This is the ad for next week's theme 'My Folks Love This'. They all look so hilariously adorable.Check out my behind-the-scenes pics of the Idols when they were preparing for this shoot. Plus don't miss the trailer - probably running now on Channel 5. I haven't seen it myself!
Anyway, apart from that I have two vids to share. Yesterday was Mae's and Charles' birthdays (29th Oct)! So on Wednesday night, the Idol family celebrated by bringin' out yummilicious cakes and candles (cake was yummy, candles...not so much).
This first vid was taken before the show (around 7pm), upstairs in the B3 changing room. :) The cake is from the Promo Guys - Byron and Suresh - Super MOIST Chocolate Cake from Secret Recipe (all hail this fab Malaysian chain - the cheesecake is seriously to.die.for! woot! Suddenly feel so proud to be Malaysian LOL!) Do ignore the rubbish banter going on and just enjoy this sneak peek into the girls' changing room! *wink*
This next vid is shot in between the Performance and Results shows. Around 9pm. The cake is from the Production team. Also a lovely chocolate cake :) Yum! Check out Nurul's antics - aigh, we miss that girl - she was definitely the funny bone in the group!
Anyway, thats all for tonight...good night, am off to Zzzzz...
xoxo, s.
ps. Oh yes, one more for the road....super random vid recorded in the lift on the way up to B2 (Dick Lee wanted to see the Idols before the Results Show started), so just simply record la...watch and have a lil laugh at how seriously random your Idols are!
Voting details : Not available yet. Watch this space!
MJ Week Interview :
If you had 1 minute with MJ, what would you say/do? I’ll just hug him and thank him for making me a better entertainer. I’ll also tell him that I always knew he had a difficult life and that people were mean to him, but through it all, through the bad times, I always believed in him and believed he had a good heart. If I could make up for all the hurt he’s been through I would.
If you had 1 hour with him, what would you do? I will ask him to teach me how to do the moonwalk properly. I’ll ask him to sing ‘I Want You Back’ for me. It my most favourite song ever. I would love to dance with him too and just have fun. I believe he lost a lot of his childhood and I’m very childish, so we’d get along really well.
If you had 1 day with him, what would you do? It blows my mind. One whole day. I can’t even think of what to do! There’s just so many things I want to do with him! I would love to get away from everyone and treat him to a day of normalcy. Hang out at my mom’s house, play with my nieces, eat homecooked food. That would be what I would do for him, cos he’s already done so much for everyone else. (Mae got teary eyed just thinking about this! awww!)
Did you believe the child molestation allegations? Nope, totally no. I believe he has a lot of baggage and problems that he had to deal with himseld and the way he handled it was to spend time with kids. He’s very childlike and they may have taken what was an innocent gesture or action the wrong way. That’s how they repay someone for his kindness. I don’t think he had problems with the ‘sexual’ side. I think his problems had to do with not having the chance to live a normal life.
When you first heard that there would be an MJ themed spectacular, what was your reaction?
And now that you’re through and will be doing an MJ song, how do you feel? When I heard it, I like died cos I was so happy! I already got to sing ‘I’ll Be There’. No matter what song I have to do, I’ll still be happy. The producers, vocal coach, anyone, can choose any MJ song and I’ll do it. Just to be able to sing an MJ song is already a bonus! Right now, I feel good. I don’t know which side of MJ to emulate, concentrate on the song or the dancing?
What will you be singing and why did you choose to do that MJ song? I will be singing my favourite song ‘I Want You Back’! Its my favourite song, I love it, and it gives me a chance to dance a little. I plan to do a few signature moves, but I’ll be sure to focus on my vocals.
Spectacular 3 : An Asian Feast
Performing :Nobody by The Wonder Girls
Asian Week Interview :
Who is your favourite Asian artiste?
Taufik and Sammi Cheng - can't choose la!
I love Sammi from way back when she did that movie called 'Feel 100%'. She is very cool. Remember that era when she would have one of her eyebrows drawn as the Nike tick? Awesome stuff! I hardly buy albums, but I have Sammi Cheng's album back in Australia.
Who's the sexiest Asian star in your opinion?
Rain! Phwoar!
Who is your favourite Asian person?
My Dad, Hans Vernie. He came up with that name himself you know. Its from his uncle's name which is Vernon. His actual name is Abidin bin Mohd. Kunjung!
Favourite Asian food?
Rojak! No wait, chilli crab! And Japanese food!
Favourite Asian destination?
Islands around Thailand! And Japan too, because I wanna find out more about where I'm from.
(Mae's Dad is apparently half Japanese!)
What Asian culture fascinates you the most?
Indian and Japanese cultures. Cos I have never met my direct relatives which makes me really wanna figure out where I'm from and their cultures. I have Malay relatives and I really want to get to know them too.
What Asian trait are you most proud of?
Family values and how we love hanging out with our families.
