NHK紅白

This year's lineup:

Red:
aiko (7)
Thelma Aoyama (Debut)
Junko Akimoto (Debut)
Ayaka (3)
Angela Aki (3)
Ikimono Gakari (Debut)
Sayuri Ishikawa (31)
Ai Otsuka (5)
Miyuki Kawanaka (21)
GIRL NEXT DOOR (Debut)
Kumi Koda (4)
Natsuko Godai (15)
Sachiko Kobayashi (30)
Fuyumi Sakamoto (20)
SPEED (4)
Yoshimi Tendo (13)
Mika Nakashima (7)
Mitsuko Nakamura (13)
Ayumi Hamasaki (10)
Perfume (Debut)
Yo Hitoto (5)
Ayaka Hirahara (5)
Ayako Fuji (16)
Fujioka Fujimaki and Nozomi Ohashi (Debut)
Kaori Mizumori (6)
Akiko Wada (32)

White:
Masafumi Akikawa (3)
Aqua Timez (2)
Hiroshi Itsuki (38)
EXILE (4)
Saburo Kitajima (45)
Takeshi Kitayama (4)
Kimaguren (Debut)
Yusaku Kiyama (Debut)
Kobukuro (4)
Jero (Debut)
Shuchishin (with Pabo) (Debut)
SMAP (16)
TVXQ (Debut)
TOKIO (15)
Hideaki Tokunaga (3)
Kiyoshi Hikawa (9)
Ken Hirai (6)
Akira Fuse (24)
Porno Graffiti (7)
Kiyoshi Maekawa (18)
Kenichi Mikawa (25)
Mr.Children (Debut)
Yutaka Mizutani (Debut)
Shinichi Mori (41)
Naotaro Moriyama (3)
WaT (4)

No モー娘。:-/ And how is it that Mr. Children are making their first appearance? Not sure why I never noticed that before. Looking at that lineup though, I think I might just skip this year's show. I suppose I wouldn't mind seeing TOKIO if they're performing「雨傘」, and I quite like SPEED and いきものがかり, but not enough to sit through the rest of that stuff. I'm actually into GIRL NEXT DOOR and Perfume as well, but their live performances are pretty brutal.