Sunshine Nation Finale highlights 精華重溫 Posted:September 1st, 2011 | by admin
Not enough? Catch highlights of 2011 Sunshine Nation Finale next Sunday (Sept 11) 9pm @ Fairchild Television.
李志森 陸曉安 大熱勝出Sunshine Nation Posted:August 27th, 2011 | by admin
Sunshine Nation 2011, a pageant / talent search for Asian teens was held on August 26, 2011 at Burnaby’s Michael J. Fox Theatre. The 8 finalists (4 boys and 4 girls) have beaten hundreds of hopefuls to make it to the final round and after a fierce competition of singing, dancing, acting and cat walking, the following titles were won by these beautiful and talented teens:
Boyz Champion:Sam Ly (age 24)
Girlz Champion: Fionn Wiens (age 17)
Best Talent Award:Jeffrey Pai (age 17)
Friendship Award:Kevin Fan (age 22)
Fido Pepper Wireless Like Me Award (a people’s choice award):
Andrea Ng (age 17)
Whoa! The Winners Take Home iPad2, Eee Pad, Blackberry Curve and CA$H?!!! Posted:August 26th, 2011 | by admin
Fame and fortune always go hand in hand. As you all know, the champions of Sunshine Nation will be featured on the cover of the October issue of Popular Lifestyle & Entertainment Magazine and have the opportunity to star in a teen drama produced by Comic Productions. OK, that’s the fame part, but what about the fortune? Show me the money!
Here is a combined list of the prizes for Sunshine Nation 2011:
Cash $1,600 ($600 each for the Boyz & Girlz Champions; $200 each for their nominators)
2x round trip tickets to Hong Kong or Taiwan
2x deluxe Rocky Mountain bus tours
2x Apple iPad2
1x Asus Eee Pad aka the “Transformer”
4x Blackberry Curve or comparable cool phones
$400 Copa Cafe gift certificates
$200 Boys’ Co gift certificate
$200 Rebecca’s Fashion gift certificate
$100 ABC Restaurant gift certificate
$100 Giordano gift certificates
plus other valuable gifts
It’s amazing how much Fairchild Radio has put in organizing this event, in terms of time, effort and money. But from the contestants’ point of view, it is not the prizes or even the titles that matter the most. By joining Sunshine Nation, the finalists will be given lessons on dancing, catwalking, performing and even public speaking while developing friendship with fellow contestants and other professional people in the field. It is truly an experience of a life time.
Vancouver Sun’s Coverage on Sunshine Nation 溫哥華太陽報直擊SSN Posted:August 26th, 2011 | by admin
Did you grab a copy of the Vancouver Sun yesterday? They had done a coverage on this year’s Sunshine Nation, introducing this talk-of-the-town annual event to their readers. The story includes a brief interview of our Sunshine boyz and girlz, and covers successful examples of our past champions. On their online edition, they also include two video clips of our finalists introducing themselves and having catwalk class with Adam Yao, our modelling instructor.
主流英文報章《溫哥華太陽報》(The Vancouver Sun)昨天以大篇幅直擊報道了今年的Sunshine Nation選秀活動。文中訪問了我們的Sunshine Boyz和Girlz，也介紹了辰亦儒和竇驍這兩位Sunshine大師兄現在在亞洲發展演藝事業的情況。在他們的網上版，還有兩條視頻，片中可以看到８位選手作簡短自我介紹和上Catwalk課的情況。
Panel of Judges – Who pick the champions? Posted:August 25th, 2011 | by admin
To pick a Boyz Champion and a Girlz Champion from the 8 finalists of this year’s Sunshine Nation is no easy task and Fairchild Radio is honored to put together a panel of experts to be the judges:
Mr. George Lee, President of Fairchild Radio Group
Ms. Fiona Shih, a representative of Comic Productions / Meteor Garden Production
Ms. Karen Tam, winner of Ms. Hong Kong and former actress
Mr. Eric Woo, the Executive Director of a hotel management institute
They will judge the finalists on the criteria of self confidence, appearance, talent and how well they handle the Q&A.
