Showing posts with label Luminiq Crew. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Luminiq Crew. Show all posts

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Quickie Post : 3 More OMG BTS Vids

Quickie Post : Last 3 Vids
I've got three more behind-the-scenes videos to share with you guys - OMG its almost 6am!
Anyway, here you go ...


This first vid is of Luminiq Crew rehearsing their second item. Notice that the starting pose of the second item, is the same as the end pose of the first item they did? I likey. This was recorded at Tuesday night's full dress rehearsal.



This is a vid of Jill-Marie singing True Colours for Desert Roses Jessy and Sophia and their friend Lily. They requested she sing it for them and I happened to be there to record too :) 



This last vid is of the night's guest performer Quick Quick Danger during the full dress rehearsals, also on Tuesday night.

xoxo, s.

Monday, November 15, 2010

OMG Saturday Imaging + Mediacorp's Family Day

Just 2 More Days to OMG Grand Finals!
Happy Monday morning all.... we're just two days away from the OMG! Grand Finals on 17 November. The Grand Finalists have been keeping busy and tonight, they'll be at rehearsals all night at Mediacorp. In fact, all weekend they've been in and about Caldecott Hill.

On Saturday it was wardrobe time for Luminiq Crew and Jill-Marie Thomas. Each of the boys and Jill had to try on numerous outfit combinations until they found the ones that were just right for their individual performances as well as all the group numbers. Imagine changing clothes like a gazillion times in the space of an hour. 
   
Check it out, they the Green Team!
When they were done at wardrobe, Jill and the boys got roped in to participate in Mediacorp's Family Day festivities. While they were busy trying on clothes, the rest of Caldecott Hill was buzzing with staff members and their families. One of the 'sites' set up was a mock up of the OMG set in Studio 1, where people got to perform on the OMG stage and show off their talents. Guest performers that day included Desert Roses Sophia and Jessy (Susan was away in Egypt), and now Luminiq Crew and Jill-Marie Thomas.
'Stealing from craft services LOL!'
 
Pretend OMG judges for the day were Darren Tan and Jade Seah. And 'pretend hosts' were Andie Chen and Michelle Chia. (Danial obviously thinks Jade Seah is super hawt - and she is! And tall!)

Here are the vids from Saturday...

Sorry I missed out a vid of Sophia and Jessy performing together, I didn't have a clear enough shot of the stage during that performance - the ushers were not too friendly, guess we were 'in the way' a lot.


Here's the vid of Luminiq doing their thang. Spyro wasn't around on Saturday cos he works Saturdays - he's in NS.



And last but not least, the vid of Jill singing 'Nobody' with Danial providing beatbox back up. 



Just two more days folks, coming soon are - updates from Sunday's rehearsals plus CJ Crew, Jill-Marie Thomas and IFLY prodigy's profiles. 


Don't forget to tune into 987fm today at 4.15pm to catch CJ Crew live with The Muttons in studio. Or drop by *scape to say hi to the girls and The Muttons :) Have a great Monday ahead!


xoxo, s.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

OMG! Wednesday Night Rehearsals - Vids

Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse!
Last Wednesday night, there was no show, but the OMGers were hard at work rehearsing for the upcoming Grand Finals. On the rehearsal menu that night was group items. At Training School, the singers sat with Indra while the dancers were with Zaki.
Jamming along the corridor....
I was told to meet them at Film Studio which is that huge-ass warehouse way at the back - I recorded the 'walk' there as promised - here's the vid. @siproducer Jolene walked with me and we took the 'shorter' route. Its creepier in person. By the way, when we got there the door was locked. That was a bit of a fright, but anyway turns out everyone got relocated to Training School. 

That was such a nonsense vid right? 

Anyway, back to business, here are the vids of the rehearsals.
This vid was recorded outside training school while the singers waited for their music director Indra Ismail to arrive. They'd just been assigned the Travie McCoy song "Billionnaire" and were singing it together as a group, for the first time. 



In this next vid, you'll see the singers have moved to the Ping Pong Room, where the echo is just fab for recording singing. Indra is assigning parts to the various singers.



While the singers are sorting themselves out, across the hall in the Dance Studio, the OMG dancers have gathered to rehearse their segment of the opening number for Zaki to see. In this vid, you'll just see Luminiq Crew, CJ Crew's Joanna and Jun, and IFLY kinda warming up...



IFLY's two Vincents (Yeo and Fok), Yvonne and Nellie sit and wait to get started...
While they warm up, I head back to the singers to see how they're doing and looks like they've made progress. Parts are assigned and everything's slowly comin' together...
Indra giving the singers a few tips...



