UCC Hall

The judges' room was a small room with a whiteboard, a cabinet, a TV which showed what is going on on stage & a nice sofa which ended up being the sleeping place for the crew. We moved in a table to facilitate the scoring process during the event. Me & and partner hurried to 'decorate' & put everything in place as fast as we could & it turned out to be a nice cozy room where we sat, chat & worked =D

Judge's Room

Over in the hall, the judges table has been set up. The seats has 1 of the best views of the stage (other than that of the VIP seats at the side) & me & my partner have the privillege to sit alongside with the judges & enjoy the show but too bad I can only watch the 1st half of the show :( )
After a last rehersal on that day itself, the real event is finally here! After a short briefing with the judges, we set off to the hall and the show begins!! The opening ceremony was quite good with leon kicking the eggshell open and singing our theme song..cool!! =D Then next the performance of our 10 finalists. I could only say that their practices have really paid off; the performances were good although there are a few minor hiccups.

The judges spiced up the event with their friendly & hilarious comments and the mtv instead of living up the ambience (well it did but in an unexpected way...poor damian...) became kind of the joke of the day. Perhaps maybe we can choose the option of allowing the constestants themselves act in the mtv instead of the comm members.

Judges in judge room

Other than that, I guess we really did a great job!! I can really feel like I am at a grand concert; the lightings & sounds...great jobs guys!! :)
I went back backstage after the 1st half of the programme to compute the scores before my partner bought the judges back in to discuss on the results. Luckily, the judges were very cooperative and we churned out the results real fast even oks was shocked haha. After guiding the judges on stage to receive their souvenirs, my job is considered done. What's left is the grand finale whereby everyone of us went onstage to receive our applause. I must say this was a proud moment! Even though I was blinded by the lights, upon hearing the loud applause and our theme song, my tears almost welled up; everything I did was worth it!!

Finally the show has ended. Everyone hurried to unpacked everything and took all the photos we can & bumped out of UCC hall. Finally after about 5 months of hard work, everything has paid off. Although really tired, but the satisfaction is really there; some of us even went to bedok with the lorry we rented for supper!!
Now thinking back, all those hectic days..guess I am going to miss it :( Although there were a lot of grumbles & such, guess all these really paid off. All I wanted to say was GREAT JOB GUYS!!!
After 5 months of hard work, we present to you the 9th XQRJ grand finals!! Hope those who went to watch it truely enjoyed it & thanks to all those who really helped us during these period; all the judges, contestants, sponsors, printers.......
XQRJ rox!!! 创所欲言, try 出新自我!! =D

Guest artiste Chen Weilian (too bad I not in pic :( )

p.s. thx to those who bought tix frm me..really appreciate it..hope u all enjoyed!!! :)