Chancellor Hall, 29th March 2013 – With a charming young lady in a deep violet frock as its lead vocalist, “Sound D’ Sip” of MMU Cyberjaya walked away as champions of Euphonius 2013, taking home the Dr Zainal Abidin Trophy, RM 1000 cash, and also a recording session with a local studio company. The whole band was ecstatic as they did not expect the victory, but their self-composed song was “so good that it should be recorded” said the judges. Sound D’ Sip also bagged the Best Female Vocalist Award and the Best Drummer Award.
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| Lead vocalist of Sound D' Sip on her way to winning Best Female Vocalist. |
The first runner up was Time and Space. They also won the People’s Choice Award for the best band, after an exhilarating final song that got the whole crowd singing along. It was their local flavour that won over the crowd, and in the eyes of many in attendance that day, they should have gone home champions. “To me, Time and Space should have won, I’m really disappointed,” said Kesavarthiny (PE, 1st/2nd) when HOT interviewed her after the event.
Singing a very touching song with a romantic sketch to follow, “Home Made Cookies” were the second runner up. Their sketch also captivated judges enough for them to snag the Best Background Performer Award.
‘Sent from My iPhone’ were in the 4th place, in addition to awards for Best Bassist and Best Male Vocalist. 5th place went to ‘Blacklist’ who also obtained the Best Guitarist Award. The only staff band in UTP, ‘Rear View Mirror’ came in 6th. Although they said that they felt a little out of place, they still did their very best that night and ware happy to be competing among the students. ‘Rampage’, with its lead vocalist dressed as a farm animal, could only manage 7th place, even after being one of the more exciting performances of the night, a definite crowd favourite. The wildcard entry were seen as hard done by after they missed out on a top three finish. “I honestly believe Rampage should have placed much higher, I’m really disappointed with the judges,” Miza Ramlan (PE 1st/2nd) tells HOT at the end of the night.
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| Rampage during their thrilling performance. |
The Best Keyboardist and Best Accomplice went to two young ladies from ‘Rose On Fire’. Despite not making it to the finals, they were happy that they did their best during the preliminary rounds and hoped to participate again next year. The preliminary rounds of Euphonious started almost two weeks before the finals were held. 22 bands participated but only seven were shortlisted for the finals.
All in all, it was a memorable night for many. The seven bands who managed to make it for the finals surely did their very best and Loh Jie Qian, a 3rd semester foundation student who came for Euphonius for the very first time said that it was truly a night to remember with a really enthusiastic group of performers. “All in all, it was just awesome!”
The Euphonious 2013 organising committee received strong criticism online for its ticket sale policy, where committee members were made to sell a certain number of tickets or face having to purchase the leftovers with their own money. It left many lower committee members disgruntled and unhappy with their superiors. Nevertheless, one senior committee member defended the move with “Desperate times call for desperate measures.”
The Euphonious 2013 organising committee received strong criticism online for its ticket sale policy, where committee members were made to sell a certain number of tickets or face having to purchase the leftovers with their own money. It left many lower committee members disgruntled and unhappy with their superiors. Nevertheless, one senior committee member defended the move with “Desperate times call for desperate measures.”
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| Judges invited to adjudicate the competition. |
By Charlene Fernandes, CE.
Photographs by Saifulhanif.
Full list of winners :
| Champion | : | Sound D’sip (Multi Media University, Cyberjaya) |
| 1st Runner up | : | Time and Space |
| 2nd Runner up | : | Homemade Cookies |
| 4th place | : | Sent From My Iphone |
| 5th place | : | Blacklist |
| 6th place | : | Rear View Mirror |
| 7th place | : | Rampage |
Best Individual Awards
| Best Male Vocalist | : | Mohd Gheffroysanie (Sent From My IPhone) |
| Best Female Vocalist | : | Nur Firiyani (Sound D’Sip, MMU Cyberjaya) |
| Best Drummer | : | Variandra Azhari (Sound D’Sip, MMU Cyberjaya) |
| Best Bassist | : | Azfar Tomi (Sent From My Iphone) |
| Best Keyboardist | : | Henna Tan Shen Po (Rose On Fire) |
| Best Accompanist | : | Choo Pei Sze (Rose On Fire) |
| Best Background Performer | : | Hisammudin |
| Best Self-composed Song | : | Sound D’Sip, MMU Cyberjaya |
| Best guitarist | : | Adryan Suherman (Blacklist) |
Editor's note: Check out HOT's video coverage of the event, with backstage views and performance clips!
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