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Report by TAN KEE YUNkeeyunt@sph.com.sg

TO truly succeed on camera, you need looks and talent. Alyssa Alanna Tan’s on-camera ability has won her a presenting stint at this month’s MTV World Stage Malaysia 2014, alongside MTV Asia’s resident VJs Hanli Hoefer and Alan Wong.Ms Tan beat more than 100 local appli-cants in Acuvue and MTV Asia’s Dare To Be month-long competition to get the dream opportunity.

But her winning video did not feature her most extraordinary ability.

“My so-called talent is very embar-rassing — I can do impressions of ra-dio stations’ slogans,” said the 21-year-old Singaporean, in an interview with M last week.

“For example, Kiss92’s ‘All The Great Hits In One Place’.

“As a kid, I loved sitting in the back-seat of my parents’ car, imitating the way radio DJs pronounce these catch-phrases.

“I was always pretending to be a DJ. My parents found me more annoy-ing than anything,” she recalled with a laugh.

The SIM-RMIT University graduate — she has a Bachelor in Professional Com-munication — is now en route to fulfill-ing her dream of becoming a television presenter.

MTV World Stage Malaysia, an annual music fiesta now in its sixth year, will be held on Aug 16 at Sunway Lagoon, Kuala Lumpur. This year’s event features per-formers such as US rapper B.o.B, Malay-sian singer-songwriter Yuna and South Korean boyband Boys Republic.

Ms Tan will be joining three other re-gional winners from Malaysia, Indone-sia and Thailand.

“Maybe when I’m in KL, I might show off my ‘imitation skills’ in front of the camera, all in the name of good fun,”

RADIO SLOGANS

She does impressions of

STANDOUT: Singaporean Alyssa Alanna Tan is the winner of Acuvue and MTV Asia’s Dare to Be campaign and will be hosting a segment at MTV World Stage Malaysia 2014.

TNP PHOTO: TAN KEE YUN

STARS: (Left) Malaysian singer-songwriter Yuna and US rapper B.o.B. (bottom) will be performing at the upcoming MTV World Stage Malaysia 2014, to be held at Sunway Lagoon, Kuala Lumpur.

PHOTOS: UNIVERSAL MUSIC SINGAPORE, MARINA BAY SANDS

she mused.The Dare To Be campaign required con-testants to upload a picture of them-selves online. Then, after a week of pub-lic voting, two Singapore finalists were shortlisted and judges chose the cham-pion based on the finalists’ self-pro-duced introductory videos.

The voting period was “the most fun” for Ms Tan as she had to actively seek votes from family and friends.

“As a result, my parents are now my biggest fans,” she exclaimed.

HOStINGMs Tan added that she felt

only “50-50” about her chance of winning.

“I did have some pri-or hosting experi-ence. During my poly days — she has a diplo-ma in me-dia studies and manage-ment from Nan-yang Polytechnic —I was part of the presenting team of our campus TV channel,” she said.

“Also, I’ve hosted shows at *Scape, and other events here.

“That said, the other contest-ants were pretty strong too, so when I won, it was a pleasant surprise. This is an incredible opportunity.”

As for favourite presenters, Ms Tan cites Hoefer, Singapore-based George Young (“he has so much charisma”) and American Idol stalwart Ryan Seacrest (“he is great at engaging audiences”).

Her music tastes are wide-ranging.“Like most girls, I went through a K-

pop phase. For a while, I really liked K-pop rock band FTIsland,” she gushed.

“These days, I enjoy easy-listening fare by Norah Jones, indie music and al-ternative rock.”

Singaporean Alyssa Alanna Tan, Acuvue

and MTV Asia’s Dare to Be campaign winner also

scores a presenting stint at upcoming

MTV World Stage Malaysia 2014

GIVEAWAYWIN PASSES TO MTV WORlD STAGE MAlAYSIA 2014!

MTV Asia’s Acuvue Dare to Be winner Alyssa Alanna Tan is heading to the MTV World Stage Malaysia 2014, and so can you.

We have three pairs of MTV World Stage Malaysia 2014 passes to give away, courtesy of Acuvue.

Airfare and accommodation are not included and you need

to be at least 16 years of age.The concert will be held at

Sunway Lagoon, Kuala Lumpur, on Aug 16, 7.30pm.TO WIN, answer this question: What is the name of the campaign that Alyssa Alanna Tan won?

1. Acuvue Dare to Be2. Acuvue Dare to Try

3. Acuvue Dare to FlySMS your answer to

146077877 in the following format:

TNPMSTAGE<space> Answer <space> NRIC <space> Name

Each SMS costs $0.21 (with GST). Contest ends on Sunday, 11.59pm.

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THENEWPAPER Wednesday, August 6 2014

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