New Star Elimination Update

EDIT: You can read recaps of the latest New Star episode 13/14 Sep HERE and HERE.

NEWS: It seems that my last post on New Star was EXTREMELY popular, thanks in part to International Wota who were kind enough to feature it. Thanks so much! So I thought I'd keep everyone up to date on what's happening with the show.

In regards to CK's query on why one of the finalists is named lightbulb. I'm not really certain. I think it might have to do with the shape of her head. Either way she is by far the most popular girl on the show. When the judges interview her after she performs, she is SO spacey and out of it and the judges always end up in histerics. If anyone is certain of the reason for this nickname please leave a comment letting us know ^_^

Edit: Pengie posted a comment explaining "that she was given the nickname because she's on and off like a light bulb--she clicks on when performing, but off when she's not" - much more sensible than my 'shape of her head' idea lol. Raid further suggests that it's more to do with her focus in general flickering "on and off, much like a lightbulb that isn't connected properly". Either way, she flicks on and off like a lightbulb somehow. Thanks to Pengie and Raid.

New Star's latest set of episodes before next week's finale saw the final 15 girls perform one last time in a bid to impress the judges. They performed solos and the performances were spread over 2 episodes. At the end of the performances, the judges eliminated 3 contestants.

Edit: Ok, I believe I've cleared everything up now. Nobody was eliminated last week. The bottom 3 were warned for having the lowest 3 scores and told to pick their games up. The three I posted below seem to be the eliminated contestants for this week (today's episode perhaps). Because the show is filmed two weeks or so in advance, the website posts articles on what happens before it actually does. Strange, but true. So here are the three who are eliminated next, the original three I had posted:

Eliminated Contestants
(click on the link to see a picture of the girl to prevent spoilers)

ELIMINATED#1 ELIMINATED#2 ELIMINATED#3

Next weekend sees the final set of episodes for New Star. Since the show began back in June it has apparently garnered quite a response from the Taiwanese public. It will be interesting to see the reaction to whatever Tsunku does with the winner/s of this audition.

I personally feel that Tsunku would do well to pick a number of girls (maybe adding 1 to Morning Musume if they are particularly good) and creating a Taiwan based H!P unit which would release not only in Japan but also in Taiwan. It would certainly help expand H!P's popularity throughout Asia and the group could do quite well with the publicity from the show. The two littlies should be added to the eggs to train them. They're a bit too young atm.

I guess we'll see what happens. I reported last time that Tsunku would decide on the episode airing the 14th of September. I'm not entirely certain of that now. It IS the last set of shows that weekend, but I think they might just decide on the final group of girls going to Japan to audition for Tsunku. I'll keep everyone posted.