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

Media Fiesta opening ceremony and Career Fair

Happy Birthday to...
5th March- Emilee Kang and Regine Tang
6th March- Norman Then, Huixian and not forgetting the wrestler known as Misterrrrrr...Kennedyyyyyy!!! Kennedy!!

Again, due to login problems yesterday, I have to put in a full description on the happenings in the backup blog on Facebook.

Basically, there were about 5 of us Jolliteers present at Marina Square, but rather surprisingly, zilch Yuwu fans. Yuwu and Joanne came in Baba/Nyonya attire. Daniel Ong was the emcee for the opening ceremony.

Mr Lucas Chow and the main board of MediaCorp Productions were present. Guest of honor was none other than Mr Lee Boon Yang, Minsiter of Information, Communications & the Arts.

Jack and Rai started off the event with a highbeat number. Soon after that, Yuwu and Joanne left the place to go back to MediaCorp for interview.


Of course, the 5 of us Jolliteers did go to Radiogate to take picture with Joanne.

We then went separate ways... i eventually wet back to Raffles Boulevard. This time, I went to the Career Fair at Suntec Convention first, then back to Marina Square.

While playing Wii bowling, I bumped into a familiar face... someone I hadn't seen for more than 2 years. It's Shu Ling!! She still looks like xiao mei mei...

I then headed back home to take a rest. Watched 2nd episode of "A Perfect Cut 2"... Charlyene is featured in it!! :-D

For full entry, go to this link... http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=148089140720&id=556354026&index=1

P.S. stay tuned for pictures coming up...

Pre-recording for Carlsberg Golden Ox Special

Happy Birthday to Daphne Khoo

Yesterday I went for the pre-recording for the Carlsberg Golden Ox Year Special. Having applied for half-day leave a few weeks prior, I knocked off from work at 1 pm, had quick lunch and then went to Ang Mo Kio to take bus to MediaCorp. I had a sandwish from Subway for super early dinner. The Jolliteers and Naturals were among the earliest to reach the parking lot between 4 to 5 pm. The queue increased a little within the next few minutes... response was not as good as I thought, but then that's only because the pre-recording took place on a weekday.

This is the admission ticket for the pre-recording. We were allowed to get in the upper gallery of the theater at abt 1830 hrs. Fanclubs present were Naturals, Jolliteers, Felicians, Yuwu Paradise, Fann Fanatics, Daren Tan fc and some unofficial supporters.

The stage setting as taken from the upper gallery of the theater. If I have to be honest about one thing, I was very close to turning into Venom cause there was a leggy babe sitting directly behind me at that time... who ask her to wear rather indecently? Then again, I saw a few more young girls looking equally hot with super short pants. Somebody gouge my eyes out man... :-X

At around 1930 hrs, the ticketing personnel came forth and told everyone to go down to the lower gallery. Hooray, no need to 'suffer' upstairs!! :-D This could be due to the fact that the turnout at the lower gallery was much lesser then expected. But since the front portion was filled up with people, we had to sit at the slightly higher seating region. Many of the older patrons left the place halfway during the pre-recording from 10 pm onwards, and so we took this opportunity to shift a bit closer.

New Yi Qing was the warmer!! Haha, funny guy... haven't seen him for some time liao. He had to draw out quite a lot of tickets before he and the rest of the production crew could come up with 7 worthy participants. Fortunately, most of the names selected were the non-fanclub members. Unfortunately, one of the names drawn out was a committee member of a fanclub (and she quickly gave it a miss, obviously being too shy to participate).

This was how the programme went...

1. Christopher Lee singing "Xin Nian Hao", followed by the other artistes. This was the start of the show.
2. Ping Hui, Chor Meng, Jeff Wang and Daren Tan singing some CNY song. It was really good to see Chor Meng participate, and he seems to be doing ok, even though he had to walk slowly during the segment.
3. Pat Mok and Qi Yuwu played some "Beer Cans and Ladders" board game with 2 contestants. Pat's team won at record speed (thanks in due part to a few lucky dice tosses), and the way she formed the 'A' shape was kind hilarious, so was Yuwu's method of forming the letter 'B'. :-p
4. Kelly Poon performance... she doesn't look attractive with her short and scruffy hairdo. Also, she looked very skinny!
5. Yuwu, Joanne, Nat and Fel singing "He Xin Nian". Yuwu and Joanne sang the lines previously covered by Elvin and Jesseca respectively.
6. Chris Lee, Priscelia and Fiona playing some game with 3 contestants involving them sliding a beer mug across a carrom table to a designated portion of the board to win some big money.
7. An acting skit involving 8 artistes... Brandon Wong and Apple Hong as the grandparents, Jerry and Desmond as the grandsons, Jeff and Pat as the parents of the 2 boys, Nick and Joanne as the uncle and aunt of the boys. During the skit, a cow mascot would appear and try to 'attack' one of the female celebs. 4 of the Carlsberg ambassadors showed up to give their blessings, while the Friendship Ambassador Allan Wu (who was unable to attend) appeared in a pre-recorded segment.
8. Ping Hui and Fel played another round of the "Beer Cans and Ladders" board game... this game took slightly longer than the first one, and it was Ping Hui's team that won.
9. Fann Wong singing "Chun Tian Lai Le". Judging by the grey dress she wore, it seems like she probably "didn't have much money to buy a decent dress"... haha, kidding!! :-p
10. Apple, Pat, Nick and Pris starting off the finale, then all the other artistes gathering to the centerstage and singing some CNY song (forgot name, though I have it in the Rat Year CD).
11. I couldn't stop laughing when the huge-mouthed Bao Guang yelled out names like "Apple Ping Guoooo", "Jiong Yaoooo" (Brandon's Chinese name) and "Mi Xueee" (Mich Chong's Chiense name). Lol, I also saw that stinkbomb Lei Jun present at the place, at least he's wearing shoes this time round.

