Alright, it's the special revival round tonight so as per usual practice, performance commentaries would be written and posted as soon as I can find them during the commercial breaks. So for those blog readers who are following real time, do be patient.
As with all the previous rounds, I have already listened to all the songs and let's hope the four contestants can give their best renditions to impress to reach all the way to the Grand Finals!
Good luck! ^__^
C1 林瑞敏 Rachel - 《我不难过》 原唱者： 孙燕姿 Stefanie
- 柔 sounded weaker than necessary
- 走， 解 ended prematurely
- 说 enunciation could be better
- overall enunciation was much better
- emoting was by far the best seen from Rachel
- Judges' scores were totaled at 34.5 out of 50 marks
- I would have given Rachel a 7.5 because there was quite some improvements made about her enunciation. There were still problems here and there but I definitely felt a sense of release from Rachel's singing because she could concentrate more on emoting the song than worry about the enunciation. The emoting was done with more detail and variation and I could feel her immersing in the song during the performance. Zhanlun Laoshi was right - Rachel has her own style of portraying songs and she has every right to be comfortable in her own shoes. Keep that smile shining.
C2 黄慧婷 Joselin - 《失恋无罪》 原唱者： A Lin
- 忍住，尊重 were too low and the necessary lift was not there
- 拉音 was done a little too deliberate to my ears
- chorus was not projecting as much strength as I would have expected
- Judges' scores were totaled at 39.0 out of 50 marks
- I would have given Joselin a 7.0 because Joselin had convincingly cleared a very difficult song on the stage. Her singing has stabilized much more compared to her previous performances and I could tell her pushing herself to do better than ever before in this rendition. Considered her struggles during her practice rounds, Joselin did show her potential to do better than before, which greatly pleased me personally because I was waiting for Joseling to show what she could do. However, her concentration was subsequently split between trying to reach the high notes and emoting and thus I felt that her emoting was not as strong as I would expect from this song. I was holding my breath in worry that she might lose the notes during the high notes portions but she did not disappoint. Good job on those portions.
C3 郑琪颖 Benita - 《一笑而过》 原唱者：那英
- eye contact was dulled out during first few verse lines as she tried focusing holding back
- 懦弱 could have more buff within
- 言 note was broken
- 你， 就 trail were not done properly
- 过 and final line trail was well commandeered
- Judges' scores were totaled at 33.0 out of 50 marks
- I would have given Benita a 7.0 because Benita was finally able to gather her emotions. Xiaohan Laoshi was accurate enough to point that Benita was always singing with too much force and could not really gather back her emotions to give that kind of emoting distinction. This time round, Benita was able to do so for the song and the quality of her vocals was distinctively pleasant. However, what was intended as an 8.0 was whetted down due to her repeated mistakes so I hope supporters of Benita can understand. Jia you~~
C4 蔡艾珈 Rachel -《Open Your Eyes》 原唱者：张惠妹 Amei
- 寸断 was clustered together when they should be spaced out more
- bye at last second line was sung slightly off-key
- rest of the performance was competently completed without notable hiccups
- Judges' scores were totaled at 42.5 out of 50 marks
- I would have given Aijia a 8.5 because Aijia overcame what Qiyu Laoshi was trying to help her - her enunciation of vowels. Coupled with Rachel's own control of techniques, the song came out very well. There were a few notable mistakes that scratched out some grades as pointed out in the above but all in all, I will not hesitate to give Aijia the highest score for tonight because she was the most competent in terms of vocal control and utility of techniques. Congrats to Aijia for being graded right into the Grand Finals at the time of typing! ^__^
Here begins the ferocious voting round - a solid 45minutes from time of typing. Good luck to all the contestants! ^__^
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