^ but isn't it also because she brings in the most amount of $$ to avex and that's why she's given top priority by avex.. :laugh

Koda Kumi outsold her for about 2 years and DBSK is climbing, but who still ends the show?

^ ayu of course! because.. she's the BEST!! ^^

haha no.

its because she and mika john bribe the avex people with drugs

ayus performances were amazing

I liked all of them

can't wait to get the dvd

Lol. Touchy subject. :lech

I think they get her to end the show because she's somebody that EVERYBODY knows. Combine that with the fact that she always does at least one classic that, even if they're tired of Ayu, the general public loves, and she always has very energetic performances. She's just a great performer to end the show with.

Yeah, burn me, I'm evil. :laugh

I don't take her for someone else. Ayu did dance, there are enough performances with her dancing. She was never perfect or oustanding with it, she never did it insanely often, but I enjoyed it when she put really effort in it (like in Inspire/AT 2005 or Real me PV). Rule is a fast, powerful song and she even danced more in the Rule PV than she did here. I like dancing and it's kind of boring watching her standing and singing even if she waved her arms eneregtically.
Didn't you guys notice that she did similar hand moves like in her Mirrorcle World performances? ._.

So, I watched all now:

Rule: I still don't get too much vibe from it. It's ok, but not her best.
A Song for xx: About the same like last year. Powerful, great vocals, I really like it, but nothing can beat the performance from last year!
Blue Bird: It's nice. She sounds a bit weird in the beginning, but the vocals are good. I like the end with all the dancers making the same moves with her.
Sunset: Boring. I don't like the song much and this performance doesn't help.
To Be: Great vocals! I enjoyed it until Shuya got his part...And please Ayu, stop this overdramatic acting. It's just at the end luckily.
Boys&Girls:Great energy. The ship is nice, I like it that they changed it this time.^^
Sunrise: Haha, it's great how she shows and waves Tohoshinki's towel. It's a nice move to get their fans on your side.
July 1st: Nice ending. I like how happy she is (similar in Blue Bird).

Overall great, but I enjoyed last year's a-nation more.

A last word:
I don't like any of the outfits (except the encore) and her hair. :/

lol.ya..the best costume is the encore and the best hair style,IMO is encore too.
TO BE costume also not bad

Stars come and go, Ayu has been hanging in there for the longest time, she has bigger hits than Kumi and DBSK will most likely ever have.

DBSK are still fairly new so I wouldn't knock them.
Kumi has had her share as well.

I think neither of the aforementioned artist are going anywhere soon. Same with Ayu.

^ As much as I love Kumi, she will never rise to what Ayumi has become, I don't think. :\ Afterall, she's one of the many stars who got a boost from an anime/video game. (Those artists very rarely become "big" stars, let alone legends. Kumi is very fortunate to have nearly reached diva status, so we should be happy with that. Of course, she does deserve it, in my opinion, so maybe she can go nearly as far...) Not sure about how far Tohoshinki may go, but they seem like they may be coming to their peak soon... If not, well crap. O_O

i watched them on youtube... it was bloody amazing~

I'm watching it now...
I wish all the other artists would at least have 3 songs... it's kinda not fair compared to Ayu..:laugh

where is ryoji

What happened to him

^ he left ayu after CDL0809, we don't know what he is doing now, but he still seems pretty close to ayu and the dancers because he appeared in some TA and dancer blog pics

Ryoji got married; credits to maj at the Enquiries thread... I'm so happy for him!

^wow..that's news for me..congrats to him