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56-399: Ozma first came to prominence in early 2006 and is notorious for his performance at the 57th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen , during which his female dancers stripped themselves of their outer clothing on stage to reveal unitards painted to resemble the nude female body while wearing a patch resembling a mushroom which covered the genitals. The station had to later clarify, in light of complaints, that

112-464: A box with a hole on top - large enough for an arm to reach in. Next, the ten judges are each handed a ball. They then leave their seats and walk up to the box. Each judge places his/her ball secretly into either the white or red bucket, indicating the team they prefer, and without anyone else seeing. Once the ten balls have been placed in the buckets, the buckets are taken out of the box and then handed to two women. The two women then walk up on stage with

168-449: A duet with Gabriel Byrne , performed in the movie Mad Dog Time ); in 1998 in Spanish as "A Mi Manera" (duet with Julio Iglesias ); in 2007 (as a duet with Jon Bon Jovi ); and in 2013 (as a duet with Garou ). On December 30, 1968, Frank Sinatra recorded his version of the song in one take, featuring session drummer Buddy Saltzman among the band. "My Way" was released in early 1969 on

224-474: A joint concert was held in late December, Kishidan vs DJ OZMA, to parody both the supposed rivalry of Ozma and Ayanocozey, and Ozma's denial that his two alter egos are the same people. Ayanocozey performed both his Kishidan and DJ Ozma alter egos (as did KING, Pancho, and the backdancers). However, in a callback to the OFFO concert, during sections where both Ayanocozey and Ozma appeared onstage and singing together, Ozma

280-524: A resident of Northcare Suites Care Home in Edinburgh who suffers from dementia , performing "My Way" with staff member Jamie Lee Morley, went viral after being posted online by Mackie's daughter. Morley later arranged to have the song professionally recorded and it was released in January 2020 as a charity single to raise funds for Alzheimer's Society and Dementia UK . The single peaked at number four in

336-449: A supposed part-time video store worker and friend from Ozma's past, and stated that Maki would continue on as a second generation of DJ Ozma in a "pure, correct and beautiful" way. Maki would be joined by Mine of the OZ-MATE, who would step into the part of Yaoh "Prince" Junichi, thereby replacing Yaoh "KING" Junichi as second vocalist. Pancho would remain on board as Pancho. One month later, at

392-555: A version by Hervé Vilard , the singer of the international hit Capri c'est fini and reworked the track into Comme d'habitude ("As usual") with the help of Claude François. It was released in November 1967 and was at the top of the French pop chart for one week in February 1968. Paul Anka heard the French original, while on holiday in the south of France . He flew to Paris to negotiate

448-467: Is also a Japanese government-run TV network, and viewers hold the network to a high level of quality in their programming. Before the performance on December 31, DJ Ozma announced he would be on the TBS show CDTV Special , putting on the same performance he would be performing on Kōhaku. It is unknown whether or not TBS received complaints about the up-coming performance. January 1: NHK posted on their web site

504-553: Is better known in Japan for his performances as Show Ayanocozey ( 綾小路 翔 , Ayanokōji Shō ) in the rock band Kishidan , which utilized a retro Bōsōzoku image, and bizarre theatrics at concerts. Kishidan was first formed in 1997, but went on hiatus during the DJ Ozma years. The group came to prominence in the 2000s after releasing the now iconic song "One Night Carnival". Prior to Ozma's controversial NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen performance, Kishidan

560-405: Is completely exploded by this desperate, mad, humorous voice. I can't go round in a raincoat and fedora looking over my life saying I did it my way – well, for 10 minutes in some American bar over a gin and tonic you might be able to get away with it. But Sid Vicious's rendition takes in everybody; everybody is messed up like that, everybody is the mad hero of his own drama. It explodes

616-628: The Elvis in Concert CBS-TV special on June 21, 1977) was released as a single. In the U.S., it reached number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart in late 1977/early 1978 (higher than Frank Sinatra's peak position), number 6 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, and went gold for its successful sales of over a million copies. The following year the single reached number 2 on

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672-789: The My Way LP and as a single. It reached No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 2 on the Easy Listening chart in the US. In the UK, the single achieved a still unmatched record, becoming the recording with the most weeks inside the Top 40, spending 75 weeks from April 1969 to September 1971. It spent a further 47 weeks in the Top 75 but never bettered the No. 5 slot achieved upon its first chart run. Billboard said that

728-531: The Billboard Country singles chart but went all the way to number 1 on the rival Cash Box Country Singles chart. In the UK, it reached number 9 on the UK Singles Chart. Presley's version is featured in the climax of the 2001 film 3000 Miles to Graceland ( Paul Anka appears in a cameo as a casino pit boss who loathes Presley). Presley's studio version of the song, recorded in 1971, was included on

