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eBuzz Events : Anugerah Skrin (Live)

Izarrudin — Mon, 03 May 2010 04:06:17 +0000

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

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Anugerah 2009 Review : Episode Five

Izarrudin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:12:42 +0000

Previous week the female Anugerettes had performed so well that I had mentioned the male contestants need to step up their performance tonight but sadly it didn’t. As more and more neutrals choosing their favourites I’m sure the atmosphere in the theater is deafening with vociferous support from different camps and the best way to listen to them sing is at home on TV.

Starting the event with the announcement of the results for the female Anugerettes. As expected Nora, Kunjung and Sarah had to be continuing their journey in Anugerah 2009 and gladly they did. Two contestants had to leave and they were, Yanie and Asilah. All the best to both of them in the future. Hopefully they will get better out of this show and be prepared to be called up for wildcard round.

Female Anugerettes Ranking
1. Nani
2. Sarah
3. Catty
4. Kunjung
5. Nora
6. Hafizah

This week theme is about Our Icons in the malay music industry of Singapore. Songs from BDB, Sweet Charity, Ramil Sarip, Jat Ali and Osman Hamzah would be sang by the male Anugerettes. Sounds interesting but we shall see how they perform as you keep on reading this entry.

As usual they are divided into two groups, ‘Kumpulan A’ and ‘Kumpulan B’. Only left with 6 contestants in total I was hoping for a longer singing time for each contestants but I didn’t feel it get any longer. Did it? Guest judge for this week was Indra Sharir.

‘Kumpulan A’ consists of Azhar, Kamsani and Chirul.
Azhar was the first to perform, singing Andai by Jat Ali this genre is his forte and I’m confident he would be able to carry this song well and he did. Clean, clear and powerful voice. A controlled performance by him but a predictable one as the judges had pointed out, as for me its ok since he might be already thiking about his image that he would like to carry on when he’s out of this competition. One vote for him for being consistant.

Next was Kamsani, singing Gadis Melayu by Osman Hamzah. This is a fast song that’s thought to be simple but if you’re not fit and you don’t understand the song well its going to produce a disasterous performance and Kamsani almost did due to lack of fitness. A confident performance that did not match with its vocals. Risky one for him but admirable attempt. Still irritated by his nasal singing though. One vote for being brave.

Chirul singing Bukan Kerna Nama by Ramli Sarip, a very soulful song that needed full concentration on feeling and conveying its message but he fell short of producing it. Doing a sleek RnB move in the song killed it totally which shows he know nuts about the song and if not for his unique tone it was a disaster and he didn’t even hit the high notes of this song by scaling down instead of going up during the chorus. Total bummer. Work harder to widen your range Chirul. No votes for him for destroying a very good song.

‘Kumpulan B’ consists of Wawan, Hydir and Sein.
Wawan singing Merpatih Putih in his own arrangement which actually sounded good with his vocals. Since its his arrangement, he felt the song better I guess. Love his clean voice and his high registers are amazing. Work harder to achieve better vocals. One vote for being brave too.

Next was Hydir singing Teratai by Sweet Charity. A difficult song to carry for a young boy, if not for his almost ‘Jamal’ vocals it would be a disaster since he didn’t feel the song at all. He has to reduce his stiff facial expressions when he sings. It’s annoying at times but for his fans it’s perfectly fine I guess. Not his best performance tonight. Learn to feel the song than just singing it technically. No votes for being a disappointment.

Sein singing Zakiah by Sweet Charity. A rock influenced song, which need that rocking attitude but he didn’t convey it visually and vocally. A great disappointment tonight, should have managed to rock the house with this song but he didn’t. Need to be focus on stage and atleast try to perform. Forgetting some lyrics does not help with the scores Sein. Need to work harder. No votes for him.

Then came the group performance after the break. I don’t really like to comment on the group performance since every week I don’t see any teamwork or a good harmony between them so I feel this segment is just a filler that’s all. It’s actually embarassing to watch amaturish group performance so Suria please scrap this segment and focus on solo performance instead.

The double Fs did quite well tonight as Fauzie managed to complete the show smoothly. Congrats to him and Fiza O is professional as always.

Male Anugerettes Standing (before the show)
1. Hydir
2. Wawan
3. Chirul
4. Azhar
5. Sein
6. Kamsani

Would be nice to see their standing after the show as well. Suria can make it happen? Would make it more interesting isn’t it? The results for this episode will be revealed on next week show so keep voting people.

