li Feihui with lyrics by Xu Huanliang ('Liao Jie')… and he sang it in his usual style… which was already getting boring for me at this stage of the show and he didn't even meet his usual standards (he said he was tired). Kelly sang 'On My Way' with the music composed by Lee Weisong who wanted her to shine with her stage persona with the song and she met all his expectations! Her costume was nice, the dance and the singing were all up to par… LWS was so excited when it came to him to say his comments! This round went to Kelly in my opinion also and the judges gave it to her 4-1!
*Weilian and Kelly in their fourth round costume! Kelly look so cute!!!*
The fifth and final song was a self-chosen song. Weilian chose another typical song again… I forgot the song name already (they all sound so similar… I will try to recall *edit: it's 'Qi Shi Ni Bu Dong Wo De Xin' by Tong An Ge*). I guess my idea of a superstar is one who is versatile in singing and has decent stage presence… Kelly chose Coco Lee's 'Bei Ai De Nu Ren'… her gown was absolutely fabulous!!! She looked like a real superstar for the final song and finally she carried the whole song through quite well! (the high parts are a bit shrill though… not so nice)
After final round, we were treated to a performance by J.J (obviously the best singer… but he is already a superstar!) before going to the results. I was not surprised Weilian won despite the better singer being Kelly.
*Results announced and Weilian won*
He already sold more cds… and I am sure based on pure voting he will surely win… sad but true.
*Li Weisong looking disappointed with the results*
But in the end Kelly won a fan in me! I bought her cd (first cd in 7 years, remember?) and the miser in me even sms once and called twice to support her (total 3 votes haha!). Anyway I shouldn't take the victory away from Weilian… if he is just selling a single 'Gun Dan De Ye Wo Bu Gu Dan'… the single would sell through the roof!!!… but singing the same kind of songs over and over again really bores me. Kelly's makeup was a bit over-the-top for the night… I like her bangs more! I also think JY and SH stole the show! I will probably buy future albums from: Kelly (fan), Sin Huey (best singer), JY (friend and my father likes him). JY made my father learn 'Liu Shui Nian Hua'!!!
*Kelly, runner-up, female finals winner and the WINNER in my heart!*
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