Past Saturday,19th December 09’ I was invited by Astro to attend the Grand Final of Astro Battleground season 3 in Ministry Of Sound-Euphoria in Sunway. Astro Battleground was the first Chinese street dance competition in Malaysia. This year themed ‘No Boundaries, No Limit’, Battleground, for the first time, the competition is open to everyone aged 15 and above regardless of their races and nationalities. The top 4 finalist; Elecoldxhot, Katoon Network, Dancologist and Wakaka Fever, will be battling it out on the dance floor for the much-anticipated champion title and the total of RM50, 000 cash prizes sponsored by Gatsby.
The Finalist
EleColdXhot aka ECX 
The Finalist
EleColdXhot aka ECX 
Katoon Network 
Wakaka Fever
As usual la...was there to support my dearest frens...EleColdXhot and Wakaka Fever and also be there on behalf of Elosoul writer. A week before i got 7tickets from my dearest MR Monkey, thought tat i will be needing it as that time i din know tat i was invited to attend as MEDIA...So in the end i gave those precious tickets to my bestie Chloe and she ask Charlie to tag along too so she gt people to accompany her while im in to do my job,Then gave another 2 to Queenie n her fren Amy but they din turn up, 2 to Shu Hann n Christina (sorry for the last minute call babe..know tat u guys wanna go so much so i spare out de 2tix for both of u) last is for Mandy's fren..Since Mandy is following me in as Media so she don need a tix. It was like the 1st time i attend a event under Elosoul all alone..Mel wasnt following this time. So i went over to Sunway Piramid with Chloe around 3something and we walk around and Chloe were hungry so we went over to The Garden to hav a drink while she has her meal. Cherry then join up wit us. 3 of us went over to MOS around 5pm+ n guess wat the crowd was crazy...the line to queue up to the entrance of MOS is so so so long..i waited there alone while Chloe went to bring Charlie up n Cherry went to join her frens. when Mandy reach i pass de place back to chloe n we headed to the Media Registration Booth.the we headed in to MOS like VIP..hahaha...
Spotted Hikki & Akiyo supporting their bf..
Here are a short story i wrote about this year ABG
Last year champion Elecoldxhot were back once again to compete for the champion title again. With a new member Dennis Yin who is the winner of So You Think You Can Dance & 1 of the member from Battleground first season champion Mustang Crew. This year they come back to Astro Battleground with their name Elecoldxhot not like last year with the name ECX. Consist of 6 members who are Chriz Ooi (leader), Dance aka Monkey, Leon, Dennis, Billy and Gary. Dancologist being the one and only sexiest all girl crew, attracts equally as much as limelight as their male counterparts when they strut their moves on the dance floor. Trinity being the leader of the group together with Slyvia, EnEn, Li Ping and Fying they named themselves Dancologist. Wakaka Fever on the other hand, is a unique Malay crew with 6 members, Alam, Naz, Joe, Harry, Wan & Zen who never fail s to excite the audience with their ever-surprising ‘stunts’. They are also the only B-Boy crew who survive till the final. Last but not least Kelvin Low who is one of the well known Popper in Malaysia form his group, Katoon Network with Celica, Kim Chin, Alex and Mimie. Katoon Network, are well-liked for adeptly assimilating comedic and humorous acts in their performances, is also one of the favourite crews in vying for the championship.
Inspired by the idea of “time-machine”, the final will see the four finalist teams showcasing their creative and nifty dance moves in four rounds which include the Beginning, the Future, the Three Ways Battles and the Ultimate Dance. This competition was co host by Gan Mei Yan and Anthony Chang, while guest performances by Choo Hou Ren one of the last year Battleground Host. This year Astro also invited Malaysia famous Beatboxer Shawn Lee to show his beatbox skills.
This year’s final brings an exciting panel of judges comprising Rambo and Xiao Hui, both the well-known choreographers from Taiwan; Marcus Tucker from the U.S; ShayNormann from France and Bobby Chan, the local experienced dancer and choreographer.
