pew: For me i feel that overall aijia is better den jm.. OVERALL. lookin from stage presence and stuff like that.
- Well, stage presence may be developed and lost depending on the quality of each performances. Let's hope the good ones can sustain and the weaker ones can improve.
wp: i think jm shld focus on her As. its not worth it if css ruined her future (:
- Wah..not so serious ba? It's hard to say because only Jiamin will know if it is worth it for her or not.
grace: i like ai jia. cause she sings really well. (:
- she has her plus points being one of the most experienced contestants.
passer: rachel not very good..
- Don't know which Rachel you are talking about and which area you are talking about though.
Stella: honestly i dun haf any fav today... all seem flat ><>- Well, quite a few of them did not perform up to expectations, at least my expectations.
passer: ridhwan out... mavis should out lor
- Mavis has a good supporter base behind her?
SHARON: ya lo, Mavis didn't sing that good today
- Well, my commentaries have said most of what I felt about her performance yesterday night.
Leraine: I noticed you gave Benita the higest of all the contestants today, and I agree with you, really. But sadly, the judges didn't. Her renditions might not sound like the originals but that's what so special about her. Benita, jiayou =)
- Sometimes, such competitions are really unpredictable. What to do? 70% meant Benita had very little chance to continue.
SOMEONE: rid is out? sad... oh well.... all i can say is jiayous for the rest of the contestants!
- Jia you!!! ^__^
valerie: 2dae's css09 is still alright, but i believe, judges should not be like always giving jm such a high marks. and also, the judges shld not label jm as a singer, cause if they do so. they are just telling us that in their heart, jm is already a singer. if is so, then whats the use of the competition.? and they shld not always pick on jarod, saying that he always choose a sad song to sing, but it don suits his age cause he is young. but i don think this matter, cause as long as jarod is able to express the feelings of the song out, it does not matter the age at all. then jm always sing sad/slow songs, but why didn the judges ask her to sing a rock/pop song?
- I agree that the labelling of Jiamin as a singer is too premature at this stage because at least from my perspective, although she is a stable singer, she has not demonstrated versatility onstage. I am worried for Jarod because even until now, Jarod could not completely settle down to a good genre that is suitable for him. Although Peter Laoshi said choosing songs for Jarod is difficult because of his unbroken voice, I felt Jarod's limitations onstage will be a bigger problem as the themes become more challenging.
passerby: yes, jm gets the highest score all the time and they're kind of biased towards her.
- Perhaps they wanted to give more encouragement for her stability in performances.
passerby: yea ... mavis sang like nt well tdy but she neva out xia... and benita really sang quite ok tdy leh ... hmms
- Sigh for Benita....
Leraine: Yea, benita ): really don't deserve 24, at all. I'm sure she's not the weakest...
- I gave Benita a 7.0 for my commentaries because I felt Benita did a proper job.
valerie: yuppie, i think so too, her performance 2dae is not bad
- Nods.
JK: yeh.. smth abt the judges.. tat time aijia sang fast song twice they complain.. but looks like the other contestants are sticking to their same old song type... hmmmmm
- I believe the judges have their reasons ba.
J: Let's be fair, Benita shouldn't have been out. Mavis and Rid should have been out. Mavis should be out next week.
- Someone must be out for each round but I really felt it should not have been Benita last night. Sigh.
Stella: wow, i agree totally with Valerie's comments about judges towards jiamin, jarod, etc. bias towards some of e contestants. based on this time elimination song "yu jian", i think Mavis sing this type of song quite nice.
- Mavis has potential but I kept thinking she could not display her potential properly because of her choice of songs.
-: Totally agree with Valerie on what she(?) had commented. Being an artist is being an overall-performer, so far in CSS09, I suppose only Rachel Chua can make the grade. (no offence to other contestants !) Jm on the other hand, from what we've seen so far, can only sing that fixed category of songs. To be honest, Jm is good, but I wouldn't say she's suitable to be a singer yet. Not until she proves she has the stage charisma and ability to move the crowd. Yes, she was tactful in her singing approach but I didn't really get moved, so far. Jy to all the contestants! And, this is not purely a singing competition. It is a hybrid of both singing abilties and crowd-popularity. It's time to shine now contestants!
- Superstars competitions are like this - a mix of talent, skill, luck, popularity and opportunity.
jen: sean, dont you feel tired of mdc's repeated use of such cute, small, inmature boys for com? he is just smth like the previous champion. there is no doubt that yes, be will be the winner but as usual The winner of such competitions is not the one with the best ability/future
- I suppose there is still a business model behind the competition to pay for the expenses for organizing and sustaining such competitions. It's too early to predict this season's winner yet but I sincerely hope the best contestant wins. ^__^
passer: probably judges gave benita a low score due to her personality
- I don't know the true reason but Benita did mention in her MDC blog that she was getting tired....
Passer by: Anyway Jarod voice not even break yet .
- Yes, it's a worrying problem.
Leraine: From my point of view, I see that Benita is one that keeps to herself. She is not exactly stubborn, but more strong-willed and doesn't do things the conventional way
- I believe so.
unknown:D: okayy, i kinda feel that the judges are abit biased towards jiamin, ytd was okayokay, and yet she got such a high score :C no offence
- I only gave her a 6.0 in my commentaries.
valerie: yeah, i wont deny that jm has a good voice, but sometimes the mistake she made, but the judges didn even point out, and all they say is that she sang well. and sometimes, i feel that the judges did not talk straight to the point, they never exactly point the mistake out, but all they do was only to say that your pitch didn hit the note you didn choose the correct song etc, but shouldn't they as a judge be more skillful, eg, give advise on how should the contestants improve. and, why must there be a voting system? and since this is a campus superstar event, why can't MDC organise on fri instead of mon when the students and parents have to work the next day
- Well, I think your questions are more appropriately answered by MediaCorp itself. =)
passer: css09 may be the last superstar programme on channel u
- Possibly. Let's see what happens ba.
About valerie, jen, passer and Jarod
- valerie has a valid point - nobody will know for sure what will happen to Jarod's singing abilities when and if his voice breaks. However, it is true that Jarod faces a tough problem in convincing a portion of the audience that he really did understand what he is singing. There is still a difference in one being able to sing and being able to convince others about what one is singing. I believe MediaCorp knows this and even deliberately included a segment immediately behind some of Jarod's performances to let Jarod explain the meaning of the songs he sung.
jen: its just that as an audience, i feel tired of watching kids singing, yes kids, if you compare to css1's ncy that is. im just worried that he may suffer permanent damage to his vocals if he continues to strain his voice before he matures. Nevertheless, jm has alr proven to us and the judges that she is the best, so she shld get out of this comp asap and focus on her As, which is far more important
- Jiamin proven to us that she is the best? I felt that that part remains to be seen. Getting out of a competition at this stage would prove disastrous for Jiamin because it's equivalent to abandoning ship and her responsibility as a contestant. It will surely bring ruin to her name and condemn her out of the singing industry - her word of honour is at stake. I don't know about which is more important in Jiamin's life but I remember everything is a learning journey if one chooses to look at the world that way - be it GCE A Levels or a Superstar singing competition. ^__^
I really appreciate all the taggers who have managed to keep their discussion and online behaviour civilized and polite even if they disagreed with one another on certain issues. This is by far a great improvement from CSS 1 where rampant flaming and insults were hurled across the Internet with zero regard to anyone else. Once again, thank you to my readers and taggers for keeping this up!
May every contestant improves and the best contestant wins! ^__^
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