OMG with an SPG

Barbarella Auditions for Channel 5's One Moment Of Glory :)

Notorious 'President of the SPGs' - Barbarella Chanel Posh Beckham Cruz etc - has 'auditioned' for OMG.

This crazy character from The Noose is just hilarious and one of my favourite incarnations from the very talented Michelle Chong (I absolutely love Leticia The Maid!).

Anyway this vid was just too good to not share, here are some screen caps to whet your appetite!

In the 5-minute clip, Barbarella talks borrs (balls) and shows off her 'juggring' skills in a bid to show off her 'tarrent' to an OMG producer.

Check out the link to xinmsn.com below to see the full video, and fingers-crossed Barbarella makes it to one of the episodes of the show! I would love to see B.B. See and other Noose characters join in throughout the season, somehow. I wonder if any stand-up comedians have auditioned?

Watch Barbarella's OMG Audition here!

Whee so excited about tomorrow, preparing my list of questions - gonna get to meet the judges and host for OMG. If you have questions you'd like to ask them (except their identity of course, cos that's under wraps for now), do drop me an email at summerrstv@live.com or post the query in the comments box below! Imma ask 'em and get back to ya!

Enjoy the vid!

xoxo, s.

ps. Wanna see if you can figure out who OMG's host and judges are?

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I'll be tweeting/twitpiccing from tomorrow's 'hush-hush' photoshoot to give you an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at them (or maybe their feet/hands/accessorries etc, everything but the face which i'm not allowed to reveal).

Channel 5's OMG - One Moment Of Glory

Singapore Got Talent?
That's such a loaded question right! Well its a good thing then that that isn't the name of Channel 5's new talent reality show (which is loosely based on America's Got Talent).

Based on the trailers I've seen on TV thus far, it seems a little dubious but producers have assured me that they have uncovered quite a few gems. The glossy launch trailer was awesome, I loved the fire eater/sword swallower etc. The trailers featuring the actual auditions - another thing altogether.

(Actually, I kinda wanna see more of the Hubei-Hebei belly dancing girls and that cute Taiwanese guy whose talent they don't reveal!)

Ooh, but sidetrack first.....Hi all! How've you been? Sorry the blog's been dead a while, I figured if I didn't have special access to stuff that might interest you, no point just reviewing shows you've already seen right? No value add there :)

But OMG guess what! My old producer friends at MediaCorp are keen to gimme a crew pass for their new reality show comin' up this August called One Moment Of Glory :) (OMG for short or course).

If you have no idea what I'm talking about check out the videos at the show's FB page.

Go and 'Like' OMG on Facebook now!

Its basically Channel 5's own version of America's Got Talent. Basically any one with a 'talent' (and this is SO open to interpretation) can audition for the show and try to impress the judges. Somewhere along the line, viewers get a say too via voting.

Here's what I know so far :

1. The show premieres on National Day (most likely right after the National Day Parade)

2. It runs til like, November.

3. The winner walks away with $50,000 CASH. C.A.S.H. <-- this I like, no nonsense like half in cash, half in sponsored goodies etc etc. Its 50,000 smackerrooonies! Sigh, I can buy Nicole Richie's entire House of Harlow AND Winter Kate line and still have some leftover for a Balenciaga. Ok maybe not, but enough for a Kate Spade at least. Ok I digress.

Here are some pics taken from the OMG facebook page.

Quite a lot of belly baring talent uncovered (omg that pun was SO unintended)....

D'you see a trend? :) Don't worry, I'm sure more than just belly dancers auditioned for the show...

This guy looks like he's a stunt biker... should be interesting to watch...

I love watching breakdancers, so I hope this fler was good and made it on to the show...

I have seen this erm 'toy'/'gadget' on talent shows before, but I have no idea what its called - anyone?

Ah yes, and no talent show audition would be complete without at least one MJ impersonator trying out...

I hope this dummy has good jokes. The talent may be voice-throwing, but the act is only as good as its best punchline...OMG just realised the dummy's a girl.....oh.kay. This I gotta see.

Anyway, I haven't seen any audition footage or met any contestants, I just got the call about the show a few days ago, and after looking at what's online and what's on air, I gotta say, I'm curious :)

I have been invited to tag along to a photoshoot for the show's judges/hosts next Tuesday (13/7), no idea who they are or how many of either there will be, but rest assured I'll be tweeting/twitpiccing, so follow me on Twitter to see if you can figure out (shhh! apparently its secret til dunno what date) who's judging and who's hosting the show.