Though the door will only open for the fans at 6.30pm, however the fans were there to line up as early as 4pm. Due to the event were held in MOS so there were rules that fans under the age of 15 are not allow to enter, so some young fans were not allow to enter to support their favorite team. The 4 finalist were set with different colour as de main colour to represent their team, like Elecoldxhot were RED, Katoon Network was ORANGE, Dancologist were PURPLE and lastly BLACK for Wakaka Fever. 80 percent of the fans who attend the event that day were dress in RED and it means that Elecoldxhot has the most fans that day. After all the fans were settle down on their places, the event starts at 7pm plus and it was live on Astro channel 311 too. They start it off with a tribute to the late Michael Jackson by dancing a few hits song from Michael.
After that round 1 with the theme “The Beginning” , contestant were required to select a song which has inspired them to go into Hip hop dancing. Katoon Network were the ones who goes first, they choose the song Step by Step by New Kids on the Block. Next were the sexiest only girl crew Dancologist with Beyonce Knowles’ Crazy in Love. Elecolxhot used one of the hit songs Its Gonna Be Me by N’Sync. Last but not least Wakaka Fever chose a song from Mc Hammer.
Round 2 with the theme “The Future” allows the contestant to think something creative in order to match the theme. Katoon Network comes out with the idea “Future Police” which bring something different to the audience. There is a part where they actually transform themselves as a robot. Dancologist used the idea of “Dance Machine”, according to Judge Bobby he gets the idea of dance machine in the start of the routine however he says that is a bit confusing in the middle of it. Leader of Dancologist Trinity explain that the idea of the routine is she hopes that in future there is a dance machine where there are background dancer to dance with you while you enjoying the game. Next Elecoldxhot comes out something with technologic however Marcus one of the judges says
“I was feeling your creativity, I was following your storyline but something lacking. I’m not feeling your movements. Is like you bringing the show but you losing your dance. And you guys were most powerful when you guys dance together. I’m seeing character, I’m seeing jumping around but I’m not seeing you dancing together. It was a good show but I’m not feeling it. Good scores but not the highest one”.
Wakaka Fever being the most humorous crew comes out with the idea “Future Cleaner” and it does makes the audience laughs.
After round 2,were performance by the other finalist from the semi final,they are Max Identity, Twister XF and Street Wreckerz before the crew with the lowest marks total up from round 1 and 2 will be named the third runner up and Wakaka Fever were it. When host Gan Mei Yan interview them on how they feel titling 3rd runner up, Alam says that they wish to go to the battle round because after all they were B-Boy and they like to battle however they didn’t survive till the battle round. Before round 3 start, they have performance from the guest performer Shawn Lee the beatboxer. Shawn Lee who is a young boy who very good at beatboxing and well known in Malaysia. He even represent Malaysia for Asia beatboxing competition.
Round 3 were the “Three Way Battle”, three teams will have to battle among each other for 3 rounds which is group routine, solo routine and group routine again. In the solo part Katoon Network has Kelvin, Dancologist has Trinity. Both of the crew got their leader to represent their group however Elecoldxhot is a bit different from them, they have their newly join member Dennis to represent them. After the battle round Dancologist has the lowest ranking and this means they have been crowned the 2nd runner up. After the sad moment, the crowd were entertain by the performance from the other guest artist of the day which is also one of the host from last season Battleground, Chu Hao Ren. As for your information, Hao Ren is also one of the member from Battleground Season 1 Champion Mustang Crew.
Round four which is also means the last round with the theme “Ultimate Dance”. After the great performance from both crew, and with the votes 4 over 1 Katoon Network won the title champion of 2009 Astro Battleground while Elecoldxhot won the 1st Runner Up. When the results were announced, the cheer in MOS suddenly went down as most of the fans there were to support Elecoldxhot and they were upset that Elecoldxhot didn’t won the champion. I have come across some fans near me were crying at that time too, even Elecoldxhot themselves were a bit upset.
