Kovan Superstar 2009 Photoshoot for Finals

Finalists will have to go through 2 photoshoot sessions as part of their preparation for the Finals... Please bring along 2 sets of clothings to change...

1) Studio Shoot @ Music Mocha
- Mainly for production of CD cover and album...
- For publicity purposes
- Dress code: No bright colours, presentable and nice for performance

2) Outdoor Shoot @ XYZ Inc.
- To feature KSS09 finalists as the Icon for XYZ Inc. in future publicity of the centre...
- For future publicity purposes
- Dress Code: No colour restrictions, something casual and sporty...

Date: 4 July 2009, Saturday
Time: 9am - 3pm
Venue: Music Mocha & Xtreme Youth Zone Inc.

Basic make-up will be provided by our make-up artist.

Dressing and hair-styling should be done by finalist individually.

PHOTOSHOOTING GROUP X
(Report at 9 am for make-up and photoshoot)

AISYAH SALIM

CERLYN CHAN XINYI

SHERYL CHOO SIEW PING

AMBROSE GOH MAO LIANG

PHOTOSHOOTING GROUP Y
(Report at 9.30 am for make-up and photoshoot)

JULIANA LEE SE HUI

ALTON KEH GUAN QING

KENNETH SHIH

BERNICE LEE KAI LING


PHOTOSHOOTING GROUP Z
(Report at 10 am for make-up and photoshoot)

WILLIS LOYE HWEE HOONG

KAREN LIN KAILUN

GERMAINE NG XIN YI

TEO ZUO EN

* Note that the group allocated above is only for photoshooting purposes. There will be no groupings for the Finals. Sequence of singing or contestant no. will be drawn during the photoshooting session.

Schedule of photoshoot

9am: Group X finalists to report at Music Mocha

9:05am: Each finalist will take turn to go through make-up, individual shots, then interview.

9:30am: Group Y finalists to report at Music Mocha

9:35am: Each finalist will take turn to go through make-up, individual shots, then interview.

10am: Group Z finalists to report at Music Mocha

10:05am: Each finalist will take turn to go through make-up, individual shots, then interview.

11am: Group shots

1115am: Drawing of contestant numbers for Finals and selected genre of song to be sang on Finals and determination of Duet partners

1130am: Proceed to XYZ Inc. for Lunch.

12 noon: Lunch provided at XYZ Inc. (Each participant limited to bringing only 1 guest)

1245pm: Introduction of organiser, XYZ Inc.

1 pm: Photoshoot session at XYZ Inc. starting from Group X.
(Once u finish your shoot, u can leave)

3 pm: End of session

Xtreme Youth Zone Inc.

Address: 207 Hougang St 21 -Just beside Paya Lebar Kovan CC -From Kovan MRT, walk through Heartland Mall towards the hawker centre and continue forward till MacDonalds. Cross the road and You'll see Paya Lebar Kovan CC.








Music Mocha
Add: 998A Upper Serangoon Rd

-less than 5 mins walk from Kovan MRT station

Kovan Superstar 2009 Online Poll For Finals

Kovan Superstar 2009 Online Poll For Finals

Kovan Superstar 2009 Online Poll For Finals

Kovan Superstar 2009 Semi-Finals

Kovan Superstar 2009 Semi-Finals
27 June 2009
Saturday
12 - 6.30 pm
@Heartland Mall Lv 1

Finalised Groupings and Reporting Time will be announced on this blog by
18 June 2009 (Thursday).

Groupings and timings are drawn and arranged randomly. Please make time for the semi-finals according to the time allocated. No change of groupings or timings are allowed.

Guest Judges

Nick Shen
Mediacorp Artiste & Winner of 1999 All-Asian Star Search

Jeremy Kwan, Nathaniel Tan, Jeffrey Teay
Project Superstar 2 Finalists

Laverne Ong
Director, Music Mocha


Semi-Finals Format
Each contestant will perform a full song not exceeding 4.5 mins with music minus one.

Selection Process
12 Finalists will be selected based on the scores given by our judges.

Judging Criteria
1) Diction (咬字）：Articulation & accuracy of the lyrics 10%

2) Rhythm (节奏感）: Sense of rhythm & tempo 20%

3) Pitching （音准）: Accuracy of sining to desired pitch 20%

4) Voice Quality (音质）：Clarity & comfort of listening to the voice 10%

5) Stage Presence (舞台魅力）：Charisma on stage that attracts and impacted the audience. 20%

6) Song Management (歌曲演绎）：Expression of the song and the conveying of msg through the song. 20%

Submission Dateline

Confirm and submit your song and MMO by 23 June 2009 (Tuesday)
Contestants who fails to submit their songs and MMO by the above dates are liable to be disqualified from the Semi-finals.

Submit your MMO music files in MP3 or WMA format to pcs.xyz.inc@gmail.com
OR
Submit your MMO CD or Karaoke VCD to Xtreme Youth Zone Inc.
(Beside Paya Lebar Kovan CC)

Pls obey strictly to the 4.5mins restriction for song selection...

Announcement of the 12 finalists will be on the day of the Semi-finals itself.

Some Changes Made and SomeUpdates... Pls take note...

Previous postings on Audition details had been edited and updated...

The Changes...

Selection Process is changed to better meet the objectives set by the organiser.
1) Selection Process
Flashing of Green or Orange cards by each Judge
Majority Green cards: Proceed directly into Semi-Finals
(If there are no more than 2 out of 4 Green cards, wait for further announcement)

2) Reporting Venue
Inside Heartland Mall instead of the long walkway outside Heartland Mall...

The Updates...

1) Registration Instructions
No early rgistration is allowed in order for us to have better control of the crowd. Registration will only open to each group at its allocated reporting time. Announcements will be made at each time of reporting when registration opens.

2) Audition Judges
Confirmed number of judges for auditions will be 4 as shown below.
2 Volunteers from Xtreme Youth Zone Inc.
2 Music Teachers from Music Mocha