Top 40 list out already

Earlier today, there was a press conference for the Star Awards Top 40 Most Popular Artistes held at Marina Mandarin Hotel.

The Top 40 Most Popular Nominees were selected and chosen via a poll of around 1000 people (age 7 and above) conducted by a media research company. 50% of the votes came from the research survey, while the other 50% were from public voting. The Top 40 nominees were also present at a press conference this afternoon to pick their telepoll numbers. Voting lines open today, and will close on 26 April, 9.00pm.

The results of the Top 40 will be revealed during the Star Awards 2009, 26 April, 7 pm ‘Live’ on Channel 8.

Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes Nominees
十大最受欢迎男艺人

Chen Shu Cheng 陈澍城 1900-112-2001
Zhang Yao Dong 张耀栋 1900-112-2002
Tay Ping Hui 郑斌辉 1900-112-2003
Zhu Hou Ren 朱厚任 1900-112-2004
Zheng Ge Ping 郑各评 1900-112-2005
Qi Yuwu 戚玉武 1900-112-2006
Marcus Chin 陈建彬 1900-112-2007
Pierre Png 方展发 1900-112-2008
Pornsak 1900-112-2009
Henry Thia 程旭辉 1900-112-2010
Mark Lee 李国煌 1900-112-2011
Adrian Pang 彭耀顺 1900-112-2012
Gurmit Singh 葛米星 1900-112-2013
Chen Han Wei 陈汉玮 1900-112-2014
Elvin Ng 黄俊雄 1900-112-2015
Guo Liang 郭亮 1900-112-2016
Christopher Lee 李铭顺 1900-112-2017
Bryan Wong 王禄江 1900-112-2018
Richard Low 刘谦益 1900-112-2019
Huang Wen Yong 黄文永 1900-112-2020

Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes Nominees
十大最受欢迎女艺人

Patricia Mok莫小玲 1900-112-2021
Ivy Lee 李锦梅 1900-112-2022
Hong Hui Fang 洪慧芳 1900-112-2023
Dawn Yeoh 姚懿珊 1900-112-2024
Yvonne Lim 林湘萍 1900-112-2025
Felicia Chin 陈靓瑄 1900-112-2026
Michelle Chia 谢韵仪 1900-112-2027
Jeanette Aw 欧萱 1900-112-2028
Michelle Chong 庄米雪 1900-112-2029
Quan Yi Fong 权怡凤 1900-112-2030
Pan Ling Ling 潘玲玲 1900-112-2031
Kym Ng 鐘琴 1900-112-2032
Rui En 瑞恩 1900-112-2033
Lin Mei Jiao 林梅娇 1900-112-2034
Jin Yin Ji 金银姬 1900-112-2035
Fiona Xie 谢宛谕 1900-112-2036
Joanne Peh 白薇秀 1900-112-2037
Xiang Yun 向云 1900-112-2038
Jesseca Liu 刘芷绚 1900-112-2039
Vivian Lai 赖怡伶 1900-112-2040

Arghhh... I not too happy with the male artistes list... I realized taht there are quite a lot veteran artistes there (those aged above 45). But I am totally cool with the female artistes list. This is who I think should be included and who should not...

SHOULD be in list: Nat Ho, Shaun Chen, Dasmond Koh
Not in list, but kinda understandable: Edmund Chen (no longer full-timer), Terence Cao, Jeff Wang
SHOULD NOT even be in list at all: Marcus Chin, Henry Thia, Gurmit Singh (sorry)

Now the "real countdown" begins... I have exactly one month to consider whether or not to request for tickets for the live show, even if the voting system may be as screwed up as always...

Link: http://community.mediacorp.com.sg/TV/CS/blogs/baguatv/archive/2009/03/27/2009-40-star-awards-2009-top-40-most-popular-nominees-revealed.aspx

Better luck at rehearsals (though not totally)

Happy Birthday to Brian and Farhan Firdaus

Last night after work, I went to good ol' VivoCity once more to check out the rehearsals... this time round I stayed for a little longer, and there was better luck. Although I didn't get exactly what I want, at least I got to take pic with other artistes, as well as get autographs from some of them.


Can you spot a "Spider-Man" in one of these pics?

If you think these 2 cuties look familiar, you're right. It's the teen twin-sister duo known as BY-2. They look so hawt in super short pants and with thier pouty lips, I nearly "turned" into Venom again... WHOOPS!!! :-X

I can't believe I missed out a chance to get Dai Yang Tian's autograph on the 8 days caendar which I had brought... still I managed to talk to Nat Ho for a while, I even told him my desires to duplicate myself so that I can be at more than one place at the same time. He told me it's ok... no need to worry cos I will be seeing him again very soon (aka Saturday)! :-)

More pictures taken before the rehearsals began. That's a crescent moon in the first pic, I was unable to get a crystal clear shot of it.

