Appearing on TV woots!
Left Woodlands to Mediacorp studio,which is at Caldecott Broadcasting Centre, Caldecott Hill in a specially booked bus at around 6pm, for recording of the last episode of Don't Forget The Lyrics Singapore Version:VIP(Voices In Parliament) Special which was a special edition of the show where they let people in Parliament play the game for charity. The broadcast centre was like hidden behind a whole row of terrace houses. The game if you dummies out there have no idea what it's all about is to sing songs and fill up the missing lyrics and earn cash. Got it? No? YOU'RE HOPELESS!!
When arrived,I practically just waltzed in.No security at all. *hint hint* Wow....I'm so important they didn't need to check my identity. ^^ Well luckily they didn't. Forgot to bring my IC so I probably would b left outside.....phew. Went to some room to wait before we could go into the studio. Had 5 TVs there!!One for each channel. Can literally watch all 5 Singapore channels at once.
Haha. Then had to go to go the studio for the recording of the show which was in another building where it was all studios.Took the seats on stage just behind the contestants, the MP for my residential area,Admiralty, Dr Mohd Maliki Osman and some other chinese MP from some other area whose name I forgot hehe. Which means I will be on TV! For a few sec at least ....=) lolz.
B4 we started there were some 'warm up sessions' where the audience especially those on the stage like me had to learn some acting and were also told not to record or take photos or we would b killed. When the lights in the room turned blue (when the contestant was locking in the answer) we had to give expressions of suspense...when it was green (when the contestant answered correctly) we had to act happy, cheer and clap and when it was red (when the contestant answered wrongly) then we had to act emo and sad. And the audience who were not on the stage (the ones u guys at home watching TV will not be able to see) were told to clap their hands over their head so that the camera can see people clapping so that the people at home can see it too....Yep u guessed it..all the happy "Yeah!!",the sad "Aww" and the clapping u hear in TV shows are all faked.Even the production crew occasionally gave fake claps and shouts during the show to add more sound to the show.
Then the recording started....and our host came out and it was....Gurmit Singh!!He emphasised the importance to SHUT UP and don't sing along with the contestants in case we accidentally sung the answer during the show which would get the MPs disqualified. Started the recording where the two MPs (yes, they're competing together as a group) and their backup friend were introduced. The wacky categories were introduced. They were ERP(Eighties Rock something...), GST(General Sing-Along Tunes or someting lidat),GRC(Gold something Classics), Leo's constituency, Ballot something,Voting With Your Feet,En-Bop,US Selections,Water Conspiracy and the rest I forgot. Apparently before each song was recorded the MPs had to practice with the band of the show who played all the music so they know whether they should play the song higher or lower based on the MPs singing ability so they wouldn't sound like and idiot if the band played too high a note they can't reach. Then each song was rehearsed about 3 times each to familiarise themselves with the tunes and stuff like that. They managed to get past 6 songs b4 they finally gave up and won S$25000 for charity but not without bending the rules a little ...*ahems* in the name of charity...
In the 4th round, Dr Maliki specially requested to sing together with the other MP when he was actually supposed to attempt that round alone and they were like "What the heck, it's for charity, OK!" and let them sing together. Then in the 6th round they didnt know the answer and neither did they're backup (in fact throughout the whole show he didn't know a single song 0.0...) and they used up all their 'lifelines' but apparently their wives knew....So once again everyone was like "Never mind.Its for charity!!" and let them come on stage to help out and they got it right. Then during some round I forgot, when Gurmit was putting his arm around the MP like brothers while locking in the answer, he accidentally pulled up the bak of the MPs tuxedo. Since we were at the back of them....we could see all this and we were laughing silently like shit. Whether Gurmit knew it or not, he couldn't move anyway...they were recording lolz.
The recording ended at around 10pm...Very tiring..Had to clap practically non stop, and if we didn't we had to smile,make noise, still had to keep constant mental note to myself to not do anything stupid in front of national TV! 6 questions...each song sing at least 3 times AT LEAST. So songs were sung at least 18 times oh my goodness..Go toilet also so troublesome.Want go toilet? Only can go during break if you're the audience sitting on the stage. And they have only 1 toilet for each gender. So when you urgent and need to go toilet you have to hold on until one of the many breaks when they were not recording and you still have to queue up and hold your bladder outside the toilet too..How torturous....Lucky I didn't need to use. xd.
So catch me on TV!!Watch Don't Forget The Lyrics Singapore Version:VIP Special. Its the last episode of the VIP special! Sitting on the left hand side of the stage 2nd row of the supporters! Will air in a few weeks/months time!! What time it will air is also not confirmed yet so watch all the episodes!!!To see me!!!Me!!MEEEE!!!!LOLz
Shaun Lee
Greenwood Primary School, Attended 2000 - 2001
St Anthonys Primary School, Attended 2001 - 2005
Evergreen Secondary School, Attended 2006 - 2009
Loves trying new things,challenges and pushing his body to the limit
Crappy/lame/funny at times,depending on ur sense of humour
Loyal to friends and treasures them more than anything else
Loves talking to friends but needs his own space and be left alone at times
Questions the questions
Appreciates good songs and shows even if they are old
A Chinese but ironically sucks at and hates his mother tongue language
Apathetic,outspoken and outgoing personalities all rolled into 1 person (me) =p
Loss in thoughts at times
Can get shy sometimes
I am more than meets the eye
Computer
Music
Reading
Sports
Real Friends
Watching shows and movies
Researching materials of interests (theoretical physics,mythology)
Eating
Sleeping
Entering marathons and tournaments
Challenging himself
Homework
Liars
Traitors
Arrogant people
Selfish people
Ill-mannered people
Obnoxious people
Gangster-like people
Inconsiderate people
Plain fucked up people
Troublemakers
Hypocrites
Racists
Posers
Sexcists
Nerds
Retards
Sluts
Taxes
Biasness
Government and people who work for them
People who think they know it all especially scientist,psychologists and the like
National Service
Happiness
New Handphone
Faster Computer
New Badminton Racket
Badminton bag
Learn Japanese and be certified professionally
Learn Tennis
Learn Piano and get certification
Master Badminton or Learn baguazhang or jujitsu (Damn Wushu is so not pratical...only flowery moves)
Participate in Swissôtel Vertical Marathon 2009
Train to become fully ambidextrous
Good Grades
Get Stable Good Job
Girlfriend
Universal Knowledge
To be less lazy
To reach a point when I can say I am proud of myself
The path to take in the future