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Going
ga-ga over Radio Music Awards 2001
July 16, 2001
It doesn't take an appearance from a1
to bring fans to a high, the Radio
Music Awards (RMA) was perfectly capable of that.
By Junie Ong
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Of course the energy level and excitement couldn't
match Westlife's
concert in May.
But the screams were almost as deafening and
the certainly loud enough to prompt a fellow photographer in the
frontline to hurriedly stuff a pair of earplugs to save her hearing.
We're talking about the second Radio Music Awards
last Saturday, July 14 at the Suntec City convention centre.
Starting only half an hour late, the show, complete
with 9 singing acts from overseas artistes and 17 local presenters
lasted a decent 2 hours.
Despite the smaller names this year (no Coco
Lee and Aqua
no more) music industry players were pleased with the pace of the
show.
Hosts Glenn
Ong and Rod Monterio from the Perfect 10 were the obvious highlights
of the night.
They slipped in and out of 4 outfits, from spaghetti-strapped lingerie
to g-strings to match their morning show companions, Simone, Honky
Tonk, Short Fart and Godpa.
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Honky Tonk
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Short Fart
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The raunchy Kumar did not disappoint either
with his campy army-inspired tiny slip of a dress and raucous jokes
with fellow presenter Najip.
 Cross-dressing
and dirty jokes are definitely the formula to driving a crowd wild!
Winners of big awards like Best Male and Female
weren't around to claim their trophies. But crowd hottie Bosson
brought on unnerving screams in being the first artiste actually
present to receive his prize.
You also have to marvel at the brilliance of
the person who came up with the idea of the celebrity holding area.
This elevated platform was where the stars strutted
around, making small talk with each other and sipping flutes of
champagne during the show. It was manna for eager fans and the standing
crowd of mostly fanatic teens who nearly went berserk calling out
to their idols to pose for their cameras.
And you can bet the stars themselves were more
than pleased with the chance to exhibit their sponsored thousand-dollar
togs.
Some of them were surely taking stock mentally of how many times
their names were yelled out in plain adoration.
Catch the broadcast of the Radio Music Awards 2001 on Channel 5
on July 22, Sunday at 8.30pm.
RMA
Official Website
The basic info on the who-s and what-s
of the event.
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