[SCREENCAP]Ayu @ kouhaku 08 Mirrorcle World
 

Thanks!
I can't wait to see the full performance.

thanks! waiting for YT link

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screams loud woooooooooooooooooo Ayuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! she did it wow!
My hero aishiteru Oneesan Ayumi! nothing NOTHING! is gona keep her down Keep flying high! Happy New Year arigatou gozaimashita 5 times and now take a rest lol
Thank you Ayumi for the best year in my life!

haha, Ayu looks like she is about to rip those chains off her pants and start beating people with them. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ultCpDwL-I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65-nsQofzxU

^^ woah, Ayu actually had a pretty big lyric messup.

...also I wish she would quit with those facial expressions already - they don't look good.

It got better in the second half and she had lots of energy but still, vocally, this song has just not been performed well on TV. This didn't exactly give me high hopes for the vocals of CDL. :(

I like the outfit , it screams girlpower :P

I think ayu did a pretty good job! I even forgot about her hand problem lol

wow. she waved her hand around and everything. she has a glitterly black brace and a gold glove. :)

ayu looks AWESOME!!! :heart LOVE LOVE LOVE.

But what's up with those kicks? LOL

Huh? Where?

Thanks for posting the images, but the link doesn´t work...


JAJAJAJ I´m the 1º post LOL!:yes:yes:yes

You could tell she got disappointed after her lyrics mess up..
She just started early, but she got frustrated.
And pulling off the dress was a little weak. ahaha..
But, at least she made it~
Actually, I like Mirrorcle world with the gap between verse and chorus... ahaha.

I think really, Mirrorcle World pitch is too low for her to sing well in TV. =\

Ayu looked so PRETTY!!! <333 Her vocals were all right. The "kono mamaaa~" part sounds the best as always. XDD

miskiq, thank you!
Ayu looks amazing!

towards the very beginning, she forgot an entire line and you can hear the backing track. Or I shouldn't say she forgot, it seems she began singing before she was supposed to so it made the last line come to early.

Wow! Thanks for the video so quick. I love Ayu's crazy hand gestures during the begining, LOL! Best performance in a while. <3

She started earlier..the dress was really good and her vocals as well.

She looks very adorable with the hand movements! And she's holding her mic with her right hand... I wonder if it's painful for her. But we can see her right hand had this black thing wrapped around the wrist (the left wrist was a wristband apparently)... even when putting on a bandage, Ayu does it the cool way!

I loved her energy in the performance, it was impressive all things considered and I loved the costume, but I don't understand how those could be considered "good" vocals - they were all over the place.

I love the performance, her face looks so fresh here, and I love her hair. I already thought that she started becoming more "adult" or "mature" but here she's just like in the "is this love?" era and the outfit remind me of GAME PV. Is it just me or Mirrocle World doesn't seem much enthusiastic because Ayu's vocal is much louder than the music? I find her voice pretty good and I hope for great CDL (I just hope Peco is in better form than last year ._.)

ya, it seems she started singing one line earlier
and makes the performance quite funny...

yeah vocal has nvr been that gd in MW....maybe it strain her voice or something
but energetic performance from ayu

as for her hand maybe she took extra painkiller..haha....a lot of movement by her

Ew, she was doing fine vocally with 'Days', dunno why she had to come out and do this song again. Yet another poor Kouhaku performance.. I hope this is no indication of how CDL will turn out.

No - they were all over the place on CDTV Special, this time it was really fine imo. She didn't yell at the mic this time. You don't have to understand it.

More pics :
(credits : AyuAngel.com / Sanspo)

http://ayuangel.mopixit.net/images/news/kohaku1.jpg

Wow,that outfit is so S&M.And it's so cool,BTW.

Thank you miskiq

i never liked her singing this MW song.. sorry to say, it sounds horrible..
but she looks amazing!!
stop singing MW ayu!!

Based on some of the posts, sorry that I just want to be honest, but I think this was the worst of all MW performances she's ever done.

And one of the worst she has ever done in the Kouhaku.