After the competition, we were usher up to the vip room for interview. As below is a short interview with the champion Katoon Network & the 1st Runner Up Elecoldxhot.
Interview with Katoon Network
Q- How will you guys spend the RM26k?
A-We will go travel together and eat some good food.
Q-How much did u guys spend on this competition as in for props and outfit?
A- More than RM1k per member.
Q-Will you guys join again next year?
A-It depends.
Q-Do you guys have any plans now?
A-Not at the moment
Q-Any words you guys were like to say now?
A-HAPPY!
Interview with Elecoldxhot
Q-How do you guy feel right now?
A- Sad. Sad because we can’t break the record by becoming the 2 years champion.
Q-Will you all join again next year?
A-Maybe No. because at the moment we need some rest.
Q-What do you think about your presentation today?
A- Not very good. Today we used a new concept. More fear. However we put a lot of effort in it.
Q- How do you guys normally get your choreography inspiration?
A – Sit together and brainstorm and we get idea from anything and anywhere randomly.
Q- Looking at your image today for the last dance, do you all get inspired by 2pm on those eyeliner make up?
A-(Chriz) Hmm..not really..sorry because I don’t know who is 2pm and the eyeliner were the last minute plan as we wanted to create more fear for the routine.
After the last question we ask ECX..Chriz pop out with something...
Inspired by the idea of “time-machine”, the final will see the four finalist teams showcasing their creative and nifty dance moves in four rounds which include the Beginning, the Future, the Three Ways Battles and the Ultimate Dance. This competition was co host by Gan Mei Yan and Anthony Chang, while guest performances by Choo Hou Ren one of the last year Battleground Host. This year Astro also invited Malaysia famous Beatboxer Shawn Lee to show his beatbox skills.
This year’s final brings an exciting panel of judges comprising Rambo and Xiao Hui, both the well-known choreographers from Taiwan; Marcus Tucker from the U.S; ShayNormann from France and Bobby Chan, the local experienced dancer and choreographer.
Though the door will only open for the fans at 6.30pm, however the fans were there to line up as early as 4pm. Due to the event were held in MOS so there were rules that fans under the age of 15 are not allow to enter, so some young fans were not allow to enter to support their favorite team. The 4 finalist were set with different colour as de main colour to represent their team, like Elecoldxhot were RED, Katoon Network was ORANGE, Dancologist were PURPLE and lastly BLACK for Wakaka Fever. 80 percent of the fans who attend the event that day were dress in RED and it means that Elecoldxhot has the most fans that day. After all the fans were settle down on their places, the event starts at 7pm plus and it was live on Astro channel 311 too. They start it off with a tribute to the late Michael Jackson by dancing a few hits song from Michael.
After that round 1 with the theme “The Beginning” , contestant were required to select a song which has inspired them to go into Hip hop dancing. Katoon Network were the ones who goes first, they choose the song Step by Step by New Kids on the Block. Next were the sexiest only girl crew Dancologist with Beyonce Knowles’ Crazy in Love. Elecolxhot used one of the hit songs Its Gonna Be Me by N’Sync. Last but not least Wakaka Fever chose a song from Mc Hammer.Round 2 with the theme “The Future” allows the contestant to think something creative in order to match the theme. Katoon Network comes out with the idea “Future Police” which bring something different to the audience. There is a part where they actually transform themselves as a robot. Dancologist used the idea of “Dance Machine”, according to Judge Bobby he gets the idea of dance machine in the start of the routine however he says that is a bit confusing in the middle of it. Leader of Dancologist Trinity explain that the idea of the routine is she hopes that in future there is a dance machine where there are background dancer to dance with you while you enjoying the game. Next Elecoldxhot comes out something with technologic however Marcus one of the judges says
“I was feeling your creativity, I was following your storyline but something lacking. I’m not feeling your movements. Is like you bringing the show but you losing your dance. And you guys were most powerful when you guys dance together. I’m seeing character, I’m seeing jumping around but I’m not seeing you dancing together. It was a good show but I’m not feeling it. Good scores but not the highest one”.
