What do I mean by Total Entertainment Value?

Teresa Tseng: Campus Superstar Overall Female Champion 2006

Yes. I openly support Teresa because though young, she is the one who can manage to understand and use the Total Entertainment Value (TEV) to her advantage. Obviously, Teresa still have room for improvement in this particular song (the wincing, the unclear lyrics at some lines) but she has plenty of desirable skills, which the PSS 2 contestants can learn from. Don't get me wrong, I am not here to advertise for Teresa even though I support her performances. I am here just to give examples of what TEV means because it doesn't sound fair to tongue-lash the PSS 2 female contestants without giving them some sort of reference material.

No doubt that the above video isn't really the best embodiment of TEV but she knows how to carry on singing despite her errors, lets go of her worries of her singing flaws and interact with the audience and listeners appropriately according to the song. Watch carefully and see how Teresa faces the different cameras accordingly and sings to the audience about the mood of the song "Fly Away". Teresa, despite her back injury then, still manages to stand up and face the audience in different stage directions. Notice also that Teresa has no fears of the judges and she treats them as part of the audience.

Same advice to all PSS 2 contestants out there reading this: Let go of your fears and worries, sing the song to it's flavour and invite the audience to be moved with your sincerity in whatever that you are singing. It's a performance. It's a whole package, not just about getting all the lyrics or pitching correct.

Good luck to all the PSS 2 contestants and may the best wins! Remember all of you have that social responsibility as Superstars-to-be: to make good things better, and better things best.

The secret of joy in work is contained in one
word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

By: Pearl Buck, The Joy of Children, 1964US novelist in China (1892 - 1973)

(Video source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTSDmyQqFRc)
(Quote source: http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/1780.html)