Yep, Felicia was there, she was the team captain for Love Blossoms team (comprising of Pat Mok, Priscelia Chan, Constance Song, Vivian Lai, Zheng Geping and Zhang Yaodong). The Little Nyonya team led by Ben Yeo comprised of Dai Yang Tian, Qi Yuwu, Nat Ho, Darren Lim, Cynthia Koh and Jeanette Aw (who came a little later). The hosts for the entire event were Dasmond Koh and Kym Ng. Also present were Jesseca Liu and Paige Chua. I saw Dawn and Elvin at the backstage region, but their segments came much later.

Daren about to sing the main theme for "Crime Busters X2".

Joining in for the seocnd round were Lucify, Yvonne Cai, Shawn Tok, Keely Wee, Teresa Tseng, Diya Tan and Carrie Yeo.

Me and Ben Yeo... I know the picture's kinda dark, but that's bcos I forgot to switch on the flash function.

Me and Daren Tan... got his autograph on the 8 days calendar.

A few minutes later... I heard a very familiar tune... I quickly turned to see who's on stage...

IT IS!!! IT IS!!!! RUI EN...!!!! :-D

I quickly rushed to the other end of the stage to get a better view...

Turns out my guess was correct, Rui En will indeed be singing "Qing Wa". Only a handful of her fans (myself included, even though I am no longer part of the FC since June) were present. I still think she should eat more... look how scrawny she is :-(

Prior to reaching VivoCity, I was already sensing a great disturbance in the Force, and so I looked around to try determining the main cause, while my "Spider-sense" is still tingling... and at ard 9 pm, I finally found the main source of the disturbance!!! And it was in the form of...

who else but the infamous, attention-seeking, despicable MKP!!! The very joker who said he wants to "live his life the way he wants it to be"!!! The very thought of im still makes me wanna puke.

This time I'll let the captions in the photos do the talking... I felt almost sorry for Cheryn to still be associating with such a joker/jackass/loser/abomination like MKP. Good thing he's not going for the countdown party, otherwise he will get it.

It is mostly because of him that I made a mistake in shouting Jeanette Aw's fave phrase as Yueniang... instead of "huan wo ji tang", I shouted "huan wo ji fan!!" and people started laughing... DOHHHH!!!! What was I thinking??? :-O

Anyway me and a few fans headed to the other side of the stage to try reaching Felicia, but to no avail. In fact, she walked past me before I could even respond on time!! And I knew I couldn't stay any longer since I still have to work on New Year's Eve (even if it's half-day).

First time ever take pic with Carrie!! :-)

Me with Diya, whom I nicknamed "xiao-mei-mei". She then made a sulky face and called me "kor-kor". :-p

Before leaving the place, i took pic with both Carrie and Diya. They will be singing the main theme for "Beach.Ball.Babes" with Teresa.

So I left the place at abt 2230 hrs, took train back to Kovan and walked home... heading to slumberland at 12 midnight. (hehe, 5 Princesses seen in one night...)

I'm not quite looking forward to the watchnight service later tonight even though it was my choice to go for it... then again, I felt it's better than getting cramped in the midst of a countdown party.

One final note: I may not be the type to make resolutions, but if I have to make one right now, it is that I shall stop dissing my enemies here or anywhere else as of January 1st... if ever I do so again, somebody please give me a punt kick to the head already!!! I am trying very hard not to be mean towards people like 'you-know-who'... but I find it too much to handle at times.

Happenings before and after Anniversary Gala

Happy Birthday to Beth Phoenix and Ivan

Hello everyone, I'm back from a job interview in the morning. My mind is still in a whirl, I guess I'll have to talk abt what I did before joining the queue for the Anniversary Gala, and after that...

I reached Mediacorp a bit late at abt 4.40 pm, and went to the toilet to wash up a bit... to think that the first person to enter the toilet when I was abt to exit is that... that... JACKASS!!! And I know he was staring at me with disdain and hatred in his eyes, so I returned him none. I did see him behave weirdly later on whilst chatting with others at the parking lot, and thinking he's so damn famous. From the last time I saw him at Bugis, I can already see him becoming weirder and more psychotic this time round. Damn qian bian lor, this MKP... he left me no choice but to create a new PPV event involving him going on various matches against different WWE Superstars. No prizes for guessing who's the loser for all the matches... (evil smirk)


Anyway, I got to tha parking lot and had some curry puffs for early dinner. Other than the Naturals whom I'm quite familiar with, I did see the RBKD fans, the Felicians, the Jolliteers, the Yuwu Paradise fc, the Jeanius fc... eh ehhh wait!! I noticed Willie and Amir among the Jeanius fans!! I somewhow expected them to be going for it, haha. :-p


6.30 pm- finally, the doors to the balcony region were opened, and we headed to the place. We were seated somewhere at the right section of the upper gallery (refer to diagram). Of all the 7 Princesses' fanclubs present, there was one fanclub noticeably absent... Fiona's fc. From what I heard recently, it was 'close to dying' due to certain circumstances.