I think I might agree to the ones above because she just did not do her best. Not very much. This is just another mishap on a year of miseries to forget...really, she has got to do better.

And the PCDL situation? That's really another story. Really, she's just trying to play safe before the PCDL.

And could this performance really affect the outcome of the Kouhaku? We'll just have to see - because people are watching this and voting to see who did the best.

I've got to be honest with this, but I'm actually going to go for the white team. And they are on the quest on making Kouhaku history - four consecutive wins. We'll just have to see, however - we still have 100 uninterrupted, commercial-free minutes of the Kouhaku remaining...

Go Go Go Ayu! You did it very well!

Oh, I see. Thank you. ^^
I wondered why there was a rather large gap between the verse and chorus, but I thought that's how it was supposed to be. ^^; I concentrated more on the actual lyrics, because I assumed she messed up those. ^^a
Well, nothing too major in my opinion. Such things happen.

Bigtop: i think its a weird performance too, she didnt keep the note where it should be, too much vibrato in some part (yah its a tradition for her lately), and even forced herself too much in every notes. i still prefer the AT08 version, imo

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her tattoos are plastered?
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That is so weird..
Why would she do it???
Did she get it removed? ahaha

i totally agree with you.

OMG! Maybe she got the tattoo removed? Or maybe she added something else to it?

But anyway...that was a pretty bad performance. I wonder if the people in the audience noticed she messed up? She should've performed GREEN...that would've been so good especially if they had good costumes and such. Mirrorcle World is getting obnoxiously overdone now. I almost wish she wouldn't be singing it at PCDL. I'm kinda tired of it already! :(

Sorry but imo vocal-wise, this is one of the worst MW performances Ayu have ever done before =\ But the leopard dress was hot though <3 And about the tattoo, it looks like she had it removed D:

wow! many new photos

I think it's because this show is very oriental -_-

Omg you managed to video it?
I was staring at the tv like what...

luckily Ayu can hold the micro :-s thanks God !!

Except for the fact she forgot to sing one line, I think it was a great perfomance of MW. I remember the first CDTV special live and that was really bad... She was out of tone all time but in this one she did quite well. And for those who said that this was her worst Kouhaku, have you watched Together When...? Cuz imo it was terrible u.u

Th ewhole Kouhaku is already on JPOPSUKI (12GB @_@) but aa far as I understood Ayu's performance is not complete, missing a minute at the beginning (?).

Wow! Ayu looks awesome!
Her performance is amazing!

oh i tot what happened.. so she started the song exactly one line too early huh...

didnt the band help her cover?? :(

can see that ayu didnt use much energy for this performance. it's really a pity.. i wun blame her but its really a pity. if not it could be such an energetic opening..

The outfit is gorgeous! I love the dress.

I'm glad to see that she is able to hold the mic again.
I wonder why her tattoo is covered up.

nice job spicing up the brace! that's an awesome outfit!

Terrible failure here. Better luck next time - or maybe she's just trying to play conservatively due to the fact that the PCDL is three and a half hours long...

(By the way, could somebody tell who wins the Kouhaku when they announce it in about less than a half an hour, and the detailed results coming with it?)

mmhh why she sang MW Its were better when she sang GREEN , GREEN is perfect for the kouhaku because the kouhaku is that japanese traditional you know... mh

This performance isn't so good :/ her vocals are weird, she seems tired.

wat? °__°

Ayu's horrible performance caused the red team to lose for the fourth straight time. THE WHITE TEAM WON!!!

And it's all partially blamed on Ayu because of one of the most miserable starts I've ever seen for the Kouhaku.

I knew that the white team would win. And they made history - four consecutive wins! Maybe the Ayu mishap had one of the major criteria why the white team would win, as well as better performance for the team...

(I especially don't even like Kuu's performance, although I did not see it fully...)

ayu's too damn awesome!
thanks for sharing

btw~~, why is her tattoo patched or covered up?! :shug

love the performance. I hope Ayu could have some good rest after the new year crazy schedule :)

Who win uh?
I didn't watch the ending.

for those who are talking so much about which team won the show or not. I simply don't give a damn about it. why blame it all on Ayu?

