[SCREENCAP]Ayu @ kouhaku 08 Mirrorcle World

[kendelle]

Ayu looked amazing in this performance. Both costumes were lovely and TBH I barely noticed the early start until the backing vocals ran. I would've thought that they would've caught on and done backing early too but whatever, MW actually sounds good with the extra gap between verse and chorus too!

Ayu's choreography was really cool, her ninja kicks were awesome and I'm glad she didn't show the pain in her hand too much. Thinking about it, her hand must've killed holding the mike and waving it around, let alone the jumping she did, she probably started early because she lost concentration =| Overall this was a really good live.

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by music_*

EXACTLY!
I mean, fangirls tend to be crazier, and with all the boybands (Tohoshinki, SMAP, Tokio) and Mr Children (who sells like crazy), it's really difficult to say it's 100% fair.

If the girls team was simply just better, they would have won. period. The girls team won several times in the past and Johnny's Entertainment existed then too.

[sanzo2011]

WAh ! her outfit 's so awesome ! i think it's the best " mirrocle world " 's costume ! thanks for video .

[Raleigh]

I'm just glad she did it

[Cyria]

I love her big leopard dress. A pretty nice performance.

[music_*]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

If the girls team was simply just better, they would have won. period. The girls team won several times in the past and Johnny's Entertainment existed then too.

Yes, I agree.
But the white team has the advantage of having more fans.
And as much as I hate to say this, Ayu isn't as popular as she used to be a few years back. This, and the fact that she's one of the bigger (biggest?) names in the red team.
And I can't say anything about the girls' team being "better" or not - I've not watched any of the white team's performances.

I'm not saying that it's because of the fans that the white team keeps losing. It's just that it gives the white team an advantage over the red.

[miskiq]

Ayumi Hamasaki kicks off NHK’s Red and White Singing Contest on Wednesday night. Hamasaki had surgery for her injured right hand last week and her appearance on the show was in doubt right up until the last minute.

source: japantoday

[jbrat2219]

Last minute? :O That explains the performance and the patch...

[BoBo]

lol so hot ^^

[mimi.chan]

last minute?? .....
o... and white team probably won b/c some of the old singers many people haven't seen them in ages my mom told me......
everyone was excited for some singers that they hadn't seen in like forever..... and I guess the red team are people many people have seen some what times...

[Maxker]

Originally Posted by Bigtop

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...

Those reminds me of the painkiller skin patch my father used last year, when he suffered from cancer. Poor woman! She must have been in serious pain if that's the case.

A transdermal patch or skin patch is a medicated adhesive patch that is placed on the skin to deliver a specific dose of medication through the skin and into the bloodstream.

Often, this promotes healing to an injured area of the body. An advantage of a transdermal drug delivery route over other types such as oral, topical, etc is that it provides a controlled release of the medicament into the patient. A disadvantage to development however, stems from the fact that the skin is a very effective barrier. A wide variety of pharmaceuticals can be delivered by transdermal patches.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transdermal_patch

[amorphose]

Nice dress.
But everything else was lame.

REALLY lame.

In those pics, why is her tattoo all covered up with bandages? o.O

[Bigtop]

A transdermal patch!!? No wonder why she was a bit kind of rushed - all because the NHK requested her to cover that "heart" tattoo...

[k21sh3n]

just wondering.. on which part of her hand exactly she got her surgery.. I don't see any wounds..

[♥ you!]

Has this been posted before? It's the kouhaku ratings.

Spoiler:

第1部平均　35.7%（前年比 ＋2.9%）

顺 歌手 视聴率（％）
1 浜崎あゆみ 33.8
2 布施明 34.4
3 GIRL NEXT DOOR 36.2
4 美川宪一 35.5
5 伍代夏子 34.2
6 北山たけし 33
7 藤冈藤巻と大桥のぞみ 41.1
8 东方神起 38.6
9 水森かおり 35.4
10 Aqua Timez 34.5
11 木山裕策 33.8
12 秋元顺子 34.6
13 キマグレン 35.6
14 いきものがかり 37.2
15 前川清 34.2
16 川中美幸 32.4
17 藤あや子 33.3
18 WaT 34.2
19 中村美律子 32.6
20 ポルノグラフィティ 34.3
21 大冢爱 36.4
22 平井坚 38.1
23 坂本冬美 36.2
24 秋川雅史 37.2

::::第二部的::::

顺 歌手 视聴率（％）
1 Perfume 39.3
2 ジェロ 41.9
3 SPEED 43.0
4 TOKIO 41.2
5 青山テルマ feat.SoulJa 40.7
6 水谷豊 43.3
7 绚香 41.8
8 徳永英明 42.0
9 幸田来未 40.5
10 五木ひろし 37.3
11 アンジェラ・アキ 38.4
12 森山直太朗 38.4
13 aiko 38.1
14 羞耻心 with Pabo 43.8
15 コブクロ 43.0
16 平原绫香 40.6
17 EXILE 42.4
18 小林幸子 43.8
19 北岛三郎 42.7
20 一青窈 41.5
21 中岛美嘉 42.6
22 Mr.Children 45.8
23 石川さゆり46.4
24 SMAP 47.9
25 天童よしみ 45.6
26 森进一 46.6
27 和田アキ子 46.3
28 氷川きよし 47.0

Ayu nearly got the lowest out of the entire show, only some random enka singer got 1% lower than her. Since she starts off the show...shouldn't her ratings be somewhat higher <_< I remember last year they were pretty bad too.

[Yum!Fruit_Salad!]

I remember somebody saying the ratings at the beginning are always low. Maybe some people were late getting home and missed the start or they don't care to see Ayu live.

[Hachimitsu]

Why are there patches on her shoulder? Unless I'm mistaken they're where her tattoo is. Don't tell me she put those on to hide her tattoo.. it doesn´t look very subtle.