The Kouhaku? I'll assume this as a rumor, but don't leave it ruled out - her lack of action does not deserve to be in the Kouhaku, I suppose...

i dont rly think she will perfom on kouhaku this year. and actually i dont rly care either.

I kind of agree with you :yes

i guess ayu will attend kouhaku as the opening act...

Why wouldn't she be on kouhaku? She just released FIVE, so you know, it's not like she doesn't have new songs to perform.

it's a hong kong Paparazzi type of newspaper... guess reliability might be a little low...

but in case if it's real, then this kouhaku will be weird.... and I was looking forward to this year's HYD hosts

If she does perform at Kouhaku I hope she performs beloved, it's grown on me drastically for some reason. I'm in love!

Yep, but it's a sort of tradition..she's never missed it

I am watching the press conference by NHK.

It's official guys, Ayu will appear at Kouhaku Uta Gassen for the 13th consecutive year.

Yay!! Thank you for the info ^_^

Great to know! at least we have a confirmed per! hope she'll sing progress or beloved!

Here's a link to a confirmation ^_^
http://aramatheydidnt.livejournal.com/3090200.html

Ayu's on the Red Team with SNSD, Koda Kumi, AKB48, Ayaka, Perfume, Shiina Ringo, Seiko Matsuda and Kana Nishino!

Ayu, Seiko, Kuu, Perfume, Kana and SNSD all in one night~ *heaven*

And almost a year since that epic Virgin Road performance.....I hope she tops it, that one gives me goosebumps still, knowing she hopped straight on a plane afterwards and got hitched xD

yay ayu for Kouhaku!!!
curious of what song she's gonna sing...
since AAA is there, i wonder will she have a duet with Nao? LMAOOOO~~~~~~~~~~

yaay!! I knew she would be there!! so happy :D

YAyyyy!!!! Ayu, Kana, Kuu and KARA ! xD

yay so glad it has been confirmed!

thats nice =) "progress" wish <3

Well, after all those issues throughout the year, I thought Ayu was questionable for the Kouhaku, but she's back at it again.

Thanks god, ayu will perform on Kouhaku....

Ayu, kuu, SNSD, KARA on the same team....
I think red team will win this time.....

I think I read on aramatheydidn't that the theme for this year is "Let's sing for tomorrow" about rebuilding after the earthquake.
From FIVE, both progress and beloved seem like appropriate songs for the theme, but I'm hoping it's progress.

^ I Think progress is possible, coz she will open the show....

^ I think progress is most likely. :yes
It would be a great opener to the show.

yep. progress is really the right choice for this kouhaku.
if ayu become the opening, it'll be a great opening song.

I think it would be cool if she sang one of the new songs *.* /wishes, wishes :D/

The theme is 明日を歌おう, which translates to "Let's sing about tomorrow" or simply "Let's sing tomorrow."

Yeah, progress is a really great opener, but I think if anything she'd go with beloved. It's easier to sing, and it's a great great song for singing about tomorrow.

progress is perfection for that theme...with BRILLANTE coming in second but we all know she wouldn't sing that one. And listening to the PoM audio rips(not the video rip), she sang it quite well there, not as good as beloved but progress is a damn hard song while beloved is quite easy.

Really surprised about her attending Kohaku, so happy it is true

this is exciting, with kana also. I think Ayu should do a new song, if not beloved <3

if she is not appearing on Kouhaku...it's really the end of the world!!!
I believe she will be a show opener again this year...

I'm sure it will be beloved
she promised to sing it on TV

I hope it's either M or progress. :)

Hoping for beloved =)

Yay for Kohaku!! :D

She's doing A Song For XX

She's doing Bling Bling Bling

^ lol I wish.

progress is quiet possible

ME TOO!!!

:love

omg yay! ayu, SNSD, KARA :heart :heart
this is going to be amazing.
i'm with you all hoping for progress.