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If you've followed me from Idol days, you can expect more of the same kind of updates for OMG, lots of behind-the-scenes pics, videos of your favourite contestants, backstage gossip and of course, you'll get 'em as quickly as I can put them up.

Do feel free to add comments if you've got ideas of what you'd like to see on this blog for OMG.

Ah, its good to be back blogging! More updates to come!

xoxo, s.

ps. Can you believe its been a year since we took that Idol journey with Airi, Sylvia, Tabby, Charles, Faizal, Duane, Mae, Farhan, Malaque, Nurul, Syltra, Amira, MJ et al? This time last year, I was at bootcamp, watching the Top 100 go through de riguers of becoming a star. And now Airi's album is out - have you heard it? Its awesome! :)

pps. I'll be doing some housekeeping on the blog so don't worry if you see all the Singapore Idol stuff being moved around, I'll make sure all the links are set up so you can still go find them if you're feeling nostalgic.

Broken, The Music Video

LOVE.IT.

Last night, just before the news Channel 5 unveiled the much anticipated music video for Idol #3's latest single 'Broken'. Already the song has been receiving much support on the airwaves, with Class 95 playing it up quite a fair bit (thank you!!) and its also climbing the 91.3 charts.

Its been sooo long since we've seen Airi on tv and its great to see him looking all worthy of his Idol title in this slick video, with this great and very radio-friendly song. Reminds me of the way I felt about Taufik's 'One Last' (the first single out after 'I Dream', I kept it on loop for like, forevah!)

Anyhoo, check out the video, produced by the talented OAP5 producers (love the hanging naked bulbs woot!), and vote for the alternate ending you prefer at www.facebook.com/mediacorpch5 or www.youtube.com/universalmusicsg2010.

Most of all, sit back and enjoy!

So how? You likey?

Personally, I like Ending 2 better. Kinda leaves things hanging, not your typical happy ending, most likely she won't find the letter/song.

Here are some of my fave shots from the video....

I absolutely loved the naked hanging lightbulbs. LOVE IT! I actually suggested to Airi that his music video have these hanging lightbulbs swaying in the wind and well, doubt it happened because of me, but it woulda been nice if it was haha.

I love the shots of the drums, the beat of the song is one of the best things about it, it grounds the melody (imo anyway). Btw, the drummer in the video is one of Airi's good friends. He's also one of the awesomest drummers I've ever seen play, and I had the privilege of watching one of their mini jam sessions - v. cool.

I like this shot for so many reasons. The colour of the wall totally helps break up the monotony of colour in the rest of the video which is mostly black/white/plain (which is simple and great, because the focus should be on the song). And I love that he's surrounded by 'equipment' - so music lor. Coulda done without the IKEA chair. Maybe a wooden, more er, rustic chair woulda looked better?

Who out there tried out for the casting call looking for 'Eurasian girls between 17 - 21 for a Ch5 music video? So obvious riiiight? :)

So did everyone think Amelia made the cut? Believable as Airi's love interest? Imo, not many shots of them together so couldn't really tell. Most of the shots of her were very 'Ghost Whisperer'-like to me. She is definitely pretty though.

This is definitely one of the best shots for me cos it actually shows them together, and you're given a sense of their chemistry, however, in this particular frame it looks like Airi's really pissed like "Hello-oh, I said I'm sorry already la, what else you want me to do....wahlaueh!"... and she's just stoning in that 'Melinda' way (I'm sure she was directed to stare into space and be indifferent).

Here's the 'Ghost Whisperer' shot... 'broken promises' written on the misty window.

And the follow up shot where the 'human' touches where the ghost once wrote.

The window thing was a nice touch. And, so, 0k, not to take the piss, silly GW comments aside, it was a really nicely shot video. I totally enjoyed it and I'm so happy that Channel 5 decided to produce one for Airi. Its sad that Taufik never really got a good music video for his first single (post win), so yay for Airi! And in that vein, one more shot of our Idol, singing his heart out for us. Can't wait for the next single to arrive - please Channel 5 make sure he has another video to go with! :)

xoxo, s.

ps. voting closes 12th May at midnight, so if you haven't cast your vote, go do so at the links above.

I Heart Broken

Not A Broken Record.

