


I like the colorful outfits, but the cringey dancing and obvious lip-syncing does nothing for me. I can see why I stopped watching the program. Come to think of it, this is the last Kohaku I watched instead of merely downloading it for future watching. I’m really hoping the decline of Johnny’s talent agency will lead to more fresh faces on my Kohaku screen next time I watch it. I don’t think that will change, but we’ll see. They haven’t impressed me in their previous appearances. Yeah, punch out the lights so I don’t have to watch this. And at one point she even got slightly ahead of the backing track. Horrible singing, horrible song, boring outfit, pointless, confusing backup dancing. What a horrible night to have a curse… which is listening to Ayumi Hamasaki’s live singing to start a concert.

I’d forgotten about them, but they seem to be doing pretty well since. Instead let’s ignore the boring introduction and get right on with the performances! Oh, the Nadesiko Japan football team was trotted out to say a few words. I don’t know the former and I don’t like the latter so I won’t be focusing too much on them. The presenters are Mao Inoue and Arashi (ugh, again). That means I still have 7 more editions to watch to catch up to the current series, not to mention the next one is happening in just over a month! There were a few good performances that stuck with me in the last one I watched so I have high hopes for this one too. Welcome back to another rundown! This time it’s the 62nd edition of NHK Kohaku Utagassen, which took place on December 31st 2011.
