Special Guests in PSS2 Grand Finals

The male and female winner will only be revealed after 11.30pm tomorrow night (Thurs Jan 18) but plans are already underway for the Project SuperStar 2 Grand Final to be held at Singapore Indoor Stadium on Sunday Feb 4, 2007.

We spoke to the show’s Managing Executive Producer Goh Gjong Hoa and Producer/Executive Producer Lim Shiong Chiang to get the lowdown on the Grand Final, and here’s what we gathered, presented in digestible nuggets of info.

Competition Format:

The two finalists will go through five segments of competition where they will each perform one song of each of the following music genre: rock, unplugged, hip-hop, jazz/bossa nova and a personally selected pop song. The rock and hip-hop segments will require the finalist to even dance. Except for the hip-hop segment, the finalists will be accompanied by a ‘live’ band.

The segment Judges' Killer Songs from last year (where the judges write one song for each finalist to specifically hit at the finalist’s weakness) has been taken out because the competition format this year is different from last year’s, with the main focus on the finalists’ capabilities in handling different music genres.

Other Performers:

Season 2’s remaining 22 contestants will also be putting on a good show for you. The 11 males and 11 females will each perform a medley of songs. “We’ll keep the public in suspense for now, but we guarantee they’re all good songs,” Djong Hoa told us assuredly.

Special Guests:

Malaysia’s latest successful musical export Gary Cao Ge, and the overall champions of Project SuperStar Singapore - Kelvin Tan Wei Lian, Project SuperStar Malaysia - Johnson Wee and Project SuperStar Vietnam - Phuong Trinh will grace the event and perform their hit songs.

Approximately half of the Top 24 contestants from Project SuperStar 1 will also be present. Confirmed attendees include Sing Chew Sin Huey, Hoh Wei Jian, Silver Ang, Jason Tan, Chia Wei Choong, Wendy Toh, Ruth Chua, Sugianto, William Tanoto, Chanel Pang, Sandra Ter, Lai Li Jun, Raymond Chua, Darryl Yong are confirmed attendees.

Campus SuperStar's Ng Chee Yang, Teresa Tseng, Renfred Ng, Geraldine See, Ng Imm Khim, Clara Tan, Hong Yu Yang, Chen Yi Yuan, Alejandro Hou and Yvonne Chua will also be the cheerleaders for the Top 2 finalists Daren Tan and Tan Diya. They will be under the (cheer)leadership of Charlyn Lin and Sim Yun Ying (for Diya), and Lee Teng and Pornsak (for Daren).

MediaCorp artistes Bryan Wang, Kang Chengxi, Dasmond Koh, Wu Luoyi and Nat Ho will be there as well.

Costumes:

Specially-designed and decorated outfits will be prepared for the two finalists for each different music segment. It’ll look more like a concert than just a competition, Shiong Chiang promised.

Results:

The results will be based entirely on votes from the public, though the five Project SuperStar judges (Billy Koh, Roy Li, Anthony Png, Dawn Yip and Li Weisong) will be present to dish out comments and also select the better finalist in each of the music segments.

Prizes:

The overall champion will receive a recording contract from Warner Music. Unlike last year, whether the first runner-up (or other contestants) will be offered contracts will be up to recording companies’ decision.

Tickets:

Admission tickets will be distributed free to the public; so if you want to lay your hands on them, send a self-addressed and stamped envelope to the following address:

MediaCorp TV Singapore Pte Ltd
Annex Building Level 2
c/o Project SuperStar Recording (Tickets)
Caldecott Broadcast Centre
Andrew Road
S (299939)

Note:

*Tickets will be given out on a first-come-first-served and while tickets last basis.
*Each request will receive one pair of tickets.

Alternatively, look out for contests to be held on Y.E.S 93.3FM, i-Weekly, Channel U News and on Channel U for chances to win the tickets.

In the event that anyone is unable to obtain the tickets, Shiong Chiang advises them to come down to the Singapore Indoor Stadium anyway and gather at the Red Carpet area. Admission will be granted on the spot if there are empty seats in the Stadium, or if response is overwhelming, seats that are partially blocked will also be opened.

Red Carpet:

The must-have to any big event will begin at 6.45pm but fans are advised to stake their claim from 6.15pm. Though knowing you fervent supporters, you’ll be there earlier.

Laying their delicate feet on the carpet (located at the entrance to the Stadium, where last year’s Red Carpet event was held) will be the special guests mentioned above plus local MediaCorp artistes. Exactly who, we’re still not yet informed.

In a nutshell…

Event: Project SuperStar 2 Grand Final
On: Sunday Feb 4
From: 7.30pm
At: Singapore Indoor Stadium

Important times to remember:

6.45pm The Red Carpet
7.30 – 10.30pm Voting lines open
7.30 – 11pm Show time!

The Project SuperStar Grand Final will be telecast ‘live’ on Channel U at 7.30pm.

--- Adapted from Channel U Website ---