F1 赖嘉琪 超快感 原唱者：孙燕姿
I have always liked Jiaqi's beautiful reach of her voice but she was not really opening her mouth properly to enunciate her lyric in this performance. Her "Ah" ws slurred and her endnotes and the way she stretched her notes were unstable. She also mis-pronunciated "Tui", "Zui" and "Sui Bian". But her natural-ness onstage was a boon and she seemed to be the only female contestant who was truly enjoying herself onstage.
Singing techniques subtotal: 2.75/5.0
Song delivery subtotal: 1.70/2.5
Stage Presentation subtotal: 2.00/2.5My personal grading for Jiaqi: 6.50/10
F2 杨丽莹 左边 原唱者：杨丞林
I wish Teri had read my blog because she would have understood that her eyes were still way too fidgety during all her performances. She actually has very beautiful eyes but she wasted the opportunities to use them on the cameras and audience properly. The way she held onto her microphone was also incorrect and it was quite a distraction to see her keep changing hands for it too. Teri could not really reach the lownotes and her pronunciation of "Ke Bei", "Dan Shi" and "Tian Dong" was inaccurate. Her chorus could not flow smoothly and her stage posture was stiff and un-creative.
Singing techniques subtotal: 2.60/5.0
Song delivery subtotal: 1.60/2.5
Stage Presentation subtotal: 1.80/2.5
My personal grading for Teri: 6.00/10
F3 张宇璇 那年夏天宁静的海 原唱者：王心凌
Amy did much better interacting with the cameras but her shaky notes were very obvious. She swallowed some of her endnotes and her gesticulation of her free hand was uncreative. The performance sounded rather flat and I noticed she was grasping near the end of the song, which led me to believe she needed more work on her stamina or breath control.
Singing techniques subtotal: 2.45/5.0
Song delivery subtotal: 1.65/2.5
Stage Presentation subtotal: 1.65/2.5
My personal grading for Amy: 5.75/10
F4 林佳君 有一天我会 原唱者：蔡淳佳
Jiajun did not fulfil my expectations of her performance because she made too many mistakes in the performance, which added up to be jarring enough for me not to enjoy the supposedly smooth song. Jiajun's lownotes were weak and she ended some verses too early. She was rushing her song and there were a couple of occasions she went offkey, such as "Hui", and her volume control of her voice needed some improvement too.
Singing techniques subtotal: 2.30/5.0
Song delivery subtotal: 1.60/2.5
Stage Presentation subtotal: 1.60/2.5
My personal grading for Jiajun: 5.50/10
F5 谢慧娴 C大调 原唱者：张韶涵
Surprisingly. Huixian did relatively well compared to the rest of the female contestants even though I was astounded by her choice of another Angela Chang's song. Why? Looking beyond her "cute" voice range, Huixian's stage movement and gesticulation were amongst the best during revival round plus the fact that the song was a fast track song with quite some level of difficult to match up to. But her performance definitely has room for improvement. Her reach of voice was not good enough and her eunciation of "Zui" and "Yao Yan" were shaky. Her facial expression was not really soft enough for the happy sounding song.
Singing techniques subtotal: 3.10/5.0
Song delivery subtotal: 1.80/2.5
Stage Presentation subtotal: 2.10/2.5
My personal grading for Huixian: 7.00/10
F6 黄意凌 好眼泪坏眼泪 原唱者：徐若瑄
Elaine's lownotes were very dull and her "De Yi Hou" was shaky. A few of her endnotes and a portion of her last strechnote were off-key but the worst part was that Elaine's performance was very flat and bland, as if like what Fang Zhonghua would have said, the "energy level" given off was so weak and unimpressive. Whatever happened to Elaine's aura remained a mystery to me but compared to Huixian's energetic performance (and even Jiaqi's), I could now really see why Elaine looked as if she was deproving each subsequent round. A real pity since she was one of those who had performed consistently well so far until this critical stage of the competition.
Singing techniques subtotal: 2.95/5.0
Song delivery subtotal: 1.65/2.5
Stage Presentation subtotal: 1.95/2.5
My personal grading for Elaine: 6.55/10
M1 唐伟盛 当你孤单你会想起谁？原唱者：张栋梁
Wilson was rushing his song and his lownotes were weak and flat-sounding. His enunciation of "Feng Cui" and "Xu Yao" were incorrect and I found that his song sounded a little too choppy, as if he was using too much force in-between the song. Some of his lyrics ended a little too early and thus losing the melodious feel of this ballad. Like Xubin, I think Wilson was more like chewing his song rather than singing it.
