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Undeniably, getting James Yang as our wedding emcee is definitely one of the best decisions that we made. We were able to fully let our hair down and enjoy our night with him around. With the Covid challenges, James is able to provide great suggestion and making us look the best with his words! At the end of our wedding, we received so, so many praises from our relatives, colleagues and friends about how amazing, funny and quick witted our emcee, James Yang is, and some even commented that it was easily one of the best wedding that they have attended so far (we were so pleased to hear that!!). James Yang is very versatile, professional and assuring. Highly recommend to engage James Yang for your wedding – this will definitely leave you with one less worry on your big day, because you would never have to second doubt his ability. 🙂
By far James Yang has hosted 2 weddings in our family, my sister’s and mine. I would say engaging him to host our wedding is really one of the best decision my husband and I has made. James is professional and really experienced in hyping up the mood, ensuring all the guests are entertained during the dinner. With him around, We were able to really enjoy our night. Prior to our wedding James also took the time to prep my husband and I with great suggestions for our big day. At the end of our wedding, we received so, so many praises from our relatives, colleagues and friends about how friendly, entertaining and amazing our emcee, James Yang is, and some even requested for his contact from us to consider engaging him to host their own event. James is very versatile, professional and assuring. Highly recommend to engage James Yang for your wedding!! Lastly to our amazing emcee James, thank you sooo much for making our wedding a great event for everyone who attended. We are really grateful for all your effort!
Super thankful to have James as our Emcee for our big day. Due to covid intermingling is not allow but James manage to bring up the atmosphere. All my relatives and friends enjoyed themselves and were very happy. Highly recommended to have a professional emcee like James for the wedding. He is great! Thanks James. =)
James was the emcee for our wedding in December 2021 (covid restrictions in place) and boy was it the best decision ever. James, together with his DJ, really lifted the spirits and energy level in the ballroom with his jovial demeanor. His jokes were genuinely hilarious, leaving the guests in uncontrollable laughter. He was very clever in his jokes (you can tailor his type of jokes to your liking). Every single guest we spoke with agreed that James was integral in the fun factor of our wedding. We must applaud James for his professionalism and attention to detail, taking the time to meet us in person to better understand us and what we expected from him. This was followed up with two more Zoom sessions to share his plans for our wedding and to run through the programme. James even went through each table’s guests to understand their relationship with us and also whether they were sensitive to jokes about themselves. He is a must have for your event! Thank you James very much! Love Bud and Zoe.
James was highly recommended by our wedding planner and he definitely did a great job. He took time to know us and we hit it off immediately. James was also very patient to answer our many questions and worries about joking with the elderly folks. Since we held our wedding during covid, the numerous regulations meant James had to be creative. He did a fantastic job hyping up the atmosphere and even pulled off a game segment flawlessly. By the end of the night, our guests were thoroughly entertained and sang praises of James. Everyone agreed James was the best emcee they’ve ever seen. Engaging James was one of the best decisions for our wedding dinner and until today, months after the wedding, we’re still laughing at his jokes. If you’re looking for an emcee, James is definitely the right choice. Highly recommended for his skill, quality, professionalism and sincerity.👍
Engaging James as our emcee for our wedding was the best decision made! He was engaging, funny, and everyone loved him! Having him as our emcee really gave us a lot less things to worry about as he is so reliable. Our cousins even enquired on booking James for their upcoming wedding in February and May 2022. My suggestion is to book him early as the restrictions are easing and more and more events need talents like him. He can solo carry your events with his wit and can be very reassuring and accommodating to couples on their wedding day. Worth every cent. Highly recommended!!!
We had James as our wedding lunch emcee. The energy level that he brought to our wedding was so contagious.
He built up the crowd prior to our first walk in and interacted well with them.
James is able to speak in many languages and is very knowledgeable in a wide number of topics. This allowed him to converse with both the older family members while still being able to connect with our friends as well.
My wedding guests were full of praise for James and they loved his energy. He was able to get everyone to join in and participate in the wedding. Our guests were all at ease when he spoke to them and everyone was more relaxed as well.