I'm in trouble. I think I'm seriously addicted to Airi's single 'Broken'. I know I sound like a broken record, pun intended, but I just love the song! I've also gotten a few offices-full of people addicted to it, and in KL mind you! My cousin, three friends and their colleagues - thats about 30+ people - have given me the thumbs up, a few of them have had it on loop for a few days now, citing they thought it was some international artiste....my reply - "Got standard right?"

Even when I can't sing it outloud cos everyone in the house is asleep, I plug my headphones in, put it on loop, close my eyes and mute-lipsync my heart out. Its just such a great tune, but the best part about it, apart from Airi's crooner delivery, are the lyrics and emotion conveyed.

And if its anything to go by, the album coming out in just over a month's time will be something worth looking forward to.

I've sung this song to myself so many times I thought I'd just do everyone the service of putting out the lyrics so you can sing along too. This player I found online automatically loops it - perfect!

No copyright infringement intended, just a fan/friend sharing her love for another friend's music. If you like music, support the artiste, please go buy it from your telco or the Nokia music store (like I did :).

Broken by Sezairi Sezali

VERSE 1:

dropped of your keys last night

the front door still unpainted

you were polite like ice

i, once could met it

you took our pictures down

and you left them on the ground

its like you wiped all the mem'ries

of what we used to be...

you and me before it all crashed down

CHORUS:

and i know i never told you

that i love you

now its all too late

and i don't know how to hold you

but i want to

i don't want to leave this way

all i know

is broken

VERSE 2:

i heard your voice break when you said

"well i hope you're happy"

nothin' to say i'll stare straight into my coffee

then the conversation changed

how we talked around the blame

and the pain of losin'

all of the good times lost

when it all crashed down

CHORUS:

And i know i never told you

that i love you

now its all too late

and i don't know how to hold you

but i want to

i don't want to leave this way

all i know...

is broken...

BRIDGE:

well i'm here if you need me

i know you don't believe me

well i'm so sorry

for all the pain i've caused

Ho-oohhhhh

CHORUS :

and i know i've never told you

that i love you

now its all too late

and i don't know how to hold you

but i want to

i don't want to leave this way

all i know...

is broken...

Ho-oh...

xoxo, s.

Hell-O Gleek Out!

Glee is back, I'm watching American Idol again and OMG Sue Sylvester does Vogue! tv life is good again.

Fox made sure everyone knew Glee was back ON! Even if you weren't in the U.S., you can FEEL it returning after its super long hiatus of what felt like a year! The cast of Glee minus Lea Michelle were in the audience for Wednesday night's American Idol (Tuesday if you're the U.S.) and Cory Monteith (sigh Finn!), Jane Lynch (Sue Sylvester ftw!) and Matthew Morrison (Mr Schuester) were even onstage to close the show with Seacrest.

Considering I haven't watched two weeks worth of AI (seriously had no urge to watch last week's show at all), I tuned in this week because my favourite Idol persona was on - Glambert. And boy, was he worth the 1am - 3am viewing. (I watched Glee from 12am - 1am, more on Glee later).

Thank gawd for Adam who was super honest and constructive unlike the other guest judges so far who have sugarcoated and hemmed and hawed their way through their mentorship duties. Ok, Usher wasn't too bad. But Adam really said it like he saw it. And I just have to say, I loved Tim Urban. Best performance for me last night. Totally deserved not to leave - for last night anyway.

As for Andrew and Katie going, I predicted it (to myself la, since no one was up for me to talk to), everyone's tired of Andrew not hitting that 'Straight Up' stride again and Katie's been on her last legs for a while now. When the two of them stood on stage together at the end watching the 'goodbye package', I felt kinda sad, cos they were first two I followed on Twitter just cos I thought they had the most potential at that point in time.

Big Mike's fans got a huge wake up call, and unlike alum Matt Giraud, Mike's fans got the message and voted like siao to keep him in - he wasn't even in the bottom three.

Elvis night was not bad. Everyone did fairly well. Had no idea what Casey was singin' about. Apart from T'Urban's haunting 'Hallelujah-like' rendition of 'I Can't Help Falling In Love With You', the other performance I enjoyed was Lee's - good call by Glambert to get him to smile more. As Tyra would say...'smize' (smile with your eyes).

The best part of the show for me, wasn't even the performances, it was catching glimpses of the Glee cast when the judges were talking! Every time Simon spoke, I had to listen harder to hear what he was saying cos my eyes would keep straying to see the expressions on Jane Lynch's and Matthew Morrison's faces - to see if they concurred or disagreed with Syco.

And of course seeing Adam in mentor-action was a real treat too. Love that guy. Just LOVE. HIM.

