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

[4ever*ayu]

Originally Posted by bluegie

So here goes what ayu sang each year and who she against:

1999 （50th) Boys & Girls ... vs. 野猿
2000 （51st) SEASONS ... vs. L'Arc〜en〜Ciel
2001 （52nd) Dearest ... vs. ゴスペラーズ (The Gospellers, a R&B group)
2002 （53rd) Voyage ... vs. ポルノグラフィティ (Porno Graffitti)
2003 （54th) No way to say ... vs. 森山直太朗
2004 （55th) Moments ... vs. ゴスペラーズ
2005 （56th) fairyland ... vs. 氷川きよし (the enka singer who got the Grand Pix in 2006 Nihon Record Taisho)
2006 （57th) JEWEL ... vs. スキマスイッチ
2007 （58th) Together When... ... vs. 槇原敬之

was she always win or what??

[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!

[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"!

[Nandokanji]

Originally Posted by jiarongisme

Wait wait, where's NEWS?! D:

exactly what i was thinking ^^;

but im kinda interested in how they are going to bring this red white team thing into live show, sounds interesting

[SolarAngel]

Originally Posted by bluegie

It has nothing to do with AVEX. It's sorta like a music show. Male and female artists are separated into 2 teams (red team and white team respectively). One team's singer performs a song, then another team's singer performs. Who performs better will get a vote from the judge and the audience. So it's like each male vs. each female. You dunno who against who until probly a few days before the show...

So here goes what ayu sang each year and who she against:

1999 （50th) Boys & Girls ... vs. 野猿
2000 （51st) SEASONS ... vs. L'Arc〜en〜Ciel
2001 （52nd) Dearest ... vs. ゴスペラーズ (The Gospellers, a R&B group)
2002 （53rd) Voyage ... vs. ポルノグラフィティ (Porno Graffitti)
2003 （54th) No way to say ... vs. 森山直太朗
2004 （55th) Moments ... vs. ゴスペラーズ
2005 （56th) fairyland ... vs. 氷川きよし (the enka singer who got the Grand Pix in 2006 Nihon Record Taisho)
2006 （57th) JEWEL ... vs. スキマスイッチ
2007 （58th) Together When... ... vs. 槇原敬之

Wow that i didn't know. So it's like they pit a singer from a team against another singer from another team. But the votes are still cumulative right? So it's still ultimately a team effort?

[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.

[nt31dean]

Originally Posted by Rei Rei

I think this list is not official yet...
From what I understand, this is the "expected" guest list by the producer of the 59th Kouhaku.

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

[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

[himawari]

Originally Posted by Megshere

Wow it's already posted and Namie will be there too! And I hope Morning Musume don't do a big melody with LOVE Machine again.

wish they will go away and let the artists with real talent be there.

[himawari]

Originally Posted by AyuHamasaki01

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

Im soo happy finally Namie will be on Kohaku

[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!!