女神助陣Sunshine Nation 郭書瑤粉絲瘋狂搶票 Posted:August 25th, 2011 | by admin
台灣可愛美少女郭書瑤飛抵溫哥華為明晚（8月26日）假本那比Michael J. Fox Theatre 舉行的2011 Sunshine Nation決賽擔任特別表演嘉賓。今天，郭書瑤率先於加拿大中文電台玻璃直播室與粉絲會面，接受AM1470 《度身訂造》節目主持盧玉鳳及FM96.1《穎音楓報》捷穎的電台專訪，吸引過百位粉絲圍觀。郭書瑤繼後趕往新聞發佈會會見傳媒，行程相當緊密。郭書瑤首次到溫哥華演出，大批歌迷為一睹偶像的風采團購Sunshine Nation決賽入場券，門票早已被搶購一空。
How cute is Yao Yao? How gorgeous is the “Sex Symbol for the Lonely Guys”? Come and see her in person on Thursday (Aug 25) 2pm at Fairchild Radio when she will appear at the see-through studio.
Yao Yao, Behind the Glitter & Glamour
You know what they say, sometimes you can’t judge a book by its cover.
Looking at the beauty and glamour of Yao Yao, and seeing how the media tag her as the “Sex Symbol for the Lonely Guys” （宅男女神）, I imagine Yao Yao as a pretty but silly bimbo whose biggest worries are getting the latest Prada bag and dealing with more male admirers than she can handle, you know, the “ohh, so many men, so little time” syndrome. Life must be easy for a young and beautiful starlet at her prime.
Not the case here. Apparently Yao Yao is a hardworking and down to earth artist who has come a long way from a less than perfect background.
Yao Yao’s father died of a heart attack when she was only 17 years old. To help her mom raising her younger brother and sister who were still in grade school, Yao Yao worked part time at a café and as an office assistant. Then with a lucky break, she got jobs as a model and later appeared in a TV commercial for an online game（殺很大）. The TV commercial wowed everybody and Yao Yao, wearing a skimpy top to showcase her amazing body in the TV commercial, became a household name overnight. She was 18.
Teenage stars who achieve fame and fortune at a young age could easily lose touch with reality. Not Yao Yao. Obviously her days of poverty and her experience of losing a parent have made her mature beyond her age. In the past 3 years, she has been working non-stop and has built a career that put many adults to shame: she is a chart-topping singer, a talented actress, a suave TV program host and a convincing spokesperson representing many big brands. Often she would fly to China for a job, fly back to Taiwan the same day so she would not miss the TV shooting the next morning. That’s how hardworking she is.
Yao Yao is extremely close to her family and her birthday wish this year was to save enough money for a house, so her family can live in a better environment. And she has made these promises to her mom – no gambling, no alcohol and never wear bikini in public. (Oops, did the last promise just break your heart? Sorry!)
Yao Yao will fly in to be the special performer of Sunshine Nation 2011. Or, you can catch a glimpse of her through the glass on August 25 (Thur) at 2pm, when she would appear at the studio of Fairchild Radio.
The Moment of Truth – Time to Face the Judges! 緊張！參賽選手初與大會評判會面 Posted:August 24th, 2011 | by admin
Just two more days to go! The 8 Sunshine finalists are working day and night to prepare for the Sunshine Nation Finale this Friday, August 26 at the Michael J. Fox Theatre. To provide a chance for the judges to get to know the finalists, Fairchild Radio has scheduled a closed door meeting between the judges and each of the 8 finalists. It was very casual and the finalists were able to tell the judges who they are, why they entered the Sunshine Nation, how they are preparing for the final contest, their plans, their dreams and everything about them in a very relaxed environment. The judges were obviously impressed with the confidence and grace of the finalists so it will be a tough call selecting the winners this Friday night.
