Last Saturday, close to 100 Project SuperStar contestants sang their hearts out in the 3rd round of the show’s auditions. After hours of deliberation by the judges, the Top 40 was announced. Come Oct 8, Sun, they will battle it out for the Top 24 spots and you are invited to meet them upclose before the rest of Singapore does.
Reported by Paul Chan, Ellen Liao and Penny Quek
Edited by Angelene Wong
The Final Audition
What's next for the Top 40? Come next Sunday, Oct 8, they will be competiting in front of a 'live' audience at Suntec City Tropics Atrium. Come on down to show them your support and also be the first to celebrate with the newly-minted Top 24!
Details at a glance:
What: Birth of Top 24
When: Sunday, Oct 8, 1pm
Judges: Project SuperStar’s 5 resident judges Billy Koh, Lee Wei Song, Roy Lee, Dawn Yip and Anthony Png
Special performances by: Project SuperStar champ Tan Weilian, Kelly Poon & Hong Junyang
The Final SuperStar Concert
The Top 24 selection event will also mark the last time Project SuperStar Season 1 winners Kelvin Tan Weilian, Kelly Poon and Hong Junyang will be sharing the stage together.
Signed up by Yao Chien, the man who behind the success of Taiwanese singing sensations Coco Lee and Elva Hsiao, Kelly Poon will be expanding her singing career in the region and will be based in Taiwan and Beijing by the end of the year.
Kelvin Tan is already preparing his 2nd album and Warner Music is positioning him regionally as ‘Asia’s Andrea Boccelli’.
Hong Junyang who has yet to decide on which of the three regional offers he has on his plate (he is currently managed by Ocean Butterflies). He has now till year end before he reveals his next career move.
Top 40 gets the star treatment
All Top 40 contestants will get to have their hair restyled by Addy Lee, the Director of Monsoon salons even before the big day. They will also be given singing lessons with veteran vocal coach Wu Jia Ming. Nothing is spared to ensure top-notch performances on 8 October where the top 24 finalists for the show will be announced.
What's hot and what's not? We cast the spotlight on some of the Top 40 who caught our eyes for both the right and wrong reasons...
Hot!
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| Beautiful smile. Gorgeous face. This girl who was already turning heads at the first auditions continues to blossom under the care of stylists. | Cute dimples. Nuff' said. | When you can't beat them, join them! After getting his last few strands of hair shaved off, this guy whom host Yifeng kept calling ‘uncle’ ended up looking cute as a button! Donald Trump, are you taking notes? | This dead-ringer for Leon Lai knows how to work his charm in front of the cameras. But he has to learn to rein it in. Don't break the lens, we say. |
Not so hot
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| By the time you read this, she would have her long tresses chopped off. Afterall, this is hairstylist Addy we are talking about. If he ain't like it, you bet it's not good enough for us either. | Contestant Chris Goh would have looked a lot better without a bad eyebrow trim which formed the Chinese character ‘ba’ whenever he frowned. | Her low husky voice led one judge to praise her pipes as ‘the rarest find in a hundred years’. Good song choices will be key to getting past her limited range. |
As the BIG DAY beckons, the Top 40 contestants will be gearing up to fight it out for the Top 24 spots! Can't wait to catch the TV telecast in November? Come on down to Suntec City Tropics Atrium on Sunday, 8 October to witness the birth of the Top 24 finalists!
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