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Girl sings Koi*Kana on Finnish Idol, gets through!!
« on: September 25, 2008, 08:52:14 PM »
I believe Laura Vanamo is the first person in the world to make it through an Idol* audition by singing a Hello! Project song!

See pics of this awesome girl: http://www.mtv3.fi/ohjelmat/idols2008/uutiset.shtml?719493

To be honest, I doubt she'll make it very far in the competition because her singing wasn't that great, but it's still a great day of victory to us cracky H!P fans :muffin:

Also, she's probably got more personality in her pinky finger than all the other people who have made it through put together. XD She's got the cheery H!P attitude down... Representin'

Witness this moment on youtube (thanks to ctz so much for recording and editing the vid):

EDIT: The video has been removed from youtube :/
...But it's been uploaded to sharebee, buahaha! 38mb
http://sharebee.com/5be4ce64


*refers to the Idol format that everyone knows from shows like American Idol, Australian Idol, Swedish Idol...


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Re: Girl sings Koi*Kana on Finnish Idol, gets through!!
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2008, 08:59:31 PM »
* JFC awaits video footage. :)

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Re: Girl sings Koi*Kana on Finnish Idol, gets through!!
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2008, 09:00:52 PM »
I saw a bit of her perf in the last week's end credits. We've had a couple weeaboos crash and burn already, and I didn't expect this to go any different. I thought this'd be amusing, and embarrassing as hell...

...well, it kind of was, but she has a really awesome personality. She got to the next round, pretty much based on just that. The judges loved her attitude. xD

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Re: Girl sings Koi*Kana on Finnish Idol, gets through!!
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2008, 09:01:16 PM »
From the talk on IRC even I can't wait to see what this is all about. Go shirenu, go coot!

* Sev waits for youtube vid to finish

Edit: That wasn't half bad. Now.. All that is left is that someone subs it. Pwetty pwetty pwease!
« Last Edit: September 25, 2008, 09:16:55 PM by Sev »
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Re: Girl sings Koi*Kana on Finnish Idol, gets through!!
« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2008, 09:41:08 PM »
i approve

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Re: Girl sings Koi*Kana on Finnish Idol, gets through!!
« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2008, 09:59:50 PM »
Awesome!  XD
She's so pretty!  :w00t: And she sings great to! It's so great that she made it!
The closest thing to this we had in sweden was a guy singing the pokemon song and acting really embarassing. (he did not pass). It was so humilitaing just to watch. Now everyone around here are going to (keep) believe japanese lovers are freaks. =/

Anyway, what was that song they played in the beginning??? It's SOOOOO familiar!
I know it's H!P but GAAAH I can't place the song!
And an sing it to but can't remember the name or the artist! An old MM song?

Wait! I got it while typing! XD It's POCKY GIRLS!  :lol:

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This can't be good xP
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Re: Girl sings Koi*Kana on Finnish Idol, gets through!!
« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2008, 10:29:55 PM »
That is AWESOME.
She is definitely adorable, and her voice is pleasant and pretty unique. I'd definitely like to hear her sing something else. It's also pretty sweet that she got through.

(Anyone know when US Idol tryouts are? I totally want to sing Some Boys! Touch).


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Re: Girl sings Koi*Kana on Finnish Idol, gets through!!
« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2008, 10:45:44 PM »
I couldn't get a single word, but still I say that girl's got charisma.
Yay for wotaism!

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Re: Girl sings Koi*Kana on Finnish Idol, gets through!!
« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2008, 11:20:04 PM »
Hooray for wotanism! :lol:

I liked her voice, and could tell that she had bundles of confidence. She would have need to have been, singing a Japanese song which could potentially go out to Finnish TV! Would have liked to have known the judges reaction to the song itself though, I got the idea the judges liked her personality. If only H!P knew. Who knows, should she progress further she could maybe get a video message from MM, like a vote of confidence thing. How awesome would that be? XD

And mini*wheat you really should do it. Represent JPHIP and all! :rockon:

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Re: Girl sings Koi*Kana on Finnish Idol, gets through!!
« Reply #9 on: September 25, 2008, 11:28:17 PM »
Would have liked to have known the judges reaction to the song itself though, I got the idea the judges liked her personality.
I think there's a bit where she stops singing, but you see the judges say something and she continues. That's because the female judge says she wants to hear more XD So at least she liked it, hehe. But she wasn't going to let her through, it was the two male judges who did. (She's the most strict judge about singing)

I should probably translate this thing :lol:

If only H!P knew. Who knows, should she progress further she could maybe get a video message from MM, like a vote of confidence thing. How awesome would that be? XD
At least I put a link on 2ch so wota could find out about it, but I have to go to bed now so I guess the thread will already be dead by the time I wake up. If someone wants to keep an eye on it, here it is. The link is in comment #794.
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Re: Girl sings Koi*Kana on Finnish Idol, gets through!!
« Reply #10 on: September 26, 2008, 01:24:29 AM »
i :heart: speed singing XD


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Re: Girl sings Koi*Kana on Finnish Idol, gets through!!
« Reply #11 on: September 26, 2008, 02:01:48 AM »
She was pretty cute and her voice wasn't half bad, especially by Hello! Project standards.

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Re: Girl sings Koi*Kana on Finnish Idol, gets through!!
« Reply #12 on: September 26, 2008, 02:19:50 AM »
When I watched her audition, I thought, "this girl looks familiar", and then I saw the dress XD
Im pretty sure it's the same girl, but two days ago or so, I watched a fan dub of Anataboshi. I thought the girl singing Koharu's part sounded so much like her and saw her other videos including her dancing/singing to Koi*Kana:



Anyways I think it's her. The dress part was what made me think it was her for the most part, plus she's from Finland.
If it's not her, then.... she has a twin out there XD

It's pretty cool that she made it singing an H!P song.

