 Most Wanted Final Showcase 2000Sunday June 18th, Amsterdam. Most Wanted talent show hosted by MC Too Tall at the Paradiso in Amsterdam. Four acts made it to the finals. The finalists
were Vigilante, Double Deuce, Donovon and The Group. Although the level of professionalism wasn't very high that
night, the groups did the best they could to prove the opposite.
Vigilante took the award home.
Double Deuce had a tough start Group number one to hit the stage, was the two men crew Double Deuce. With two dancers and DJ Rockid (Dutch DMC champion) Double Deuce was ready to do their thing on stage. They rapped over West Coast flavored beats, supported by DJ Rockid cuttin' and scratchin' in the background. Although they weren't getting a lot of feedback from the crowd, Double Deuce didn't let that stop them. During their break DJ Rockid did a small set, which was a good thing for Double Deuce, because the audience finally started paying some attention. After a quick change of gear Double Deuce continued their show. They even joined their dancers to show the audience their (funny) dance moves, which the crowd wasn't feeling either based upon the reactions of some people standing in front of me. But Double Deuce kept it real and continued anyway. At the end of their show they gave away Double Deuce 'merchandise' (t-shirts and CD's). Because of the minimal response from the crowd, Double Deuce had a tough start. Original or something new The second group on stage was a female RnB group called Donovon. Their show started with an intro by a few male dancers. After that it was time for the three young ladies to represent, which they did - in a way, although the first song they performed (which sounded quit funky) didn't made it very clear what they were singing about but that might also had something to do with the sound. Things changed when they performed their second song which was a cover of female R'n'B group extra-ordinair EnVogue. I thought that covers weren't allowed at talent shows but I guess not… Donovon performed EnVogue's 1998 smash hit 'Don't let go' which is a risky song to sing if your asking me, but Donovan's version didn't sounded that bad. As far as originality's concerned I can't really call Donovon's performance original or something new.
Wanna flow After Donovan performed it was time for a break. On the ones and
two's downstairs were DJ Wix and DJ SP. The two DJ's did their best to please the audience but based
upon many people reaction when the party was over, they didn't
succeeded in doing that. It was very obvious to see that the majority
of the crowd wasn't familiar with their style. Only a small group
of people (myself included) understood their vibe. DJ 360 did his thing upstairs playing RnB, HipHop and Ragga.
Didn't add anything The last act of that night, an R'n'B group called Vigilante made their (wild) entrance. They started out with a song that
sounded a lot like TLC's Silly Ho. Nevertheless, Vigilante did their best to put down a professional
show and they came pretty close. Together with their own host
and two dancers Vigilante had the audience going. While performing
their last song Vigilante joined their dancers showcasing their
dancing skills, which were pretty hot. Unfortunately Vigilante
didn't add anything new to what we had already seen that night.
I guess that every group thought that they would stand out if
they had dancers. More about the quality After Vigilante's performance it was time for the jury to decide
which group would go to the Grote Prijs van Nederland Finale West. Vigilante won. Altough the jury had the feeling that their songs
weren't 'finished', the jury felt that Vigilante deserved to win
based on the quality of their show. And indeed, based on the quality
of their show, Vigilante deserved to win. But something I see
a lot and which was the case at last year's Grote Prijs van Nederland,
is that it seems as if the acts put far more work into their stage
show. And of course, I know your show has to look banging. But
in the process of doing that (preparing their stage show) a lot
of them tend to forget that it ain't all about the show itself
but a lot more about the quality of the music and the lyrics.
5 'o clock in the morning Bassline continued 'till 5 'o clock in the morning, unfortunately
the party ended a little earlier because of a fight that broke
out. Most Wanted/Bassline once again wasn't a fulfilling night.
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