• #AsNTM3 Asia’s Next Top Model Cycle 3 Episode 10 The Girl In The Driver’s Seat Recap

    Amiciness  is recapping the 10th episode of Asia’s Next Top Model Cycle 3. The girls have done runway, catalogue shoots, and high fashion shoots. This week, the girls are presented with a different challenge: a motion editorial for Subaru. And the boss Glenn Tan is back to judge.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FHcsc9gpsQ

    Watch with us at 8:45 P.M. on STAR World to find out who are still in the running towards becoming Asia’s. Next. Top. Model. And get this cycle’s fabulous prizes: a Subaru XV STI car, a campaign for TRESemmé, a cover and spread for Harper’s Bazaar Singapore, and a modelling contract with Storm Models Management in London.

    While waiting for the episode, check out the teaser images above. You should also check out last week’s full recap and my own comments on the girls’ high fashion aerial photos.

    WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD. PHOTOS ADDED. VIDEO OF GIRLS’ SUBARU COMMERCIALS ADDED.

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  • #AsNTM3 Asia’s Next Top Model Cycle 3: Episode 9 – Amiciness Picks

    This week on Asia’s Next Top Model Cycle 3, the models are back in the studio for a high-fashion photo shoot. The girls wore dresses by Australian fashion designer and resident judge Alex Perry with a challenge: they are suspended in the air. Who brought the fantasy and who were merely an illusion? Here’s my own call out order:

    Barbara

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  • Eurovision 2015 Semi Final 2 Results + Postmortem

    I got to watch the Second Semi-final of the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest after the fact, albeit a bit earlier than the first. Watch the full Eurovision 2015 SF2 on Youtube, and also check out the International Sign Language version, which is a new addition to the contest this year.

    © Andres Putting (EBU)

    To start things off, let’s find out how Europe (and Australia!) voted on the songs that are part of Semi-final 2. Here are the second semi-final results in their running order (the ones marked in bold qualified to the final):

    1. Lithuania — Qualified to the Final
    2. Ireland
    3. San Marino
    4. Montenegro — QF
    5. Malta
    6. Norway — QF
    7. Portugal
    8. Czech Republic
    9. Israel — QF
    10. Latvia — QF
    11. Azerbaijan — QF
    12. Iceland 😮
    13. Sweden — QF
    14. Switzerland
    15. Cyprus — QF
    16. Slovenia — QF
    17. Poland — QF

    Thanks to the votes from all across Europe (and Australia!) Sweden, Slovenia, Poland, Norway, Montenegro, Lithuania, Latvia, Israel, Cyprus, and Azerbaijan are all through to the finals on Saturday (Sunday morning in Australia, and where I live). Now that I’ve watched the full second semi-finals show (thanks to Youtube), here is how I rank the qualifiers going into the final:

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  • Eurovision 2015 Semi Final 1 Results + Postmortem

    Since I’m both a Eurovision fan and timezone-challenged, I only got to watch the First Semi-final of the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest after the fact. However, I’m luckier than the Aussie fans who have to watch this at 5 in the morning. The dedication!

    To start things off, let’s find out how Europe (and Australia!) voted on the songs that are part of Semi-final 1. In their running order (the ones marked in bold qualified to the final):

    1. Moldova
    2. Armenia — Qualified to the Final
    3. Belgium — QF
    4. The Netherlands
    5. Finland
    6. Greece — QF
    7. Estonia — QF
    8. F.Y.R. Macedonia 😢
    9. Serbia — QF
    10. Hungary — QF
    11. Belarus 😭
    12. Russia — QF
    13. Denmark
    14. Albania — QF
    15. Romania — QF
    16. Georgia — QF

    Thanks to the votes from all across Europe (and Australia!) Albania, Armenia, Belgium, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Russia, and Serbia are all through to the finals on Saturday (Sunday morning in Australia, and where I live). Now that I’ve watched the full first semi-finals show (thanks to Youtube), here is how I rank the qualifiers going into the final:

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