Kita Gerek! - #kitagerek

Recently, Dua M has produced a programme titled Kita Gerek; following the success of 70an Gerek, 80an Gerek and 90an Gerek which celebrates the Malay music scene. The Malay audiences often complain about the dearth of Malay performers and talents in the local scene. As such, Kita Gerek would like to push the idea that the Malay entertainment scene actually has a big pool of talents and we would like to celebrate them. In Kita Gerek, their aim is to provide a platform for our local artistes to take the opportunity to pay tribute to their “Icons”. This unique programme presents local artistes with the challenge of presenting their “Icon’s” works in their own way. (Hint: Jamal Abdillah, M.Nasir, Siti Nurhaliza and etc!) This weekly programme will feature 3 artistes in each episode and they will each select a song made popular by the Icon and then rearrange it to infuse their own influences into the song.

I had the privilege to be one of the 10 panelists / judges in the programme! I had to comment on the artistes' rendition of the song and picked the best among all 3 renditions! (Well, my role was just tiny wheeny but I got to sit amongst the greats!) I was involved in 4 episodes and the recording was in December 2011 but I just blogged about it because..... KITA GEREK DEBUTS ON 31ST JANUARY 2012! Gentle reminder, watch it or you'll regret it! :p

I'll be nice this time as I'll be sharing and revealing some photos taken during the recording...

1) With some of the artistes involved.. Spot your favorite?

Here's Zaibaktian, Imran Ajmain, Roze, Fauzie Laily and Revalina!

2) Among all the 10 panelists; here's Ewan Fantastic Four Crew the choreographer and Haryani Othamn the scriptwriter and actress! (There are more thou, BanchoMatRep the youtube famous guy, Fiza O the radio deejay and etc!) :D

3) Photos taken behind the scene.. Random shot of the whole works. :D

4) Remember, don't miss out KITA GEREK! Coming your way every Tuesday at 8.30pm on Suria. The first episode will debut on Tuesday 31st January 2012! (If you're a Twitter user, kindly end your tweets with #kitagerek! I'm @nurainijumat anyway! Hehe.)

Thanks to DuaM and the crew especially the ladies - Aisyah, Nura, Hanie and all I met during the recording! It was a great experience although I was nervous all the way! I'm glad to be part of this programme and I hope the viewers will enjoy watching it as much as we do! ('',)

p.s. Away to Malaya. I'll be back soon. Enjoy your weekend and toodles!