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Re: Girl sings Koi*Kana on Finnish Idol, gets through!!
« Reply #13 on: September 26, 2008, 07:20:08 AM »
Not bad! her voice is suited to sing it, and her pronounciation is (i think) great!

and the best part is her confidence and attitude =D wow that's great how she passed XD this brightens my day, hahaha.

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Re: Girl sings Koi*Kana on Finnish Idol, gets through!!
« Reply #14 on: September 26, 2008, 09:09:08 AM »
Anyways I think it's her. The dress part was what made me think it was her for the most part, plus she's from Finland.
If it's not her, then.... she has a twin out there XD
It's definitely her, it's revealed on the show :D

I quickly translated it for you guys, not perfect but w/e

L= Laura
I = interviewer
J1 = the heavy metal judge
J2 = the female judge
J3 = the other male judge

I: What are you going to sing?
L: This one Japanese song
I: I noticed that your style fits that, too.
L: Yeah. I'm all Japan. ^_^

L: The song that I'm going to sing at the audition is in Japanese, surprise surprise.
It's called "Koi Kana" and the inspiration came from seeing the music video and the dress in it.
I learned the entire choreography just for the dress. I shot a video at home wearing
it and singing and dancing at the same time.

I basically want to be a loveable person and someone to look up to; a good rolemodel to all teens.

J2: Hello, who are you?
L: I'm Laura! ^_^
J2: You look cheerful! What are you going to sing to us?
L: I'm going to sing a song called Koi Kana. It's in Japanese.
J2: Japanese?
L: Yes. ^_^
J2: Ah..... Okay...
J1: Go ahead. The stage is yours.

*sings the 1st bit*

J1: Not bad. Um...
J3: That's some real stuff...
J2: I want to hear some more! Sing a little bit more!

*sings more of Koi Kana*

J3: That's like speed on vinyl record :D
J2: Awesome
J1: I actually have a fair collection of cantopop myself. Where did this interest of
yours in promoting Japanese pop music in Finland come from?
L: There's too little of it! Everyone just listens to rock like DIIIRREEENGREEYYY but
I much prefer listening to something happy, with little girls bouncing like "HI!!"
~ROFL~
J2: Is that what will win Idols this year?
L: Well, it can be won with something else, too. I might rather win it with Finnish
songs, but this was just a song that I personally like.
J2: Hey, sing something to us in Finnish. I wanna hear if you sing everything with the same sound.
J1: Sing something in Finnish. You're crazy, but we'd love to see you again if you can sing something in a language that we
understand for more than one word, "arigatou".
L: Ok.

*sings more*

J1: Do you have some hidden helium input into your lungs or where does this sound come from?
J3: Helium's a module. (i dunno what this means)
L: I've just already listened to Japanese pop for like three years and the sound really catches on... I think I could also
sing with a lower voice, but I like having a high voice. (Sry I don't catch the end of this)
J3: Imagine what it'd be like if you tried helium!
L: I have tried it! Yeah, it's pretty legendary.
J2: The question now is if we can put you through.
L: Of course you can! You have to... I promise to be nice. *nod*
J2: It's not about whether you can be nice or not. I'm just wondering what else you can
sing with that voice.
L: I believe I could manage almost anything.
J1: Where I come from is that even if you couldn't manage anything, you have so much
guts that that alone justifies you to make it through. I say 'Yes', absolutely!
J3: I have to say that you have a unique voice and...
J2: No doubt that would be something that we always expect! I still say 'No'.
J1: Humourless.
J2: So humourless.
J3: I liked this so much that I have to put you through.
J1: Yes! Absolutely! We'll see you at the theatre.
L: Thank you!
Byes
L: I made it! ^_^

J3: You could pretty well turn her into a "virtual artist", half artificial and then
her, sell that to kids and /¤"&(! (I think what he means is that you could make shitloads of money this way. And he's right, just look at Japan)
J1: Yep.

L: I am what I am. I'd like it if people wanted to be like me, in a good way of course.
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Re: Girl sings Koi*Kana on Finnish Idol, gets through!!
« Reply #15 on: September 26, 2008, 10:06:40 AM »
haha way to go! That's the spirit. Also DIR EN GREY bashing, awesome  :lol:

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Re: Girl sings Koi*Kana on Finnish Idol, gets through!!
« Reply #16 on: September 26, 2008, 10:19:51 AM »
Awesome, just awesome.

1. Her singing was pretty good actually  XD
2. The vicking guy in the jury is so cool. I used to be into the whole "children of Bodom / Nighwish / Finland is awesome" thing.

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Re: Girl sings Koi*Kana on Finnish Idol, gets through!!
« Reply #17 on: September 26, 2008, 10:28:35 AM »
I can't wait to see the theater weekend episode! Everyone in my school had really liked her, even the ones that tend to bash on everything from Japan were agreeing that she had THE attitude. We don't even normally discuss stuff like Idols, but this time everyone had either liked her or one man that was singing before her a lot. And she really does have some personality there compared to the people they usually let trough. I wish that we could hear more of her singing in Japanese, but I think that from here on it will probably be in either Finnish or English.

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Re: Girl sings Koi*Kana on Finnish Idol, gets through!!
« Reply #18 on: September 26, 2008, 10:56:25 AM »
Thanks for the translation! hahaha I didn't know she was talking about dir en grey XD.

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Re: Girl sings Koi*Kana on Finnish Idol, gets through!!
« Reply #19 on: September 26, 2008, 11:45:37 AM »
That's awesome. :lol:

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