距離Sunshine Nation決賽只有兩天（好緊張呀），八位參賽者先過第一關：面見評審Meet the Judges。四位評審（加拿大中文電台總裁李方、台灣可米代表施文嘉、前香港小姐譚錦芳及社交禮儀顧問胡匡維）與參賽者逐一會面，在輕鬆的氣氛下了解各參賽者的背景和性格，為8月26日的決賽評分作準備。今年參賽者水準平均，評判夠頭痛吧！
Finale’s program guide is a digital photo frame, whaaa? 決賽夜場刊…是一個電子相架?! Posted:August 24th, 2011 | by admin
Sticking with the theme – ”Social Networking” – of Sunshine Nation this year, we decide to do something new and DIGITALIZE everything in the finale’s program guide and put them into a digital frame. That’s right, if you are coming to watch the finale this Friday, you will receive a free digital photo frame, LOL.
… the pong pong sticks we are giving out to the audience that night are silverish and look very cool too. And the crew pass – it’s a Facebook on a pass! See the photos in Gallery.
Deadline is approaching! Yao Yao urges you to go vote! 投票即將結束 瑤瑤要你愛的一票! Posted:August 24th, 2011 | by admin
Tough race for “Fido Pepper Wireless – ‘Like Me’ Award”! Yao Yao urges everyone to go vote now! Deadline is 11:59PM tonight. Remember, by voting you’ll have a chance to win a Blackberry Curve or a comparable cool phone too!
Super Stars in the Making – the Little Sunshine Posted:August 23rd, 2011 | by admin
People watch out! A force that is strong enough to rival the Sunshine Nation has made its appearance! They are young, they are little and their turbo-charged weapons are adorable smiles and infectious giggles. Ladies and gentlemen, the Little Sunshine!
The Little Sunshine is a mini version of the Sunshine Nation – 4 boys and 4 girls with incredible talent and charisma competing for the title of the Champion and other awards. The only difference is that the Little Sunshine contestants are, well, little. This year the 8 finalists of the Little Sunshine are: Stephanie Chau (age 8), Jennifer Chien (age 9), Isabel Yi (age 8), Monica Song (age 9), Russell Yuen (age 10), Karsten Lee (age 7), Enver Chan (age 6) and Otto Hau (age 4). The finale took place at Crystal Mall on July 9, just in time to prep the Little Sunshine to be the little guest performers at SSN Finale 2011.
As a sneak preview of their performance, three of the Little Sunshine including Monica Song (Champion of Little Sunshine 2011), Russell Yuen (Winner of Best Talent Award) and Enver Chan (Winner of Best Poses Award) dropped by the Sunshine Nation Press Conference on August 5 and simply “killed” the audience with their appearance. If this is any indication of their show-stealing power, Sunshine Nation finalists, you better watch out!
[2] Kevin is the winner of “Facebook – Love to Share Award” [2] 方泓元奪「Facebook人氣王 之 愛。分享大獎」 Posted:August 22nd, 2011 | by admin
[2] Kevin Fang is the winner of Sunshine Nation 2011′s second award – “Facebook – Love to Share Award”. Over the past two weeks Kevin had made the most interesting posts on our Facebook page and had shared lots of cute photos about his life in SSN. After counting the number of posts plus the comments and “like”s, we’ve decided to give this award to Kevin. Kevin loves to share, and his fans love him too! Congratulations once again to Kevin. Our contestants will keep on posting onto our Facebook page so stay with us for more interesting updates!
恭喜 [2] 方泓元成功奪得本年度Sunshine Nation的第二個獎項 – 「Facebook人氣王之 愛。分享」大獎! 在過去的兩個星期裡Kevin最勤於在我們的Facebook專頁上發帖，以照片和文字與網友分享他在Sunshine Nation的生活。大會經點算發帖、留言和「Like」的數量後，決定把此獎項頒予最愛分享的 [2] Kevin 方泓元。我們的8位Sunshine Boyz and Girlz還會繼續在Facebook專頁上分享他們的近況和心情，他們還是很需要你們的留言打氣和鼓勵的哦！
24Hrs’ Coverage on Sunshine Nation Posted:August 22nd, 2011 | by admin
Check out more media coverage on Sunshine Nation in Gallery.
