The exciting grand finals of Anugerah Skrin – MediaCorp Suria’s talent competition, will see the crowning of two winners (one male and one female) amongst the remaining six finalists at the MediaCorp TV Theatre this Friday, 9 July at 8.30pm “LIVE”.

Anugerah Skrin 2010 Grand Finale will be graced by Mr Zainul Abidin Rasheed, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and will be telecast “live” on Suria. Guest artistes include Anugerah 2009 champion Sarah Aqilah and veteran Malaysian actress and singer Fauziah Latiff.

The winners of Anugerah Skrin 2010 will receive a total of $10,000 in cash, roles in a movie produced by Malaysia’s leading media and entertainment company, KRU Studios, a special teledrama produced by MediaCorp Eaglevision and a Suria programme. For the first time in a Malay Talent-search competition history, the winners will also be assured a role in upcoming MediaCorp English programmes.

Since the start of the competition in May 2010, the contestants have acted in different drama genres weekly and their acting capabilities were judged by Resident Judges, Khairudin Samsudin and Rilla Melati Bahri – famous child actors who have excelled in creative fields such as directing and scriptwriting.

Sharon Ismail, an award winning actress, Hasnul Rahmat, Singapore’s veteran actor who made it big in Malaysia and Norman Abd Halim, Group CEO of KRU Studios will be joining our Resident Judges.

The six finalists vying for the top two spots are Diana Amran, Syirah Jusni, Firuz Khan, Erwin Shan Dawson, Shahril Kahar, and Halimah Yahaya.

The scores will be based on a combination of judges’ score (50%) and votes by the public (50%).

Viewers can vote via SMS or IVRS for their favourite contestant during the voting campaign which commenced on 6 July. To vote, either SMS to 73388 in the following format: ANU contestant’s code, or call 1900 112770x, where ‘x’ is the contestant’s code.

For example:
Send ANU 1 to 73888 for contestant number 1, Diana Amran
Or
Call 1900-1127705 for contestant number 5, Shahril Kahar

The contestants codes are listed below:
1 : Diana Amran
2 : Syirah Jusni
3 : Firuz Khan
4 : Erwin Shah Dawson
5 : Shahril Kahar
6 : Halimah Yahaya

Voting Numbers

Each vote is charged at 60 cents per SMS or IVRS (excluding GST). More details on voting and the contestants can be found at www.anugerahskrin.mediacorptv.sg. Voting lines will remain open till 9pm on Friday, 9 July.

With the increased popularity of Suria’s local dramas, Anugerah Skrin makes a comeback in search for fresh-faced actors. The series will be hosted by a popular and award-winning actor with more than 10 years of acting and hosting experience, Suzairhe Sumari. He will partner Huda Ali, the female winner of Anugerah Skrin 2006, who is currently busy filming in a movie in Malaysia. Shahril Wahid, the male winner of Anugerah Skrin 2006, will complete the list of hosts for the competition.

Anugerah Skrin hosts – Suzairhe, Huda & Shahril (left to right)
For Anugerah Skrin 2010, 24 aspiring actors have been shortlisted to continue their journey to be the next Anugerah Skrin Champions. One male and one female Champion will get $5000 cash each, roles in Suria’s programmes, a movie produced by KRU Studios, a special teledrama produced by MediaCorp Eaglevision, as well as an opportunity to be involved in English productions.

Each week these contestants will be asked to act in different drama genres to test their acting skills. They may spar with each other as well as several experienced actors. The contestants will be guided throughout the competition by 2 established actors who act as their mentors – Seri Wahyuni Jaes who is also a TV scriptwriter and Sani Husin, who is currently an Arts educator.

These are the resident judges and mentors
This year’s resident judges are Khairudin Samsudin and Rilla Melati Bahri who are famous child actors and have respectively excelled in creative fields such as directing and scriptwriting.

Winners will be selected based on judges’ score (50%) and popularity votes by the public (50%). Audience can vote from Tuesday from 8.30pm to Friday at 6pm the same week. Each vote costs $0.60.

The Top 24 actors with the resident judges and mentors.
Anugerah Skrin will make its debut LIVE on Tuesday, 4 May 2010 at 8.30pm on Suria. The series will be telecast at 8.30pm every Tuesday (Drama segment) and LIVE every Friday (Results show).