I love this performance. I believe she has done her best. not to say this is the best show that she's ever done. but she did a good job after all these horrible incidents happened to her.

i wanna see the full performence!!!!

Akagumi 112,000
Shirogumi 205,530

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=PlJLX4B5a4g

Here the full performance ^^. The quality is bad, sorry U_U.

Is an imagination, or is there an error sound before the first chorus? and camera shots were not very good. But ayu sounds so good! *_*

yea red again lost. well I just finished watching the whole thing and Ayu's vocal for MW was not so great but i give marks for her putting in a very energetic performance despite her horrible injury to her arm.

OMG it's the first time i watch Ayu Live live live live really live!!!!! I'm so excited!!! I liked the performance... and she seems to be good her hands waved moved!!! She is the best!!!

you're just plain rude.

you can't say that the red team's loss is completely due to Ayu's performance...and saying it's a terrible failure...that ridiculous seeing as it was actually a really good performance minus the lyric mess up and you couldn't even tell really unless you know the song line by line

Eeeeh, I knew she shouldn't have performed MW -.-
Why not a ballad woman?!

Ergh.

LOVE the outfit though. Hot ;)

hm... did she started a bit too early... but it would be too long for the intro .. wouldnt it... weird... but it worked at the end... kaka! ayu is amazing!

Results
 

Here are some of the more specific details:

(http://www.nhk.or.jp/kouhaku-blog/030/14914.html)
Total votes: 317,530 votes (estimates)
Red Team - 112,000 (35.272%)
White Team - 205,530 (64.728%)

It's apparent that the white team had a almost a two-to-one advantage because of Ayu's mishap among other reasons. It seems like the power of the red team is becoming weaker and weaker every year since 2005...

i'm glad she made it..
the mess up looked pretty embarrassing

thanks a lot!!! cool performance and I love the outfit!!!

oh man Ayumi that was just a mess =( It was all over the place.

Well ... at least she looked hot.

I honestly liked the performance, because it looks like Ayu tried her best, all things considered.

Looks cool. :) Thanks.

yes I agree that it is not a very good performance of Mirrorcle World,
but anyway Ayu had tried her best to be energetic with those movements despite her injury, and this really impressed me
and i don't think Ayu is to blame for the loss of the red team because the white team was really really strong, actually maybe Exile and Mr Children can already KO the red team..

Way to bring the energy, Ayu!
She looked so damn fierce in the black leather/chain outfit.
I find this to be one of her better performances of MW. She isn't raspy like on HEY!x3 performance.

oh nooooooo she messed up on the lyrics!!! so started singing too fast... because she is nervous??? oh well great performance though... hope she is not stretching herself too far with the injury hand

I LOVED the outfit she wore after they got rid of the stupid dress. I've had enough with poofy dresses seriously x_x...

Actually vocally I think this is her best performance of MW. It's not perfect, but I love how she didn't use her vibrato** as much.

ew. what a horrible typo. my apologies

^ vibrator?! lol

thanks for the pictures! ayu's hair is cute!

Lol Was the music off or something? Did Ayu miss a line? lmao

I don't think she missed a line more like she sang too fast... "?"

anyways I loved this performance.... except the weird dress take off thing it was sooo slow....

She did her best so "YAEH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH"

hmm i really like the dress idea, i thought her hair looked gorgeous lol~
not one of my favorite MW performance, but it's still pretty good :D

The dress looks like it was modified from GUILTY's dress. The performance itself, yes she messed up and her vocals were not good...but I wouldn't say the red team lost all because of ayu...like she was the only reason.

same thing I thought when I saw the dress~~~ GUILTY!!!
and I agree.... + the white team probably keep winning b/c well this year .... Mr.Children ~~~!! and many female + male listen to male singers..... and old people too~~~ they like male singers more....

o.. and if it wasn't said before her tattoo was covered up b/c KOUHAKU is very oriental....

Haha you are the boards pessimist huh. ;) :D

yeah a couple of minor messups but still the fact that she is up there after her injury is big in itself. Go Ayu!