The recording finished at 2310 hrs, and the majority of us then headed to good ol' Radiogate to wait for the artistes to come out.

Daren was the first to come out at about 2320 hrs. Ping Hui came out at around this time, but I didn't really approach him, even though I sorta wanted to. But never mind...

Joanne came out abt 10 minutes later. I personally felt that her signature is the most unique one I have ever come across. She stayed a bit longer, and she was still there with the Jolliteers even when I took a cab back.

Fiona was by the side of the gate region... I managed to give her an advanced birthday gift as well as a custom-made photo with birthday frame. :-)

Pornsak was with Nat cos they happened to live quite near each other. Seeing that there were more people queuing up for Nat, I decided to take pic with Pornsak first (whom I had seen during the more recent Carlsberg roadshows of course).

Then I went forth to take picture with Nat. Heh, I noticed that Nat's position was quite similar to the one taken at the Christmas party in 2007. :-)

Last but not least, I went forth to take picture with beautiful Felicia (and yep, that's my hand on her shoulder, muahaha). :-)

After bading farewell to Fel and the others, I shared cab with Ryan, Da Xiong and Shu Yi to respective places. I reached home at about 0025 hrs, but not before taking pictures of 2 more xiaomaos located near my block. The brown-grey cat seemed more passive, so I stroked it with pure affection. I was aware that the white one at the grass patch is a rather cowardly one, so I left it alone. Lights out at 0050 hrs with some music... what a day!! :-p

Day of madness at Compass Point!! (caution: long entry!!)

Happy Birthday to Justin Roberts and Summer


It was truly a day of chaos, confusion and pure madness at Compass Point yesterday... who would have expected the response to be overwhelming beyond words!! :-O

Firstly I took a bus to the place at 11 plus... when i got there, I saw a rather long queue, back then I had no idea that the 100 fans had already been determined (and the first few had been there as early as 8 am!!). Still I went to the basement to have quick lunch, then headed to the right side of the stage, hopefully to get a good view... saw Melvin, Paul, Hoetian, Liqing, Peiling and Hui Si among the 100 fans (within the barricaded sector).

Wait a minute, I noticed a very familiar person among the 100 fans... oh xuete, it's Alvin The Hutt!! I won't be surprised if he's gonna scream non-stop like what he's been doing for a long time...

Funny thing was, when I showed Alvin the thumbs down here, he showed me the thumbs up in return... could be he actually 'agrees' with me on my opinion about him for once (i.e. he really sucks!!). But still I must admit it was lucky for him to get poster, so no use getting jealous of him anyway... hope he doesnt grope or caress any of the cast members later (like what he did at Ngee Ann City a few mths ago!!).

Here, Alvin seems to enjoy being the center of attention. Sounds a lot like a certain someone...!!

This was the crowd at the time I reached the ground level at abt 1 pm...

This was the overall response after 1430 hrs!!! Superbly crammed til cannot breathe at all man!! The kids aged below 12 perhaps had the most difficult time squeezing through the crowd. Due to the overwhelming response, the escalators had to be stopped for the next one hour or so for the people to stay put and watch the event. According to the Channel 5 and 8 news, the total number of people present for the event from ground floor to 4th level totalled to about 5000!!! Wah piang eh... even the last Singapore Idol season 2 roadshow at Causeway Point and the Hype Up roadshow at Jurong Point didn't contain that many people lor!!! @_@

Even the host Ben Yeo was taken aback by the great response. He joked that the amazing turnout made them all felt like ‘superstars’. Without further ado, he brought in the first batch of cast members...


The bad characters!! Pan Lingling as Xiufeng, Cynthai Koh as Xiujuan, Darren Lim as Huang Jincheng, Eelyn Kok as Huang Zhenzhu, Andie Chen as Huang Tianbao, and Zzen Zhang as Robert Zhang. There were sounds of mock booing from mostly the Jeanius fans and the Dai Yang Tian fanclub.

Next batch drew more cheers obviously... it's the good characters!! Jeanette as Huang Juxiang/Shanben Yueniang, Qi Yuwu as Chen Xi, Joanne as Huang Yuzhu, Dai Yang Tian as Shanben Yangjian, Ng Hui as Ah Tao and Li Yinzhu as Chen Lao Tai.