Singing techniques subtotal: 2.20/5.0
Song delivery subtotal: 1.15/2.5
Stage Presentation subtotal: 1.15/2.5
My personal grading for Wilson: 4.50/10
M2 温俊杰 忘记 原唱者：林俊杰
Junjie's "Gan Jue" was too low and he swallowed a part of his "Zhe Me Le" and he could not reach his "Dang". His performance also sounded a little too bland and flat while his gesticulation was too forceful which was not coordinated with the lyrics. Junjie's "Si Xu" could not be reached and his "Na Duan" was sung off-key. How shall I say it? It's a bad performance and a bad night for Junjue combined.
Singing techniques subtotal: 2.20/5.0
Song delivery subtotal: 1.20/2.5
Stage Presentation subtotal: 1.15/2.5My personal grading for Junjie: 4.55/10
M3 吴福宽 爱爱爱 原唱者：方大同
I really wondered why Fukuan chosed to sit down because he should have made use of the song to gesticulate more and move more around the stage. Fukuan also rushed his song a little bit and he closed his eyes more frequently than necessary. His stage posture definitely limits his ability to impress visually and even though he managed to stand up near the end of the performance, the moment to impress had gone by. Vocal-wise, he was amongst the best for the male contestants - no doubt about it.
Singing techniques subtotal: 3.25/5.0
Song delivery subtotal: 2.20/2.5
Stage Presentation subtotal: 1.55/2.5
My personal grading for Fukuan: 7.00/10
M4 徐彬 简单爱 原唱者：周杰伦
Xubin did not really sing his song but rather mouth it in a more flowing manner. Although he improved by looking much more relaxed onstage, his singing was still stagnating at a below average standard for a CSS 2 contestant. Mis-pronunciated words include "Ri Luo", "Shou", "Kao" and he also missed the entry point after one of the chorus. No offense to Xubin or his supporters, but he definitely needs to brush up on his singing if he is to appear on the public stage again.
Singing techniques subtotal: 2.00/5.0
Song delivery subtotal: 1.00/2.5
Stage Presentation subtotal: 1.00/2.5
My personal grading for Xubin: 4.00/10
M5 郑全威 给我你的爱 原唱者：TANK
I like the way Javin handled his song opening and his attempts at falsetto but that was the revival round and thus everything was much stricter. A pity that his good points were still not enough to cover his flaws in his singing. Javin's reach for his highnotes was still unstable and he did not fully stretch out the necessary notes, mis-pronunciating "Wo" along the way. Although his falsetto attempts were valiant, he did sang off-key for "Mie" and "Ai" but like Jiaqi, I could tell that Javin also enjoyed his moment onstage.
Singing techniques subtotal: 2.70/5.0
Song delivery subtotal: 1.80/2.5
Stage Presentation subtotal: 2.00/2.5
My personal grading for Javin: 6.50/10
M6 卓轩正 木乃伊 原唱者：林俊杰
What can I say? Shawn was so well-trained to sing JJ Lin's song and he did an excellent job in it. Good control of voice, rhythm and audience interaction. However, it is not exactly a flawless performance because his opening word "Ni" was muffled out by the background music and there was a verse after the first chorus where he was too forceful than necessary in enunciating the lyrics. I would also complain about how strained his facial expression was immediately after the performance because it was captured on the cameras and that expression somehow revealed that Shawn was more strained than really enjoying his performance. Will I see a Shawn beyond the shadow of JJ Lin?
Singing techniques subtotal: 3.70/5.0
Song delivery subtotal: 2.20/2.5
Stage Presentation subtotal: 2.10/2.5
My personal grading for Shawn: 8.00/10
My grading scheme:
Singing techniques subtotal: 5.0 (includes lyrics, pitching, falsetto, rapping, breath control, volume)
Song delivery subtotal: 2.5 (includes feel, groove, emoting, impact, reach)
Stage Presentation subtotal: 2.5 (includes attire, dance or movement, gesticulation, eye contact)
Grand Total: 10.0
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