After watching it a few more times, I don't think the performance was that bad, but it wasn't her best either. I think she should have chosen another song to sing.

*0* LIKE HEAVEN.... For some reason I think that would have been perfect...

Yah know... You can't blame the red team's loss to Ayu messing up! That's not fair!!! D< Yeah, I'll admit that her vocals weren't the greatest... But that doesn't mean that she's the reason why THEY lost! (end of rant)

^Agreed. It may have contributed but seriously blaming it just on that, um no!

Yeah, other reasons than Ayu's bad performance may have affected it. I think the white team has better artists such as Kobukuro, SMAP, TOKIO, and for the first time ever in the Kouhaku, Mr.Children.

Wow, that's weird about her tattoos. I mean actually its not unexpected because tattoos are a no no generally in Japan and Kohaku plays to an audience that would care more about that type of thing. Whats weird is that its not airbrushed over like in the past. Maybe just too rushed for time so they put a bunch of tape over it?

Not really. :) If something is good, I say its good. But I'm not going to shy away from criticism either when something actually deserves it.

Thanks!

Yeah, we can see the tattoos on the CDL but I don't know why they covered it specifically. We did see them on the Days performances on FNS, Music Station and Best Artist, but I don't know why did NHK requested Ayu's team to cover Ayu's tattoo, all because of appropriateness...

I thought it was a good performance overall. Even though Ayu messed up on the lyrics, I kind of like the little gap before the first chorus.

And I absolutely love that dress!!! That is by far my favorite dress that she's worn during a perfromance of Mirrorcle World.

My only problem is the part where they tore the dress off. It looked really wierd without the big explosion like at a-nation and at the performance where she wore the gold dress.

p.s. I personally didn't find her vocals to be that bad at all! (but that's just me:))

thx

Maybe revising this, it might be still one of the worst MW performances all because of lyric mishap, but still not bad enough. I think it was fine; could have been better. Maybe she just rushed a bit too much before the Kouhaku showtime came, including that tattoo cover-up thing...

thx for posting this and thx for the YT links!! ^_^

yet, many ppl were saying about the song chosen to perform @ kouhaku. I think the MW idea was made up by Ayu AND the kouhaku host. as an opening song of the show, the type of song is very important.

Kouhaku representative has mention about they planned something special for Ayu as an opening of the show (I don't know what's so special there. lol), this was days before, while Ayu was still struggling if she was going to perform on stage after the injury.

don't get me wrong, this is not the best performance, once again. but at least better than many other MW lives. (such as HEY!x3 special...)

Such a pity about the lyric mess up, the whole performance was pretty nice. D:

i'm pretty sure Ayu must have been nervous, we don't even know if her hand was in pain or not - which it seemed like it would have been with her throwing her arms around like that, unless they gave her pain medication or something.

she probably had alot going through her head, but i think she did great. :)

:laugh no, the board's person of logic.


Ayu's vocals are...yeah.

She needs to find a new way to sing this song because...it's just not working. She's like "under" the notes all the time. I don't know how to explain it. I don't think the lyrics mess up is that bad...her vocals to me are worse. Have they always been this way with this song? I missed all the earlier TV performances so...hmm.

I like her dress though, and her hair is awesome.

I thnk I must be the only person who likes most of her MW performances...=\

And I agree that MW was probably chosen because it was the opening song...a song with big power to get the energy going, yanno. Wasn't she originally supposed to sing Days before it was decided that she was the opening act?

I thought there was sometihng funny about the performance though...at least I know it was because she was singing too fast now. Overall I thought it was a great performance...I loved the costumes, I actually liked her vocals, although the acoustics of it were not good at all I thought. I think she was just covering her tattoo because it may be considered too "radical" for sometihng like Kouhaku.

And to be honest...I'm not surprised that the white team won. Just based on the sales of male artists these days, and the lineup...esp. with Mr. Children...I could've told you beforehand that the white team would probably cream the red team. =\ I think there's a lot of predetermined bias in the voting before the show even starts.