Commentary on 57th Kouhaku Utagassen 2006~!

[Ayashi]

Dreams Come True's performance is the only one that was really good IMO. The other ones were normal, average. Nothing special.

[jeffycue]

hahaha.. yeah, guys wins every year... i never heard that the girls wons... that boys vs girls is just a hoax i tell yah!! wehehehe.

[ayu_fan929]

Since the guys' have SMAP, that's almost an automatic win for them lol.

[shadow*puppet]

just wanted to comment on mika nakashima's performance... solid vocals... good stage set-up (petals and mike stand)... but terrible body language... she was shlumped over the mike... bad posture... could have done with more "nana" rock posing... mika never seems to fully embody nana's rock image... it seems like she's uncomfortable with the nana role whenever she performs... she is better at communicating her non-nana material

dreams come true wasn't the only really good special performance... nearly all of the enka artists plus rimi natsukawa were incredible/special... but maybe that's because people are not into enka/traditional japanese music?

as usual, people exaggerate when it comes to ayu's performance in kohaku... it wasn't bad... just okay...

guess for the people who were bored, they need something flashier... i found it a very very very entertaining show with the right combination of flash and restraint... more entertaining than all those award ceremonies in english put together...

[Melting_Holidays]

Originally Posted by DA1SUK1DAY01691

If you find music, send some my way! I have a hard time finding her music.

There's this other artist, but idk how to romanize his name. But he performed right before Otsuka Ai.

I'll PM you when I find music from her. lol

http://www.jpopmusic.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=66777 that's a list of the performers in order of performing. lol

[OoxchocolatexmarblexoO]

Last years was better in my opinion. The performances/stage were bland and everything seemed all over the place. It wasn't organized. I mean they get the minna no uta out, then the random 2006 mini performance, ect.>< The perf. that saved Kouhaku from being completely boring was Dreams Comes True, the amazing enka singers, Rimi Natsukawa, and DJ OZMA.xD

[LacusClyne]

Originally Posted by ayu_fan929

Average Ratings for Kouhaku:

1st Half: 30.6% (All time low - tied with 1990)
2nd Half: 39.8% (Places 2nd last in all 57 years)

Ratings were done 4.8% and 3.1% from last year for the 1st and 2nd halves respectively.

http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt20...007010302.html

wow~~~i had knew that the ratings for kouhaku are getting lower and lower....but i never guess they were that bad......

no wonder the papers say DJ OZMA had hurt the sprit of kouhaku...

[gakkun]

I haven't watched this year's Kouhaku yet, but if you guys are complaining about the amount of Enka, well, go watch Music Station SUPER LIVE.

It's full of Jpop artists and nothing else, and it's 4 hours long. It's got all the big artists you can think of, Ayu, Kumi, B'z, Mr.Children etc etc. It's mainly focused on a younger audience, while Kouhaku is more for the general population of Japan. Because of that, it's extremely conservative and therefore, boring. DJ Ozma pulled that act to mock the organizers - they didn't know about it beforehand.

[Ayashi]

dreams come true wasn't the only really good special performance... nearly all of the enka artists plus rimi natsukawa were incredible/special... but maybe that's because people are not into enka/traditional japanese music?

Personally, I didn't download the whole show, just the performances of the singers I like and some important singers.

[hallelujah_united]

Originally Posted by ayu_fan929

Since the guys' have SMAP, that's almost an automatic win for them lol.

Yeah it's never fair for the girls when they appear. They did put up quite a good performance though, to their credit.

And the enka performances were all really wonderfully done. Really stuck to the theme of this year's show too.