All 12 of them and Ben gathered together to celebrate Yang Tian's birthday (he turned 24), and then they turned around to be featured in a commercial for the roadshow turnout.

As the cast headed to the back for a rest, Ben brought forward the talented and beautiful Olivia Ong, who sang the theme song of "The Little Nyonya". Majority of them took out their mobile phones or videocams to record Olivia singing "Ru Yan". Olivia really very chio, more beautiful than the time I saw her performing by the Singapore River some 4 years ago... I thought she looked a bit like Gayle Nerva :-)

Then came the autograph session... the cast got seated first. Then as the first few lucky fans got on stage to have their posters autographed, some of us fans decided to take taxi to Radiogate... we later found out that some of the tiles actually cracked soon after we (the Jolliteers) had left!! Also, one unfortunate soul vomitted somwehere (eeeewww) at the right side of tha place, quite far where me and a few others were standing. Lucky the person didn't throw up in the middle, otherwise the situation confirm will be much more chaotic than it already was...

Funny thing was, myself and 2 more Jollity fans reached RG a little earlier than Rina, Vince, Joey and Delphine (who came by Rina's car of course)... there at RG I could already see Hoetian and gang as well as some of the fans who were among the 100. And guess who came soon after... Cheryn and that jackass... the very one who likes to step on my own head many times and 'wants to live his life the way he wants it to be'. :-S Lucky he didn't go for the event, otherwise I will sure bash him up on the spot. Although I did show him the crotch chop and middle fingers, I chose not to confront him at all, knowing too well that he's got family problems recently (it is for that reason that I made sure I don't include him in any of my pics). Plus, he looks damn gay in white cap, blue Superman shirt and green pants (Christopher Reeve would be rolling in his grave if he were to know abt this)!! I think MKP puposely wear like that just to show off his 'sexy legs'!! Who on earth does he think he is? Eminem/John Cena/Superman??? POOI EH!!! :-@

Anyway at 5 pm, the bus returned to RG, and the cast got off. Cynthia was first to show up... she didnt seem very friendly to me, although she did autograph certain articles from other fans. Not exactly my cup of tea if you ask me...

Yuwu came out to take photo with some fans (not all) and autograph some articles... he had to head back into the studiop for more stuff. I did get an autograph from him though. I personally prefer him without the woolen cap...

Joanne came out at around this time, but so did Jeanette. Knowing that Jo wouldnt be leaving so soon, I opted to go find "Huan Wo Ji Tang" first (she had to rush off to somewhere else)... I got her autograph, took pic with her and gave her a toy tiger as Christmas present (my means of showing my appreciation for her hard work). Great success!! :-)

Right after "Yueniang" left, me and a few other fans headed to Joanne... I got waekened a little when she put her hands on her shoulder again, but I held on to her waist to prevent myself from falling (no, I don't have any funny ideas at all, the pavement was rather uneven).

"Robert Zhang" came out soon after... he is the very guy who raped Yuzhu in the show. I had to admit that Zzen (the name of the real actor) makes a very good villain, even though I "hate" him and a few other characters to the core.

We saw Andie and Eelyn walking to the direction of the reception... not sure if they exited from there. Later I found out that Eelyn had left with Darren via his van... :-(

Joanne left at abt 1750 hrs, but not before posing with Piglet :-)

At abt 6 pm, a familiar face came forth... it's Fiona!! Surprised to see her yet again after me and Source had seen her at Suntec for the Carlsberg event just the day before... haha, pure luck once more! :-D Actually she was gonna attend Channel 5 countdown meeting (which she would be part of)... but it was kinda strange of her to park her car opposite RG instead of inside.

Between 6 to 6.50 pm: MKP left Radiogate at around this time, but not before opening up his super-large umbrella and showing it off to everyone else. See if he dares use it when he gets enlisted to NS!! That's when he will eventually know the true meaning of siong!! During this time, I was either chatting with Source or teasing Hui Si and Peiling with pictures of cats from my digicam...

At abt 1855 hrs, another familiar looking girl came out... IT'S YA HUI??? We were shocked (and a little sad) to see her with short hair, though she still looked as sweet and pretty as before... she took taxi home I think.

At abt 1905 hrs, Jade Seah arrived, she got to autograph on the 8 days calendars, and then rushed inside for Ch 5 countdown meeting which she was late for. I forgot to take solo pic of her, but I can tell you that she looked really hawt in dark blue top and black skirt.

At 1915 hrs, Huang Wenyong came out... he was heading to the reception area to return wardrobe.

Me and Source decided to leave the place soon after Wenyong left, but not before I teased Hui Si one more time. Both of us went to Toa Payoh for dinner, then went our separate ways. I was close to turning into Venom on the way home due to a few leggy babes aboard the same bus...

Overall it was truly a crazy, sweaty but worthwhile day at Compass Point... good thing I chose not to go for the Ch 8 countdown party at VivoCity this Wed... I can't afford to go through this kind of overwhelming and sticky situation again. Moreover, I have a New Year's lunch outing to attend on Thursday...