Carlsberg Centre Stage National Finals at The Emporioum KL

Uglymen were very fortunate to get 2nd in this very high-level competition. The atmosphere in the Emporium was exploding, with fans, supporters and neutral public swinging and screaming out. Below are some notable happennings that night:

              

             SMV                          Brandon Ng                           G-Man                         Mohd Sabri

                               Trimix                                                                        Uglymen

- SMV were champion, and their female supporters threw panties and bras onto the stage, the vocalist hung
   a black panties on the microphone stand.

- Sherman Tan and Sabri gave an UNBELIEVABLE performance of the highest quality of entertainment to
   the crowd, you would have laugh your lungs out if you were there.

- G-Man performance was shocking to us, or to me at least, as I have never seen before such gracious style
   of guitar-playing

- Leonard Tan was the toss of the night, this guy really funny, I must see him tell stories again...

- The stage crew were very professional and helpful through out the contest.

- Trimix were the only females contestant, and killed rows of films from the photographers.

- From the info I have, Jelly Jem (from Johor) and Uglymen were the only 2 non - music professionals in the
  Finals.

- The crowd were unbelievable, very involved and supportive, wish we could get the same respond in Kedah
   or Penang.

- The following solo-acts review were written by Suan as below:

1. Vishnu Sakhti
a huge guy with a warm heart whose voice easily melts the hearts of those chicks out there. came out real cool with a touch of down to earth personality that rivals any model citizen. he did a few songs and made the crowd screamed in delight. an entertainer who would rather let his voice do the singing. steady and strong voice with nice expression. one of the crowd favourites.

2. Sherman Tan
another huge guy with locks that rocks. never underestimate the body mass and never judge a book by it's cover. as for sherman, NEVER ever thinks that he can't rock. HE CAN ROCK. very strong voice. sherman is the last person whom you think has stage fright. he took the stage as if he was taking a rest. his confidence almost capture the audience in awe, well, at least to me. his chosen songs were suited very well with his vocal ability and he has tremendous feel towards every song that he delivered that nite. a BIG talent indeed.

3. John Sam
a nice dude from kuantan. an evergreen guy who played nice soothing music. get the crowd on their feet and has a nice voice perhaps too nice to be aggresive. did some reggae stuff and has nice outfit too. has a nice tonality that fits well with the person.

4. Mohd Sabri
what can i say? he's the MAN! funny as a susu cap kambing. u think he's an old chap? well, he can sing like a young chap with a heart of gold and a humour that will make an occasion so special u'll think everyday is payday. very funny man with original song to offer called "jangan mengata orang". huge talent with playing on the guitar and keyboard. an entertaining person with a very nice natural intro. as he speaks, he sings and adlib until the finale you will burst into laughter. build the momentum very well. an A+ entertainment.

5. G - Man
an unusual talent. this guy CAN play the guitar. he played an epiphone double neck guitar for his performance. left hand play the rhythm parts on one neck, right hand tapping the melody on another neck and with singing too. he even demonstrated that u can play bach and mozart on the guitar. made me wanna sell my guitar. any buyer here? his best impression was playing a jazz song with two hands and singing at the same time. left playing the rhythms and right playing the melody. where did u get this guy from? then he played a self composed rock tune with a name called "homegrown rock n roll" using an electric guitar. the finale solo, he pulled the guitar away and strung it upside down so that he can play it left handed. dang!

6. Brandon Ng
a cross of neil diamond and elvis presley. this guy played the guitar with a notebook as the backing muscians. gives any 60's rocker a run of their money. a true talent with nice grin. nice clothes too. gave a rendition of neil diamond and elvis presley songs that u thought they were on stage.