Before the wedding, James met up with me and Helen to discuss what we expect and to get to know us better. He helped us to work out our itinerary and also helped answer our many questions. With his help, we were able to smoothen the flow of the wedding and ensured that everything went well. Leading up to the wedding and throughout the wedding,
James was constantly in contact with us whenever we needed any help. He is also quick on his feet and was able to improvise throughout the wedding. James is not reliant on scripts and can improvise and adapt very well. To sum up, James is professional, energetic and flexible. His presence and ability cannot be described in words and he will elevate your wedding or events to the next level. Once again, thank you James!
Words cannot express how thankful I am to have found James to emcee my wedding!
My husband and I made a last minute decision to hire an emcee, as we felt that we needed to provide our guests with more engagement and entertainment. However, when I started my search for an emcee online, none of them impressed me… until I chanced upon James’ portfolio! His videos showed that he was eloquent, hilarious and professional. When I contacted him, he was quick to respond and I found him to be very personable. We had a virtual meet up about 2 weeks before our wedding for James to find out more about us so that he could personalise the experience for our guests.
During the Zoom meeting, we were laughing NON-STOP and it was honestly the most enjoyable session we had with a “vendor” throughout our whole wedding planning process. After the meet up, we were very impressed by James’ expertise and 100% convinced that engaging him was the right decision! My husband and I probably gave James a bit of a hard time because we only finalised the contents of the wedding game just a few hours before the lunch banquet.
Nevertheless, James was a quick study and still managed to emcee without any script, bringing us through the day without a hitch! Most importantly, he made the audience laugh throughout!! He switched between English and Mandarin seamlessly, and always had a witty and humourous response during audience participation. There were no lame, scripted jokes. Everything was original and tailored to share our story with our guests.
It was truly beyond our expectations.
Many of our family and friends told us that this was the most fun they’ve ever had at a wedding, and we attribute a large part of it to James! Beyond his professional role, James is also very sincere and it was truly a joy to get to know him 😊 If you would like your wedding to stand out and be remembered for a long time to come, James is the emcee that will make that dream a reality! Thank you so much, James, from the bottom of our hearts 💕
James Yang was outstanding as the emcee for the Singapore Silent Heroes Awards Ceremony 2021 at the Shangri-La Hotel. James was able to draw the attention of the esteemed audience effortlessly.
His level of dedication and professionalism was above expectation. He is speedy and painstakingly meticulous with rehearsals and pre-event discussions. On the event day itself, he had to cater to both the live audience and the online viewers. It takes versatility and skill to be able to meander through both platforms seamlessly to engage the audience on both ends.
I highly recommend James Yang if you’re looking to jazz up your event and have the stage and guests sizzling with enthusiasm! … all these while still maintaining decorum and professionalism.
James and the DJ were amazing! The creation of the atmosphere, the music was fantastic, and very interactive with the guests. We were worried having the wedding during pandemic will bored our guests but everyone enjoyed themselves and all of the pictures/videos turned out fantastic! Thanks guys!
We had the opportunity to engage James as our Emcee for our wedding dinner and we were very grateful to have him.
Before the wedding, James would arrange a session to find out more about us and to go through the flow with us to customise our experience. During the wedding itself, James did so well in engaging with the guests that many of my friend’s feedback to me that our emcee was so good, and many requested for his contact details. James also went the extra mile to made special plans with the bridesmaids to congratulate us on our special day.
Besides being entertaining, James is also very professional, and he is able to discharge his role clearly without any hiccups with the coordination between the hotel banquet staff and also the bridesmaid and groomsman. I would truly recommend James to anyone that needs a professional and entertaining emcee that is guaranteed to charge up your event!
We had the opportunity to engage James as our Emcee for our wedding dinner and we were very grateful to have him.
Before the wedding, James would arrange a session to find out more about us and to go through the flow with us to customise our experience. During the wedding itself, James did so well in engaging with the guests that many of my friend’s feedback to me that our emcee was so good, and many requested for his contact details.
