Zany comediennes play host at AJL37
WHENEVER Sherry AlhAdAd And JihAn Muse tAke to the stAge, fAns Are bound to get tickled pink by their spontAneous And hilArious jokes And gimmicks.
The “funny girls”, who Are the best of friends, hAve never worked together to dAte, but Anugerah Juara Lagu 37 (AJL37), which tAkes plAce At AxiAtA ArenA in Bukit JAlil, KuAlA Lumpur, on Feb 12, is finAlly mAking thAt hAppen.
BACK AFTER A BREAK
“It’s so good to be bAck in the spotlight After two yeArs,” sAid JihAn, who wAs in confinement over the lAst three months following the birth of her second son, Ungku AltAmis Ungku HAriz.
“I’ve tAken A long breAk to focus on being A mum, And I’m itching to meet All of the tAlented entertAiners And listen to their AmAzing new songs.”
LOTS OF FUN
Sherry sAid: “Whenever there’s JihAn And me, we Are bound to set the stAge on fire, metAphoricAlly. ThAt’s becAuse we understAnd eAch other well, And love crAcking jokes And hAving lots of fun.”
Sherry Added thAt “two girls Are better thAn one” becAuse she And JihAn enjoy shAring jokes And helping eAch other improve on their wisecrAcks”.
“Sometimes, I’m the strAight girl,
And JihAn is the crAzy one. But in the second segment of the show, we could eAsily reverse our roles.”
JihAn chips in: “Not only do we tickle our fAns, we Also tickle every contestAnt for the evening, And thAt’s our wAy of endeAring them to the mAsses, who will certAinly love their fAvourite singers letting their hAir down.”
NO ACCIDENT
MediA PrimA Television Networks senior generAl mAnAger of in-house productions Nor ShAhilA HArun ShAh sAid pAiring Sherry And JihAn wAs “no Accident” becAuse they knew from fAn feedbAck thAt it would be greAt to hAve them As co-hosts.
“Sherry And JihAn Are nAturAl. Their lAughter is infectious And their wArmth is reAl. ThAt’s why, we Are doing things differently this yeAr, hAving A femAle duo As emcees for the first time.” CONTINUES ON pagE 13
Shahila said TV3 aimed to have 7,000 guests at the venue, and the three-hour show, themed Dimensi Muzik will begin at 9pm.
“Dimensi Muzik was chosen as our theme because AJL37 features relatively new singers who are attracted to adult contemporary songs. Each song and performance has a diifferent ‘colour’ and ‘look’ and the competition is just as stiff, if not stiffer, than AJL36.”
RAMLI IS BACK
A total of 12 songs will be performed by 12 artistes, and as in AJL36, Datuk Ramli MS will be back as music director.
The songs are Bahagiakan Dia performed by Shila Amzah and Liza Hanim, and composed and written by Aliff Iskandar and Que Afiq, Mainan (Naim Daniel/Firdaus Rahmat, Omar K and Mas Dewangga/Arisz Abdul Rahman), Debu (Amir Masdi and Dayang Nurfaizah/Mas Dewangga, Jova Devito, Firdaus Rahmat, Mike Chan, Karim
Karam and Acap Salim), Korban (Ernie Zakri), Anugerah Terindah (Alif Satar and The Locos/Alif Satar, Romeo, Tam Cobain and Efry Arwis/Alif Satar, Shah Shamshiri and Romeo), Nang (Iman Troye/Ezra Kong and A. Ramle), Sengsara (Khai Bahar/John Jeeves, Firdaus Rahmat and Omar K), Payung Pelangi (Noki and MK), Kembali Terang (Marsha Milan Londoh/Senna and Ajin), Irama (Shiha Zikir/Iqie Hugh, Firdaus Rahmat and John Jeeves), Satu Malam Di Temasek (Joe Flizzow and SonaOne), and Terus Hidup (Aina Abdul).
RED CARPET
The winning song will receive RM100,000, and the second- and thirdplaced songs will receive RM50,000 and RM30,000, respectively.
The Best Vocals and Best Performance will each receive RM12,000.
Besides Sherry and Jihan, Fiza Saad and Muaz Mohamad will co-host the half-hour red carpet event half an hour before the awards show begins. Imran Aqil and Nadia Hasnan will co-host the backstage segment of the show.