Back at the Dance Studio, here's the rehearsal for the opening number - looks pretty exciting - I love seeing everyone come together to do group numbers, plus its great to see Rhythm 'N' Moves again.Vertical Dancers are not here for the rehearsals, but they'll also be part of this routine and so will Danny Koh.
Thank goodness the ceiling is high enough for IFLY....



After Zaki is done with the dancers and they've been dismissed, its time for the OMG singers to learn their blocking for the opening number. Very unglam, but here's a peek at how its done...



Zaki once told me he loves to do blocking cos its like moving life sized chess pieces here and there, sometimes like a jigsaw puzzle ahahha. Okay, and now to put the whole thing to music. The singers just got the song assignment just before this, so they're still reading lyrics off the sheet.



Well, that was a very long Wednesday night. Call time was 7pm. We all left Mediacorp around 12.30am.


Next up, weekend rehearsals!


xoxo, s.


ps. Here's the last time we'll see Sean Harrison with a full head of hair - he enlisted for NS the very next day. 

OMG Grand Finalist : Luminiq Crew

Luminiq Crew From Day One ...

Luminiq Crew has been with OMG! from Day One. Joining the show on its premiere episode, the boys have fought their way through 13 weeks of competition on-air. 

Off-air however, its been a little longer than that because the show's earlier episodes were pre-recorded; so technically, the boys have been at it since July - that's four months of blood, sweat and tears. And for Luminiq the blood, sweat and tears are real. The boys often get hurt while rehearsing outside because until now, they do not rehearse in a studio unless its at Mediacorp when they rehearse for Zaki or the producers. On their own, the boys work it out at *scape day after day til late in the night.

Young, hardworking and creative, what I like best about the boys is the fact that they are genuine. Maybe more so from naivete and age, but their sincerity is what comes through in all their performances, and what shows on their faces whether they are delighted or have been slighted. 

Originally a seven member crew (for the show at least, outside the show, Luminiq Crew's numbers are waaaay more), they are now down to six after Faiz left the show (after episode 9) due to familial matters. So who's in the crew to the end?

Azmi bin Noor
17 November 1990
Just one week short of turning 20 - Azmi's birthday falls on Grand Finals day, no prizes for guessing what his birthday wish is! Azmi is a funny guy. I used to call him 'camwhore guy' cos he would always stick his head in almost every picture I took, but as I've gotten to know the guy, I've realised he's actually pretty grounded and determined, and pretty intense sometimes (or maybe just angry), oh well, can't blame him - he's a Scorpio.


Muhammad Syafiq bin Mohd. Karim
9 October 1990
At 20, Spyro is currently serving the nation and often has to juggle missed practices and his NS calling. Often perceived as one of the quieter ones, once you get to know him, he's as loud and full of nonsense as the rest when they're together.
Mohd. Afiq bin Abdul Mutalib a.k.a. Fiqsion
21 November 1991
Currently the youngest member of the group (now that Faiz has left the show), Afiq has some serious moves and serious 'face'. He's usually one of the more quiet ones, leaving Danial, Hamster and Azmi to the noise, but more often than not, I see him singing :) Arguably the cutest Luminiq boy, he's the one the fans love taking pictures with...(and stalk apparently! Danial once commented that Luminiq has fans, but Fiqsion has stalkers!)


Viknash Muthaiah
2 September 1988
Viki's the guy who does most the bulk of the flying/flipping/spinning type stunts. He's usually the one who does flips over people and usually off stages :)
But when he's not performing, Vik's a really quiet guy. Often reserved and plugged into his headphones, while the rest are singing and cracking silly jokes, Vik's staring out the window stoning :) But when it comes to sharing skills and teaching others his moves, he's as generous as the rest of the Luminiq boys.


Muhammad Afiq bin Abu Samah
a.k.a Hamster
12 April 1989
Another trick monster, Hamster's signature trick is spinning on one hand. I've seen him do it so many times I still can't figure out how he does it - and lemmetellyou, other OMGers have given it a try - it ain't easy. 
Hamster is one of the founding members of Luminiq Crew along with Viki. Another funny guy with an opinion about everything, Hamster once asked me to tweet that he's looking for a Chinese girlfriend. 

Danial Hakim bin Supani a.k.a. Doc Orc
2 February 1987
Danial has been the spokesperson for Luminiq Crew since they joined the show. He's the one who does most of the talking at roadshows, radio interviews and also on the show itself. He's a popper-locker and his forte is at freestyling. Friendly and easygoing, Danial has always got a ready smile and a positive attitude even when things got rough for the boys throughout the season. 
Check out the big smile he gave me for this pic despite having a terrible tummy ache - now that's a trooper!