Wakaka Fever being the most humorous crew comes out with the idea “Future Cleaner” and it does makes the audience laughs.
After round 2,were performance by the other finalist from the semi final,they are Max Identity, Twister XF and Street Wreckerz before the crew with the lowest marks total up from round 1 and 2 will be named the third runner up and Wakaka Fever were it. When host Gan Mei Yan interview them on how they feel titling 3rd runner up, Alam says that they wish to go to the battle round because after all they were B-Boy and they like to battle however they didn’t survive till the battle round. Before round 3 start, they have performance from the guest performer Shawn Lee the beatboxer. Shawn Lee who is a young boy who very good at beatboxing and well known in Malaysia. He even represent Malaysia for Asia beatboxing competition.
Round 3 were the “Three Way Battle”, three teams will have to battle among each other for 3 rounds which is group routine, solo routine and group routine again. In the solo part Katoon Network has Kelvin, Dancologist has Trinity. Both of the crew got their leader to represent their group however Elecoldxhot is a bit different from them, they have their newly join member Dennis to represent them. After the battle round Dancologist has the lowest ranking and this means they have been crowned the 2nd runner up. After the sad moment, the crowd were entertain by the performance from the other guest artist of the day which is also one of the host from last season Battleground, Chu Hao Ren. As for your information, Hao Ren is also one of the member from Battleground Season 1 Champion Mustang Crew.
Round four which is also means the last round with the theme “Ultimate Dance”. After the great performance from both crew, and with the votes 4 over 1 Katoon Network won the title champion of 2009 Astro Battleground while Elecoldxhot won the 1st Runner Up. When the results were announced, the cheer in MOS suddenly went down as most of the fans there were to support Elecoldxhot and they were upset that Elecoldxhot didn’t won the champion. I have come across some fans near me were crying at that time too, even Elecoldxhot themselves were a bit upset.After the competition, we were usher up to the vip room for interview. As below is a short interview with the champion Katoon Network & the 1st Runner Up Elecoldxhot.
Interview with Katoon Network
Q- How will you guys spend the RM26k?
A-We will go travel together and eat some good food.
Q-How much did u guys spend on this competition as in for props and outfit?
A- More than RM1k per member.
Q-Will you guys join again next year?
A-It depends.
Q-Do you guys have any plans now?
A-Not at the moment
Q-Any words you guys were like to say now?
A-HAPPY!
Interview with Elecoldxhot
Q-How do you guy feel right now?
A- Sad. Sad because we can’t break the record by becoming the 2 years champion.
Q-Will you all join again next year?
A-Maybe No. because at the moment we need some rest.
Q-What do you think about your presentation today?
A- Not very good. Today we used a new concept. More fear. However we put a lot of effort in it.
Q- How do you guys normally get your choreography inspiration?
A – Sit together and brainstorm and we get idea from anything and anywhere randomly.
Q- Looking at your image today for the last dance, do you all get inspired by 2pm on those eyeliner make up?
A-(Chriz) Hmm..not really..sorry because I don’t know who is 2pm and the eyeliner were the last minute plan as we wanted to create more fear for the routine.
After the last question we ask ECX..Chriz pop out with something...
Chris-oh yea i would like to thanks this media *pointing at me* for supporting us n wearing our T-shirt.
i stoned at that moment n i bcome the center of attention that time coz all the other medias plant their pair of eyes on my outfit.*hides* seriously i felt damn pai seh that moment...the astro crew actually came to me n ask me *oh u r wearing their t-shirt,i juz notice...wah so supportive la*...den i gone *speechless* n juz gave her a smile...
After everything me n Mandy left the VIP room which the press con were held in, and we walk to the main entrance as in to meet up with ECX again...camwhore is a MUST whenever i meet them..hehe...since is out of my job area i can b back a normal FANS or Fren now..hehe..however wanted to take picture with the champion Katoon Network oso 1, but Celica,Kelvin n Kim they all damn bz..haih...
To Be Continue.......
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