Live report du countdown en anglais pour le moment :
11:43 PM --> commercial previewing the coming countdown live from Tokyo Dome with all of Arashi in highlighter!yellow and black costumes. XD
11:45 PM --> start! Arashi introduces countdown and then cut to commercial.
11:47 PM --> close up on Arashi's hands, started with Arashi's "Step and Go" in aforementioned highlighter!yellow and black costumes. Arashi introduces themselves as hosts of countdown. Introductions of other groups, starting with NEWS, who come out in suits with color coded pants. Kanjani8 in outrageous outfits, Ryo in NEWS outfits. KAT-TUN in Queen of Pirates outfits. For the first time, live performances from other stages - Takki with Kis-my-ft2 and others on another stage, clearly working on his butai to start tomorrow. Also live video from KinKi Kids in Osaka!! :OOO Awesome!! TOKIO is in a bus going from Kouhaku to Tokyo Dome, in the middle of Aoyama on their bus! LOL V6 is chomping down in a ramen-ya with Innochi behind the counter?! LOLOLOLOL
11: 51 PM --> KAT-TUN goes into "DON'T U EVER STOP" on two huge hanmichi!esque think with a HUGE SCREEN attached to it. From that, they continue on into "LIPS" throwing out signbboards to the audience.
11:53 PM --> transfers to NEWS, who come out of their diamond set singing "Taiyou no Namida". They go into "SUMMER TIME" walking down the stage extensions throwing out their sign boards. YamaPi leads with purple!pants!Koyama right behind him. Segues into "Happy Birthday". All of them are wearing horrid red shoes.
11:55 PM --> Kanjani8 picks up with "Wahaha" tossing out signboards. Hina is on one of the huge crane thingies! Yokoyama's perm is still in full effect. :\ Thank god the uchiwa were made before that happened.Segues into "Musekenin Hero". Okay, the costumes aren't so ridiculous, but Ryo clashes in his turquoise NEWS outfit with all their red ones.
11:57 PM --> Kanjani8 introduces Hey!Say!JUMP (all of them, I think) doing "Mayonaka no Shadow Boy" on the main stage in the outfits from Music Station Super Love.
11:58 PM --> Hina introduced Arashi doing "One Love" still in same highlighter!yellow costumes. They walk down the main length, there is Nino/Aiba/Sho fanservice to the camera.
20 seconds to Countdown --> shot from Takki's live stage and KinKi Kids in Osaka!
12:00 AM --> fireworks! HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Green balloons fall from the ceiling. KinKi Kids live from Osaka sing "Happy Happy Greeting", but then everyone in Tokyo is also singing along and Takki and company are dancing together on their stage! :O Close up of cute Yassu and Subaru. LOL Tsuyoshi shows a picture of Koichi when he just entered JE on stage, and then shoves a bouquet of rose from one of the members of MA at Koichi for his birthday!
12:02 AM --> KinKi Kids go into "Garasu no Shounen" which is essentially the performance I saw two days ago in Osaka myself with the fireworks, but everyone in Tokyo is also dancing along. They perfectly segue into "Aisarery Yori Aishitai" with again fireworks going in the background while they take to the moving stages.
12:04 AM --> adgohsfgisflh OMG Koichi introduces that they are going to sing their new song for the first time, so they start singing "Yakusoku"! It's not a total ballad, but a quieter mid-tempo ballad with a kind of accordian sound and them singing in a kind of "round" manner!! *GLEEEEEEEEE* It sounds rather old!school!European in sound, but so pretty and only something that these two could pull off. SUCH GLEE!! \\
// Both are on separate stages, now at the "back" of the dome.
12:07 AM --> back to Tokyo Dome, eaghjkfsgsjhsjfgh UCHI UCHI UCHI SHOWS UP SINGING "DAYBREAK"! aglhfsjgkhsgjkhfsgjkhgjfsgljhgjk OMGOMG!!! Singing "Aoi Inazuma" with Kansai Juniors backing him. Uchi introduces Arashi who are celebrating their tenth year this year, introducing a super hit medley for them.
12:08 AM --> Arashi starts medley with "A.Ra.Shi". Costumes have changed. Segue into "Kansha Kangeki Ame Arashi". Each one of them take to hanamichis and ride around the floor crowd. Go into "Sakura Sake". Costumes are color-coded with lots of tassels. Next is "Love So Sweet" where MatsuJun is seen bonding with Ryo. Two shot of Kamen and Nino and Ohno and Jin. Aiba and Pi together. Ohno running after Nino. Going into Happiness" with Yoko, Subaru, MatsuJun, and Yassu headbanging on the floor. MatsuJun running all over the stage with Aiba and Sakurai on his tail. Arashi unites at the back of the dome to go into "Truth" with the full dancing. Lastly, they go into "Beautiful Days" on an ascending moving stage. Aiba pats Ohno's ass? Sort of unclear. XD MatsuJun tells audience to look after them even now after ten years, then tosses to Tsubasa.