784-686: The iTunes top 40 UK Pop Songs live chart and number two in the Amazon best seller chart . In Japan, Yūzō Kayama , who is usually called the Japanese Frank Sinatra, performed "My Way" in 2008 in English. On April 23 and 30, 2015, as part of 2 vocal overdubbed sessions, Yūzō Kayama performed "My Way" with the earlier record of Frank Sinatra as a duet. The song is popularly associated with nostalgia to an individual's lifetime of events. Surveys beginning in 2005 have often reported that "My Way" has been

840-421: The "driving, lush and commercial Don Costa arrangement and production is an added plus to one of Sinatra's finest performances." Cash Box said that "The powerful material is matched by a splendidly moving performance which is certain to win rave comments from programmers with teen and adult audiences." Although this work became Frank Sinatra's signature song , his daughter Tina says the singer came to hate

896-530: The B-Sides to the first four of Ozma's singles. Kishidan's "Sayonara December" (さよならDecember) was also covered in a completely different style for an album release. However, Kishidan could be said to have covered DJ Ozma when they performed the Ramones ' Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio? live, a song that Ozma had originally covered as a bonus track for his final album. Ozma did record original songs, mostly coming on

952-524: The DJ Ozma persona "retired" on December 13, 2008, but he continued to perform as part of Yazima Beauty Salon, listed as its producer and its main lyricist, and reunited with Kishidan. DJ Ozma was revived in December 2011 with the release of a new single, Chinkonka. This coincided with the Kishidan release of My Way a single cover to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Kishidan. In addition to competing for sales,

1008-650: The K-Pop group Koyote , including "Junjou ~Sunjon~", Ozma's version of "Sunjeong." Among Ozma's covers of songs originally by Japanese musicians, Ozma drew from hide 's " Ever Free " and New RoTe'Ka's "DRINKIN' BOYS" which would be performed both live and in the music video with KING, Pancho, and other male dancers (but not Ozma himself) dancing in the nude, with red fans used to block their genitals. This music video has inspired numerous fan-made versions. Ozma would also cover his own songs from Kishidan with "Boys Bravo!", "Asa ga Kuru Tabi", "Koibito", and "One Night Carnival" serving as

1064-457: The Kantō region. My Way " My Way " is a song popularized in 1969 by Frank Sinatra set to the music of the French song " Comme d'habitude " composed by Jacques Revaux with lyrics by Gilles Thibaut and Claude François and first performed in 1967 by Claude François. The English lyrics of the song were written by Paul Anka and are adapted from the original French song. The song

1120-510: The Maji character left the group following the LUV-XURY tour), Takuya Noro, ODAWARA JOE (who was also Maki Seigo for the second generation DJ Ozma prank), etc. While on tour for his third album in 2008, he announced that he would be retiring from performing as DJ Ozma. While the retirement of DJ Ozma was true, Ozma set up an elaborate hoax during his announcement press conference. He introduced Maki Seigo,

1176-525: The OZ-MAX, although "Boys Bravo!" was a solo for Ayami. Ayami, Mariko, and Yukko have continued to perform as Kishidan backdancers, but Miki and Chiharu had departed by the time DJ Ozma had "resurrected" in 2011. The OZ-MATE, six male backup dancers: Mine, Mamoru, TSURU-G, Hiroki, Kochi, and Choleste (aka Cholesterol-kun). The OZ-MANIACS, various other personalities: MC Korea (Nishikiori Junpei of Binetsu Danji), MC Maji, So What? Brothers (who replaced MC Maji after

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1232-452: The Red Team. Previously, Monta Mino was supposed to be an emcee of the event, but was not offered the position in the 57th event due to a conflict of being both singer and emcee (Monta released a CD earlier in 2006.) November 29: List of singers and groups announced, as well as the remainder of the program's team hosts and mediators. Participants include (note that the songs listed are as of

1288-622: The Red and White teams, as the White Team now leads with 29 victories (Red Team has 28). The table below documents the voting and points distribution: Days prior to the 57th event, DJ Ozma told the media his performance on Kōhaku would be something special. He performed his hit song, "Age Age Every Knight" live at approximately 22:22 JST. After the performance, NHK received 252 complaints within about one hour, prompting Tamio Miyake to read an official bulletin later at 23:45 JST, explaining what happened during

