Hi everyone! I decided to do a short analysis of the songs that the contestants have chosen for the abovementioned round of the Campus Superstar 2 competition. I hope the analysis below will help both the CSS 2 contestants, as well as singing enthusiasts, by providing a rough reference guide as to how such songs should be performed along certain parameters to achieve optimal effects to wow the audience.
You can right click the song titles and open them in a new window so you can listen to the songs and read the analysis below each song at the same time. Have fun reading and good luck to all the contestants for their performances!
卢慷倚 分手快乐 原唱者：梁静茹
Audience familiarity with song: *****
Song & Performance difficulty: ***1/2
The song is very popular due to the success and reach of the original singer but this means a strong compare and contrast danger with the original singer's version. The song is actually not easy to emote because it involves a delicate balance of heartbroken-ness and a sense of self-renewal in the feel of the song. Performer must have a good grasp of the lyrics and know when to change the facial expression with the various emotive stages come along during the performance.
阮诗凯 了解 原唱者：孙燕姿
Audience familiarity with song: ***1/2
Song & Performance difficulty: ****1/2
The song's emoting can be hard to catch because it requires matured handling of the feel between the lines of the lyrics. The nuances of the song's persona's struggle between emotional awareness and dilemma are not easy to express for any inexperienced performer. Pre-performance emotional preparation is very important for the success of such a song performance because any inappropriate stage or audience interaction can easily spoil the beauty of ths song. This is one of the hardest songs to attempt at such an early stage of the competition - impressive but dangerous.
赖嘉琪 本来 原唱者：同恩
Audience familiarity with song: ***
Song & Performance difficulty: ***1/2
This song hinges a lot of image-painting in the minds of the audience to deliver the special feel of the song. The performer of the song will have to know how to lead the audience into the song appropriately with gesticulation and thus smoothe out the song's rather jarring tune flow and pronounciation of some parts of the lyrics. Although the song may not be as popular as the other song selections, but this song has plenty of opportunities for the performer to get creative and make the performance an enjoyable piece onstage.
张芮恩 街角的祝福 原唱者：戴佩妮
Audience familiarity with song: ***
Song & Performance difficulty: ***1/2
This song is challenging in its own right because the background music is very simple and thus making it very easy to spot any vocal mistakes during the performance. There is little variation in the song expression, which makes it rather hard to impress or wow the audience with eyecatching stage dynamics. To successfully sing this song, comfortable listening is the key to the door of nods of approval by the discerning music listeners.
许政宁 睁一只眼 闭一只眼 原唱者：蔡依林
Audience familiarity with song: ****
Song & Performance difficulty: ****1/2
A very fast dance track, which will definitely wow the audience if performed properly. However, the rather hollow-content lyrics are quite a mouthful and pronounciation of them can be a problem onstage. Appropriprate eye contact with audience and smooth, sleek dance moves are a-must accompaniments to such dance tracks. Performer must also be able to emote playfulness and sensuality at the same time. In my opinion, this is another of the two most difficult songs to performance in the entire round of Quarter-Finals 1A.
李俊纬 我可以 原唱者：蔡旻佑
Audience familiarity with song: ***1/2
Song & Performance difficulty: ***
Another very popular song which is a good thing because the audience can recognize the song and appreciate the nuances within it. However, the song is sung with a sense of casual-ness, which can be dry and difficult if the performer is nervous on stage. The song does not involve much difficulty in the vocal area, which makes it harder to earn the judges' points for creativity and display of prowess onstage. Ballads can make or break, depending seriously on the ability of the performer to emote ballads, however bland their lyrics are.
温俊杰 专属天使 原唱者：TANK
Audience familiarity with song: *****
Song & Performance difficulty: ***
This song is quite easy to sing and because of its very popularity amongst the young listeners and singing enthusiasts, it will be difficult to impress because they would most certainly be comparing and contrasting the performance with the original singer since familiarity of the song is fresh within the minds of this group of listeners. Itself being a ballad means touching with emotions and feelings, not with showy stage works.
吴福宽 勇气 原唱者：光良
Audience familiarity with song: ****
Song & Performance difficulty: ***1/2
This is another difficult song to truly impress in the compare & contrast aspect because of its immense popularity and successful performance by both accomplished singers in the industry. The performer must know the song very well and avoid the all-too-common vocal mistakes within highly-familiar songs and bring out the eagerness of the song persona. From my personal experience singing this song, breath control is crucial to necessitate the smoothness of the transition between the lines of the song as well as the clarity of the endnotes.
徐彬 除此之外 原唱者：范逸臣
Audience familiarity with song: **1/2
Song & Performance difficulty: ***
This song is easy to remember but difficult to emote because of the very simplicity of the lyrics. The feel of the song is vital to prevent the song from becoming bland or repetitive. There is little room for stage dynamics because it is originally intended as a ballad so touching the audience's auditory senses and hearts is key to winning the points for a performance of such a song. The song was written quite some time ago so familiarity is lower, which is bad because the younger audience may not appreciate the song well enough but it also means less compare and contrast woes.
卓轩正 翅膀 原唱者：林俊杰
Audience familiarity with song: ***1/2
Song & Performance difficulty: ****
The song is difficult to sing because of the falsetto as well as the very flexible note-changing techniques of the original singer. However, if the performer is familiar with the song, then a decent level of practice will be able to wow the audience. Yet, many singers performing this song end up dangerously close to mimicking the original singer and run into the glut of not being able to develop one's unique style of emoting the song. Such is a problem of choosing songs specifically written for the original singer and no one else.
That's all for now. Hope somewhere out there, someone benefits from reading all these ba.
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