Highlight of the results show for me was of course Adam's lasered up performance of 'Wattaya Want From Me'. Seriously Siobhan this season's Glambert? Not even close. I love the girl, she has loads of potential, but not even an eighth of his personality, and it was even more apparent when they were onscreen together. Adam has always just oozed starpower and presence, even when he was a mere contestant.

Ok, enough Glambert-praise.

So how did Glee's first ep after hiatus hold up? Well lemmetellya-it.was.just.AWESOME!

I loved seeing Cory Monteith sing solo. And it was a pretty strong one too. His rosey cheeks and duh-duh looks sometimes made me wonder how he could be the school's top jock when he was so wimpy everywhere else, but when he takes on songs like that, rowrr. Good job Finn.

Loved Sue's less than savoury tactics to get herself reintstated in the school - drugs, sex (or the illusion of it) and blackmail. Very Cheerio. Would have liked it if they didn't snuff out the Will & Emma romance so quickly though. However, the introduction of a new love interest for Will and Rachel, both from the enemy camp of Vocal Adrenaline, was a great distraction, albeit a little predictable.

Best song of the episode....Rachel's duet with her new 'boyfriend', Jesse St. James. They sang Lionel Richie's 'Hello' accompanied by piano. I've forgotten how beautiful that song was. Thank you Glee. And HELLO! Welcome back!

xoxo, s.

ps. CANNOT WAIT FOR NEXT WEEK'S EPISODE - Sue does Madonna!!!

First, check out the promo for next week's episode.

ROTFLMAO - "Somewhere in a stately manor home, Madonna is weeping!" - Sue Sylvester

Next, watch Glee's music video parody of Vogue, featuring Sue Sylvester. Goode one!

For the latest episodes of Glee, the legal way, ;) do the mio TV season pass. New episodes every week just a day after the US. Hello--- I've just gotta let you know.......

Glee in just 6 days! (for me at least woot!)

GLEE over GG?

Hehe, doesn't this Gossip Girl ad for The Gap look like its part of Glee? Ahh, the melding of my two fave shows. Anyway, I digress...

I thought I was more excited about Gossip Girl's return last month than I would be about Glee, but nope, I am actually MORE excited about Glee coming back. (Check out this new Glee cast promo pic I found, click on image to enlarge ;))

I have SOOOOO missed the breath of fresh air that is the show some people have dubbed 'High School Musical for adults'. What la...who wants to be an adult when you can immerse yourself in music and comedy for a full 42 minutes? (And live the evil double life of arrogance and sharp wit with no regrets vicariously via Sue Sylvester? I'm a big fan of that character, loved how they injected a little smidgen of a heart when they showed her caring for her retarded sister - aww.)

Anyway I have been waiting and waiting for Glee to return and I just got my mioTV catalogue in the mail today and waaah ...super happy that its returning next week, 16th April! Woot! And as I was flipping through it, was salivating cos there are so many shows I wanna watch (where am I gonna find the time people?)

Anyway, here are the shows I'm earmarking to watch this month on mio :

Movies :

• Post Grad (Alexis Bledel!! love her!)
• Did You Hear About The Morgans (heard this bombed, but I missed it at the theatres!)
• (500) Days Of Summer (I've been wanting to watch this for like FOREVER)
• Surrogates (I've always liked Bruce Willis)
• ..and can you believe... 'Where Got Ghost?' (the Jack Neo one...waaat, the pic looks interesting wat - support local!)

TV Series :

• Glee (comin' back April 15th!!!!)
• Romantically Challenged (been following Alyssa Milano's tweets...waiting to watch this!)
• V (cos the lead alien looks hawt!)
• Happy Town (looks very Twin Peaks-ish, shall give it a try)

Your thoughts? Have you guys watched any of the above? Anything to recommend? What you guys are watching on TV these days, apart from American Idol, which btw, I'm so bored of. I didn't even watch the 'Beatles' episode this week cos I read online who got the lowest votes.

I was surprised the judges saved Michael Lynche. He's talented but I don't think he's gonna win. My theory? And its only a theory - its possible it was just too early for the only black guy left standing to go home. The show would lose a large viewer demographic.

Then again, if he WAS out, it would definitely cause a huge uproar too. Especially since Tim's still around :) LOL.

But the 'save'..... I don't know dawg....I mean, what if Siobhan or Lee or Crystal don't make it to Top 5? No more saves....how?

xoxo, s.