Here’s how you can vote:
AZHAR
SMS: Type ANU 1 send to 73388
Call: 1900-112-7701

KAMSANI
SMS: Type ANU 2 send to 73388
Call: 1900-112-7702

CHIRUL
SMS: Type ANU 3 send to 73388
Call: 1900-112-7703

WAWAN
SMS: Type ANU 4 send to 73388
Call: 1900-112-7704

HYDIR
SMS: Type ANU 5 send to 73388
Call: 1900-112-7705

SEIN
SMS: Type ANU 6 send to 73388
Call: 1900-112-7706

Voting ends on Tuesday, 7th July 2009, 6pm.

More info on Anugerah:

Credits: Suria.sg

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Anugerah 2009 Review : Episode Four

Izarrudin — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:25:55 +0000

I can confidently say, Anugerah 2009 could produce the best vocal performer in the history of this competition and it’s going to be a woman winning it after so long. Tonight’s performance simply made me believe that Singapore actually has good female singers waiting to stand up and be counted.

I personally find that the ladies will be much better than the men since the start of this competition simply because only the ladies are capable of making me point out who could be a potential star in this competition. Tonight all Suria viewers will agree with me when they saw what they did just now. They managed to outperformed and out shown all the male Anugerettes from last week show.

Starting of with the results for last week, two male contestants will have to leave this competition and personally I don’t really mind that much who will go except for Azhar because for me he did pretty good last week and he managed to survive this round. The two that had to leave was Ize and Izam. Ize was a surprise but in a reality show, less votes means you’re out. So all the best to both of them with their future in this industry.

Male Anugerettes Ranking
1. Hydir
2. Wawan
3. Chirul
4. Azhar
5. Sein
6. Kamsani

Next came the ladies to perform, as usual the eight of them were split into two groups, ‘Kumpulan A’ and ‘Kumpulan B’. Still in Rentak Kita week which is performing our local songs. Kudos to Suria for doing this.

‘Kumpulan A’ consists of Nora, Yanie, Asilah and Hafizah.
Nora was the first to perform, she was in the top three in term of votes so my expectations of her is quite high and she didn’t disappoint. She has good vocals and her dynamics for this song was good which means she felt the song and managed to convey it through her performance. Furthermore she has the right package and confidence. Maintain Nora. One vote for her.

Next was Yanie, she on the other hand lacking the feel for the song. She sang it with nice vocals, I’m sure some would like her voice but her dynamics were weak. A little too straight in her singing. Maybe she didn’t manage to absorb the song fully and understand the lyrics. Work harder Yanie. Sorry no vote for her tonight.

Asilah did quite well but I just feel she did an average performance on the whole. A little off key here and there. She started quite well but when it came to the chorus she became nervous, thinking too much about hitting her notes rather than feeling the song. Usually chorus is the part that would make or break a singers performance and she broke it. All the best to Asilah. No vote for her too.

Hafizah nicknamed ‘Cili Padi’ by Eddie Ali. She started quite nervously, a little shaky which is worrying because first impression counts as well but her chorus which was a difficult one to carry, she did it quite well. She managed to hit some of the high notes, admirable performance by her. This is a classic example of how a chorus part can save your performance. Keep it up girl! One vote for her.

‘Kumpulan B’ which consists of Nani, Catty, Kunjung and Sarah.
First came Nani, she was quite confident and at one point looked a little cocky but that’s not a bad thing. You need confidence to go on stage and perform. Nice vocal but she sounded a little out of breath during her chorus or maybe not feeling the song but more of technically trying to sing the song. Work harder Nani. No votes for her.

Catty was next, the number one voters choice before the show. I can’t deny that her feel for the song was excellent and her vocals was good too. Since day one she had impressed with her vocals that’s why she’s number one in votes. Vocally great, visually its not, so please work on her image. Catty work it out. One vote for her.

Since the audition days, many had took noticed of her due to her confidence as well as vocals and tonight she confirmed her passage to the finals with her singing. Her confidence level is of a different level than the rest of the contestants and people can see it clearly when she performs. Keep it up Kunjung. One vote for her.

Next was Sarah, after watching Kunjung I felt pity for Sarah because she need to outdo Kunjung or she will sink. She didn’t really start impressively for me but another classic example of a superb chorus part that made people remember you for so long. She managed to hit most of high notes almost flawlessly. She’s the first Anugerette that really caught my attention, she has great potential. Keep it up! Two votes for her!

Next came the group performance for the choreography challenge. Both groups actually did quite well and finally I can see they were actually dancing on TV thank you cameraman and director for showing more wide views of their performance. Overall they really impresses me more than the guys. Watch out guys you really need to work much harder to gain votes and impress “neautrals” like me who’s watching at home.

