New TV show with AKB48 Mayu Watanabe and Masahiro Nakai of SMAP starts April 21 http://t.co/h2MK0m0ZH9 (http://t.co/h2MK0m0ZH9)
It's called UTAGE!
http://www.tbs.co.jp/UTAGE2014/ (http://www.tbs.co.jp/UTAGE2014/)
According to the official site, it's some kindof music show where guests will cover hit songs, classics and those from the 1990s and 2000s, and there will be a ranking of these songs.
First episode: 21st April 2014: 23:53 JST
UTA Guest is SMAP「Yes we are」
"Utage artists" are: Aikawa Nanase, Aya (E-Girls), Imai Eriko, Ogasawara Mayu (AKB48), Sashihara Rino (HKT48), Shimabukuro Hiroko, TEE, T.M. Revolution, Maimatsurigumi, Mizuki Nana
So 2 AKB guests, Mizuki Nana (who previously collaborated with Mayu on a cover of Discotheque, and I dunno who T.M. Revolution are, but know Seigus likes them.
I hope that on this show Mayu gets to sing stuff as well, and not just be the host/MC.
Am I the only one who read this description and thought "Oh, it's like that Uta Doki! Pop Classics show that Hello! Project produced a few years ago"?New TV show with AKB48 Mayu Watanabe and Masahiro Nakai of SMAP starts April 21 http://t.co/h2MK0m0ZH9 (http://t.co/h2MK0m0ZH9)It's called UTAGE!
http://www.tbs.co.jp/UTAGE2014/ (http://www.tbs.co.jp/UTAGE2014/)
According to the official site, it's some kindof music show where guests will cover hit songs, classics and those from the 1990s and 2000s, and there will be a ranking of these songs.
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乃木坂46 UTAGE! 2014.05.05 (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1t65p2)
Btw, Nogizaka appear on this episode
An UTAGE special aired today. Mayu, Yuki, Sash (and someone I don't recognise) were backdancers in this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kvCp9e7Ab4