James also went the extra mile to made special plans with the bridesmaids to congratulate us on our special day. Besides being entertaining, James is also very professional, and he is able to discharge his role clearly without any hiccups with the coordination between the hotel banquet staff and also the bridesmaid and groomsman. I would truly recommend James to anyone that needs a professional and entertaining emcee that is guaranteed to charge up your event!
Hey Emcee James Yang!
For my wedding prep, I found reading all the reviews and comments on forums very informative and useful. I thought I’d “payback” and contribute a review on my wedding emcee – James Yang.
Ever since the start of my wedding prep, I knew I wanted to hire a professional emcee to emcee my wedding. As a marketing professional, I know how important an emcee is for an event with more than 150 attendees.
I knew James back in university (where he emceed for one of my events when I was in the students’ union. He had also many years back, emceed one of the events my company organised as well as a friend’s wedding. And after watching some of his emcee-ing stints on youtube, I was very sure James was the emcee we wanted.
And we were right.
Prior to the Wedding
James asked to meet up, as he wanted to ask us a few questions to get to know us and our style better.
We also had a brief discussion of the actual day timeline. Being very experienced, James also shared many tips and things which we previously did not know about. (Like it would not have occurred to us to prepare a ‘march-out’ song for solemnisation. For solemnisation, the bride will walk in with her dad. And the march-out is when the bride and groom walks out together, for the very first time.)
Actual Day
Unfortunately, our JP was late for our solemnisation as he was caught in a jam. Just imagine how awkward it would be, if 100 pax had to wait in a room for the JP to arrive for the solemnisation to start.
But thankfully, we had James there. Seriously a life-saver. James brilliantly entertained our guests, by ‘interviewing’ the groom with hilarious questions and comments.
During the banquet, James livened up the atmosphere and kept our guests breaking out in laughter. James is extremely quick-witted with a great sense of humour. He did such great a job that it was really beyond our expectations. Many friends and relatives told us that our emcee was great and they really enjoyed the wedding banquet.
If we could choose again, we would definitely still choose James as our emcee. If you are looking for a wedding emcee, do consider James. If he does not fit into your budget, do consider increasing your budget. He’s well worth it 
Emcee James Yang!
Jian Ming and I would like to thank you for being our emcee on our big day! You were humourous, able to bring the people together despite the older crowd, entertaining the guests, thus making the night a memorable and enjoyable one for everyone. Our friends and guests sing many praises about you and ask for your contacts for future events! We have no regrets engaging you to be our emcee and we hope you also enjoyed that night too! Do keep in touch!
Hi Emcee James Yang!!
Thank you for hosting my wedding on sunday!! It was superbly fun and u managed to prove my choice is right for having u as my emcee!!!
Our guests have been giving lots of compliments about u even till today!! It is also very rare to have 85% guests still enjoying the dinner up till 11- 11.30pm especially on Sunday night! I had one guest told me on monday: “my soul still stays in ur wedding night”!!
Been collaborating with James since 2014 and his willingness to work with our agency to achieve the best show outcome is the reason why we keep going back.
Emcee James’ energy on-stage is very addictive too, audience is always entertained by his jokes and comic actions. Looking forward to our next overseas trip together!
It was definitely our honour to have James as the Emcee for our wedding reception in Singapore. My wife and I were first introduced to James by our pre-wedding photographer who was full of praises about how funny and entertaining James is as an Emcee. At first, we were simply curious about how James would be in person; after our first meeting we were certain that James is the one we are looking for.
In addition to being effectively bilingual in English and Mandarin (key attribute we were looking for), what sets James apart is his high positive energy that naturally radiates to everyone around him. We knew that James would be able to charm our guests. Throughout our interactions, James is very sincere and pays close attention to our needs and requests. Not only did James lead the wedding program professionally, James was also very spontaneous and highly adaptive to all situations; I do not recall any awkward moment that James did not react prompting to. After our wedding, most of our guests were raving about how they were kept engaged and entertained throughout.
I will definitely recommend James to anyone who requires emcee services.
Thank you James for making our wedding an engaging and memorable event, for us and our guests.