Finalists’ TVC is HOT On Air! 8強廣告 電視台熱播 Posted:August 18th, 2011 | by admin
Have you had a chance to check out Sunshine Nation contestants’ TV commercial? It’s hot on air right now! If you don’t have the Chinese channels’ subscriptions, we are posting the TV commercial up here for you to enjoy. Check out more videos in “Videos“.
[8] Andrea 伍佩儀奪《Facebook人氣王一見鍾情大獎》 [8] Andrea takes home “Facebook First Impression Award” Posted:August 13th, 2011 | by admin
Congratulations to [8] Andrea! Andrea’s self-introduction video on our Facebook page got most “Like”s and this rewards her “Facebook First Impression Award”. The award was presented earlier in front of a crowd of her fans during Sunshine Nation Talent Show at Crystal Mall.
Voting for “Facebook Love to Share Award” has begun. To become the winner of this award, our Sunshine Boyz and Girlz need to earn most “Likes” and supportive comments from you! We will do a careful audit of the number of posts, “Likes”, and comments to decide who will take this award home. So it’s up to YOU! Go to our Facebook page now and follow the updates of our Sunshine Boyz and Girlz.
經過一個星期的投票，Sunshine Nation 2011的第一個獎項已於較早前「Sunshine Nation才藝表演」中頒發。恭喜 [8] Andrea 伍佩儀先聲奪人，獲得眾多網民歡心，贏得《Facebook人氣王之一見鍾情大獎》。這個獎項是由Sunshine Nation官方Facebook專頁的粉絲，透過在各選手的自我介紹短片按下「Like」進行投票來決定結果。贏得獎項的Andrea獲得最高票數，是名符其實的Facebook人氣王。
Sunshine Nation Talent Show 才藝表演 See you at Crystal Mall Tomorrow! Posted:August 12th, 2011 | by admin
We all know it’s not easy to become one of the finalists in Sunshine Nation. Not only do you have to look great, you also need to have a SPECIAL TALENT that people would appreciate. So let’s see if you appreciate the Sunshine Boyz’ and Girlz’ talents! Join us tomorrow (Saturday, Aug 13) at Burnaby Crystal Mall for Sunshine Nation Talent Show to see the finalists in person and watch a great show that they have been working hard to put together for ya. We will also present “Facebook First Impression Award” to the winner, so don’t miss it! Show will start at 2:30PM.
Wanna WIN TWO TICKETS to Sunshine Nation’s Finale? 想到Sunshine Nation決賽現場親身觀看郭書瑤表演嗎？ Posted:August 11th, 2011 | by admin
Our performer star YaoYao is acting out the popular emotion icons used on the net. Which one of her cutie poses videos you “LIKE” the best? From now till Aug 24th, “Like” your favorite one on our Facebook page (click “Video” on the left) ! By participating you’ll have a chance to win a pair of TWO tickets to Sunshine Nation 2011’s Finale! What’s better than seeing her peform LIVE?
Question From Audience: Are Yao Yao’s Measurements Really ….. Posted:August 10th, 2011 | by admin
We have received TONS of emails from you guys about Yao Yao, the Special Performer of Sunshine Nation 2011 and the most frequently asked question has something to do with the number “33” and the alphabet “F”.
Well, well, well, all we can say is Yao Yao’s height is 153cm and her weight is 43kg.
OK, I will spill the beans here: her waist is 23” and her blood type is AB. She was born on July 18, 1990, a Cancer born in the year of Horse who has just celebrated her 21st birthday a few weeks ago.
