HPAS

OHEMGEE, I HAVE BEEN PUTTING THIS OFF SINCE LIKE, MAY 23RD. Which is really only 12 days, but for some reason it feels like a lot longer. Liana from Yo!Pro contacted me that day with the hope that I would write about Renna's HPAS contest, and then proceeded to, in detail, explain it a little bit to me. She provided some very helpful links too!

I feel awful that it took me so long to get around to this, since she took the time to send me such a kick-butt PM. Things just kept grabbing my attention and keeping me busy. But I finally put my foot down and was like; THIS SH*T IS HAPPENIN' and so, here we go!!

(RenshiKyo @ YT)

What do you think when you see her name? I think BUNNY, since that's her icon on the yopro forums, lol. I also think Ame no Furanai, cause that was the first dub I ever listened to by her. I also think EPIC because of her crazy skills; like the 47 person All For One dub that she organized and mixed.

I also think HOMGRABURABU after hearing her My love is a stapler dub, which I am so in love with. And now that I look at all the work that she's putting into this Hello Project All Star Contest of hers, I'm just like; WHOA. A good kind of whoa. So, since things are sometimes better 'straight from the horse's mouth' I am going to do a little quoting!

"Renna here! Some of you may remember me as the 2009 Hello! Project All Stars' All for One and One for All producer and mixer. Over the course of the year after 2009's project concluded, I have been mulling over countless ideas about how to set up the 2010 project. Perhaps introduce another summer shuffle, or cover a single/CD, but no. Those ideas have all been done before too..

"Finally, I came to the conclusion of making a friendly idol competition with 3 objectives - 1) Set up a little single-elimination competition just for fun. 2) Cover a concert [GAM 1st Concert Tour 2007] and 3) Create a chorus for a summertime-related piece [Natsu Love Romance]."

More can be read in the Introduction, Objectives, Rules & Orientation thread found on Renna's HPAS forums. Also the rules are listed there as well. I shall try and break this down a little bit for y'all~

Auditions are done by week, and from what I've seen it's not one week right after another. Other wise Renna and the judges would be crazy busy trying to keep up. There will be 16 weeks in total, and they are announced when things from the previous week have been finished up. Renna posts a video on the HelloProjectAllStars YouTube channel, revealing who the winners are from the previous week and opening up auditions for the next, as well as providing you any info you need.

"Does the submission have to be a solo of a C-ute song or can it be a role in a groupdub where you sing as a lead?" A very good question, and one that someone and I had talked about. Not just about C-ute's week, but overall in general. And Renna says, "Both are acceptable; if it is a groupdub, make sure to specify which role it is since I need to get a copy of the colour coded lyrics to each judge."

The week is exactly that; seven days in which you have to audition. For example, the most recent week was begun May 19th and ended May 26th. As far as I know, there is no limit to how many people can audition. And as Liana told me, "Every week has a different H!P related theme. . . .You record. . . .and Renna sends it to her super secret panel of completely unbiased judges. If you score within the top 4, you pass!"

The whole point of auditions is to get a total of 64 participants. Renna has this whole thing mapped out! Once the audition weeks are over, the preliminaries will begin. After those, it goes; 1st round, 2nd round, quarterfinals, semifinals, and then the finals - which will have taken the numbers down to only two people! It is all explained in depth by Renna in her H!P-AS Idol Competition Natsu 2010 Procedures thread.

As mentioned earlier in this entry, each week has a certain theme. For whatever week is going on at the time, you may only post a dub as a video response if it falls under the current theme. Again, Renna is on top of the game and has already chosen the themes for all 16 weeks.

HPAS is on week seven right now, which has actually ended. The theme was Guardians 4 OR S/mileage. Just for kicks and giggles, I'll go over what the themes for all the weeks, including ones that have passed. And I shall also try and list who the winners were. We'll start off with the first three weeks;

Week 1 ~ Morning Musume ~ Winners:
TokiDokiHaato, hitsugayahinamori
XxHitomixX, CharmyStar01

Week 2 ~ Berryz Koubou ~ Winners:
AzNxRawRx, Manami1992
MollyxFace, deliriumlight

Week 3 ~ C-ute ~ Winners:
mysteryotaku, FuyumiPopo
Maliciousdevice, tsubasakarekano

Week 4 ~ Buono ~ Winners:
Fuonyuri, DcGoddess3
TalentlessLoser, CreamToLove

Week 4 ~ v-u-den ~ Winners:
MichiMoni, lilmenchi
lilxicanita, rcb2418

Week 6 ~ Minimoni ~ Winners:
xLovelyWindy, writerserenyty
Catanaition, LovelyTakaGaki

Week 7 ~ Guardians 4 OR S/mileage
Week 8 ~ Petitmoni OR Tanpopo
Week 9 ~ Country Musume OR Coconuts Musume
Week 10 ~ Summer Shuffle A or B sides
Week 11 ~ W / Week 12 ~ Kirarin Revolution
Week 13 ~ GAM / Week 14 ~ Melon Kinenbi
Week 15 ~ Otomegumi, Sakuragumi
OR Tanjou 10nen Kinentai A/B-side
Week 16 ~ Natsu Love Romance



And that is it for now!! I really need to go to bed, lol, I'm so tired. The above dub is the latest duet released by HPAS, and is part of the preliminaries. You should have a listen. Only one other duet has been completed and uploaded; ENDLESS LOVE ~I Love You More~ - And last but not least, I suggest you check out and subscribe to the channel, and audition if you're interested!!

If you have any questions, you can ask me in a comment and I will try and find out for you. Or you can always contact Renna, who I've linked in this post, up at the top. Thanks to Liana for the friendly nudge and lots of luck to Renna with this awesome project of hers.