《实在歌手PK赛》- 大决赛 3th May 2008

《实在歌手PK赛》- 大决赛
3th May 2008 (SATURDAY) - Now@10.30pm PrimeTime !

Come down to Lunar and support the stars of tomorrow. Your vote will help them realized their dream!

5 weeks of grueling competition previously held has produced 4 Top PK Challengers for the Final PK Showdown!


Here's their Introduction!

The Grand Final PK Contestants

Alex 陈凯良“实力派歌手”

• Age: 26
• Joined PK as “external challenger”, judges and audiences were so impressed they made him stay in the competition.
• Took part in Superband with recommendable results
• Powerful, wide vocal range.
• Likened to: 伍思凯, 曹格
• Performing Songs: 背叛, 曹操
  

Kenneth 施勤“独一无二”

• Age: 19
• Influenced to participate in PK Challenge by his brother who used to sing in the pub scene.
• 1st Major Singing Competition and also his 1st time performing M-Pop numbers.
• Twice during the PK Challenge he faced the danger of elimination, but fought back with his raspy and husky voice to retained his place in the competition
• Unique vocals, think Micheal Buble cross Bryan Adams
• Performing Songs: 你把我灌醉, 听海

Leonard 董成亮“阳光男孩”

• Age: 23
• Joined PK Challenge to realize his childhood dream of performing “LIVE” to audiences
• Took part in Singapore Idol reaching final rounds.
• A natural crowd pleaser that presents an incomparable energy on stage
• Add a R&B or Groovy flavor to his songs, comparable to 陶喆 or 王力宏
• Performing Songs: Love Me, 爱如潮水
  
  

Ting Ting 陈廷婷“劲暴响亮”

• Age: 26
• Vast experience in competitions, winning 15 championships from 2005 to 2007
• Started her singing career in music cafes (民歌餐厅), Finalists in “台湾星光大道新马选拔塞”
• Only female in the competition, eliminating all contestants she has “PK” against.
• Idols: Ah-Mei, Mariah Carey
• She quotes on her singing: “快歌听了要动,慢歌听了会流泪!”
  

These are 4 great singers! It will be an exciting Finals, where they also get to sing duets together with LUNAR SINGERS!

C'mon down to LUNAR and have a great Saturday night! You will definitely get inspired!!!

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Stage-Performing Workshop on 20 April

A rare 3-hr Workshop
held last Sunday specially for Hark Students!

The main presenters were Mr. Amos Teo & Mr. Patrick Goh. We were privileged to be able to rope in our Vocal Instructors, Alex Tan and Valen Tan to perform and share their experiences with those present.

We share performing tips to our students; topics covered such as:

- Stage Showmanship (for Vocalists and Instrumentalists)
- Vocal Expressions (for Vocalists)
- Playing Expressions (for Instrumentalists)
- Performing as a band
- Creative Hosting
- The “Dos & Don’ts” on stage
- Preparation before a performance
- Expectations of the audience

It was a truly inspiring sessions for all the students.

There were performances by our instructors - Amos on Guitar/Patrick on Keyboard.
Alex sang 新不了情 in HipHop / Rap version! It was totally a refreshing twist. Amazing.
Valen sang 梦醒时分 in Swing version and an acoustic version of 菊花台.

As part of the 'lecturing', some students from Hark Performing Team was invited on stage to perform their pieces, where the instructors gave direct feedback, comments and demonstration.

Here are some photos taken. ENJOY!!!


Awaiting for the start of workshop. It was packed!



The workshop's opening was done by Amos. Everyone was listening earnestly.



All smiles... ('Cheese!')



The Main Presenter or 'Lecturer' - Amos Teo



Patrick Goh - Another Presenter



Sharing pointers with Hark Students.



Alex performed! 新不了情 Hiphop / Rap!



Refreshing twist to the song! Everyone enjoyed it!



A student-Leonard posed a question...



Our instructors answered! Cleared the student's doubts.



Alex explained, shared his experiences.



An enriching session...



Suteck & Jinghui performed.



Amos, giving his feedback.



Junde & Eugene, preparing for their performance.

Both guys, giving their all to impress our instructors.

Patrick and Amos, listening & evaluating...

One of the audience, Xuewei- giving her feedback on their performance.

Amos explained...

Amos demonstrated...

Students absorbed!

Xiaorong & Sheryl's performance.

Patrick, giving his view...

Patrick demonstrated...

Patrick explained...Sheryl absorbed!

Jack, Marvin & Liling's performance.

Listening to instructor's comments.

Valen's performance - 梦醒时分, 菊花台

A great finale to the workshop...

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On 6 April....

Sorry for waiting so long!!! :)

Here’s the recap on the last show before the Final Showdown!!!


….. On 6 April 2008…..


It was a 风平浪静day…no hiccups, nothing. And the band was great!!!

We had 3 external challengers that night.
1) Xiaolong performed 到不了
2) YingPeng performed 北京一夜
3) Veron performed 爱什么稀罕

And now, we have 5 Real Singers left : Alex, TengTeng, Kenneth, Leonard, Cherry



[The opening...]


[Amos, interviewing Leonard & Kenneth... They were the 'losers' in the last round.]


PK Set 1
Xiaolong (External Challenger) vs Kenneth
到不了VS 原来你什么都不要

[Xiaolong...]

[Drawing his opponent from the 'lucky box'...]

Xiaolong’s performance was okay. Don’t really have the WOW factor, though judges commented that he had the 外形, can bring out the ROCK feel. His delivery was said to be a little 平 all the way especially during the chorus repeats…He could have added more differentiation to all the chorus.

[Xiaolong, giving all his 'mighty' power to his performance.]

[Amos, interviewing with Kenneth on his thoughts about Xiaolong's performance.]

