The song initially sounded sweet and thus worrying because some people cannot accept Huixian's sweet image and her generally sweet selection of songs. But as the song progresses, it is actually more light-hearted and catchy than expected and the song sits comfortably well on the ears. Huixian will have to learn how to inject appropriate softness and comfortable singing by completely doing away whatever "ge-tai" breathing and heaving-sounding endnotes she has started the competition and move the audience to sway with the song. Given Huixian's foundation in singing techniques, all I ask of Huixian for a good performance of this song are clear endnotes, a heart-warming smile and avoid those prominent breaks in the song's lyrics. Jia you, Huixian!
Well-controlled emotional buildup from the first line to the chorus is very important to capture the attention of the audience and judges. This song is not particularly easy to sing because of the range and spacing between the lownotes and the highnotes but the song will be beautiful onstage if the image and the song content can be brought across to the audience. I do see improvement in Zhengning's singing in the previous SF 3 round but I will look forward to see if she is be able to improve enough to clear this song, especially on reaching the climatic falsetto and emoting the gentle ending of the song. Jia you, Zhengning!
F3 阮诗凯：平常心 原唱者: 张惠妹, A-Mei
Keely was given a very challenging song because not only Zhang Hui Mei's songs are fundamentally not easy to emote, she will have to compete with my recollection of Teresa's rendition of this song during the PSS 2 audition concert as well. Both these two singers did very well. The song calls for the performer to exude the emotions and feelings of a song persona (who is fatigued by love but enlightened by life) in order to bring out the essence. The song's lyrics are much easier to remember than the other two songs but the emoting requirement is actually the highest. However, Keely is able to capture the imagination and convincingly brings across the meaning of the song, it will be a fantastic performance. Jia you, Keely!
M1 卓轩正: 爱你不是爱给别人看 原唱者：叶良俊
This song is actually a classic song sung by CSS 2 Judge Ye Liang Jun himself, which means he will probably be the strictest judge of this song since he himself was the original singer. The two major hurdles in the song are the moderately quick-moving lyrics as well as the very delicate use of falsetto during the endnotes. I believe Shawn can easily handle the basic techniques appropriately especially because this is a slightly easier song than his previous selection of 我总是听你说 , but the question remains on whether he can emote ballads adequately, which is his greatest weakness because though light to the ears and the heart, the song is actually quite matured in terms of lyrical content. I would look forward to see how a 13 year old sing the song, which is a very familiar ballad to many people during one of the golden age of music. Jia you, Shawn!
M2 李俊纬: 爱如潮水 原唱者：张信哲, Jeff
I believe Marcus got the most difficult (but very beautiful) song to sing in the entire round because this song requires crystal-clear notes and eunciation of lyrics. The song is also naturally high-key, which will prove an immense challenge for Marcus to sustain all the highnotes throughout the song. There is also very little breathing space within the song, especially during the chorus. The emoting for the song also requires a difficulty and varying buildup. In short, if Marcus can pull this song off, even I will have to applaud and cheer for him. Jia you, Marcus!
M3 范平庚: 下雪 原唱者：阿杜, A-Do
This is one difficult ballad to emote because as the song is slow-paced at the verses portion, there is very little room to make mistakes and get away with them. What primarily worries me is how Benjamin can emote the song convincingly even if he manages to get the song techniques right. The endnotes are sung forcefully by the original singer and the chorus is one vital portion of the song to showcase the emotions of the song persona and Benjamin must be able to hold the audience's attention in those chorus portions. The perfecting ending of the song should be to leave the audience in a mood of comfortable relevation. Jia you, Benjiamin!
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