What is the one Asian superstition you've held on to since you were a child?
Don't cry in front of food cos you may perpetuate your sadness. And my Mom used to always tell me, 'Don't spit in the air, cos it falls on your face!' <-- OMG, hahahah lovin' Mae's Mom's sense of humour! Good one Aunty - I'll be sure to tell my children this :)
Random facts about Mae :
Loves animals (she hid a turtle in her bedroom drawer for 2 weeks undiscovered)
Loves plants (she helps pick up potted plants that have been blown over by windy storms)
Felt like Miss Universe when it was announced she was #13 in the Top 13!
Can do a mean Michael Jackson 'moonwalk'
Had blonde hair for 4 years (dodgy...)
Is part Portugese, Dutch, Chinese, Japanese and North Indian!
Is a Neat Freak :)
summerr thinks you'll love Mae because :
Mae's the kinda girl everyone is instantly friends with. She's warm, open and friendly, and can talk your ear off from the minute you stick out your hand and say 'hi'.
Since the transition from Top 24 to Top 13, Mae's lost some of her dearest friends in the competition. Close buds Gabby and Jon didn't make it through. You can see from this vid (shot by Izked) taken at the keycheck session right after Piano Show 2 Results, that it was bittersweet. She says her next song is killer, see below for a sample :)
Back to her chirpy self after the short 'break', Mae has made new alliances with her new Top13 cohorts and is totally ready to show people her 'moves' with Lady Marmalade. Plus, she has an extra reason to celebrate, Mae's husband Michael has finally touched down in Singapore!
Here's a sample of Lady Marmalade, recorded last week at choreo.
And here's a pic of Mae with Mike (and Charles and Sylvia) just after Monday morning's radio interview at 987FM. Aww... reunited...at last!
Here's a look at Mae's idol journey clip from the Piano Shows and her last performance, "Better In Time" by Leona Lewis.
If you wanna know more about Mae, check out the previous profile I did on her here.
(cue Idol theme music...te ne ne ne ne ne ne ne ne ne .... <-- apparently dougie's fb wall was flooded with 'theme' music when they found out he was Top24! LOL!)
In case I haven't mentioned it before, Wednesday shall henceforth cease to be known as 'Wednesday' and shall be known simply as 'Idol Day'!
So what happens in the run up to Idol Day? The typical drill would go something like this ...
1. Roadshows (Sat) - CHECK!
2. Vocal Training (Sat) - CHECK!
3. Choreo with Zaki (Mon) - ooh tomorrow!
4. Radio Interviews on 987FM (Mon, Tues, Wed) - comin' up!
So tomorrow (Monday) morning, tune in to 987FM at 9am sharp to catch Dan & Young interviewing 4 of this week's performing Idols - Sezairi(woot!), Gabrielle(woot!), Sylvia (woot!) and Duane(double woot cos he's just da sweetest! He asked me what 'pimp out your profile meant'...sigh..to which the other idols replied, Duane lets not use the word 'pimp' its a bad word :) agree!)
Alarm it on your mobile NOW!
(then repeat the same alarm for Toosday and Idol Day)
ROADSHOW @ Lot One, CCK.
So yesterday, Saturday was the Top 24 Group 2's roadshow at Lot One. I didn't get to go, due to some prior commitments, but I heard it was a BLAST!
On Blogger duty was Official Blogger Iz who twitpicced like crazy (broke already not?) - go check out the pics here if you haven't - and he should be putting up the vids pretty soon. I personally can't wait to see the vids. According to him the crowd went CRAZY! Lots of hyper little girls, apparently Jonathan has fans :)
Malaque, Ryan and Syltra (from Group 1) were there to support their Idol pals (aww sweet!) and Gabrielle's mom made fans for her fans! Thats right! A Gabby fan for Gabby's fans! Lovin' Gabs' mom right now. She's on my 'Coolest Moms Ever' List right now, right behind Lorelai Gilmore and Gwen Stefani, what with the synchronised tattoo and all. (Damn thats cool, gotta up my cool quotient later when The Daughter grows up!)
The event went off almost without a hitch.Apparently Mae screwed up a line or two, no matter sweetie, we still love ya, you know that right?! She's like Ta Jie (big sista) Mae, everyone loves her and she really takes care of everyone. She feeds them, gives them pep talks, hugs, etc. WE LOVE U MAE!
According to Izk, everyone got a lots of lovin' from the crowd. When I asked Duane how it all went, did people scream for him, he was so shy. He shyly recounted how he told the crowd to vote for him, Mr Pussycat Doll and then proceeded to blush a little, aw can I just say Duane is just the sweetest kid. And you can see the other Idols are really protective of him too :)
Justin apparently said something about voting for him if you like slow songs....*kok* Justin must have had a blonde moment - do not pigeon hole yourself like that so early on! I am here to say - he can sing fast songs too, in fact he can sing period (see his profile vid and my vids on Youtube from the vocal training - links below later, cos haven't finished uploading yet!).
