Battle of the Top 7: Musical!
The concert began with Summer Nights by the Top 7. The whole performance had the retro feeling and I must say all 7 of them shined like stars. Their dance was quite cute and there was some story line in their presentation of the song.
Judges for the night: Xiao Han, Wu Jiaming and George
Chloe started with The Winner Takes It All. Overall, her voice was not too bad and she managed to portray what she wanted to show the audience. It really reflected her emotions of being part of this competition and I felt that it was pretty good. But, the emotions could be brought out even better if she had more confidence.
Zhang Chi sung the famous 'Can't Take My Eyes Off You'. Honestly, when he was singing the verse, he looked like he was just reciting lyrics. It was only until the chorus when he started dancing that he managed to bring the atmosphere up. I must applaud his effort in trying to put off some dance moves but from a more professional perspective, his dance moves just can't make it. In terms of voice, no doubt about his good control and stability. His "I love you, baby" was the best few lines for the entire song. Also, I must say his pronounciation was good, considering that he haven't learnt english before.
Vee brought us 'Part of the World'. Firstly, she has indeed improve much from the past 2 weeks. She had much more confidence and her voice had slightly more stability. However, her pitch was almost constantly off for the whole song. No doubt interwining singing and talking at the same time may have affected her, but judging from previous rounds, it looks more like a serious problem that she would have to fix quickly if she want to make it through to the finals.
Huixian sung 'Hopelessly Devoted To You'. I am really amazed by her singing. She really told us (the audience) her inner emotions through her singing. You can really feel that there's a stubborn character who hurts so much, yet chooses to remain strong on the outer. However, I do agree with Xiao Han's comments that some of her notes are too short (following her hand movements). Also, her voice did not have as much clarity as the weeks before. Could be due to tiredness?
Junyang's 'Sandy' sounded like "Shandy" instead. BUT, his hardwork and improvement is definitely commendable. He really has improved alot and despite not having sung an english song before, he put up a good fight tonight. A pity was that his pronounciations were pretty horrifying. Many parts were inaudible to the audience. He surely have to improve in this area to moved on in this industry!
ET's "Can You Feel The Love Tonight' was really good. First time hearing him pull through a slow song and it was really touching. Yes, I definitely can feel the love. However, perhaps he opened up too early, the end lacked layering. He could possibly have had more emotions in the last chorus. Nevertheless, he was good.
Irwin's "I Have A Dream" was average. He maintained his usual standard but lacked surprise this week. There were many possible areas of improvement such as "Qi Yin" that Wu Jiaming mentioned. Overall, it was just another usual performance from him.
The contestants were allowed to walk to the edge of the stage to have some interactions with their families and friends. Only briefly told my dear girl to jiayou and love her cos she had limited time...
So the results were out and Chloe and Junyang were eliminated for this round. It's down to Top 5 next week! Stay tuned for more updates about the competition!
