MuchMusic Presents: The Big Jingle

On Sunday, Dec. 2 the ACC was filled with fans eager to see some of their fave artists all under one roof. The Big Jingle, presented by MuchMusic, featured a line-up of some pretty big names in pop music right now - Austin Mahone, Cody Simpson, The Wanted and Carly Rae Jepsen, just to name a few. Unfortunately I wasn't able to stick around for the entire show, but here are some of the photos from the sets that I was able to catch:

I just like this photo haha...*note, One Direction was not performing - this was taken before the show started (music videos played on screen while the audience waited)*

MuchMusic hosts T-RexXx, Lauren Toyota and Scott Willats

Coca Cola Covers contest winner Tyler Shaw 

Austin Mahone - he also did an acoustic set

Half of the former LMFAO duo: Sky Blu - he even brought along The Cataracs!! (I love The Cataracs, so I'm pretty sure I got the most excited just for their appearance)

Australian cutie Cody Simpson

Shawn Desman

A few Degrassi stars even showed up - Munro Chambers, Luke Bilyk and Annie Clark!

All photos taken by me | Please contact for use

- Christina
Follow my adventures on Twitter: @christinaaa28

Reunion with Will.i.am!

Photo from newmusiclive.ca

Hey everyone!

On Tuesday July 24th, I made an appearance on MuchMusic's New.Music.Live to be a part of an interview with Will.i.am! He was there promoting his new album #willpower. I was super excited that I would get to meet him for the second time -- the first time was two years ago back in Vancouver for his clothing line launch at L2 (check out my blog post HERE).

So for NML, they were looking for someone to share a story from a past experience with Will.i.am, as well as ask him a question....Click the link to watch the video!

Will.i.am Interview Clip 1

Here's one of my favourite songs from his new album: T.H.E (The Hardest Ever)

Photos from my spot on the NML couch!

After seeing so many people in the music industry branch out into fashion, it really showed me how you don't have to stick to one path and can really do anything if you have the passion and drive. So I told the story of my clothing line side project, all.dun.up (also Facebook page: facebook.com/alldunup), and Will.i.am gave great advice for someone hoping to have longevity in an industry, emphasizing a program called Kickstarter. It's a great way to gain support from the public and get your stuff out there, whether that may be in movies, music, or fashion; it's really for anyone to put their ideas and projects into motion!

I'm so happy that all.dun.up was able to get some exposure on national television! I honestly have been so busy with other things this summer that I haven't had a lot of time to work on all.dun.up, but after this experience, I really want to get back into it! Keep an eye out for more later on this summer hopefully! :)

Anyway, thanks for your support as always!

- Christina

Follow my adventures on Twitter: @christinaaa28

The 2012 MuchMusic Video Awards Part 1

As an original Vancouverite, I have grown up watching MuchMusic and the MMVA show every year from my couch and wishing I could someday be there in Toronto to see the excitement live. So this year, being my first time living in Toronto for the summer, I was determined to be a part of it -- even though I wasn't accredited media, or covering it for a specific publication, I wanted to experience it first-hand, as a spectator.

So the MMVA weekend began. I already posted about The Field's MMVA pre-party, which was a great event, but let's get started with the actual awards show. This post is part 1, featuring some of my encounters before the show started; from Nelly Furtado's soundcheck to some of the red carpet arrivals.

Nelly Furtado soundcheck

A glimpse at some of the red carpet arrivals

Mini Katy Perrys! THE CUTEST

Marianas Trench always keeps it interesting

One of the performers: Ed Sheeran

Victoria Duffield

Australian cutie Cody Simpson

Part 2 of my MMVA coverage is still to come - featuring photos from the show!

- Christina
Follow my adventures on Twitter: @christinaaa28

MuchMusic Video Awards 2012

I'm so excited to be in Toronto during the MMVAs this year for the first time! I've always watched it on TV back on the west coast and I've always wanted to be where all the action is - I'll admit, it's been on my life to-do list. Although this year I'm not actually covering it for any media outlets, I'm going to check it out as a spectator...but I definitely didn't want to wait overnight outside the MuchMusic building to wait for wristbands, so I'll just try to get a good spot on June 17 around that area.