Anyway, after the eventful event (see how I had some cheesy alliteration goin' on there... no applause necessary), everyone headed back to Caldecott Hill for their 5pm sharp vocal training session. 10 minutes each with Vocal Coach Ann Hussein. Chop Chop guys!
And it was really chop chop! I arrived at about 5.30pm, and already Sam, Sylvia and Charlene were practically out the door! I managed to snap like one pic of Sam before she flew out with a big smile cos she got to go off early!
Saturday night, everyone has plans right? My plan, was to hang with the LODIs.
So there I was, hi-fivin' Iz, takin' over the blogger/twitpic duties, and suddenly the mood went from up to down. By the end of the evening, suffice it to say, everyone was just dead tired and ready to go home.
I'm uploading the vids of whoever was hangin' around that night (and singing) up on Youtube now, will link it all up here (and post the vids also on a separate post) once they are all done :)
In the meantime enjoy the following, vids of 3 of the 4 (sorry, didn't quite catch Sylvia as she was off right after her session) you'll be hearing on radio tomorrow morning :
Gabrielle sings the Cranberries favourite 'Linger'.... guest starring Sezairi's guitar.
Duane practicing David Archuleta's "A Little Too Not Over You" in the hallway. Starts off a little shaky at first, but once he hits his stride at the chorus - lovely!
Airi doin' his own song called "Something Personal". (You can listen to it at his Purevolume page here). I likey much.
Sorry Sylvia babe, you ran off so quick, I didn't get a chance to video you singing anything! If you're interested to hear Sylvia sing, check out her profile here.
Likewise, you can go to any of Group 2's profile pages to learn more about them if you haven't, the links are on the right sidebar of my blog.
Posting more soon, gotta get this one up and our first to remind all you peeps about tomorrow'sradio interview...987FM @ 9am- Airi, Gabby, Duane & Sylvia. Don't miss it!
In 3 words, Mae describes herself as Deep, Passionate and Nutty...sounds almost like a commercial for a Dark Nutty Chocolate bar :)
She is definitely passionate that's for sure. Mae's the kind of girl that needs a 'Pause' button once a while cos she gets so excited and can just keep rambling on and on about animals, people, her husband (aww), clothes, Idol, gardening (and how she does not want to) etc....
She's lovely la...just the kind of girl everyone would be friends with, Idol or not. :)
Quick facts about Mae :
Lives in : East
Occupation : Bank Teller (seriously? OCBC? UOB? OUB?)
Favourite MJ song : I Want You Back (the song saved her life at Theatres :))
Favourite Judge : Ken
Single/Attached? : Married<-- her husband is cute y'all!
Who does she think will win Idol 3? Farhan.
If music is your first love, what is your second?
My second greatest love that is not music related is definitely Basketball!I recently was in America where i was lucky enough to watch 4 NBA games. I also will support any playing level of basketball like local games, amateur games, people playing down stairs my papa's block,by loudly shouting , cheering and commentating on their games. "foul" "defense...clap clap clap" are what you would normally hear from me. Funnily enough...I have never played the sport.:)
Secret Single Behaviour : What do you do on your own that no one knows about? My secret obsession other than blowing saliva bubbles is probably my obsession with finding convertible outfits...you know: dresses that can turn into tops that can turn into skirts that can turn into hats (not really) I get soooo happy when i find a convertible item that i love. I've got a few but my current fave is my American Apparel circle scarf (you should google it...it's so cool) Weirdly enough, only one other person knows about this.
Mae being the oldest contestant on the show and probably with the most performing experience, having been on Australian Idol (she made it to the Top 100), definitely has a more controlled sound. She's also very determined and listens to the tons advice heaped on her by judges, Vocal Coach Ann and Music Director Indra.
I get the feeling she really really REALLY wants this :) Drive is good. Being able to handle constructive criticism is even better.
Here's a sample of her own music which can be found online (her links are at the end of this post).
Make a date with Mae!
Saturday, 5 Sept Aug : Lot One, 3pm -4pm
Catch Mae in person at the second Idol roadshow where you get to meet the 2nd group of 12 that will be performing at Piano Show #2.
Wednesday, 9 Sept : Caldecott Hill, 9am - 930am, 987FM
Tune in to 987FM at 9am to catch Mae's first radio interview, alongside Justin, Samantha and Faizal.
Wednesday, 9 Sept : Caldecott Broadcast Centre, Studio 1
Singapore Idol Piano Show #2, 8pm and The Results Show later at 10pm, on Channel 5.
Mae will be performing the Leona Lewis hit "Better In Time".
summerr loves her tv. in fact, she's downright passionate about it. This blog grew to be the Unofficial blog of Singapore Idol 2009. This year, its going OMG! Hope you'll enjoy the inside scoop on this year's big reality must watch!
