Blog post to be updated after performances tonight as soon as possible.
Good luck to all the revivalists contestants! ^__^
C1 丁文淞 Jeremy - 《我可以》 原唱者：蔡旻佑
- 2nd verse onwards has a good release of energy and reach which I liked.
- 要 's volume control was sudden and jarring, not gradual enough
- 分离 was sung unsteadily
- 你 was sung a little too slow and causing slight out of breath
- I concur with Peifen's analysis that Jeremy used more nasal support, which dimmed his chances of reaching the song properly.
- last few chorus lines were badly out of syn.
- judges' scores were totaled at 31.0
- I would have given Jeremy a 6.0 because he did not push himself to improve at his singing. The genre of songs are still the same; his singing style is still the same; his singing feel is still the same. If he makes it through to the revival round, he must have a breakthrough - it's not merely about sticking to one's style but daring to challenge oneself to explore music and entertain others at the same time.
C2 李李美子 Mavis -《3-7-20-1》 原唱者：曹格
- 奏 was a little low
- 感觉 lyrics seemed to be missing from the singing
- suitable song which brought out her confidence and voice range
- good technique management for her end-notes and high-notes
- judges' scores were totaled at 37.5
- I would have given Mavis a 7.0 because she managed push the song's enjoyment level to a good high. Stage, audience and camera interaction were done well and she was fearless in delivering a difficult song with zero hesitation. I like her rendition for her entertainment value but she did not break the 7.0 barrier because I could still see a shadow of the original singer's note management within her singing - the way she accented the song was still not creatively Mavis-styled yet.
C3 蔡梦真 Shelly -《我知道你很难过》 原唱者：蔡依林
- 爱一个人 was rushed in
- 令人 ， 最美 was sung off-key
- lyrics were sung quite flat without distinctive emotional buildup
- there is a strange nasal humming behind her singing unheard of before
- breathing breaks were not appropriate, splitting the lines unnecessarily
- did not seem attentive enough to watch the rises and falls within the song
- judges' scores were totaled at 28.0
- I would have given Shelly a 5.0 because she made a very serious mistake - not paying attention to what she is singing. To me, being onstage means getting the attention of everyone who is listening to you singing and she was actually squandering her time away onstage without any noticeable effort in wanting to entertain and impress the audience. No technique handling, stylist effort or determination to challenge the harder portions of the song. Her rendition was just muddling through as it goes away. Yes, I am harsh on performers who are not keen even at revival round but I speak my mind as truthfully.
C4 黄力生 Adrian -《终于说出口》 原唱者：小宇
- reach of song was not done properly, lyrics keep slurring within mouth
- there was a sudden volume burst out of nowhere
- verses and choruses were not sung distinctively from each other
- the song was overall feeble and the climax did not impress or come as striking
- judges' scores were totaled at 28.5
- I would have given Adrian a 5.5 because it was still a bad rendition. The song actually has quite some high and low portions which Adrian could have made use of to showcase whatever he wanted with his voice but he kept so rigidly stuck in his version which neither had power nor style distinction to make an impressive stand. One of the judges were right to point out that Adrian may not have fully made use of the revival round. For me, it was a normal rendition not impressive enough to wow me at such an important round in the competition.
C5 蔡艾珈 Rachel Chua -《你是爱我的》 原唱者：张惠妹
- 等 seemed to end prematurely
- 问号 was held onto beautifully
- alteration of certain parts of the song were blended in comfortably
- final line sounded less sure and commanding but ended well eventually
- judges' scores were totaled at 40.5
- I would have given Aijia a 7.5 because she finally made a breakthrough and started singing sentimental love ballads onstage. Her rendition was very steady and even though she made some modifications here and there but these were minor alterations which did not adversely affect the overall enjoyment of the performance. High-notes were done beautifully and the falsetto climax, though not as powerful as the original, was very satisfactorily done and up to my expectations. A skilful demonstration was just marred by overly-closed eyes which prevented audience interaction and eye contact. If Aijia had maintained longer eye-contact and invited the audience into the state of the song, I would have easily given a 8.0.
C6 张慧诗 Rachael - 《我想有个家》 原唱者：潘美辰
- 在我疲倦 was sung too low
- 我 lyric seemed to be missing in the singing
- 曾 was distinctively too low, affecting the buildup in the chorus
- 自己 pitch was a little too high
- invested a lot of emotions towards the end and could be felt
- judges' scores were totaled at 29.5
- I would have given Rachael a 6.5 because Rachael was really struggling with the low-notes at the verse portions of the song and she made a couple of technical pitching mistakes here and there, especially the part where the chorus buildup was marred by a wrong low-note. However, her emotional buildup was strong and she was one of the three revivalists tonight who truly invested their emotional energy into their songs onstage. For that, I am willing to give her a 6.5 as encouragement. Some supporters may feel that I may be stingy with the grades since it was quite moving rendition and I knew the reason for her song choice even before tonight but I cannot reward Rachael that much if she cannot surpass her own ceiling for technical command of singing.
Good luck to all the revivalists for the voting round! 15 more minutes to closing vote lines! ^__^
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