1344-498: The Sex Pistols' version. It was kind of curious, but I felt he [Sid Vicious] was sincere about it." Vicious and his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen , changed many of the words when it was recorded, including use of the swear words " cunt " and " fuck " as well as the word " queer " (slang for a gay man). Vicious' reference to a "prat who wears hats" was an in-joke directed towards Vicious' friend and Sex Pistols bandmate Johnny Rotten , who

1400-409: The announcement. Song selections may change leading up to the event): Singers/groups who received invitations to the 57th event but declined include: December 27: Order of the performances and song assignments are announced. Audience participants at NHK Hall were restricted to those whose subscription fees with Hōsō Hō (Japan's Broadcasting Act) were in good standing. Whether or not this restriction

1456-400: The baskets are given to the team hosts. And then while counting up in ascending order, the team hosts throw each ball into the audience at the same time. Once a team host runs out of balls, everyone knows who the winning team is - as the winning team host continues to throw balls. The 57th event was won by the White Team with a total of 13 points. This win breaks the tie of wins overall between

1512-479: The bodysuits, such as wrinkling of the skin and the breasts on all the women looking identical. Despite the stunt being completely fake, viewers considered the performance to be distasteful and inappropriate for children. The performance was shown after family time, however it is tradition that the Kōhaku is a family event - as children would stay up with their families and watch Kōhaku while celebrating New Year's Eve. NHK

1568-422: The buckets. A third woman follows the buckets while holding a basket containing six additional balls - representing the remaining points to be earned. Next, everyone witnesses the total number of votes for all the 2nd-half categories (see the distribution table below.) The woman with the basket of balls then place the balls into each of the two buckets, based on the points earned by the 2nd-half voting. From here,

1624-493: The business. I'm sick of it; I'm getting the hell out." Back in New York, Anka re-wrote the original French song for Sinatra, subtly altering the melodic structure and changing the lyrics: At one o'clock in the morning, I sat down at an old IBM electric typewriter and said, 'If Frank were writing this, what would he say?' And I started, metaphorically, 'And now the end is near.' I read a lot of periodicals, and I noticed everything

1680-483: The covers featuring himself, he decided to cover "My Way". The sound of the cover was described as "rough" and with "charm" by PC Gamer , and "wonderful" and "brilliant" by Dot Esports . Sex Pistols ' bassist Sid Vicious did a punk rock version of the song, in which a large body of the words were changed and the arrangement was sped up. The orchestral backing was arranged by Simon Jeffes . Interviewed in 2007, Paul Anka said he had been "somewhat destabilized by

1736-531: The dancers were clothed, despite their appearance. For this performance, Ozma received a lifetime ban from performing at the NHK. During his three years of performing, DJ Ozma predominately covered other artists, usually K-Pop such as "Chō!" ( 超! ) , a cover of the song 가 (Go) by the late Korean pop singer U;Nee , and "One Night", a cover of the Korean song of the same name by DJ Doc . Ozma most frequently covered songs from

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1792-492: The dancers were not wearing clothes like they did in the live performance. The performance did not meet the program's theme. We are sorry for the unpleasant events presented to you, our viewers. Contrary to NHK's explanation, sports newspapers reported on December 30 - one day before the event - to expect the performance to be done in a bodysuit. 750 complaints were called in leading up to January 1 23:00 JST. On January 4, NHK president Genichi Hashimoto formally apologized about

1848-486: The entire performance of DJ Ozma was completely removed. Viewers suspect this is in response to Janet Jackson 's infamous wardrobe malfunction incident in 2004 . Interesting enough, Tamio Miyake's bulletin later in the event was left in, causing viewers to wonder exactly what they missed. This caused Internet savvy users scurrying to on-line video sites such as YouTube to view the censored segment. All viewership ratings are from Video Research, Ltd., and they represent only

1904-435: The event on-air. January 10: Hashimoto Genichi appeared in an interview regarding the DJ Ozma event: January 14: DJ Ozma expresses his apologies. But at the same time, he pointed out that NHK was evading responsibility, and mentioned the Kōhaku's producer by name. On tape-delayed broadcasts via NHK World Premium, the video portion of DJ Ozma's performance was replaced with coastal scenery. On United States-based TV stations,

1960-424: The farewell concert "Ozma Forever Forever Ozma" (OFFO), Maki was given a video introduction, and he awkwardly walked onstage in street clothes, addressing the audience briefly before being forced offstage as dancers began performing the song "Spiderman". Thus, the entire Maki announcement and subsequent plan for a second generation of DJ Ozma was revealed to be a prank. Following the OFFO concert of December 13, 2008,