Luminiq's OMG! Journey
I caught up with the boys over the last coupla days to find out what they thought of their time on OMG!, and here's what they had to say :

What was the best thing about being a part of One Moment of Glory?
The best part? The people we got to meet! The people we got the share the journey with, like Jill, The Baos, R'N'M, Danny, The Roses....all the Top 8.

Jill is like a kakak (malay for 'big sister') to us, she's like family. She really shows that she cares for us, she shows us the love you know? Like, sometimes, if she sees that we're down or quiet, she'll ask if we're okay. She's always there for us you know? We always laugh and have fun together. 

Its the same with Danny too.  Danny is like a bro. He's like a crew member we never had. He's such an awesome guy.  He would give us tips and then props, and when we're practising, he would give us suggestions. He inspired us all  on many of the themes. 

What can you guys take away from this experience once its over, whether you win or not?
Well, last time we never used to try new things. We are a b-boy group. That's what we've always been. And we've participated in a lot of competitions. But for this competition, we've stepped out of our comfort zone, a lot, and sometimes quite far out of what we normally do. We've tried a lot of new things in our choreography, trying out different genres other than b-boying. It has been very challenging, but we worked hard and its an experience.

What do you think was your best performance this season?
The one we did for 'School's Out!', when we brought in our youngest Luminiq Crew member Aziz. Why did we think it was our best? Because the producer said so :) She said we had improved a lot and she was very pleased, so we were really happy. We got a lot of good feedback from that week's performance. 

Okay, worst performance then?
Oh, its gotta be the 'Singapore Dream' week. We had a really tough time cos we had no ideas that week. All the ideas we came up with did not meet the mark with producers and we started to run out of time. That was the week that one of our members had some family problems, so it was a really rough week - in fact that was the last time he performed with us on the show, he had to drop out after that. So we just did what we did that week, tried our best to put it out there and make it work. 

Best ever moment of the season?
When we found out that the theme for Ep 11 was gonna be 'school'-themed. The original theme was called 'Cutting Edge' and that was a really difficult theme to interpret. Originally, back in the Survival rounds, we had already wanted to do a 'school'-related choreo, but didn't get a chance to do so, so when this theme came up we were SUPER happy - also because we could bring in an external member. We were damn happy la.

Worst/Saddest ever moment of the season?
When Danny left. Cos he was one of the pioneers you know? All the way from Episode 1, it was him and us. So that night we felt really really down. He was actually quite close with us, we had a strong bond with him, almost like brothers. But we had to pick ourselves up also cos that night was 'School's Out' and we wanted to give a really good performance and we were excited about our routine - so it was really mixed extreme feelings that night!

Some quick LMQ on OMG! stats : 
Survival Rounds :

No. of times performed : 2/6 episodes
No. of times challenged : ONCE ONLY! (by Pretty Boyz,  on Episode 4)

Elimination Rounds : 
No. of times Judges have put LMQ in bottom 3 : 4/6 times
No. of times Viewers have put LMQ in bottom 3 : 0/6

Looks like LMQ get a lotta lurve from you at home. Despite low rankings by the judges, public votes have kept Luminiq out of the bottom 3 all season. 

Videos of Luminiq's OMG! Performances
Lucky for us, Viki has been very consistent with putting up clips of the LMQ performances up on Youtube, so you can watch everything the boys have done from Episode 1 to 12. Thank you Viki! (Btw, did you know, Viki and Azmi are the guys that put together LMQ's music every week - the splice and dice their own dance mix at home!) They have performed a total of 8 times competitively. 


This is their very first performance - a soccer themed routine on Episode 1. 
9 August 2010.



In the first 6 episodes of Survival Rounds, Luminiq Crew were challenged just ONCE - on Episode 4, by dance troupe Pretty Boyz. LMQ won that challenge. Here's the routine they did - btw, I loved how snazzy they all looked for this routine.



LMQ had immunity on Episode 5 and weren't challenged on Episode 6, so they sailed right through to the next phase - Elimination Rounds - where they would perform every week according to a theme. This is Episode 7, Elimination Round 1 - Collaborations, where they collaborated with Elaine Daly for a zombie-inspired routine.



This is Episode 8 and the theme is 'Come On Baby Light My Fire' and the boys change it up by doing a 'bedtime' inspired routine - with a bit of 'fire' thrown in .



This is Episode 9, and the theme is 'Singapore Dreams' and the boys portray their dream of representing Singapore in an international dance competition.



This is Episode 10, 'Lights, Camera, Action!' and the boys whip up a routine that pits their two favourite movies - The Matrix vs Ip Man. 



