[ORICON] 59th NHK Kouhaku's Red and White team

[acougan]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dhaku_Uta_Gassen

NHK year end music show

[LacusClyne]

Originally Posted by ~X2RADialbomber~

^ Isn't Kouhaku prerecorded?

no, this is a very important showin japan and it's NEVER EVER prerecord.

Originally Posted by Melrose

Am I the only one who doesn't know what this is? Some kind of celeb sports?

It's something like a performance competition between both teams

[TITANIC]

Ayu, Ai, Alan, Ayaka, Amuro, Kuu.. wooow...

Go GIRLS

[Meat Pao]

So many new people are attending! Aoyama Thelma and Superfly! <3

Anyway let's hope Ayu's not going to sing Mirrorcle World again D:

[alternarist]

probably she will sing Mirrorcle World.. XD

[Faiza]

omfg alan! this is gonna be an awesome kouhaku!

[perfectdeath]

omg... NO BOA D:

that's a first

[AyuHamasaki01]

Namie Amuro will also be there! I'm so happy!

[himawari]

Originally Posted by AyuHamasaki01

Namie Amuro will also be there! I'm so happy!

Im soo happy finally Namie will be on Kohaku

[se7entheaven]

I bet ayu will perform Mirrorcle World AGAIN

[maikaru]

BoA is too busy in america...
I think she just couldn't go~
Oh well~ Next year.

I am excited..
I was a little nervous cause of her perfomance last year on Kouhaku..
But yay~ I am excited.

[TITANIC]

I'm sure she will sing Mirrorcle world.. waw

[waterballoon]

Well, even if she were to sing Mirrorcle World again, I don't think it's a very bad. I, for one, would want to hear out for any improvements she has made over the year, because every time she sings Mirrorcle World, she makes progress.

Another thing is that she usually notices her best hit of the year on Kouhaku, so what would 2008's best hit for Ayu be? Hmm...

And oh yeah, with all the enkas around, the songs performed are all going to be ballads, ballads, ballads and ballads. If Ayu were to do Mirrorcle World, it would be a refreshing "experience"!

[greggerz189]

Yeah, altogether the winner is selected based on a head-count vote within the hall, by the judges, and sometimes by viewers votes via cellphone on either the Red or White team.

[SunshineSlayer]

Wow, very nice list of performers this year on both sides! Should be a good competition. Ayu was no surprise on this list, but it's nice to see Namie back on there after so long.

And is this Arashi's first Kohaku? If not, it is their first in a looong time.

Originally Posted by nt31dean

You're right. This is only a prediction list by the producer, which is clearly stated at the begining of the article.

Even in that case, it's still pretty close to official because the Producer isn't gonna want to go out there and look foolish if half the people don't show up. He'd only post this if there were some confirmation for it.

[ka♡ri.]

Um - why is alan or Tohoshinki there? I thought it was like for - popular artists. D:

YAY AYU, ARASHI, TOKIO, KOBUKURO, KAELA, SMAP, WaT, PERFUME, AND AYAKA!

[rainday]

Originally Posted by ka♡ri.

Um - why is alan or Tohoshinki there? I thought it was like for - popular artists. D:

I thought Leah Dizon showed up one year... soo... I guess not. lol.

I don't know much about this event but is there any interaction between team members? I would LOVE to see some Ayu/Namie interaction

[GRACE]

Originally Posted by ka♡ri.

Um - why is alan or Tohoshinki there? I thought it was like for - popular artists. D:

YAY AYU, ARASHI, TOKIO, KOBUKURO, KAELA, SMAP, WaT, PERFUME, AND AYAKA!

Because Tohoshinki is popular, and alan's not fairing too badly seeing as avex does not promote her? Plus, oh I don't know, they can sing?

[greggerz189]

Regardless of the fact that this isn't official (considering this didn't come directly from NHK and was not published on the Kouhaku website), I still enjoy the fact that there is a rumor going around about Mr.Children's appearance this year! ^O^

[4ever*ayu]

sorry if it's just a prediction, but at least this is from the producer, so it might be realized...

btw, i'd love to see ayu vs kobukuro...revenge time!!