2016-421: The following message: ＤＪ　ＯＺＭＡのバックダンサーが裸と見間違いかねないボディスーツを 着用して出演した件について、ＮＨＫではこのような姿になるということは放送まで知りませんでした。 衣装の最終チェックであるリハーサルでは放送のような衣装ではありませんでした。今回の紅白のテーマにふさわしくないパフォーマンスだったと考えます。 視聴者の皆さまに不快な思いをおかけして誠に申し訳ないと考えております。 To loosely translate, NHK mentions that the background dancers were wearing bodysuits and therefore were not naked. The network did not know such an act would happen in the NHK broadcast. During rehearsal,

2072-594: The fourth disc of " Walk a Mile in My Shoes: The Essential '70s Masters ". Shipments figures based on certification alone. On December 15, 2023, YouTuber Jschlatt posted a cover of the song in response to frequent artificial intelligence-created songs using his voice model. The cover was released after a former video titled "This NEEDS to stop", in which he describes how AI-generated song covers featuring " SpongeBob , and Squidward , and Mr. Krabs , and me" started popping up on YouTube. Of over 150 of

2128-732: The later albums. In late 2008, Ozma collaborated with Ravex on the song "I Rave U" as part of the 20th anniversary of the Avex Group Record Label, having just switched from Universal Music Japan to join Avex in September of that year. Several of Ozma's original songs became movie theme songs: "Lie-Lie-Lie" was used for Naruto Shippuden the Movie , "Ninkimono de Ikou!" for Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: The Hero of Kinpoko , and "Masurao" for Mr. Tadano's Secret Mission: From Japan with Love. DJ Ozma

2184-556: The lyrics and performance were only informally recorded and never commercially published. The version by Brook Benton reached number 49 in Canada in May 1970. In the midst of Sinatra's multiple runs on the UK Singles Chart, Welsh singer Dorothy Squires also released a rendition of "My Way" in summer 1970. Her recording reached number 25 on the UK Singles Chart and re-entered the chart twice more during that year. Elvis Presley began performing

2240-603: The media as the My Way killings , which has led to the song being banned in many Filipino bars. The song's association with Sinatra led to Mikhail Gorbachev 's policy of allowing other states in the Warsaw Pact to make their own policy decisions being nicknamed the Sinatra Doctrine , referencing "My Way"'s lyrics about doing things your own way. The term was first used by Foreign Ministry spokesman Gennadi Gerasimov in 1987, who

2296-419: The performance. The bulletin sent giggles throughout NHK Hall. During DJ Ozma's performance, several of the women performers removed pieces of clothing, revealing what appeared to be naked breasts. In the NHK bulletin, Tamio explained that the women were actually wearing flesh-colored bodysuits with drawn-on breasts, and assured the audience that no nudity occurred. Further inspection via recordings show flaws in

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2352-508: The rights to the song. He acquired adaptation, recording, and publishing rights for the nominal, but formal, consideration of one dollar, subject to the provision that the melody's composers would retain their original share of royalty rights with respect to whatever versions Anka or his designates created or produced. Some time later, Anka had a dinner in Florida with Frank Sinatra and "a couple of Mob guys" during which Sinatra said: "I'm quitting

2408-627: The second vocalist, and Pancho (Kishidan's Hikaru Saotome) who performed rap sections. The Ozma family also had a series of back up dancers: The OZ-MAX, female vocalists and dancers, occasionally having solo songs: Ayami (Nakazato Ayami, a future member of SDN48 ), Miki, Mariko, Yukko, and Chiharu. The OZ-MAX originally numbered four, before Yukko was added making five, all of whom were formerly Kishidan backdancers. The OZ-MAX frequently had solo verses in songs, especially Ozma covers of Koyote songs which required female voices. The covers of "Boys Bravo!", "Koibito", and "PRISM" were all performed exclusively by

2464-454: The song in concert during the mid-1970s, despite Anka's suggestions that the song did not suit him. Nevertheless, on January 12 and 14, 1973, Presley sang the song during his satellite show Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite , beamed live and on deferred basis (for European audiences, who also saw it in prime time), to 43 countries via Intelsat . On October 3, 1977, several weeks after Presley's death, his live recording of "My Way" (recorded for

2520-481: The song most frequently played at funeral services in the UK. In her memoir Walk Through Walls , Marina Abramović expressed her desire for Nina Simone 's version of "My Way" to be performed by Anohni at her funeral. "My Way" is also a popular karaoke song around the world. However, it has been reported to cause numerous incidents of violence and homicide among karaoke singers in the Philippines, referred to in