Starting this Friday, Aug 12th, check out her super cute looks on Sunshine Nation’s facebook under the “Yao Yao’s Emotion Icon You LIKE Most” voting game and you can understand why she is THE sexy goddess for hundreds of thousands of teenage boys in Taiwan. But on top of being fabulous, she is smart and talented. She hosts several TV programs, acts in dramas and movies and has won numerous music awards in Asia. Amazing!
Wanna see YaoYao? BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW!
Don’t take our words for it. Purchase your SSN Finale tickets at Fairchild Radio today. Fairchild Radio is located on the 2nd floor of Aberdeen Centre in Richmond and the office is open Monday to Friday from 9:30am to 5:30pm. Ticket price is $30 a pop including tax but cash only, so make sure you bring enough cash.
Go today before all the good seats are taken. When THE goddess Yao Yao is the headline performer, tickets are literally flying out the door!
[爆笑視頻] 小小Sunshine自誇有二十名女友 「是她們喜歡我，不是我喜歡她們!」 Posted:August 10th, 2011 | by admin
“Little Sunshine” Enver Chan appeared on the stage during Sunshine Nation 2011′s press conference and told everyone: “I have 20 girlfriends!…”. When he was asked which one he likes the most, he cracked us up by saying: “they like me, I don’t like them”. Play the video to see what happened (conversations were in Cantonese). More videos of the press conference on plem.com.
Tough races for Facebook “First Impression Award”! Facebook人氣王之一見鍾情大獎選情熱烈! Posted:August 9th, 2011 | by admin
Tough races between the Boyz and Girlz going on on our Facebook Page for “Facebook First Impression Award” – [1] Sam Ly currently ranks #1 with 297 Likes! [8] Andrea Ng falls to #2 with 291 Likes while [3] Jeffrey ranks #3 with 222 Likes. Actually [2] Kevin is only a few votes behind. Remember, deadline is this Friday at 11:59PM so who knows, your vote can make a difference! Fans, get your friends to like our Facebook page and like the self-intro video! (Self-Intro videos can be found here.)
“Facebook人氣王之一見鍾情大獎” 在我們的Facebook頁上選情非常緊張! [1] Sam 李志森暫時以297個Likes領先, 但排第二的 [8] Andrea伍佩儀也只以6票之差暫時墮後。排第三的 [3] Jeffrey白景舜有222個Likes，但其實在後面的 [2] Kevin 方泓元也只以很少的票數落後。今個星期五晚上11:59截票, 誰知道最後結果會如何呢? 快召集你的朋友以”Like”去影響結果吧! 自我介紹短片在這裡找到。
The 8 Finalists Unveiled! Sunshine Nation 8強初遇!! Posted:August 5th, 2011 | by admin
The wait is over. The eight gorgeous and cool finalists of Sunshine Nation 2011 have made their debut to the press today at downtown Vancouver’s Stonegrill.
Aged between 17 and 24, the 4 Boyz and the 4 Girlz are cool and stylish beyond their age. Each finalist made a short but impressive self-introduction on stage and demonstrated their graceful catwalk and chic poses.
During the press conference, Fairchild Radio also unveiled the special performer of the Sunshine Nation Finale. Yao Yao, the 21 years old teen idol from Taiwan will fly in to sing and dance on the stage of Michael J. Fox Theatre on August 26. Yao Yao’s famous songs “The Hug of Love” and “Honey” have received critical acclaims in Asia and will enjoy heavy air play on AM1470 and FM96.1 in the coming months.
Tickets to the finale of Sunshine Nation 2011 are on sale at Fairchild Radio (unit 2090 of Aberdeen Centre, 4151 Hazelbridge Way, Richmond). Ticket price is $30 including HST.
Come back to this site often to check out the latest news of the event and more information about the finalists. We also have a dedicated facebook updated by our crew and the Sunshine Boyz and Girlz themselves. Get to know them better, be our fans on the Sunshine Nation facebook today!