Wouldn't progress fit better with their theme?

amazing news! "progress" or "beloved" would be fine with me. i like both songs so either one would make for a great performance. :)

I wonder if I'm the only one that doesn't really care about her performing on TV at all...

Some of us, like me can't let nostalgia go, if ayu performs on tv it reminds the good ol' days :P

yeaah, wish she came back to tv

I think Ayu will always perform on Kouhaku, she'll become one of those artists.

.."one of those artists"? meaning?:love

The types that have performed every year for the last 20++++ years?

^Yes

Seems like Ayu will appear on Music Station Super Live on the 23rd *O*

Read it on twitter from a japanese fan with the full list of artists going:

12月23日（金）『ミュージックステーションスペシャルスーパーライブ2011』（テレビ朝日系　後7： 00〜）
嵐 // 倖田來未 // AKB48 // EXILE // SKE48 // Kis-My-Ft2 // KinKi Kids // 斉藤和義 // FUNKY MONKEY BABYS // 三代目 J Soul Brothers // 東方神起 // いきものがかり // SMAP // L'Arc〜en〜ciel // FairiesPerfume // TOKIO // タッキー＆翼 // 西野カナ // Hey!Say!JUMP // レディー・ガガ // Sexy Zone // KAT-TUN // 関ジャニ∞ // V6 // 福山雅治 // BoA // ポルノグラフィティ // 前田敦子 // B'z // 2PMaiko // KARA // 少女時代 // 浜崎あゆみ // flumpool　他

Ayuu, Lady Gaga, Koda Kumi, SNDS, Kana Nishino, BoA....

Hope for anothe priceless Ayu x Gaga moment xD

would be cool if gaga starts with telephone and ayu end it with microphone..or the other way around~~ :)

Yay!!! thank you aura <3

I knew she would perform in Mste's super live! Kouhaku and Mste super live are 2 shows are tries not to miss every year!
Maybe even CDTV on 31st Dec along with kouhaku.

^ lets hope she does tons of lives! :D X) hehe

will be great if she attends MSta Super Live!!!!

Glad she is going back to Tokyo this week and not on 22nd

oh thats awesome!! thanks for the info =)

Hallelujah~
yeah! Horay! Ayu will performed on MS SP X'mas \(^o^)/
I hope ayu will performed 'believe'..!
Can't wait~
I hope she weared glamorous and wonderfull gown..!

I hope Kouhaku's artist list will released!

Oh yay !! Ayu, Kuu and Lady Gaga FTW !

I can't wait to hear Ayu's smash hit single believe as well!!!

"believe"? is it a new single or a new track in her album?

I would get hyper if Ayu would sing something totally unexpected like CAROLS + Close to you or Secret + momentum *-*

^^

CAROLS is still my favourite ballad from ayu...i hope it does get a new arrangement with a new vocal...i would be thrill if ayu sing CAROLS during the MSta SP Live. hehehe

i hope it's confirmed soon!
can't waittttt!!!

but one of my japanese ayu fan friend said ayu wont be on MS super live..

i hope she will attend ms special and perform beloved and no way to say =)

^^ was it confirmed on today's Msta?

Hope Ayu'll perform on Ms super live! can't wait for the confirmation!

I have watched the episode. Sadly no Ayu confirmed in the line-up. :(

SMAP, Fukuyama Masaharu, ayaka, EXILE, Nishino Kana, KinKi Kids, ikimono-gakari, JUJU, Kimura Kaela, KAT-TUN, Tohoshinki, Kanjani8, Saito Kazuyoshi, Hey! Say! JUMP, Lady Gaga, ARASHI, AKB48, Shoujo Jidai, Perfume, Yuzu, aiko, Porno Graffitti, YUI, V6, Kuraki Mai, KARA, TOKIO, Koda Kumi, L'Arc~en~Ciel, Kis-My-Ft2.

^ oh no..
i hope that ayu would be added in the last minute~

GOD!!!