2576-488: The song: "He didn't like it. That song stuck and he couldn't get it off his shoe. He always thought that song was self-serving and self-indulgent." In 2000, the 1969 release of "My Way" by Frank Sinatra on Reprise Records was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame . Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. David Bowie wrote the first English language lyrics to Claude François ' original tune, though

2632-426: The very end of the event. To announce the winner, balls are used as visual props . Two buckets are used to hold the balls, one colored red and the other colored white. At the end of the event, the number of balls in each bucket will equal the total number of points for each team. First, each of the two balls representing the first-half voting are placed in the bucket of the winning teams. The buckets are then placed in

2688-489: The whole culture this self-presentation can take place in, so it completes the song for me. The 1986 film Sid and Nancy features a scene where Gary Oldman , portraying Vicious, performs his version of "My Way" while filming the song's music video . Vicious' version of this song appears in Martin Scorsese 's 1990 film Goodfellas , where it plays over the end credits. In December 2019 footage of Margaret Mackie,

2744-537: Was 'my this' and 'my that'. We were in the 'me generation' and Frank became the guy for me to use to say that. I used words I would never use: 'I ate it up and spit it out.' But that's the way he talked. I used to be around steam rooms with the Rat Pack guys—they liked to talk like Mob guys, even though they would have been scared of their own shadows. Anka finished the song at 5 in the morning: "I called Frank up in Nevada—he

2800-501: Was a success for a variety of performers, including Sinatra, Elvis Presley , and Sid Vicious . Sinatra's version of "My Way" spent 75 weeks in the UK Top 40, which is the 4th most weeks in UK chart history . In 1967, Jacques Revaux wrote a ballad named "For Me", with English lyrics about a couple falling out of love. According to Revaux, the demo was then sent to Petula Clark , Dalida , and Claude François , to no avail. Revaux rejected

2856-459: Was at Caesars Palace  – and said, 'I've got something really special for you. ' " Anka asserted: "When my record company caught wind of it, they were very pissed that I didn't keep it for myself. I said, 'Hey, I can write it, but I'm not the guy to sing it.' It was for Frank, no one else." Despite this, Anka recorded the song in 1969 shortly after Sinatra's recording was released. Anka recorded it four other times as well: in 1996 (as

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2912-526: Was filmed and aired from NHK Hall in Japan . Air time was from 19:20 to 23:45 (with an interruption from 21:25 to 21:30 for news). All times are JST . Viewership ratings: 30.39 (1st half), 37.39 (2nd half) This is the first edition to broadcast with 1seg . September 20: Theme of the 57th event announced. "Ai. Kazoku. ~Sedai wo Koeru Uta ga Aru~", literally meaning "Love and Family: Songs that Last for Generations". November 17: Yukie Nakama will be hostess of

2968-417: Was fond of wearing different kinds of hats he would pick up at rummage sales. Leonard Cohen said of the song: I never liked this song except when Sid Vicious did it. Sung straight, it somehow deprives the appetite of a certain taste we'd like to have on our lips. When Sid Vicious did it, he provided that other side to the song; the certainty, the self-congratulation, the daily heroism of Sinatra's version

3024-499: Was invited to perform "One Night Carnival" during two consecutive years. Ozma's other alter-ego was playing 16-year-old girl Naomi Camellia Yazima ( ナオミ・キャメリア・矢島 , Naomi Kyameria Yajima ) in Yazima Beauty Salon . As Ayanocozey, he joined the promotional super-group FANTA, releasing the single "Fantastic Love". When performing as DJ Ozma, he was backed up by Yaoh "KING" Junichi (Binetsu Danji's Teruya Hoshikuzu) who served as

3080-526: Was placed on previous events is unknown. NHK used this criterion as an indicator, to see if the scandals at NHK had an effect on whether or not people were paying the fee. Based on NHK statistics, 365,970 applications for tickets to the NHK Hall event were received, down from 503,721 in 2005. With the 57th event, the judging by balls was revived (balls were not used in the 56th event.) One ball represents one point. No one knows how many points each team earned until

3136-662: Was played by Maki Seigo, who at one point, proclaimed again that he would step into a 2nd generation of DJ Ozma. Maki then immediately announced his retirement and, as was the case during OFFO, followed again by "Spiderman". On November 17, 2013, Ozma (announcing it as Ayanocozey) admitted that the Ayanocozey and Ozma were "the same character". On December 12, 2020, it was announced that Ozma had tested positive for COVID-19 . 57th NHK K%C5%8Dhaku Uta Gassen The 57th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen ( 第57回NHK紅白歌合戦 ) , referred to from hereon as "Kōhaku," aired on December 31, 2006. This event

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