[Kenneth, focusing on his song delivery.]

Kenneth….Kenneth was so ‘OMG’ that night!

The ‘OMG’ factor wasn’t the fantastic kind… it was the – dropped jaw, and left people wonder, ‘How could he deliver such a performance?’

He forgot his lyrics, he missed his beat.

This did not happen just one time, but a few times during the song!

It was so disappointing. Judges was full of criticism.

[Judges, giving their comments.]

[Sternly, listening to the judges' comments.]

[Slowly revealing on their scores...]

[Tense atmosphere...]

Result: Xiaolong won!!!
Yippee!!! He won $200 CASH!

[Victory!!! Hurray, Xiaolong!!!]

[Accepting his prize money! 'Tense' Xiaolong becomes 'Happy' Xiaolong!]

PK Set 2
Ying Peng (External Challenger) VS Leonard
北京一夜 VS 热清的沙漠

[Introducing Ying Peng...]

[Ying Peng picked Leonard as his opponent.]

[He performed 北京一夜.]

A difficult song, which Ying Peng has chosen. One judge mentioned that he sang better for the female parts as he managed to deliver the nasal voice pretty well, while the other judge, has opinions otherwise. He felt that Ying Peng did not manage to bring out the 京剧 singing style out. Rather, he just used the nasal voice and sang it out straight.

[Ying Peng, giving his all!]

[Wow...fierce delivery!]

[The chosen audience judge, giving his comments about Ying Peng's performance.]

[Leonard, listening to the judges' comments on Ying Peng and waiting for his turn.]

[A short talk on stage with Leonard before he performed.]

Leonard’s performance wowed everyone.

His stage presence had a breakthrough! He flirted with the crowd with his mega-smile, he played with the guitarist on stage, the entire presentation was what many did not expect of him.

Of course, we were so glad that he managed to step forward, out of his comfort zone to improve on his performing skills. Of course, we can still see some inexperience in him, but we say it is a good step-out.

[Exuding his charisma on stage. Cool...]

[Strutting his stuffs on stage.]

[Flirting with the guitarist.]

[Spreading his cheerful personality to everyone.]

[Both on stage, waiting for results.]

[Revealing on their scores...]

[Leonard, taking a peek on his scores.]

Result: Leonard Won!
Leonard, continue to work on your 舞台魅力, and give out your best for the coming final!

[Thanking Ying Peng on his participation.]

PK Set 3
Veron (External Challenger) VS Alex

爱什么稀罕 VS 你冷得像风

[Veron, on stage.]

[Everyone's in happy mood! SMILE!]

[Veron, singing 爱什么稀罕]

Veron’s stage presence was great.

Her 台风 was firm and steady, with this A*mei Rock number. She can improve on her singing skills and management styles, creating more 层次. Some of her high notes were not on pitch too. However, she had good confidence in her presentation.

[A very confident delivery.]

[Communicating with the audience with her song.]

[Alex!]

Alex was 没得说…. 好！He was a natural crowd pleaser. Once his song came out, the audience was all shaking, tapping along, nodding their heads along with the song. His showmanship, singing skills, demonstration of vocal skills was of nothing to pick.

He was even praised that he already had the standard to sit in the judging panels, giving comments & feedbacks to singers.

[Look at his professional, confidence posture!]

[Belting out all his high notes!]

[Judges, giving comments to Veron & Alex.]

[Score revealing time!]

Result: ALEX!

PK Set 4
Cherry VS Teng Teng

第一天 VS 失恋无罪

[Cherry, feeling the jitters, facing a tough opponent.]

[Cutie Cherry, delivering 第一天.]

In her performance, Cherry missed her lyrics in the first verse! Oh!!!

She had a naturally high voice, which sounded rather sharp…thus singing this song just made the song sounded loud, but without impact. She should’ve tried to use more of her lower register to add to her voice.

[Enjoying herself on stage.]

[Comparing to her 1st performance, she has improved so much. Now, she feel so much natural on stage.]

[Listening to her comments from the judges.]

It's Teng Teng's turn to sing!

She had a bad flu that night.....

[Hmmm.. actually, I also dunno what they are laughing about.]

Teng Teng was very 投入.

Despite a strong flu, which can be easily identified in her speaking voice, her singing was still pretty impressive. What’s lacking in the song was more ROCK feel. She can try to add more ‘growling effect’ to her voice…for the ROCKER feel.

[Immersed in her song.]

[Focusing to sing her high notes.]

[A before-the-result interview with both girls.]

Result: Teng Teng won!

So, that night.....

In the 危险区 was Kenneth and Cherry.

[Accepting the fact... either one will be leaving us that night...]

The eliminated singer that night will be on the 5th placing. He or she will receive a $200 CASH consolation prize.

[One of our judge, Maggie, on stage for the prize presentation.]

Judges gonna make a decision.

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…

…

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“Cherry, you will be going home this week….”

Judges said:

Despite Cherry’s improvement being the most obvious of all since the beginning of the show, they decided to give Kenneth a last chance, given his unique voice identity.

“Kenneth, you are really lucky to have the chance to stay for the last show, even though you had a disastrous performance!”

[Giving the consolation prize to Cherry]

Exciting show, right?

The实在歌手PK Challenge FINAL will be on 3 May 2008 (SAT) at 8.30pm.

The FINAL Showdown will be 很有看头！

The 4 Real Singers will be pairing up with Lunar Singers for a Performance, they will also have PK challenges within themselves and the champion shall emerge!

More than $1500 CASH to be won!!!!

More details about the final show format will be updated...stay tuned to this BLOG!

Have seen some interesting song selections by the final 4 singers!

It's gonna be a big bang night!!!

Will be posting the edited videos from the last show soon too~! There are many good performances!

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