This is Episode 11, 'School's Out!' and that week, each Contender would have to incorporate kids into their act. Lucky for the boys, they already had a kid in their midst - 10 year old Aziz who is Luminiq Crew's youngest member - so they brought him on the show and boy did he 'wow' the crowd :) 



This is Episode 12, 'Fright Night!'. The boys did a creepy bomoh/pontianak/hantu inspired routine. Aside from the creepy theme - the moves were sharp and synched and to me, one of their better performances.



Its a pity no one uploaded the 'dancer's segment' from Episode 13 OMG Cares. I thought LMQ did great with the choreography that night too - very synchronised and spot on. I can't wait to see what they're gonna bring for this Wednesday's show. Apparently the routine involved some basketballs? Real or imagined, I have no idea - waiting to be surprised.


Catch Luminiq Crew this Wednesday on the One Moment of Glory Grand Finals where they will battle it out against the other four to win the $50,000 grand prize. 


Voting lines will open at the start of the show at 8pm. The Results will come to you LIVE the same night at 10pm. 


To vote for Luminiq Crew :
Call 1900 112 1203 or sms '3' to 71199.


Good luck boys, and all the best for Wednesday!
And Azmi, Happy Birthday in advance dude!


xoxo, s.

Friday, November 12, 2010

OMG Radio Interviews!

Quickie Update : Catch the Grand Finalists on 987FM with the Muttons!


Every day from yesterday actually, a Grand Finalist will be goin' into the studio with the Muttons for a chat :) Everyone, except for Sean Harrison, or should I say, Private Sean Harrison? The boy is serving the country and booked into camp on Monday morning, so we won't be able to see/hear from him til the Grand Finals itself!


LUMINIQ Crew : TODAY at 4.15pm 
IFLY prodigy : TOMORROW (Saturday) at 4.15pm
CJ Crew : MONDAY at 4.15pm


Yesterday if you caught it, The Muttons had Jill-Marie Thomas in the studio and here are the pics :)
Jill setting up at the mini stage area in the 987fm studio
LOL, Jill is so tanned! 

Singin on live radio.

So tune into 987fm every day at 4.15pm starting from today to catch the OMG Grand Finalists live with The Muttons, starting with the Luminiq Crew today!

xoxo, s.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Happy OMG Day! ...well, sort of....

Remember ah - No Show  Tonight!
Just in case y'all thought there was a show tonight, there isn't. Cos our Top 5 are busy rehearsing like mad - the OMG! Grand Finals are exactly a week away. 


Sean, Jill-Marie, CJ Crew, IFLY and Luminiq Crew have been holed up in a large warehouse-like studio somewhere in the back lots of Caldecott Hill. The walkway to that empty (and very creepy) studio is so snakey, I always get lost going there. Its like, start at the makeup unit, go round the back,then left, right, past the benches, then left, up three steps, turn right, cross mini drain, take slope, turn left, then turn right round the green bin, then go down stairs,then left again, then up another slope, past the smoking area, some stairs, go through a door, then another door...and then...maybe...you're there.


Ok, maybe I exaggerated a bit. But only a bit. Tonight, I will video this walk and post it up.


Anyway, so yea, the Top 5 have been rehearsing their moves. Last Sunday, right after the roadshow, the dancers (or more like, non-singers) were all whisked back to Mediacorp for an all-night session with Zaki. Here are the pics from Sunday night's rehearsal....






While everyone was just hangin' around and waiting for Zaki to arrive, it became an impromptu Luminiq Crew workshop. IFLY and CJ Crew were both getting pointers from the Luminiq boys on how to do their tricks, and the boys were more than happy to share. (Feel free to check out my twitpics from that night here - sorry for the blurry pics, lighting wasn't very good there and if you see anything ghostly, please don't tell me!)




 I had one more pic of the IFLY girls trying to balance on one hand, but erm, I didn't realise my angle was so unglam, so I've decided to trash that pic.



The minute Zaki arrived, it was all business for everyone. Each group broke off to a corner to huddle and work out their moves. 





While IFLY worked on their routine, CJ Crew was off working on theirs too..



And in another corner, we had some familiar faces hangin' out at the Blog TV set. Rhythm 'N' Moves boys Fen, Derek and Liang Bin were back along with Danny Koh, cos they're all part of the big opening item that involves all the non-singers. I wanted to say 'dancer's segment' but Danny reminded me that he doesn't 'dance' :) Of course, Danny will be doing fire....







After a long night of waiting and rehearsing and waiting again, the night's almost over.



Tonight, its another round of full rehearsals for these guys PLUS the singers. And from here on in, its rehearsals/wardrobe/imaging/blocking/reviews/individual rehearsals every day til next Wednesday. I'll be heading over to that creepy studio tonight at 7pm, so follow my tweets/twitpics to get a sneak peek at what your OMGers are up to tonight.


xoxo, s.