Okay. Just finished watching the CSS 2 SF 1A replay on the television. There's lots to say so I'd better write now whilst the memory is still fresh and before I go shopping for my running shoes. And yes, the judges were correct to stay that since it was already the semi-finals, their grading would be also stricter because after all, they represent the competition's best and thus leniency should be reduced accordingly.
F1 卢慷倚：勾勾手 原唱者：郭美美
Agnes' starting for her song sounded strained as it was too low for her. The reach of her voice for this song was not adequate and her emoting was quite bland. She also swallowed some of her lyrics like 坚强. Perhaps Judge Lin was right to say that she was still a little young to feel the song at the appropriate level. Words or phrases such as 痛, 终, 虹, 追过, 海鸥 were either off-key, too low or feeble and thus rendering her performance less than stellar and enjoyable. Her scores were 6.5+7.0+6.0=19.5. I would have given her a 6.00.
F2 谢慧娴：风铃 原唱者：蔡淳佳
Huixian did quite a bad job eunciating the lyrics of her song. There were plenty of words or phrases that she either sang too low, swallowed or got the note inaccurate - 微, 过, 洒, 猜, 选择, 自然, 都是你. Judge Ye also made a good point that Huixian must learn to gather her endnotes properly so that those notes would not hang in the air. I personally felt that she sounded a little too choppy at the bridge portion. However, she made improvements in the way she breathed in and that "ge-tai" feel was also smoothed out so the attention span on her performance was better. Her scores were 6.5+7.5+6.0=20.0. I would have given her a 6.75.
F3 许政宁：一千年以后 原唱者：林俊杰
Zhengning's starting note on the word 跳 was too low. She had serious problems in trying to change notes and transit into them and there was no distinctive line between the chorus and the verses. Most of her notes were too low and were not controlled well and I felt that most of Zhengning's singing were still around her nasal area, which meant much less energy for her song. Overall, her performance sounded quite dull and lifeless. Her scores were 5.0+4.0+4.5=13.5. I would have given her a 4.25.
F4 阮诗凯：触摸 原唱者: 陈伟联
Keely's starting note "听" was also too low and she was struggling with the first few verses because she could not really reach the lownotes well such as the phrase "在这天". I would also complain about the way she kept closing her eyes and arching her head to one side, which looked sort of unpresentable when she could have moved further to interact with the audience. However, Keely's chorus did save her and she managed to emote quite well for those chorus portions. Judge Ye was correct to point out that Keely's variation of voicing platforms could have improved to add varying depths to the song. Her scores were 7.0+6.5+6.0=19.5. I would have given her a 6.50.
F5 张芮恩：爱无力 原唱者：潘嘉丽
Joanna was the only girl who managed to get her starting note correct and her performance was actually fairly stable as well. However, she did make a series of mistakes, which prevented a high score. Her 友, 该 were too low and she swallowed her phrase 对着. Joanna also could not fully enunciate 懂 properly and she could not enter the phrase 在那里 accurately enough. As what Judge Lin said, she could not bring out the helplessness within the song. I felt that Joanna should learn to interact with the audience more during the interval in her song and avoid smiling whilst performing a sad ballad. Her final stretchnote ended a beat too early and Judge Li was also right to say that Joanna's soft and hard notes were not distinctive enough. Her scores were 6.5+7.0+5.5=19.0. I would have given her a 6.25.
Okay. That is all. Hope all of these can reach the contestants and somehow help them along their journeys to become better in singing. I am still thinking of making a post on how to sing 触摸 so if I can find the time, I'll put it up for everyone to practise and think about.
Have a good weekend ahead! =)
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