September 19, 2006
We’re not sure if the Devil truly wears Prada, but it seems he carries a pair of hair-snipping scissors. Addy Lee, famed local stylist/hairstylist, played devil to 200+ contestants at the Project SuperStar Round 2 open auditions last weekend. Hear what the horn-y one had to say…
Kwok Kar Peng
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| How would it feel to have the fates of 200 people in your hands?? | Successful contestant Chris Goh with his mum Xia Hui, a famous singer in the 1970s. |
If Project SuperStar 2 is ever in need of an imaginative judge to pick on contestants’ sartorial sense and physical appearance, they can go straight to Addy Lee, famed local hairstylist and stylist. At least we know he delivers the wits and sarcasm.
Tried and tested in last weekend’s Project SuperStar Round 2 open auditions at Toa Payoh’s HDB Hub, the man had a field day letting loose biting criticisms on more than 200 male and female fashionably-challenged singing wannabes.
A taste of his memorable barbed stings:
| - “Your look today is just so salah lor.”; |
| - “Do you think you are pretty? You are not pretty lor. You must choose to be a character singer instead.”; |
| - “My mum wouldn’t even wear the clothes you are wearing!”; |
| - “What did you do to make your head look so big?!”; |
| - “Your boots are very nice, but it’s so wrong to tuck your pants into your boots!” |
| - “Your face looks just like a prata on the television screen. You’ve got to watch your make-up skills.” |
Strong-willed contestants who managed to keep their wits under the intensity of a thousand pairs of eyes and stood their grounds were matched with the same vociferous tenacity from Addy. Sample: “The judges from Round 1 told me I should put on make-up,” Girl X defended. Addy retorted: “Make-up is a must, but you don’t have to draw yourself up till you look like a ge-tai singer! Your foundation base can’t be too pale and you certainly can’t paste two ang ku kueh on your face!”
Ouch! Suffice to say, you really wouldn’t want to get on the wrong side of Addy.
The other five judges present last weekend were former singers Jimmy Ye Liangjun and Zheng Zhanlun to assess the contestants’ singing prowess; stylist/hair-stylist Addy Lee to provide pointers on image; and two MediaCorp senior production staff to evaluate the contestants’ potential.
Eighty-eight male and female contestants were selected to enter the third round of auditions where 20 males and 20 females will be further selected. The fourth and final audition will be held on Sunday Oct 8, 1pm at Suntec City Tropics Atrium. Project SuperStar judges Lee Wei Song, Dawn Yip, Roy Lee, Anthony Png and Billy Koh will personally select the Top 24.
Just some successful contestants:
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