Alright. The only song that I have more or less forgotten how it sounded like was Jiamin's oldie song which I had already refreshed by listening to it just now.
The rest of the songs are familiar enough and a couple of the songs are really difficult ones to field onstage. Looking forward to tonight's competition to see how the contestants are going to sing those songs.
Good luck to all of them! ^__^
C1 李奕贤 Jarod -《隐形的翅膀》 原唱者： 张韶涵 Angela
- 一直， 希望，轻 were enunciated incorrectly
- 拥有 was sung really shakily
- 让梦 was sung with a drop that was unnecessary
- 鼻音 influenced a portion of the choruses
- song was surprisingly suitable
- performance was done in a much relaxed manner compared to past performances
- Judges' scores were totaled at 30.0
- I would have given Jarod a 7.5 out of 10.0 because the song was actually very suitable for him and he was able to emote it properly this time round. My compliments to him on finally choosing a suitable song.
C2 蔡艾珈 Rachel Chua -《Dear Friend》 原唱者：顺子
- 朋友 was sung shakily
- breathing was a little too loud during the first verses
- emoting was done very convincingly
- chorus was stretched out beautifully and steadily
- Judges' scores were totaled at 30.5
- I would have given Rachel a 9.0 out of 10 because Aijia once again surprised me with her strong command of slow sentimental songs - this time on an extremely difficult song to sing because the emoting must be done very well. As Fei Hui Laoshi said, her vocal reach was beyond doubt very well-controlled.
C3 林瑞敏 Rachel Lim -《启程》 原唱者：范玮琪
- 程 was sung too low when it should be given a little lift
- overly-low notes for most of the verses' last two words
- 启程 was sung as chi cheng
- chorus sounded a little breathless and rushed
- Judges' scores were totaled at 26.5
- I would have given Rachel a 7.0 because I felt that the song was slightly more difficult than what she could competently handle so she was struggling with the enunciation of some of the words and she could not really reach the low notes to complement the emotional buildup during the choruses. Yet, I still think she was one of the contestants who truly challenged herself with so many different genres and styles of singing so my salute to her for that.
C4 黄慧婷 Joselin -《爱》 原唱者：莫文蔚 Karen
- 会 was enunciated incorrectly
- 怕 was sung off-key
- most of the song from then onwards was sung off-key
- performance sounded strained and the stretch notes were done fairly badly
- perhaps Joselin was thinking too much of her friend till she choked on her own emotions
- Judges' scores were totaled at 24.5
- I would have given Joselin a 6.0 because the song was running off-keys at critical portions of the song and she emoted the song too close to bitterness rather than matured retrospection. The overall enjoyment of the originally light till expressive song was tripped up by the repeated mistakes Joselin had made, which unfortunately could not go unnoticed at such a late stage of the competition. Even though she was graded off immediately after the show, I believe she did sang with sincerity though she knew it herself she fared unfavourably in terms of technical command of the song.
C5 叶嘉敏 -《飞向你飞向我》 原唱者：锦绣二重唱
- gesticulation looked weak and under-practiced
- stage confidence looked slightly dented as she focused on getting movements right
- 雪白 was sung slightly off-key
- 微笑 stretch seemed a little short
- gesticulation was definitely in the way of overall enjoyment of performance
- good breakthrough from her original stage image
- emoting seemed a little less convincing due to mostly weak gesticulation
- Judges' scores were totaled at 27.5
- I would have given Jiamin a 8.0 because she was really tripped up by the gesticulation which she performed quite awkwardly. Her singing style had finally broken off from the sentimental love song genre and I could even see her genuine enjoyment in her rendition through her smile. However, the relative lack of practice in stage gesticulation and her facial expression coordination with her stage movements at this stage of the competition is noted and thus pulled down some points here and there.
C6 李李美子 Mavis - 《姐妹》 原唱者： 张惠妹 Amei
- 俏 reach was not done properly
- the third portion of the verse lines could have a little bit more vocal differentiation
- 我的 note seemed dropped unnecessarily
- 珍爱这份 line could have sung with a little bit more conviction
- Judges' scores were totaled at 29.5
- I would have given Mavis a 7.5 because Mavis enjoyed her performance onstage as well and was able to capture the essence of the song with the correct portions of high and low notes. Her confidence onstage was also a plus given the difficulty level of the song, which I recalled too few to have even attempted on competitive stage performances.
Good luck to all the contestants for the voting round! ^__^
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