7 pm- Anniversary Gala begins!! Lot of whistling, screaming and laughing till our throats went hoarse. Full details in next post.

10 pm- End of event. Evereyone had to leave the upper gallery as quickly as possible. Some of the fanclubs waited at the reception while others went to get changed. I saw MKP behave in his usual arrogant and flashy type of flair on the way to RG. I could have changed out of the red t-shirt into a dark blue t-shirt, but decided to continue wearing red t-shirt (cos I may look like a phantom if I wore dark colors, and I may sweat even more).


10.15 pm- we all headed to RG. In typical Wolverine-like rage, I dashed forward rather quickly to see who was in the lit-up car... it was Nick Shen. I managed to chat with him a little before heading to RG.


10.17 pm- Rui En drove out, and she went out of her car (a new one btw) to take pics with her fans as well as assorted fans. Myself included obviously. RE stayed for rather long.

10.25 pm- Elvin drove out of RG without stopping!! We later found out that he failed to notice any of us given the very dark skies, and hence thought all the elves had already gone home.


10.28 pm- Saw 2 very familiar looking faces being surrounded by fans at RG. I went forth and found out that it was none other than Jesseca and Jade!! Double Happiness I must say, muahaha. I asked Jess if her pet cats were doing ok, and blushed a little after taking pic with Jade. And Baoguang was still using that very outdated film roll camera. Oh pleasssse, film roll cameras are soooo passe lor. Better save money to buy a digital camera for goodness sake, Baoguang.

10.32 pm- Joanne came out. I managed to get her signature on an 8 days issue featuring her in F1 jacket and dress. That abomination came forth saying, "Hi Joanne!! Long time no see you already" and I was going, "Whatever, you dickhead". Whilst on my way to Nat's side, I waved goobdye to Pat Mok whom I had not chatted with for ages.

10.35 pm- Took group pic with Nat, then individual pic with him. Nat's car was parked right in front of his 'sister' 's car (Rui En lah, who else).

10.40 pm- Huang Shinan and Pan Lingling came out, I didn't take pic with them, but I did get Lingling's autograph on an i-weekly issue. Me and Ryan agreed to leave RG after seeing Felicia.

10.45 pm- Nat left, followed by Rui En soon after. Various artistes came out... Paige Chua, Dennis Chew and Jeanette Aw. If I had been a little braver, I could've gone forth to see Jeanette, but I didn't cos she's the only princess I'm not too familiar with (and you know I don't have 'international tendencies' even though Im a member of abt 5 to 6 different fanclubs). I still found her a bit fierce somewhat in spite of her petite size. Hui Si very cute, she asked me if the girl near the shelter was really Jeanette, and when I said it really is her, she thanked me and quickly rushed forward to take pic with her. After that, I went on to pinch Hui Si's cheeks! As well as Jerena's later on... :-p

10.55 pm- Feeling rather bored, I decided to play a bit of WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2007... starting a one-on-one brawl between Mr Kiam Pa and the Animal Batista!! Muahaha... :-D

11.10 pm- Felicia finally came. The response was just about as big as that for RBKD earlier on. It was at that time that I got to chat a bit with Ice and Darren. Dawn's van drove out at that time, and very few people noticed. Could have been good if I got to take pic with all 4 Beach Ball Babes... but then again, taking pic with 3 out of 4 BBBs in one night isn't so bad, I feel.

11.25 pm- I purposely let myself be among the last to take pic with the ever sweet and beautiful Fel. Dunno why I look a little shorter than her... could be either she's wearing high heels, or my legs had 'become jelly'. She was quite surprised to see me with a cam phone and not a digicam, and I had to explain to her that my digicam got spoilt earlier on. But I actually see it more of a blessing cos the flash function for the digicam had gone AWOL yet again.

11.27 pm- Ryan and I then went on to take pic with Belinda Lee, the very last artiste for the night. She confirmed with the few fans that everyone else had left the place. If not for the stupid light behind, this could have been a perfect picture. But doesnt matter really...

11.30 pm- We all bade farewell to Fel, and as the fans were leaving, I flipped double fingers at MKP and yelled out, "MKP, YOU SUCK!!!" He so does not deserve to be called by his full name. I was glad I held back my punches and refrained from getting into direct conflict with him, otherwise the situation could turn out a lot worse. Next time round maybe, when my bottle is more full. Ryan and I shared cab with Kaileng and Pamela, dropping off at respective destinations... chatting abt random stuff from fanclubs to abominations and the like.

12.20 am- Reached home safely, but only after buying a burger and a drink from 7-Eleven to fill my growling stomach. And I lost some sleep due to the sorethroat I got during the show...