Female Anugerettes Standing (before the show)
1. Catty
2. Nora
3. Kunjung
4. Sarah
5. Nani
6. Hafizah
7. Yanie
8. Asilah

Here’s how you can vote:
NORA
SMS: Type ANU 1 send to 73388
Call: 1900-112-7701

YANI
SMS: Type ANU 2 send to 73388
Call: 1900-112-7702

ASILAH
SMS: Type ANU 3 send to 73388
Call: 1900-112-7703

HAFIZAH
SMS: Type ANU 4 send to 73388
Call: 1900-112-7704

NANI
SMS: Type ANU 5 send to 73388
Call: 1900-112-7705

CATTY
SMS: Type ANU 6 send to 73388
Call: 1900-112-7706

KUNJUNG
SMS: Type ANU 7 send to 73388
Call: 1900-112-7707

SARAH
SMS: Type ANU 8 send to 73388
Call: 1900-112-7708

Voting ends on Tuesday, 30th June 2009, 6pm.

More info on Anugerah:

Credits: Suria.sg

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Anugerah 2009 Review : Episode One

Izarrudin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:50:01 +0000

First, a big thank you to Suria for bringing back Anugerah to the screen this year. Personally, its the best reality show for the Malay community ever. Every time trying to improve on flaws but aiming for perfection is what Suria has to do every season. This year with 1000+ contestants for audition, I feel we can at least find gems in the rough so here comes the Top 20 tonight doing their best to impress voters with 42-45 seconds of opportunity only. (Thank you Maman for timing and taking note of this).

I would have preferred a longer timing for each Anugerettes (that’s what Suria label the contestants) since 45 seconds don’t really give an impact or enough time for the viewer to evaluate on who to vote. Furthermore the voting time is shorter for this episode so it would be great to have a longer show but I don’t think Suria has that slot so we have to make do with what they have to offer.

The show started with an opening them song ‘Bintang Anugerahku’ sang by the previous champions of Anugerah, Aliff Aziz, Hyrul Anuar and Eka Mairina. A catchy song which had been playing countless times on Suria. During the opening song, the Top 20 came in dancing to the song a simple choreography but only Kamsani and Kunjung excelled in this part. (Note: I was watching on TV so my view is limited to where the camera is pointing at that moment).

This year judges are a good selection with Ann Hussin and Gani Karim called to give knowledgeable comments. As for the invited judge, I feel its not necessary since he/she will be clueless on the 1st episode since Adil Hussein only had 42-45 seconds to evaluate each Anugerettes.

Enough about the show and the judges now is my review on the Anugerettes short performances. I myself have trouble to evaluate them haha! A super long post. So please bare with me from this point on.

First group, ‘Kumpulan A’ consists of Sarah, Hydir, Mel and Sein.
Sarah did well vocally, she was in pitch for her song. She also has a nice tone to her voice that I like. A confident performance by this young lady. One vote for her.

Then its Hydir’s turn, heard this boy sang on YouTube and has some experience in other singing competition so my expectation was higher for him but he was off key on the first note for his song, but he got better as he became more confident. Has a good manly tone for his voice. One vote for him.

Mel is next, a tall beautiful lady. She was a little pitchy in her performance and she looked a little nervous too. So I didn’t vote for her. Sorry Mel.

Sein performing next, he’s an Anugerah recycle. Recycle is a good word meaning you should be better the next time so my expectation for him is higher too. He did just enough for me this time. Whole performance not too bad but lots of room for improvement. One vote for him.

Group performance was not really impressive. Sein kept forgetting his dance steps and it shows in his facial expression. Most of them were out trying to harmonize. A performance I wish to forget fast and they would want that too.

Second group, ‘Kumpulan B’ consists of Kunjung, Azhar, Hafizah and Wawan.
Kunjung came on stage with full of confidence that blow you away. Some people might think its over the top but that’s what make a performer. Vocally she had good dynamics, you can feel her singing her song. Two votes for her.

Azhar is next, he has a good range and vocally good performance. Stage presence can be worked on because he has this rockstar look. One vote for him.

Then it’s Hafizah’s turn, her low notes were beautiful and vocally she’s quite good. Only a little pitchy on the high notes for me. Pretty confident performance overall. Two votes for her.

Wawan was a little pitchy too but maybe because he sang with better feelings than the rest. He’s good overall and hope he improves more in the next episode. One vote for him.

Group performance was much better than the previous group. Wawan felt more confident in this performance. Harmony was good, all did pretty well.