Here are the voting numbers. Voting ends every Friday, 6pm.

Official Website: Anugerah Skrin

AnugeraHitz.sg was an inaugural Malay music award show that’s co-organized by Mediacorp Suria, Ria 89.7FM, Warna 94.2FM and Composers and Authors Society of Singapore (COMPASS). It’s heartening to see lots of our local musicians coming together for this event. It’s the first ever truly 100% Singapore music award show. Appreciating and rewarding the best talents in our Malay music industry.

Themed ‘Rock Nation’, all who came were clad in rock outfits, some were subtle (like me) and some were into it all the way (which is fun to watch). Being invited as friends of media, once again thank you to Suria for this opportunity, I managed to capture the ‘Red Carpet’ event. Though it was a relaxed atmosphere, knowing some of the nominees, there’s always a tinch of nervousness and hope in their hearts that it will be their night.

After being called to be seated at 8pm was a relieved, the excitement builds up as the event nears. It’s was my first media coverage in Mediacorp Theater, therefor I didn’t know ropes that much. Thanks to PujanggaMalam for mentioning that our media passes allows us to move around the theater so we could capture the best pictures. In the end we both ended in front of the stage and it was the best seat in the house (though on the floor but it’s still the best).

Versatile Fauzie Laily and cheerful Ria DJ Fiza O
AnugeraHitz.sg was hosted by the versatile Fauzie Laily and cheerful Ria DJ Fiza O as well as the young and cute Mujahid (MJ). The awards (a little weird looking) were given away by a line up of glamorous people, they were Najib Ali, Art Fazil, Hetty Sarlene, Moliano, Ann Hussein, radio DJs Nity Baizura, Hafeez Glamour, Aura Shai and Tahar Ghaib (TG) as well as mum-to-be Nurul Aini and Mawar Berduri (Ahli Fiqir).

Opening act Roze, Zul Mystroe, Daly Ahli Fiqir and Sleeq
The performers for this event too were a glamorous mix of juniors and seniors in the Malay music industry. The show was opened by by Roze, Zul Mystroe, Daly Ahli Fiqir and Sleeq with their own R&B/Hip-Hop version of Berpindah Minda by LoveHunters. A great opening that hyped up the event nicely.

Yantzen and Hanafie rocked the stage!
Yantzen and Hanafie Warren rocked out the show with their rendition of evergreen hits Rintangan Hidup Dunia and Sampai Bila. Their segment really made me snapped away taking pictures of them due to their energy on stage. That’s how hard rock music can affect you especially if you’re a rocker in your heart (winks).

Sezairi charming performance
Our latest Singapore Idol, Sezairi Sezali making his debut performance on Suria, performing an acoustic version of Art Fazil’s Merindu Kepastian (love this song). It was a charming performance by the man.

Beautiful performance by Eiss & Nana
Powerful voices from Iskandar R. Ismail (Eiss) and Nana performed the ‘Best Song’ category in medley. Using their experience and creativity they brought the songs to a new level, beautifully sang and it was a memorable performance. There was also a tribute segment to Haron Abdul Majid, a great composer and lyricist with evergreen songs like Dalam Kenangan and Dulu Dan Sekarang sung by Elfee R. Ismail.

Taufik Batisah and Hady Mirza singing Kepadanya
The winners of 3 Most Popular Songs category were also given the opportunity to belt it out on stage presenting their songs. The audiences went crazy and were singing along to these popular songs by Taufik Batisah (Nafasku), Didicazli feat Sleeq (Impianku) and Taufik again with Hady Mizra (Kepadanya). Personally love Kepadanya and watching the two Singapore Idols on stage performing.

Rahimah Rahim the Anugerah Primera receiver
In addition, a special award ‘Anugerah Primera’ was given away to an established and recognized individual who have made significant contributions to our music industry. This award was given to Rahimah Rahim. A singer extraordinaire who still has passion in her heart to share her talent till now. In honor of her, Sarah Aqilah (Annugerah 2009 winnder) sang her evergreen hit song, Hati Yang Rapuh. A wonderful performance by Sarah and looking gorgeous too.