It was our greatest pleasure to have Emcee James Yang as our Emcee on our wedding day. He is very professional in his work and he managed to create a happy and romantic mood to engage all our guests during our special day. There was not even a single time whereby our guest started to get bored. We are very satisfied in how he led and carried out the program overall.
We received many compliments from our family and friends too! Most of our guests mentioned that our Emcee is very good when they discussed about our wedding or to congratulate us. Even our Justice of Peace mentioned that James has done a great job!
What we love most about James is his skills to entertain our guests and keep them engaged. He carried out the wedding program professionally and yet still managed to put in some jokes here and there to bring the mood more lively. I’ll definitely recommend James to other couples as not only can you rely on him on your most important day to carry out the program professionally and smoothly with much entertainment, but also he provides good service which I believe contributes greatly to high customer satisfaction.
Thank you James for making our wedding a memorable and fun one!
Emcee James Yang…what can I say. He is more than just an emcee, he gives more than he should and always put his heart and soul in everything he does.
Within an hour, James is able to absorb all the information about us as a couple although it was the first time we met. I love how he sum our story up seamlessly at the wedding celebration. It’s called a celebration and James definitely brought so much joy and laughter to the ground with his quick-witted jokes and comebacks!
The fact that James is bilingual also helped put us at peace as we have a number of elders in the crowd.
He is able to connect instantly, and created a sense of warmth in the atmosphere. No doubt all the guests were thoroughly entertained and all smiles throughout the night. James is the only one we’d entrust such a milestone occasion in our lives, and yes, it is true when he said his job is ‘making others happy’.
I first met James at an event and invited him to emcee for the Singapore Red Cross Benefit Gala. I was delighted when he accepted my invitation and that he was happy to support charitable work and fundraising.
We were privileged to have Emcee James Yang at the Singapore Red Cross Benefit Gala 2019 in celebration of our 70th Anniversary at Shangri La Hotel alongside Hossan Leong.
The level of professionalism he brought with him went above our expectations. With more than 500 guests in attendance, James’s professionalism commanded the stage and kept all of our guests entertained and engaged with his energy and banter throughout the night. It was an evening of entertainment indeed! James is also effectively bilingual and will be suitable for events with mandarin speaking guests.
Thank you James, for sharing your talent with us and contributing to the event’s success. We look forward to working with you again.
Mrs Genevieve Jeffs
Chairperson, Singapore Red Cross Benefit Gala 2019
Truly the best emcee and the best decision made to engage him to be the host of our wedding.
All our guests had such a great time and many asked for his contacts from us after the wedding as they wish to engage his services too. We have also received many compliments about how well run the wedding and that it was the best wedding celebration experience they had.
Thank you Emcee James Yang for making that special day an unforgotten one. We hope in the future if we decided to have a silver jubilee celebration, you can be our emcee once again.
If you’re thinking about corporate events or wedding, one will never leave James out of your list! James has hosted my wedding and it was an unforgettable experience for myself and my guests.
Most of my family members have been engaging him to host our milestone events, and he’s definitely one helluva emcee who knows how to pump up the atmosphere with his humour and leave us wanting more all the time!
It was difficult to get him host my wedding as his schedule is always full. Really fortunate that all went better than I expected.
Really thank Emcee James Yang for making my experience an unforgettable one.
Due to restrictions imposed because of Covid19, our initial plan of engaging live band was cancelled and thank God it was cancelled otherwise we wouldn’t have met James!
Engaging James as our wedding emcee was the best decision ever!!!! He even made the extra effort to find out about the background of our guests/family so that he could interact with them during the wedding.
Our wedding was filled with soooo much laughter thanks to him! ALL of our guests gave awesome feedbacks about him. It was definitely worth every penny!! Thank you James for being part of our wedding!!!!!
We know of James from a friend who had such a deep impression of the wedding hosted by James. Truly the best emcee and the best decision made to engage him to be the host of our wedding.
All our guests had such a great time and many asked for his contacts from us after the wedding as they wish to engage his services too. We have also received many compliments about how well run the wedding and that it was the best wedding celebration experience they had.
