F1 谢慧娴 喜欢你没道理 原唱者: 张韶涵, Angela
Audience familiarity with song: ***
Song & Performance difficulty: ***
This song is quite a bad selection for Huixian but although her voice range can hit Angela's, the song is actually very difficult to sing because the song is highly-dependent on the tune to pace the lyrics and it is very easy to get off-beat. Also, the only audible and possible area to showcase any form of vocal is at the chorus and only minimal. Unless Huixian can surprise by carefully avoiding the overly-sweet/cartoonish portrayal of the song, I highly recommend Huixian to drop this song and pick another song.
F2 许政宁 - Super No. 1 原唱者: 卓文萱, Genie
Audience familiarity with song: **
Song & Performance difficulty: **
Another happy-song selection and it reminds me of songs that Jiajun will choose - safe, simple songs that can move audience but not necessarily scores. It puzzles me why Zhengning would choose this song because she is like trying to pit "being cute" against Huixian and Joanna when her stage image could have been much more versatile. I would say this is not a good selection because the song did not really suit Zhengning's image and she would have done better if she picked a good soulful ballad and showcase her vocals, an area which many still doubted.
F3 张芮恩 - 理想情人 原唱者: 杨丞琳, Rainie
Audience familiarty with song: ***1/2
Song & Performance difficulty: **1/2
I am surprised that Joanna chosed this song because given her vocal prowess and reach, she could have easily chosen something harder and showcase more of her stronger vocal attributes. However, it is a safe selection as the ballad has distinctive verse-chorus portions and easy to reach vocal range of the song. Thus as long as Joanna focuses on emoting and moderate audience interaction, the performance should not be too difficult for her. There is only one danger - the judges may feel that this song is too easy for a 3A quarter-finalist.
M1 饶梓杰 - On The Way 原唱者: 黄俊源
Audience familiarity with song: ***
Song & Performance difficulty: ****
I think Zijie picked an interesting song which has the potential to move the audience and score decently. Of course, he would need to pack enough punch into the chorus and sing with a flair of rock-and-roll attitude, which seemed suited to his stage image. There is actually a lot of room for creativity in the song, including dance moves, poses, audience interaction and of course, vocal showcasing as well. I will be expecting a good performance.
M2 范平庚 Superman 原唱者: 曹格, Gary
Audience familiarity with song: ***1/2
Song & Performance difficulty: ***1/2
Benjamin picked a sleazy-sounding song with a remix portion within as well for his semi-finals and I wondered if he could really carry the song convincingly onstage, given his straight-clean studious image thus far. Judges would be also looking at the appropriateness of the song, matching songs to faces so unless Benjamin revamped his stage image and attire, I would say that the song may not be really suitable for him. Then again, there is still some time before the semi-finals, he may still surprise somehow if he can get his act together in time.
M3 吴福宽 只对你说 原唱者：林俊杰, JJ
Audience familiarity with song: ****
Song & Performance difficulty: ***1/2
This song hinges strongly on the slow-buildup from the verses to the chorus and Fukuan must learn grasp the emotions behind it to impress the audience and judges. Chorus would have to be distinctive and the endnotes must be held clearly and firmly in order to exit the verses gracefully. Since it's already the 3A quarter-finals, I would want to bring across the point that Fukuan still have that unpolished and not-so-confident look onstage. A little touch-up on his outward stage image and some work on his facial expressions would be necessary to match the groovy feel of the song.
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My thanks to Joanne, conman, Cuiping for their compliments and support for my blogging. The journey would have been much lonelier without all of you standing behind me against those raving nay-sayers.
To Yamato: Would my age make a difference? I suppose if I had wanted people to know my age, I would have made it public, wouldn't I? I know some other taggers had laughed at people older than themselves but I just wanted to remind those people - they are also getting older by the seconds even as they mock Age and eventually themselves. Anyway, thank you for popping over and hope to see your tags and any constructive comments as well. =)
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