2011 Sunshine Nation決賽於8月26日假Michael J. Fox Theatre隆重舉行。今年大會邀請到台灣可愛美少女郭書瑤擔任2011 Sunshine Nation特別表演嘉賓。決賽夜當晚，郭書瑤將使出她迷人的眼神、甜美的歌曲及可愛的舞蹈迷倒現場每一位粉絲。由8月10日至24日期間登入Sunshine Nation facebook網頁，參加「你最Like郭書瑤的表情符號」票選遊戲，有機會贏取一套兩張Sunshine Nation決賽入場券。Sunshine Nation決賽門票現已於加拿大中文電台時代坊辦事處公開發售。
What were they doing?… 他們在做甚麼? Posted:July 26th, 2011 | by admin
Take a guess, what exactly were the Sunshine Boyz and Girlz doing? (hint: something you’ll get to watch on TV all the time starting early August) See more in “Sunshine in Progress” gallery!
猜猜看，我們的８位Sunshine Boyz and Girlz在做些甚麼？（提示：一些從８月頭開始你經常會在電視上看到的東西）。去我們的「Sunshine in Progress」圖輯看更多！
Official photo / video shootings Day 1 首天拍攝工作 Posted:July 23rd, 2011 | by admin
First day of photo / video shootings! Facing the camera is a BIG TASK for the boyz and girlz, but they are trying their best. Keep it up! See more on our Facebook Page.
8 Finalists selected!….. 8位入圍者誕生!…. Posted:July 19th, 2011 | by admin
Update! 8 Sunshine Nation finalists have been selected. This is a snap shot of a briefing session earlier today. Yeah, yeah, we are not showing their faces clearly, and it’s done on purpose. So stay tuned for more updates (hints)!
The audition of Sunshine Nation 2011 took place on July 16 at Aberdeen Centre.Hundreds of cool and fashionable teens aged between 16 and 25 did their best to impressa panel of judges. The contestants performed cat-walking, self-introduction, talent and Q&Aand they were judged according to their appearance, self-confidence, talent and how well theyhandled the Q&A.
Like the years past, 4 boys and 4 girls with the highest scores made it to the finaland will compete for the title of the Boyz Champion and the Girlz Champion on August 26 atMichael J. Fox Theatre.
Recruitment has ended 招募行動結束 Posted:July 15th, 2011 | by admin
Sunshine Nation 2011′s recruitment has ended. 8 finalists will be revealed soon, stay tuned and this site will bring you all the latest gossips and updates!
Sunshine Nation 2011招募行動經已結束。8位Sunshine Boyz和Girlz即將閃亮登場。請留意本網公佈的最新消息！
Calvin Chen’s Photo Book 辰亦儒親筆撰文溫哥華寫真《逆向旅程》 Posted:July 14th, 2011 | by admin
In the recently published photo book “The Incredible Journey of Calvin Chen” (逆向旅程 – 辰亦儒溫哥華留學記), Calvin revisits a special part of his journey in Vancouver – Sunshine Boyz competition 2004. “A change in his life” is what he describes “Sunshine Boyz” means to him. See more in Gallery.
Shawn Dou of “Under the Hawthorn Tree”, champion of SSN 2007 Sunshine Nation 2007冠軍竇驍成中國最火新晉男演員 Posted:July 13th, 2011 | by admin
Sunshine Nation winners have graced the cover of national magazines, television and various media as trend setters and icons of self-confidence. Major role models of past winners include Shawn Dou, who became the lead male actor of the movie “Under the Hawthorn Tree” directed by famous Zhang Yimou. Go to Gallery to see more news clips of Shawn.
Alex Li Sunshine大師兄李北岳 Posted:July 12th, 2011 | by admin
Alex Li (李北岳), champion of Fairchild Radio’s Sunshine Boyz competition in 2005 is developing a brilliant career in China’s showbiz. Go to our gallery to see more!
Exclusively on our Facebook page, we uploaded a video showing how the recruitment TV commercial was shot. Well, it was not exactly the take director had picked (and you’ll see why LOL…) but it’s quite funny to see how Adeline and Johnny doing all the gestures and movements with the “icons” that were visible only in their heads…
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