Ten award categories were presented and the winners were,
Best New Artiste : Sarah Aqilah
Best New Duo/Group : Revalina
Best Artiste : Taufik Batisah
Best Duo/Group : Sleeq
Best Lyricist : Erza Diorama – Anti-Romatis
Best Composer : Taufik Batisah – Nafasku
Best Song : Angkasa – Hady Mirza
Best Album : Suria Hatiku – Taufik Batisah

Taufik, Hady and Didi winning Most Popular Artistes
The two popular categories were won by (Top 3),
Most Popular Songs :
Nafasku – Taufik Batisah
Impianku – Didicazli feat Sleeq
Kepadanya – Taufik Batisah & Hady Mirza
Most Popular Artistes :
Taufik Batisah
Hady Mirza
Didicazli

Revalina the Best New Duo/Group
Overall, I was entertained and quiet happy with the results as it was rather predictable in some categories but there were surprise winners too which in the end brought a little excitement to the event. Revalina and Erza Diorama were the underdogs in their category but due to their win, there’s a sign of hope that this music industry will not be dominated by just popularity alone but talents as well.

A heartfelt congratulations to the organizers of this event in gathering and appreciating our music makers and lovers. I really hope this event will be around for many years and continue to be upgraded for our talents to have something to aim for, a new focus to bring their work to another level. As all the rockers at heart will say, “Rock Never Die”.

Note: There will be an encore telecast of this award show on Friday, 9 April 2010 at 10.30pm on Suria.

More photos of AnugeraHitz.sg (Facebook):
+ Red Carpet Event
+ Awards Show Event
+ Post Party Event

Once again, Mediacorp Suria is looking for talents in the acting field, different from the previous competition where hosting was also involved, this is a more focused competition in finding the best actors in Singapore. If you think you can act, don’t miss this great ppportunity. Just a reminder, not to scare you but acting is not easy *hehe*

Download the registration form now at http://anugerahskrin.mediacorptv.sg.

ANUGERAH SKRIN ONE-DAY REGISTRATION
Date: Saturday, 20 March 2010
Time: 9am – 5pm
Venue: Caldecott Broadcast Centre, Andrew Road
Criteria:
+ Male and Female
+ 16-30 yrs old
+ Singapore citizens & permanent residents

Facebook page: Anugerah Skrin One-Day Audition

Below is the audition trailer to entice you more!
*seriously try it out if you can act*

Hitz.sg is a three part television program, showcasing the finalist of anugeraHitz.sg. They are the creme of the crop in our local Malay music industry in Singapore, with the diversity in genres of music being shown this is not a program to be missed. Boasting a fresh concept of having a mosh pit with a good looking stage set as well as a marquee rolling out the performers name made it look like an MTV production but this is our own Eaglevision at work. Kudos to them for producing this program.

Staying true to the tradition of iZone.sg, it’s the all about the buzz meaning I’ll give you guys enough to let you feel you need to be home and catch Hitz.sg every episode on Suria *smiles*. The three episodes will be aired every Saturday staring from the 13th March till 27th March 2010, 8.30pm only on Mediacorp Suria channel.

This program will be hosted by Fauzie Laily and Fiza O also keep a look out for a cute interviewer named MJ! *Hot seat bersama artis!*

Hitz.sg: Episode 1
Saturday, 13 March 2010, 8.30pm on Suria

Artistes involved: Maiya Rahman, Sharil Bahri, The Sallys, Hyrul Anuar, Verbalize Flo, Zaibaktian, Sarah Aqilah

Hitz.sg: Episode 2
Saturday, 20 March 2010, 8.30pm on Suria

Artistes involved: Sleeq, Rancour, Diorama, Sound Salvation, Revalina

Hitz.sg: Episode 3
Saturday, 27 March 2010, 8.30pm on Suria

Artistes involved: Syed Azmir, Aqmal N, Didi Cazli, Hady Mirza, Imran Ajmain, Taufik Batisah, Shahridzuan

Have you vote for your most popular artiste yet? If you have not and wondering how to go about voting for them, click on this link ‘How To Vote’. The 10 popular artistes that you can vote for and they are Didi Cazli, Fauzie Laily, Hady Mirza, Hyrul Anuar, Konspirazy, Kraton, Sarah Aqilah, Sleeq, Syed Azmir and Taufik Batisah.

Other Hitz.sg updates:
+ Izk-ed

Other anugeraHitz.sg related sites:
+ anugeraHitz.sg (Official Site)
+ Izk-ed (Entertainment Blogger)
+ PujanggaMalam (Entertainment Blogger)