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Singing Aloud:
                                                                                                                                   Singing Aloud:

           highest-scoring team in the preliminary  The rules were altered a bit in the final
           round had three opportunities to use the  round. Only one contestant from the same                                      2022
                                                                                                                                   2022
           privilege to answer the question first and  team was allowed to comment “Me” in the

           skip the “comment me” session.                    chat. Also, there were only 30 questions
                                                                                                                                   Singing
                                                             plus 5 bonus questions. Regarding the 5                               Singing
           However, there were some issues  bonus questions, the team who answered
                                                                                                                                   Competition
           encountered during the semifinals. It was  wrongly would be deducted 2 points while
           the uncertainty of which team commented  the team who answered correctly would                                          Competition
           “Me” first. This was due to the host and  get 6 points.
           contestants’ unstable internet, thus the                                                                                                                                                             Jointly reported by:
                                                                                                                                                                                                             Phang Kor Yee Jr2Z(6)
           results of who commented first were differ  Finally, the winning team in both junior and                                                                                                Sofea Chang Hui Zhou Sr1ComB
           among people. This led to some spamming  senior groups arose, followed by the first                                                                                                                     Tan Qi Xuan Sr1A
           in the chat because all contestants were keen  and second runner-ups. The contestants
           to answer the questions. Another problem  had a blast.
           was that some of the answers provided

           by the host were incorrect. Nevertheless,
           they managed to handle the unforeseen                                                                                      n conjunction with Kuen Cheng High  in Zoom chatroom. As usual, Disney songs
           circumstances well and continued with the                                                                               ISchool Carnival, the Co-curricular  were the pick of some contestants, as with
           game. At last, 5 teams made it through the                                                                              Department partnered with the School’s  Phang Kor Yee’s “How Far I’ll Go” from

           final round of the competition.
                                                                                                                                   Chinese Orchestra and Multimedia Society  Moana, and Chee Wei Qi’s Chinese version
                                                                                                                                   to hold the annual Singing Competition  of “Reflection” from Mulan.

                                                                                                                                   Finale on 10 June 2022. It was an online
                                                                                                                                   event spanning three hours, which  The audience was then asked to vote for

                                                                                                                                   showcased singing performances from the  the singer they liked the most after a short
                                                                                                                                   top thirty contestants.                           video summarising the highlights of each
                                                                                                                                                                                     contestant’s performance.
                                                                                                                                   The event began with the finals of the

                                                                                                                                   Junior group . Both contestants no. 4 and 5  After a short ten-minute break, the Senior
                                                                                                                                   proved that talent can be found in anyone  group’s finals kicked off. Songs from famous
                                                                                                                                   and everyone, with Chong Hao Qian acing  singers such as Chay Yu Xuan’s performance
                                                                                                                                   the song “Yesenia” with his deep, magnetic  of ‘The Key’ and Lam Qi Yun’s rendering of

                                                                                                                                   voice, and Rachel Yap Lamm with her  ‘Twilight’ by JJ Lin, Kuan Ker Zhi’s cover of
                                                                                                                                   euphonious falsetto and the perfect choice  ‘This Is Gospel’ from Panic! At The Disco
                                                                                                                                   of the folk song “Maidens who Love to  and more were the most prominent.
                                                                                                                                   Sing”. Meanwhile, Austin Yap Ze Xuan,

                                                                                                                                   one of the few male contestants, wowed the  Following  the short video of highlights,
                                                                                                                                   audience with his confident execution of the  the audience picked the performer they
                                                                                                                                   song “Jiangnan” and garnered quite a few  liked the most.
                                                                                                                                   adoring fans, as seen from the comments



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