Thank you Emcee James Yang for making that special day an unforgotten one. We hope in the future if we decided to have a silver jubilee celebration, you can be our emcee once again.
It was an amazing experience to have James as my wedding emcee. My guests loved him as he blends in and lightened up the atmosphere, making my wedding event something that no one else experienced before.
I’ve gotten many praises from them that my wedding is one of the best or even the best that they have ever attended, and it’s all thanks to James!
What’s even better is that he’s bilingual. I must say a wedding is not just about the couple, but it’s also about the people who are taking part to make the whole experience a memorable one.
Emcee James Yang himself is a very well-mannered and flexible person on the job. He’s professional, quick-witted and has his own ways to react and keep the event running smoothly even if there are unexpected hiccups along the way. JUST LEAVE THE JOB TO HIM!
Just a piece of advice – make your bookings early with him, be it business or weddings events, as his schedule is always full. Keep up the good work James!
Emcee James Yang has a wealth of experience in connecting with people and understands the focus of the event very quickly.
He can immediately put people he just met (my client) at ease, gain confidence and bring together an event beautifully.
He is polished, friendly, witty – all in one. Most of all, his sincerity makes you want to work with him again.
James Yang’s professionalism as an all-rounded Emcee is unparalleled, which is why we have been using him for many years.
As the apex law firm in Southeast Asia, we have immensely high standards for our emcee/ host at our events.
As you would imagine, hosting events in front of 700 top lawyers, attorneys and litigators from the region can be especially un-nerving.
James have always exceeded our expectations and never fail to excel. Without a doubt, I would recommend him for any corporate and social event as the perfect host.
Review for Emcee James Yang
I first met James at another wedding that he was emceeing at. It was by far the most entertaining wedding I had ever been to as he had a knack for filling the room with laughter and joy. When my wife and I got married however, it was during the covid period, and we were concerned about the regulations and whether James would still be able to host as magically as he did in the past. It turned out in the end that James literally saved our wedding from several disasters that happened. This review is really out of genuine gratitude, because without James, our wedding would have been very difficult to handle.
Our First Meeting
You could tell straight up from the first meeting that James had been doing this for a long time. When we met him, he was very knowledgeable about things like locations (because he’s emceed in almost every hotel and restaurant that I brought up) and for Monti where we were, he helped us look at some blind spots we missed in planning. He shared experiences to help us with guest preparations, potential sound issues and of course the plan itself.
In addition to sharing, James also started doing his homework from the first meeting. He asked about our background, our families and really got to know us on a friend level. During our wedding, he used all of our information to make “inside jokes” that somehow every guest understood. He connected very well with our families and friends with the information we provided, and all our families had the same feedback, “wah! Your friend ah… super good! Should be professional emcee!”. Due to covid, we couldn’t hire a band at the time and we weren’t allowed to get any kind of performance. However, with James and his voice and his charm and very quick wits, we didn’t need any kind of entertainment.
Before the meeting concluded, James set the terms very clearly and the prices of whatever addons we may have wanted. He gave us very good advice and was not pushy at all. My wife and I already decided before we started our discussion and we hired James on the spot with one addon (James’s extra DJ) which on hindsight we will forever be grateful for doing because the resident DJ of the restaurant took MC on our wedding.
The Solemnization
During the solemnization, some things did not go according to plan as things weren’t set up in time. The wedding would have become very messy, and people would have been impatient and confused as to what was going on. This was the first time James saved our wedding. He took initiative and started talking ahead of schedule and he started reigning the guests into the mood. He was like a magician; captivating the attention of the guests to exactly where he needed their focus to be. He made jokes, sang, described the beautiful background and interviewed guests in a joking manner. He managed to distract the guests to the point where almost nobody noticed the issues we thought were glaring obvious! Most importantly, he organized everybody to be seated and calm and in anticipation of the march in.
During the ceremony itself, James was respectful and knew when to bow out for our solemnizer to take over. He also knew exactly when to transition back in because he was very clear on the program and he was on point in helping us arrange for the photo taking (which was actually more difficult due to the covid restrictions). James was very firm on the required covid restrictions to protect us and at the same time he was very funny about it, which put our guests at ease while order continued to be maintained. We took pictures with 100 people in like 20 minutes. It was great.
