The inaugural HTC Likes Awards featured an international lineup of performances from Korean artiste Jay Park, twin sisters Jayesslee, local artiste Derrick Hoh and American band Plain White T’s
The first HTC Likes Awards was akin to an awards ceremony held within a small-scale concert for fans. Apart from crowning champions in different categories such as 'Best Music Parody', 'Fastest Fingers First', and 'Most Ideal Check-In', from the social media realm, fans were also treated to performances by artistes from Korea, Australia, Singapore, and America.
Twin sisters and Youtube sensations Jayesslee (Janice and Sonia Lee) flew down from Australia to perform in Singapore for the second time yesterday night. They opened the show with an acoustic version of 'Sunday Morning' which featured Janice on the keyboards, and treated the crowd to a flawless performance with their smooth vocals.
The Korean-Australian sisters continued crooning to familiar favourites such as 'Just The Way You Are', before ending it off with beatboxing and rapping to 'Price Tag'.
Despite the small turnout and poorly-filled arena in Suntec City Convention Hall, the crowd hyped up when homegrown artiste Derrick Hoh, who is currently based in Taiwan, appeared next with his nifty footwork and slow-mo dance moves to soft-rock ballads from his repackaged single.
A lucky girl was invited on stage for his second song as he mesmerized all present and crooned his way into her heart, with fans looking on in growing envy.
Korean-American singer and dancer extraordinaire took on the stage next, welcomed by piercing screams of love and adulation from his local fans. The crowd went alive and wild as many fans scrambled to the sides of the stage for an upclose view of the 24-year-old artiste. Performing three songs 'Nothin' On You', 'Abandoned' and 'Tonight', Jay posed for pictures and shook the hands of lucky concertgoers in-between singing and dancing.
The final five-member group, Plain White T's (Tom Higgenson, De'Mar Hamilton, Dave Tirio, Tim G. Lopez, and Mike Retondo) flew-in from America at 2am on Friday for their debut performance dubbed an 'unconventional first concert' in Singapore. The Grammy-nominated band strummed their guitars fervently to the hit song 'Hey There Delilah', and well-loved tunes such as 'Irrational Anthem', 'Boomerang' and 'Rhythm of Love', before the night came to a close.
Check out pictures of the night's performances below!
Derrick Hoh opened his performance with 'Mei Shi Mei Ke' on the keyboards.
Twin sisters from Australia Jayesslee opened the night's performance with 'Sunday Morning'.
Joanna Goh
HTC Likes Awards 2011