12:13 AM --> Tsubasa is on main stage singing "Mezamero Yasei" of all things with random juniors backing. Sho introduces the boys of this year (the ox) dancing to "Made in Japan" by V6. Junno backflips across the stage. V6 finally shows up and starts actually singing "Made in Japan" in black and white costumes. V6 then segues into "LIGHT IN YOUR HEART".
12:16 AM --> "Sora Fune" starts from center stage. But it's not Nagase but Subaru and Jin who start singing it for Nagase!! (Jin has pretty permed hair *hee*) And then Nagase takes over for the rest of it, before seguing into "Amagasa"!! :OO
12:18 AM --> Nagase passes it to Takki, who singing "Ai.Kakumei" from his live stage wherever the hell he is that isn't Tokyo Dome. XD Super!duper water show going on on this stage, which might explain why he's performing there as opposed to Tokyo Dome. Somehow this live performance is better than all the other performances we've heard of this song before. Thank god. XP TAKKI FLIES ABOVE THE WATER!!!! :OOOO
12:21 AM --> back to Tokyo Dome with Tsubasa, MatsuJun, Jin, YamaPi, and Inocchi singing "Daite Senorita"!!! Jin gets up and close with YamaPi which causes fangirls to squee. MatsuJun and Jin get into close!!!! Some weird song I don't know, but Nakamaru, Aiba, Junno, Miyake, Aiba, Yokoyama, and Inocchi are singing it. Oh! "Sushi Kui ne!" is the song. Okay, now "LOVE YOU ONLY" with Ohno, Nagano, Sho, Inoo, Massu, Nino, and someone I dunno. lol
12:23 AM --> Takki and Nishikiori from Shounentai do "Kamen nanotoka" that is a famous Shounentai song that I cannot remember for the life of me.
12:23 AM --> back to Tokyo Dome. "Real Face" with Shige, Subaru, Maruyama, Morita, and Nino? "weeeek" with Sakamoto on a crane, Yassu and Sho, Aiba and Koki. Koyama, MatsuJun, and the older HSJers singing "Sukiyanen Osaka." with the younger HSJers in the bleachers. "Seishun Amigo" with Kame, YamaPi, Nino, Nagase, Okada, and Ryo. "Ai Nanda" with Mabo, Ohkura, Ohno, Hina, Ueda, and Tegoshi.
12:26 AM --> "Midnight Shuffle" with everyone at Tokyo Dome. HINA HAS A SUPER!BEARD. They all are on the main circular stage. Jin and Ryo next to each other being dorks. It's like an idol!sushi!bar on rotating platforms! Taichi and Inocchi playing with their mics. Maruyama hams for camera. Jin is laughing adorable and carelessly.
12:28 AM --> reintroduction of TOKIO and V6 who showed up after midnight. V6 talks about just having barely made it on time. XD Sho introduces the "ushishi4": the boys of the ox year. YamaPi gives his thanks. Junno gives his thanks. Koki gives his thanks. Ohkura pimps his drama with Mabo and Higashiyama.
12:32 AM --> back from commercial with Nagase giving MatsuJun a neckhold hug and MatsuJun looking slightly confused. lol Nagase talks about hopes for TOKIO's new year. Tsubasa talks about his hopes for the new year.
12:33 AM --> Sho talks to NEWS about their new year wishes from Koyama and YamaPi. Koyama talks about having their concert tomorrow and meeting more fans. I'LL BE THERE KOYAMA!!!! *FLAIL*
12:34 AM --> back from commercial with Nino talking to V6 about their new year hopes. Innochi's hands on Nino's shoulders. Sakamoto gives his wishes for V6.
12:35 AM --> Ohno talks to KAT-TUN about their new year wishes. Nakamaru talks about doing lots of varied work.
12:37 AM --> Aiba talking to Kanjani8 about their new year. Hina says they'll continue to putz off. Yokoyama talks about wanting to be like Arashi. Takki's new year wishes from his other stage somewhere. Nishikiori from Shounentai says he'll follow Takki and Takki is surprised. XD
12:40 AM --> MatsuJun tosses it to KinKi Kids from commercial, but they are actually performing "Secret Code" over in Osaka already so they cut back to Tokyo Dome where the boys sing their dorky song, "Hatsu Uta". XDDD All the idols are on the two hanamichi!thingies with the big screens. Cut to Takki and Juniors being utterly dorky on their stage somewhere. All the ox boys are in hakama, forgot to mention that. So pretty, Pi in hakama. :O~
12:42 AM --> Sho cuts in starts talking to the rest of Arashi about what they hope for this year. Aiba says let's just keeping on giving out best and go forward. The credits start to roll and Arashi closes Countdown.
THE END.
*repart fouiner pour les vidéos XD