Les Anges De La Téléréalité 6 - episode 16

A few stills from episode 16 of French reality TV show Les Anges De La Téléréalité season 6 filmed here in Sydney, Australia. In this episode Michael Boyd, choreographer Ame Delves and I are rehearsing our show on stage for the French talent.
Keep an eye out for us again in an upcoming episode!

Tonight....free show!

TONIGHT GPO Sydney is hosting a free showing of the Crystal Boudoir show, including my contortion performance, in conjunction with French reality TV show Les Anges De La Téléréalité 6 'The Angels of Reality TV' at 7pm in the Crystal Bar, 1 Martin Place, Sydney.
Filming only goes for half an hour so we ask that audience members please be on time!

Secret project coming soon!

Sneak peek on set filming a secret project at Sun Studios today on the green screen! Excited for this one to come out, so keep an eye out on your TV screens mid January!! ;)

The X Factor Australia

Last night I was very lucky to be asked to perform on The X Factor Australia alongside the lovely Jiordan Tolli in a circus themed rendition of No Doubt's hit song Don't Speak. 

I arrived around midday and headed straight in to hair and makeup with my wonderful friends makeup wiz Martin Bray and the fabulous Lores Giglio on hair. Martin created a Dior inspired clown look for my makeup complete with tiny swarovski crystals and black glitter eyes. My hair was crimped and sprayed black and accessorised with a large disc shaped hair piece decorated with glitter and a large crystal in the centre. 

After hair and makeup I headed out to the set for a quick rehearsal and camera test before the big live show that evening. I performed contortion on a small yellow and white podium at the front of the stage whilst various characters roamed around the stage behind me. Some dressed as fabulous sequinned clowns, ring masters and hula hoopists. The show was once again choreographed by the wonderful Squared Division. 

With Martin Bray in hair and makeup

 With Jiordan Tolli and dancers ready to hit the stage

Check out the video of my contortion performance below...

Tune in tonight!

Tune in to The X Factor Australia, 6:30pm on channel 7 to see me performing tonight alongside Jiordan Tolli!

Jessica Mauboy - State of Origin

Last night I performed with the beautiful Jessica Mauboy at the NRL State of Origin where she debuted her new single To the End of the Earth! I arrived at Sony Music where we jumped on a bus to take us out to ANZ Stadium at Olympic Park where we did a tech rehearsal on stage with Jess, the band and dancers before the big show that evening! The show went really well and Jessica did an amazing job as always!

On the Sony Music bus headed out to ANZ Stadium

 On stage tech rehearsal before the show

Jessica Mauboy rehearsing on stage

Backstage with Jessica mauboy

 With choreographer extraordinaire Marko Panzic

Post show backstage with Jessica, the band and dancers

Tune in tonight!

On stage for tech rehearsal at ANZ Stadium before tonight's show with the fabulous Jessica Mauboy! Tune in to the State of Origin, 7:30pm tonight on channel 9 to see us perform her new single To the End of the Earth!

Robin Thicke - The Voice Australia

Monday night was The Voice Australia Grand Final and I was very privileged to be asked to perform the smash hit Blurred Lines with International artist Robin Thicke!
I arrived at the Fox Studios set for a tech rehearsal with Robin, the band and dancers before we headed into hair and makeup with the wonderful Emma Gerrie and Remington Schulz. Makeup was a flawless base, black winged eyeliner and bright red lip, whilst our hair was in theme with the music video so my hair was out and long messy bed hair look.
We wore black leather crop tops with an asymmetric black leather skirt, gold accessories and I wore the Miss Saffron patent black high heels from PeepToe Shoes.
After the show we headed out to dinner at Toko restaurant in Surry Hills for a big celebratory dinner after a successful performance with Robin and the Universal Music crew. Robin is such an amazing artist and an open and down to earth man. He was more than happy to pose for photos with anyone who asked him, and was surprisingly very tall!
After dinner we all hit up The Voice after party at Bar 100 and danced the night away. Seal even jumped up on the couches to dance with Robin and us dancers which was kinda fun!
To see the performance of Blurred Lines, check out the video below!

 On stage with Robin Thicke and host Darren McMullen

 Backstage with Faustina Agolley, Robin Thicke and contestants

Backstage with Robin Thicke

Backstage with choreographer Marko Panzic

At The Voice after party with Robin and my fellow dancers

Thank you Bijoux Box

A special thank you to Bijoux Box for giving me some beautiful jewels for today's filming for ABC News!

Filming for ABC News

The X Factor Grand Final

Tonight was The X Factor Grand Final and I was very privileged to be asked to open the entire show with a special performance involving a huge python, some amazing dancers and the top 11 contestants!
Read on and I will take you through the lead up to the big show including backstage, on stage, rehearsals and getting up close and personal with Bailey the python!

Day 1:
I arrived at stage 5 at Fox Studios for day 1 of rehearsals for the big Grand Final opening performance. The dancers and I spent a few hours learning choreography and rehearsing with the shows creative directors, The Squared Division.

Day 2: 

Back to Fox Studios for a very early morning of rehearsals and a directors run through with all top 11 contestants including Samantha Jade, The Collective, Jason Owen, Bella Ferraro, Nathaniel Willemse, Fourtunate, What About Tonight, Shiane Hawke, Angel Tupai, Carmelo Minzone and Justin Standley. 

Props backstage. The giant skull for my opening sequence

Day 3: 

I arrived bright and early to the set for a morning technical rehearsal, camera run through and to meet Bailey, the python I was going to be working with for my performance on the show!

I was so excited and slightly anxious to finally get to hold the huge python with only hours before he and I were going on stage live! Bailey is a 10 year old, 2.5m albino Burmese python and is the only one of his kind in Australia! Upon our first encounter I was a little uncomfortable with him constantly slithering around my face and his little tongue touching me, but the more I held him the more comfortable and confident I grew with him. 

Next it was in to hair and makeup for hours and hours with my favourite team Martin Bray and Lores Giglio. Martin was feeling inspired by the python in my performance so my head was airbrushed multiple colours to create an almost rainbow effect and netting placed over my face to create the lines for the snake scales to be drawn on. I was then decorated with various colours of glitter and diamantes to add extra sparkle. My nails were painted a midnight blue colour and dipped in holographic green glitter, and to finish the look off the top of my plait and the back of my head was painted with a mixture of hair gel and pink, green and blue glitter! 

In hair and makeup with Martin Bray

It was almost show time so the cast and crew grabbed a quick bite to eat for dinner in the catering tent, then we all went in to wardrobe to get our costumes on. I wore a specially made black lace catsuit over a black bra and high-waisted black underwear. 

Backstage ready to perform

Backstage with Samantha Jade

Bailey in his box resting before we go on stage

It's show time! I opened the Grand Final show after being revealed behind a giant skull adorned with roses which was raised up to the ceiling and performed with the white and yellow python. My contortion moves had to be altered due to the handlers requirements for the snake which included not moving too quickly or moving the snake around too much, so the original routine which included a lot more skills was adjusted before going on stage but even though we couldn't do the full routine Bailey the python was great and looked fantastic! I absolutely loved working with him!! 

The top 11 contestants, the dancers and I performed to the song On The Floor. It was a great opening number and even featured the ceiling pouring rain down over the dancers! 

After the show the judges came backstage and Natalie Bassingthwaighte even held Bailey too. 

With Guy Sebastian

 With Mel B

With Natalie Bassingthwaighte

 Backstage with Nathaniel Willemse

 Bella Ferraro giving kisses to Bailey the python

I had a great time on The X factor and after a long 13 hour day I could not wait to get home and get to bed! Let's not even talk about how long it took me to get that makeup off!