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. 

The Last OMG! Roadshow

One more for the road....

Yesterday marked the last day the OMG Contenders would have to burn a weekend performing at roadshows because today, was the last OMG! roadshow for the season. Next week, the Grand Finalists - Sean Harrison, Jill-Marie Thomas, CJ Crew, Luminiq Crew and IFLY prodigy will have to buckle down and rehearse like siao for the Grand Finals on 17 November.


So, on this final roadshow, our Grand Finalists gave it their all for the crowd. It was lovely to see them performing against the familiar blue OMG backdrop. It was a pity Jill-Marie couldn't be a part of this. In her place today however, we had performances by recently eliminated Contender Singapore Char Siew Baos!

Here are the pics & vids from the roadshow :)
Check out our leggy host for the day, Class 95's Jean Danker. Jean does a good job of putting everyone on the spot during their pre-performance interview by asking them who they think is their biggest competitor in the Grand Finals. No one wants to do any naming but she finally got Luminiq and Sean to admit they thought Jill-Marie was their biggest competition. 

 

First up - Sean Harrison with two songs - "Time After Time" and "I Wanna Hold Your Hand", see the vids below.

Next up, CJ Crew featuring Jojo, YuZhen, Evy, Diyanna, Joanna, Sam and Jun. See their vids below.

Lucky number three is Luminiq Crew ...



Here's the vid of the boys doing their thing, poor Afiq (Fiqsion) dislocated his shoulder while doing a stunt :(



With Jill-Marie tied up in Boracay, the last Grand Finalist to perform is IFLY prodigy ...









After the IFLY guys and girls wowed with their flips and tricks, it was time to get the audience to participate :)

The Singapore Char Siew Baos! also join in on the last OMG! roadshow with two songs "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" and a their own mashed up version of Rihanna's "Please Don't Stop The Music".








To end off the day, the Baos! get everyone up on stage for an impromptu sing-along to the unofficial OMG Theme song :) It really feels like one big family at this point .... check out Luminiq's Danial on beatbox!

Post roadshow pics ....

Thank you OMG Contenders for entertaining us tirelessly week after week in studio and at the many roadshows! Its been a fun season!


xoxo, s.

Bye Bye Singapore Char Siew Baos! (final elimination on OMG!)

Bye Bye Baos! :(

Its the last round of eliminations on OMG! before the Grand Finals on 17 November, and the Contender that got the boot tonight, was the Singapore Char Siew Baos!


After a pretty successful 9-week run as part of the OMG! family, the goodbyes got kinda hard tonight. Especially for those who've bonded over the past few months. Even I couldn't help but tear up when I gave Ruby a hug (note to self : do not hug eliminated contestants, tears will flow - so unprofessional!)

The Singapore Char Siew Baos! joined us in Episode 4 of OMG! and have survived a few rounds of being in the bottom 3, countless brutal comments, an scary non-elimination round and of course the usual rounds of 'what-are-we-gonna-do-next-week discussions, amongst themselves and with producers. And just short of one week in completing that 'race' to the finish line, it was not meant to be.


Here is their exit interview, shot on the fly, as they were leaving Studio 1. 
 
Only Jill-Marie Thomas and Luminiq Crew are left from the original Top 8. And Luminiq Crew is the only Contender who has been with the show from Day One. Jill joined us on Episode 3. 


How they remained so happy and shiny throughout the competition is a testament to their support of each other and the group's overall positive mindset. Thank you Ruby, Jacob, Jason and Dominic for the wonderful, happy music you have given us week after week, both on the OMG stage and at the roadshows. Your humour, warmth and genuine-ness will be missed (also I think Suresh will miss not having your guitar cables and what not on hand at every roadshow bwahahahah! Sorry, inside joke a bit!). We'll also miss your matching outfits and cheesy side-step moves. Old school talentime rawked!



It has been a pleasure working with you guys, can't wait to catch up again.
You can catch the Baos! this Sunday at the OMG! Plaza Singapura Roadshow, 5pm. They're making a special appearance in support of the show and the finalists :) Sweet right? Plus, you'll see them perform again (not as part of the competition) as part of the Top 8 on the night of the Grand Finals too (November 17th, mark that date down now!).

love ya!
xoxo, s.

VOTE VOTE VOTE! OMG! Ep 12

Non-Elimination so what? 
STILL MUST VOTE!
First of all, what the? Ever notice how we all have this 'what the' feeling a lot on this show? This must have been the 'twists' and 'turns' producers alluded to at the start of the season. Nothing and no one is safe or sacred on OMG! - one day you're in, the next day, you could still be in. (or out, or back in again as a 'Wildcard'!)


A non-elimination round will totally throw everyone off, voting patterns will change with each episode. Since we can't predict who's gonna get how many votes etc, I suggest, no matter where your favourite is standing tonight, bottom 3 or not, I suggest you continue to vote like siao. You don't want complacency to come into play. 


That said, check out tonight's voting deets. Results will be announced on next week's show, votes will be tabulated from last week and tonight's votes.


For Singapore Char Siew Baos!,
Call 1900 112 1201 or sms '1' to 71199

For Luminiq Crew,

Call 1900 112 1202 or sms '2' to 71199

For Jill-Marie Thomas,

Call 1900 112 1203 or sms '3' to 71199

For CJ Crew,

Call 1900 112 1204 or sms '4' to 71199

For Sean Harrison,

Call 1900 112 1205 or sms '5' to 71199

For IFLY prodigy @*scape

Call 1900 112 1206 or sms '6' to 71199

Lines are open from now til 12midnight so keep voting! 


xoxo, s.