Campus Superstars Episode 11 Performance Commentaries

It will be two songs per contestant tonight so I'll separate this blog post into two segments to prevent any confusion. I will do separate performance commentaries for each of the performances and will try to update them as soon as I have time (usually during commercial breaks) so for those blog readers who are following live during that period of time, do be a little patient because I can only type so fast.

Good luck to all the contestants tonight! ^__^

C1 李李美子 Mavis - A.《庆幸有你爱我》 原唱者： 蔡淳佳 Joi
- 候， 过后， 把握 notes did not have the necessary energy
- overall song sounded feeble
- 昼 was too low
- I felt that Mavis could have been saving up energy for her fast song but this strategy ended up hurting her slow song because it sounded as if she was not paying enough attention for her first performance.
- Judges' scores were totaled at 28.5
- I would have given Mavis a 6.5 because the overall energy of the song was way too low to impress upon on anything.

C2 李奕贤 Jarod - A.《走出黑暗的世界》 原唱者：陈伟联
- 走 did not come out right
- 片， 芬芳 were unstable
- 心 was sung off-key
- 给 was sung incorrectly as another word
- there was a strange kiddish background sound which I do not understand why.
- Judges' scores were totaled at 33.5
- I would have given Jarod a 6.0 because he sang off-key at quite an obvious chorus portion and he had forgotten a couple of words of the lyrics. Considered the late stage of the competition, those were grave mistakes in my eyes.

C3 蔡艾珈 Rachel Chua - A.《牵手》 原唱者：苏芮
- breathing was done through the mouth rather through the nose so it was too loud.
- Judges' scores were 32.5
- I would have given Rachel a 9.5 because besides her hard breathing during the performance, there was really not too much to pick on.

C4 叶嘉敏 - A.《海阔天空》 原唱者：张惠妹 Amei
- 风 trail was done very beautifully
- was wondering if 平静 was sung as something else?
- 过 at the last line was held on for a little too long
- Judges' scores were 29.5
- I would have given Jiamin a 9.0 because I felt that Jiamin did not seem to follow through the song completely and was holding back on a couple of notes towards the end which prevented a higher score. Her beautiful trail behind the verses was superior to Aijia but Aijia commands the overall spread of feel of the song better than Jiamin.

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C1 李李美子 Mavis - B.《Love*3》 原唱者： F.I.R.
- 抖音 during the verse lines were too strong
- 勇敢 note did not reach as high as it was intended
- love sounded unstable during some portions of the chorus
- the song was rushed through
- Judges' scores were 28.5
- I would have given Mavis a 6.5 because the song was rushed through, preventing any feelings to be connected to the song. Considered Mavis' past performances for fast songs, this was definitely not one of her best showings.

C2 李奕贤 Jarod - B.《完美世界》 原唱者： 杨培安
- mouth was not opened fully during verse lines
- 界 was enunciated incorrectly
- overall performance was smoother and much more enjoyable
- Judges' scores were 33.5
- I would have given Jarod a 8.5 because he managed to emote the song correctly and even though there was a few mistakes here and there, the performance was apt for the song and the proper drive to push the song through was noted.

C3 蔡艾珈 Rachel Chua - B.《你的微笑》 原唱者：F.I.R.
- starting two verses were a little too low
- good distinction between notes and good effort in showing vocal command of techniques
- 有了 sounded unstable
- song sounded slightly rushed towards the end
- Judges' scores were 32.5
- I would have given Rachel a 9.0 because I felt that even though the song difficulty was very, very high, it was still within the grasp of Aijia's ability but she did slightly poorer in the fast song because the starting verses were a little too low and the pace of the song did not vary enough so it sounded slightly rushed towards the end of the performance.

C4 叶嘉敏 - B.《一个像夏天一个像秋天》 原唱者：范玮琪
- 抖音 for most of the verses prevented reach of song
- song was not impressive enough compared to other contestants' choices
- 我的 sounded unstable
- Jiamin did not really seem to be truly immersing herself in the song
- Judges' scores were 29.5
- I would have given Jiamin a 8.0 because it was firstly not exactly a fast song so it was not really a suitable song to showcase Jiamin's improvements in fast songs (if any) so I deduct points as Jiamin did not challenge herself any further. Secondly, Jiamin did not really seem to enjoy the song or at least manage to transmit the emotions in the song to the audience as well as Jarod's or Aijia's fast song.

Congratulations on Jarod for being the first to enter the Grand Finals of Campus Superstars Season 3!

Although his grades on my performance commentaries were not the best, I suppose the judges and MediaCorp Singapore have some other plans in store for him so my blessings for him nevertheless. I can only hope he can deliver performances worthy of the Grand Finals when 12 April comes along. ^__^

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