Blog Posts by Jeffrey Oon

Ken Lim, Taufik Batisah and Kit Chan have been announced as the judges for Channel 5's upcoming reality singing show, "The Final One".

Lim, the director of Hype Records, is no stranger to Channel 5, having been the resident guru and Simon Cowell figure during the Singapore Idol run in the early 2000s.

Inaugural Singapore Idol winner in 2004 Taufik Batisah also knows what it takes to win. Since his win, the 31-year-old has established himself as an award-winning singer/songwriter on both sides of the Causeway.

Kit Chan is perhaps the surprise pick and, despite being one of Singapore's most established and multi-faceted artistes, is known for keeping a low profile.

The 40-year-old songstress tied the knot in an intimate ceremony last December with her long-time boyfriend of 13 years.

The low-key wedding at The Pines - a country club in central Singapore -- was kept to eight tables of about 100 guests in total, so it will be interesting to see how she takes to critiquing on national

Adam Lambert, seen here with his guitarist Tommy Joe, hits back at his critics.

[UPDATE: 9 March, 1205pm: Correction made to set list]

It took nearly three-quarters into the 90-minute concert for Adam Lambert to hit back at his critics, but boy when he did, he hit back hard.

"Someone asked me in an interview, 'Are you promoting a certain lifestyle?'", said the openly gay glam rocker to an audience of about 4,500 at the cavernous Star Vista theatre on Friday evening.

"My answer was, 'The only lifestyle I am promoting is one of love and friendship, music, joy and fashion. So whoever wants to be part of that lifestyle, yeah, we accept anybody," said the 31-year-old to raucous applause.

And that was that, as the former "American Idol" alumni put the final nail in the coffin on his detractors, who had raised a week-long ruckus why he was being allowed to performed at a venue owned by Rock Productions, the business arm of New Creation Church.

Pity it took that long for the delightfully camp entertainer to address the elephant in the venue because from that moment on,

Wait a second -- how did Fann Wong's arm get this long? (Photo: SGAG Singapore)

Oops, oops.

The cover of a weekly Chinese magazine featuring S'pore actress Fann Wong has gone viral after an obvious gaffe by eager-beaver photoshop editors.

The 42-year-old Fann appears on the cover of the latest edition of the MediaCorp-published i-Weekly with a ridiculously long, unblemished arm.

An eagle-eyed netizen first spotted the mistake before local spoof site SGAG-Singapore picked up on it, using the photo as the basis for its latest meme.

The picture quickly went viral with over 400 shares within an hour of it being published.

Fann may be one of Singapore's most photographed celebrities but this will be one cover she may want to quickly forget.

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Rocker Adam Lambert to stage full-length concert in Singapore on 8 March. (Photo: Hype Records)

Former American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert is heading to Singapore, where he will stage a full-length concert on 8 March.

To be held at the new Star Theatre@ Star Vista in Buena Vista, the 30-year-old glam-rock singer is on a world tour to support his sophomore album, "Trespassing", which contains radio-friendly hits such as "Better Than I Know Myself’ and "Never Close Our Eyes".

Tickets are priced at $188, $158, $128, $98.

Finishing runner-up to Kris Allen in Season 8 of American Idol, Lambert is known for his signature theatrical, flamboyant dress sense and soaring, powerful vocals.

His Grammy-nominated debut album, which he released soon after American Idol, contained hit singles ‘If I Had You’, and ‘Whataya Want From Me’.

This will be his third visit to Singapore. He first played a showcase here in 2010 before returning the same year to be part of the 2010 F1 Singapore Grand Prix concert line-up.

This will be his first full-fledged stand-alone concert in town.

ADAM LAMBERT

Former Led Zeppelin singer, Robert Plant, wil rock S'pore next March. (Cover Media file photo)

Former Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant and 12-time Grammy legend Paul Simon will headline next year's Timbre Rock and Roots festival in Singapore.

The blues music festival, which is back for the fourth year running, will also feature country legend Bonnie Raitt, Jamaican singer Jimmy Cliff, blues rockers Tedeschi Trucks Band and American-Canadian singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright.

This time, the two-day festival will be held at Fort Canning Green on 21 and 22 March.

Plant, 64, who was the voice of groundbreaking 60s rock band Led Zeppelin, will be here with his latest band, The Sensational Space Shifters, but will play a selection of his Led Zep hits.

Timbre co-owner and co-festival director Edward Chia said next year's festival will be  structured so artistes and audiences can mingle in one venue.

"Each of these artistes could actually hold their own concerts; however we are bringing all of them together in a festival setting for our audiences to enjoy all these performances with

Guitar legend Carlos Santana will rock Singapore for the third time next March. (AFP photo)

Next March is set to be chock-a-block jampacked with rock music concerts in Singapore.

First, The Script, then Journey and now Carlos Santana.

That's right, the guitar maestro and 10-time Grammy Award winner is set to rock Singapore again on 4th March.

The 65-year-old Mexican-American, who's been named among the 100 Greatest Guitarists of all time, is touring in support of his latest album Shape Shifter, which has been dedicated to the Native American Indians.

This will be his third time performing in Singapore, having held concerts here in 2008 and 2011.

Having sold more than 100 million records, Santana has won 10 Grammy Awards, including a record-tying nine for a single project, 1999's Supernatural, which yielded the smash hit "Smooth".

Santana 'The Sentient Tour' — Live In Singapore

Date: 4th March 2013, 8pm
Venue: Singapore Indoor Stadium
Tickets: S$252, S$202, S$152, S$102 (plus S$3 SISTIC fee)

More info can be found at www.sistic.com.sg

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Singapore is set to go Gangnam crazy this weekend. (REUTERS/Danny Moloshok/Files )

Singapore, are you ready to Gangnam Style?

Korean superstar Psy, whose real name is Park Jai-sang, will be in town this Saturday, 1 December, for a free one-hour public showcase at Marina Bay Sands' Event Plaza.

Wanna-bes will be able to learn from the 34-year-old master of the "horse dance" himself as he performs his smash hit together with kids from O School, a performing arts centre for youth that is the integrated resort's designated charity.

The first 4,000 fans can register for a free ticket by going to this Facebook page. Performance will start at 8pm on Saturday.

"Gangnam Style" recently surpassed Justin Bieber's "Baby" as the most-watched YouTube video ever with over 800 million views and counting.

Question is, what will Psy be doing for the rest of the 55-minute showcase?

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Legendary US rock band Journey are set to play in Singapore for the first time ever. (Photo courtesy of LAMC)

Don't stop believing, Singapore -- rockers Journey are set to perform a one-night-only concert at the Indoor Stadium next March.

One of the most popular US rock bands of all time, the band's all-time biggest hits "Don't Stop Believin'" and "Faithfully" are still repeated on local radio airwaves.

The band enjoyed a resurgence in 2009 after "Don't Stop Believing'" was covered by the cast of hit TV series Glee and became the best‐selling song from the show.

It will also be a chance for long-time fans of the band to hear the soaring vocals of Arnel Pineda, the Philippine singer-songwriter who was famously discovered on YouTube and asked to audition for lead vocals by the band. He eventually got the part in 2007 and has been  touring with the band ever since.

Tickets for the March 19 gig  are priced at $168, S$148, S$128 and $98 and will be on sale from Dec 5 onwards. More at www.sistic.com.sg