Third group, ‘Kumpulan C’ consists of Shera, Ize, Asila and Afyq.
Shera has a beautiful tone. Vocally she’s pretty good for this song but her performance lack confidence for me. Still one vote for her.

Ize is next and he’s a seasoned performer in my opinion so my expectation is quiet high for him. He delivered though tonight. He gave a heartfelt performance and was confident on stage. Two votes for him.

Asila didn’t impress me much early because she was pitchy at the start but had a better ending. Maybe she’s nervous so her performance was lacking stage presence. Sorry no votes for her.

Next came Afyq, a young boy who looks very nervous and he was a little pitchy here and there. Not the best performance. Sorry no votes for him as well.

Group performance was same as the first group, would like to forget it too. They didn’t manage to harmonize well and blend together. Lack of practice as a group I suspect.

Fourth group, ‘Kumpulan D’ consists of Izam, Catty, Ain and Yanie.
Izam, I had seen him around before so I expect something good from this guy also. He did just enough in my opinion he could have done much better too if he has a longer time to perform. Looks nervous but that’s just me. One vote for him.

Catty came up next and I simply love her projection and clear voice. If only she feel the song with better dynamics it would be the perfect vocal performance for the night. Stage presence though was lacking she has to learn to be more confident on stage. Two votes for her.

Ain didn’t impress me much, he was doing fine at the start but once the high notes came up he didn’t do well. Not a confident performance by him. Sorry, no votes for him.

Yanie was doing well too until she hits the higher notes she went a little off. She looked nervous on stage too so no votes for her as well.

Group performance was surprisingly good. They harmonize and blended well. Yanie was a little pitchy but overall its good group performance.

Last group, ‘Kumpulan E’ consists of Chirul, Nani, Kamsani and Nora.
Chirul has powerful voice, good projection but lack of feel, dynamics. It gets boring even in the short performance. Nevertheless a confident performance by this young boy. No votes for him though.

Nani is next, vocally good performance for her song but I didn’t take much notice of her yet. Pretty confident but didn’t impress me so no votes for her also.

Kamsani, I have heard this boy sing before and he has pretty good experience performing so expectations are higher. He did well just that his nasal or is it naturally his way of singing that irritates me a little. Confident performance which was expected of him. One vote for him.

Nora the last performer, she did just enough but I feel she needs to improve more to impress next episode. Pretty confident on stage. One vote for her.

Group performance, Chirul was struggling with the low notes in this song which was pretty obvious. This in turn made the harmonizing not good and affecting the others. Very pitchy ending for all of them.

This season the results are made known on the same night so it’s called the Result Show. Obviously. A wonderful performance by Rancour. Sadly to say, Shera was out with Mel, Afyq and Ain. As for the rest of the Anugerettes, congrats to them. Hope they will improve as the week goes on.

As for the double F hosts (Fauzie Laily & Fiza O), you guys have some hiccups here and there and you know it too, it’s just the 1st episode so I’m sure it would improve as the weeks goes by. All the best to the both of you. As for the judges, comment are good so far by Ann and Gani, feels like you all are rushing to say your comments though. The guest judge Adil, I feel sorry for him being in that situation.

This season Anugerah had implemented performance and grooming training for the Anugerettes every week. This is a vast improvement by Suria showing their aim in wanting to produce a champion worthy to be called champion. Congrats to Suria.

Fuhh! Super long review this is! Thank you for reading till the end and hope to see you visiting here again soon!

Anugerah 2009 Top 7 Anugerettes (Episode One)
1. Catty
2. Wawan
3. Chirul
4. Nora
5. Kunjung
6. Ize
7. Sarah (Thanks to Luk for this last name!)

More info on Anugerah:

Credits: Suria.sg & Gumbira.com

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eBuzz Singapore : Multi Racial Cultural Fiesta

Izarrudin — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:37:55 +0000

A multi-racial cum modern dance competition that enhances the beauty of our different cultures. If u have the talent to dance modern and cultural dance and able to fuse the two dance together, we WANT YOU!

For Dance Competition only:
Admission: $2/Pax, Registration: $20/Team
Ticket and registration form available at Bukit Batok CC.
For more info, please email: ekalurventern@gmail.com or call: irfan – 93277779(west area), I.Z – 98229206 (east area).

Multi-racial Cultural Fiesta & LAH! De’Fuse Dance Competition
Flea market: 10am-5pm
Rental of each stall: $30
All are welcome!
For flea market info email: mdjais@msn.com
Jointly organised by Bukit Batok CC MAEC & South West CDC
Date of Event: 27th June 2009
Time: 10am till 10pm
Venue: Bukit Batok Community Club Hall

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