2012 MAMA awards
So, yesterday the 2012 MAMA awards took place. Because of the time difference the show aired during the middle of the day here where I live and therefore I could sadly not watch it live, so I spent the whole evening/night watching the full 6 hours of the award show and boy was it worth it!
Starting with the red carpet segment you got to see all the stars walking down the red carpet in their fancy clothes and being interviewed. The group I was looking forward to seeing the most was actually EXO, because after being obsessed with ZE:A for the past few months EXO is starting to take over, so I was really excited to see all 12 members together on such a big show. And from the moment they appeared they didn't leave me disappointed, looking so handsome in their all-white suits yet cute and lost at the same time. Being as obsessed with the male groups as I am I didn't really pay that much attention to the other actors, girl groups etc. but I have to say it was pretty cool to see Jackie Chan again (my childhood idol).
After 2 hours the actual award show started and in my opinion the beginning was kind of blah (for lack of a better word). It started with Song Joongki singing and as cute as he is he's not a very good singer, it was honestly kind of unpleasant to listen to. After that there was a joint performance with Ailee, some screamo rocker I've never heard of before and Bang Yongguk, which was also a slight disaster. Yongguk's rapping was cool as usual but Ailee's and that rocker guy's voices really didn't sound good together, I really don't get why they had them singing together.
Luckily things got better as the show went along, with one amazing performance after another. Epik High's stage was trully epic (or insane, I haven't really decided yet), Roy Kim's singing was very impressive and I just love Big Bang's performance, the way they sang Crayon together was awesome and seeing them go crazy on stage is always fun. They should have been the final act, really!
Then the moment I had been waiting escpecially for arrived: EXO's performance. I really liked their red and black outfits but was a little bit disappointed that they lipsynced, it would be nice to hear MAMA live for once. But I quickly forgot all about that when something happened that I couldn't have imagined even in my wildest day dreams: all 12 members of EXO and the 5 SHINee boys dancing to Lucifer together. Seeing that really made me feel like my life was complete xD
One thing I thought was kind of hilarious throughout the whole show was that the audience was usually pretty quiet during a performance but then they would suddenly go crazy. The riddiculous thing was that they were not cheering for the people on stage but only because the camera happened to focus on the celebrities sitting in front of the stage, especially SuJu. I wonder how the ones performing must have felt when that happened, knowing that the audience wasn't cheering for them but for someone else :P
I also have to talk about the awards, since that's kind of the whole point of the show. Other awards shows I've watched in the past have usually left me disappointed because the ones I wanted to win sometimes didn't. But this time I was totally pleased with the winners, every time I guessed who would win I was right and all of those who won the respective awards trully deserved it, at least in my opinion.
But enough of my rant now. I enjoyed this years MAMA awards very much and just felt like writing down some of my thoughts about it, but I'll stop now before I end up writing a whole novel :P
Starting with the red carpet segment you got to see all the stars walking down the red carpet in their fancy clothes and being interviewed. The group I was looking forward to seeing the most was actually EXO, because after being obsessed with ZE:A for the past few months EXO is starting to take over, so I was really excited to see all 12 members together on such a big show. And from the moment they appeared they didn't leave me disappointed, looking so handsome in their all-white suits yet cute and lost at the same time. Being as obsessed with the male groups as I am I didn't really pay that much attention to the other actors, girl groups etc. but I have to say it was pretty cool to see Jackie Chan again (my childhood idol).
After 2 hours the actual award show started and in my opinion the beginning was kind of blah (for lack of a better word). It started with Song Joongki singing and as cute as he is he's not a very good singer, it was honestly kind of unpleasant to listen to. After that there was a joint performance with Ailee, some screamo rocker I've never heard of before and Bang Yongguk, which was also a slight disaster. Yongguk's rapping was cool as usual but Ailee's and that rocker guy's voices really didn't sound good together, I really don't get why they had them singing together.
Luckily things got better as the show went along, with one amazing performance after another. Epik High's stage was trully epic (or insane, I haven't really decided yet), Roy Kim's singing was very impressive and I just love Big Bang's performance, the way they sang Crayon together was awesome and seeing them go crazy on stage is always fun. They should have been the final act, really!
Then the moment I had been waiting escpecially for arrived: EXO's performance. I really liked their red and black outfits but was a little bit disappointed that they lipsynced, it would be nice to hear MAMA live for once. But I quickly forgot all about that when something happened that I couldn't have imagined even in my wildest day dreams: all 12 members of EXO and the 5 SHINee boys dancing to Lucifer together. Seeing that really made me feel like my life was complete xD
One thing I thought was kind of hilarious throughout the whole show was that the audience was usually pretty quiet during a performance but then they would suddenly go crazy. The riddiculous thing was that they were not cheering for the people on stage but only because the camera happened to focus on the celebrities sitting in front of the stage, especially SuJu. I wonder how the ones performing must have felt when that happened, knowing that the audience wasn't cheering for them but for someone else :P
I also have to talk about the awards, since that's kind of the whole point of the show. Other awards shows I've watched in the past have usually left me disappointed because the ones I wanted to win sometimes didn't. But this time I was totally pleased with the winners, every time I guessed who would win I was right and all of those who won the respective awards trully deserved it, at least in my opinion.
But enough of my rant now. I enjoyed this years MAMA awards very much and just felt like writing down some of my thoughts about it, but I'll stop now before I end up writing a whole novel :P