Campus Superstars 2 Quarter Finals 2B Song List

F1 Seah Hui Xian 谢慧娴 - 好听 by 许茹芸, Valen

Audience familiarity with song: **1/2
Song & Performance difficulty: **1/2

This is a newly-released song by Valen and the song itself is written and sung in a very basic and simple manner, which is both a good thing and a bad thing, depending on how the performer focuses the performance. The bad thing is that the judges may not be generous with scores when it comes to song difficulty level. The good thing is that simple songs can showcase the performer's vocals because it is impossible to hide vocal flaws behind simple lyrics and tunes. So if the performer can project the good vocals into the hearts and ears of the audience, the performance will be impressive.


F2 Agnes Low 卢慷倚 - 讨厌 by 芮恩

Audience familiarity with song: ***
Song & Performance difficulty: ***

This is a medium-paced track, which has room for some dancing if the performer choses to. The noteworthy thing is that the song's music is written by one of the CSS 2 judges Lin Qi Yu so the performer must have a good grasp of the song's rhythm and beat to impress the songwriter. This song's R & B feel allows for a good level of creativity to make an impressive performance if the performer is able to mix a moderate level of dancing, posing and interaction with the audience.

F3 Teri Yeo 杨丽莹 - 心动 by 林晓培, Shino

Audience familiarity with song: ****
Song & Performance difficulty: ****

This song is popularized by the success of the movie in which it was the theme song and it was sung during the height of the career of the original singer. Comparison with the original rendition will be inevitable so care must be taken to ensure that the emoting of the song is not too far-off or the performer may risk audience rejection of the performance. Shino employs strong emoting in her voice and uses the fleetingly sad and lost persona to portray the song. It will definitely not be easy to re-make this song if the feel is not captured properly.


F4 Joanna Teo 张芮恩 - 不痛 by 张韶涵, Angela

Audience familiarity with song: ****
Song & Performance difficulty: ****1/2

This is a really difficult song because it is not only high in notes, but it is quite a mouthful of lyrics too. Breath control and a high range voice is needed to make the performance stage-worthy. It's another vocal-dependent song and extra effort must be made to make the chorus distinctive enough because most perfomers would over-concentrate on holding the high notes and neglected the chorus differentiation. This song is actually very dangerous choice because there is a high chance that performers wil run off-beat in their haste to catch and pronunciate the fast-moving lyrics.


M1 He Guo Hao 许国豪 - 大城小爱 by 王力宏

Audience familiarity with song: *****
Song & Performance difficulty: ***

This song is rhythmically easy and catchy to perform. Light-hearted and requires just natural gesticulation with lots of sincerity. Similar to Valen's song in this quarter-final 2B, simple songs are easy to perform but not easy to score and thus they are highly-dependent on the vocal section. I would say this is another of the easier songs in this round of the competition. Hold the audience's attention on the performer and it should do the trick.


M2 Ngeow Zi Jie 饶梓杰 - 旋律 by 林宇中, Rynn

Audience familiarity with song: ***1/2
Song & Performance difficulty: ****1/2

This deceptively simple song is actually a labyrinth of falsetto and note-changing traps. The performer must have excellent control of such techniques or risk ruining the entire song. The lyrics are simple and catchy but the endnotes are dangerously difficult to hold. Feel of the song is actually light and soulful so facial expressions must not betray the difficulty in the vocal section lest the stage impression becomes awkward. This is easily the most difficult song amongst the male contestants in the quarter-finals 2B.


M3 Shawn Tok 卓轩正 - 星晴 by 周杰伦, Jay

Audience familiarity with song: *****
Song & Performance difficulty: ***

Obviously, this song is already deeply ingrained in the minds of many listeners and thus becomes extremely catchy and easy to lead the audience during the performance. However, the song is relatively easy compared to the other song selections in this round of the competition and it would thus be pivotal in clearing the song vocally but having that kind of audience interaction that would make the performance enjoyable. Personally, I think this song is already over-sung so a creative handling of the song would make it stand out. Otherwise, it would just be another R&B song depleted by over-exposure and over-singing.


M4 Marcus Lee 李俊纬 - 其实还爱你 by 阿沁

Audience familiarity with song: **
Song & Performance difficulty: ***

This is a ballad by one of the members of the popular group F.I.R. The song is a simple composition with a distinctive chorus portion for emoting opportunity. There are a few portions, which allow for the showcasing of some falsetto but overall, it's quite a bland song so gesticulation and eye contact with the audience would be necessary to add more entertainment value to the performance. I would say that it is the easiest song selection amongst the male contestants in this round of the competition.