No Ayu? I really thought she was gonna be there... Sad panda... :(

:thud

Oh dear...I'm quite really surprised and shocked at this. A present-day Msta staple is missing - our own Ayu.

Why...could it be?

Maybe it's all because of the Msta-NYC flight mishap back in late September? And/or the lack of potential songs for the MSSL (especially that she just came back from London)?

Hmm... I'm looking forward to Ayaka, but a MSSL without Ayu scheduled...first time since her debut that she's not scheduled to go to the MSSL?

Can't believe she'd not attend MS super live! hope she's not censored by the shoe due to her incident back in September!~~!

As usual you're looking too much into it.

reading this article
no ayu name listed there >__>

MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE 2011
テレビ朝日系 12月23日（金・祝）19:00～23:10
＜出演者＞
LADY GAGA / SMAP / 嵐 / 福山雅治 / 絢香 / AKB48 / EXILE / 少女時代 / 西野カナ / Perfume / KinKi Kids / ゆず / いきものがかり / aiko / JUJU / ポルノグラフィティ / 木村カエラ / V6 / YUI / KAT-TUN / 倉木麻衣 / 東方神起 / KARA / 関ジャニ∞ / TOKIO / 倖田來未 / 斉藤和義 / L'Arc-en-Ciel / Hey! Say! JUMP / Kis-My-Ft2

OMG if she's been banned from Music Station we'll get no live tv performances ever considering Ayu hardly promotes on tv as it is now...

I don't think so that way. Cause ayu would definately attend MS super live as she had skipped the previous. That is if she was invited.
So if she's not invited, it could only meant that she's banned...

that's so sad :thud

I don't think I truly understood what happened with that flight mishap. My understanding was that there was a booking mixup so some of her staff was going to be left behind, so she decided to stay behind so they could flyback together?

She had a tantrum because AKB48 were headlining the event and not her

Well, who wouldn't be upset when they got a girlgroup the size of a small country to headline instead of her?

I don't see AAA (with Urata Naoya) in MSSL either.

I prefer called it normal Music Station
it's not Super Live if ayu isn't there.

OMG!! No Ayu in MSSL....

Aww that's sad :( I want to see AyuxGaga :weep

The real reason is that she couldn't make it because of miscalculation of her staff/her.
ayu couldn't care less who performs last, first in the middle or whatever.

I also doubt that she is banned and I'm almost sure she will perform on Mste exactly once to promote the new album :P

Ayu's not there? o.o That's not cool at all. :(

oh thats so sad =\\

I think Ayu won't be at MSSL because she doesn't have any new songs or she wants to focus on her CDL.

Yeah, I kind of agree on that. :yes

We did not see any plans at all for a single to release in December, and there's three (not two) CDLs this year... :(

It didn't stop her in 2008 when she performed Mirrorcle World and SURREAL.

I honestly think she has been blacklisted from music programs now. I doubt she'll be on any anytime soon, and that's a pity. But one could see it coming.

^one could say the same about Namie Amuro, but that's almost as unlikely as this.

^^But she's going on Kouhaku no?

^I guess so.

about Kouhaku

In order to reflect on the Great East Japan Earthquake that happened this year (among other disasters), the theme for the show will be "Sing for Tomorrow." Selection of artists was undertaken with this theme in mind, so it means L'Arc-en-Ciel Ayumi Hamasaki was recognized for their efforts to help the people who suffered!
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20...-natalien-musi

for me it look like Ayu herself doesn't want to take part in TV-shows

Is there a special format for this year's Kouhaku? I don't really get the translation...something about clothes?

Google translated Ikimono-gakari (いきものがかり) into Chris Brown :D bahahahaha

ayu has been officially confirmed NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen's performance through official schedule on ayu's official site !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

check this out!

http://www.avexnet.or.jp/ayu/jp/schedule/index.html#tv

^ yaay!!

Yep, I guess no CDTV? :(

One...better than nothing at all