So far the set-up is coming along and people can see it right off of Queen Street; it's actually pretty exciting! And last week, MuchMusic announced this year's performers and presenters - from TV personalities to music superstars, this year's MMVA stage will definitely be full of awesomeness.

Co-hosts: LMFAO

Performers:

Katy Perry

Kelly Clarkson

Flo Rida

Justin Bieber

Nelly Furtado

Ed Sheeran

Hedley

Carly Rae Jepsen

Marianas Trench

Presenters:

Lucy Hale

Darren Criss

Cody Simpson

Chord Overstreet

Victoria Duffield

Far East Movement

Down With Webster

Jesse Metcalfe

Perez Hilton

Kreesha Turner

Conor Maynard

Munro Chambers

Lights

Shawn Desman

Dragonette

Danny Fernandez

Anjulie

Shenae Grimes

Rico Rodriguez

Kelly Osbourne

These Kids Wear Crowns

Who are you most excited to see?!

I'm pumped to see these familiar faces again :) 

Marianas Trench

Ed Sheeran

Kreesha Turner

Far East Movement

Be sure to visit http://mmva.muchmusic.com/ and vote for your favourites!

- Christina

Follow my adventures on Twitter: @christinaaa28

Guest Blog on MuchMusic!

Hey everyone! I hope you all had a chance to check out the JUNO Awards this past Sunday! I was able to get wristbands to the eTalk Juno Red Carpet and I was asked to be New.Music.Live's correspondent for the night! My guest blog post is up now on MuchMusic, so here's the link! Check it out!

http://www.newmusiclive.ca/fan-demonium-at-the-2011-juno-red-carpet/

I'll be posting more photos from the event as well! Stay tuned.

- Christinaaa

Dev from The Cataracs!

Hey everyone,

Wednesday, March 2 really was one of the best days of my life. First, I got to see Adele perform up close and one other spectacular thing happened...

Well, if you didn't already know, my other favourite song (besides Rolling in the Deep) is Bass Down Low by Dev and the Cataracs, so I was ecstatic when I found out I would get to see Dev in person at MuchMusic on New.Music.Live

Not only did I get to see her do an interview with Phoebe Dykstra, a host of NML, but I also got to be one of her backup dancers during her performance on the NML stage!! A group of us got to go up on stage with her and dance along as Dev sang Bass Down Low, Booty Bounce, and Like a G6.

It was such an awesome experience and Dev is so cool!

Here are some of the pictures I took!

With Phoebe Dykstra!

With Dev!

Dev's autograph!

Thanks for checking it out!

- Christinaaa

Pretty Little Liars on New.Music.Live

Hey everyone!

As you may have seen or heard, the cast of Pretty Little Liars came to Toronto and made an appearance at MuchMusic on New.Music.Live on Thursday, January 27th. I'm so glad that I was able to get wristbands to be in the studio, because I definitely didn't want to be one of those people standing outside in the cold and snow...

Phoebe, one of the hosts of NML!

Anyways, my friends and I were able to be there during the live show and it was great to see the girls in person. Shay Mitchell, Lucy Hale, Troian Bellisario, and Ashley Benson were really nice and took the time to take photos with the fans and sign autographs during commercial breaks. And I must say, those girls are just as gorgeous in person as they are on TV!

After the show, everyone in the studio was given a book called The Lying Game, by Sara Shepard (the author of the original Pretty Little Liars book series).

Overall, it was so much fun and I'm glad to have been there! OH, and by the way, for you Bieber fans out there...I'm sure you all screamed of joy when it was announced that Justin Bieber himself will be at MuchMusic on TUESDAY FEB.1 to promote his upcoming movie Never Say Never!

Anyways, that's all for now!
- Christinaaa