If we did not have James during our solemnization, there would have been a mass of people all unsure what to do next, possibly breaking covid laws which would open us up to liability and the worse of all, it would have reflected badly on us. We probably wouldn’t have been able to finish taking pictures with everybody and the dinner would have been delayed. We are thankful that James was there, and he took the initiative to get everybody in order both at the beginning and at the end of the solemnization (even though neither is actually his job!).
The Wedding Dinner
During the wedding dinner, James saved our wedding for the second time. There was a mix up within the restaurant’s programming and at the same time the original AV guy broke his arm and took MC, which means there was nobody there to play music or our march in song or any of the montages and content for the program. James went in, found this out, coordinated with one of my brothers on the content needed and then he sorted the entire mess out. AFTER he finished sorting everything out, he came to us and told us the problem (then we freaked out a bit) before telling us to relax, because he had a solution and was just asking for our approval. Of course we were happy to just say ‘OK do what you need to’, and the entire issues was solved. I found out later that if James hadn’t fixed this, we would not have had any content playing for our wedding montage, nor would we have had our second march in song, nor would we have been able to hear any music during the dinner. We still think about this today, and are still very thankful for our decision to have hired James.
As funny and charming and witty as James is, he was always mindful not to steal the show from my wife and me. I noticed on hindsight that he was always drawing everyone’s attention, building up the mood, getting everyone excited, and then after that channeling that energy to us. Everyone was drinking, including friends and family that normally don’t drink and there was just consistent laughter and joy in every table that we went to.
James had his own DJ who played a custom list of songs based on how the crowd was feeling. We had friends dancing at their own tables whilst still in their seats and you could tell that if covid regulations weren’t around, the entire wedding would have become a dance fest. I believe that James was responsible for this through the way he built the crowds.
When we asked our friends for honest feedback on the night, James was the one constant positive that we got. Many people believed that he was our actual friend because of the level of personalization he had and the depth of knowledge he employed to set up and execute jokes.
We feel that because James conducts himself as an absolute professional, he ensures that everything related to his job of Emceeing is done to the best standards, and because he has vast experiences of many events, he is able to see disasters before they happen, and then stop them dead in their tracks.
Our wedding would not have been as successful, and a lot more painful for us if we did not have him watching our backs. I am very grateful that James was at my wedding, and I personally highly recommend him to everyone who has an important event that cannot go wrong.
Emcee James Yang was instrumental for our wedding and it was his talent and quick thinking that made our big day memorable till today.
I still remember vividly how James worked with both of us and planned out light hearted games to engage our guests. One of the best comments from our guest was, “I’ve been to so many weddings and your wedding is definitely one that is memorable. The jokes from the emcee made the event very enjoyable. Its unlike most wedding where we either remember the food or hotel, we remember your wedding because of the great Emcee you had.”
Bro, thank you sooooo much for making our wedding an unforgettable and memorable one. Your Emcee skills really got all my guests asking for more. Without you our wedding won’t be able to proceed as planned… We want to take this opportunity to acknowledge you as the best emcee ever! Never would I have imagine that some of my guests actually came up to me and ask for your contact as they are interested to engage your services. Kudos!
Lastly, your quick witted brain and macho voice combined to mesmerize my mum, relatives, friends and most importantly all my VIPs(Bosses). Thank you bro!
From the time we engaged him till the actual day, James never once made us worry as a first-timer. Fast forward to the big day, James not only covered our grand banquet but also our ROM where it was beautifully done.
Once again, thank you James. From Jess Chong Pei Ting and Akc Ang
Emcee in Singapore James Yang is a wonderful professional emcee to work with. Our events agency has worked with him on numerous shows both in Singapore and overseas over the years.
We have always received fantastic reviews from clients on his showmanship and professionalism on stage.
Known to be quick-witted, funny and very talented, James is someone whom I will strongly recommend for your next show.
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