Week One:
Continuing the show tonight is Cindy singing "Take Me or Leave Me" from Rent:   Nick: Cindy, fabulous work! You remind me of Stacy from Season One. You put so much emotion and attitude behind your performances. You have such a powerful and beautiful voice! Well Done!
Ksenia: Such great emotion in this one! You sounded like you had a blast singing this one and Rent is a challenge at times. Very well done girl!
Stacy: WOW POWERHOUSE! You really have a powerful voice! My issue was the recording quality here, it was awful which made it hard for me to really hear you. I think you need to back off the mic a bit. I don't have much to critique here, only to say that you need to be careful not to "over" sing your songs, you didn't do that here but you come close! I think yours is my most favorite voice in this competition! I love the control and power, and it is unique, sassy and soulful!! WATCH OUT CONTESTANTS. THIS CHICK IS GONNA BE HARD TO BEAT!
Do you want Cindy to advance? Don't forget to vote!
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Next up tonight is Rina, singing "Easy As Life" from Aida:   Nick: Rina, the performance was alright. You have a stong voice, and its beautiful, but it seems like you are only capable of singing older songs, like John Stevens (from AI3). I would like you to break out of the traditional music and do something fun! Well Done!
Ksenia: I love Aida and you have a really nice broadway sounding tone. Watch dipthongs on ending words like "died". I liked how you didn't cut off words as much as some singers in this musical do (you could even take more rubato with it) Id love to hear more dynamics in your vocals, that seems to be the one thing this piece is lacking (it seems to be all equal, don't be afraid to really bring it with the vocals)
Stacy: Sweet sounding! I think you have a musicals voice. I don't know where that will get you as far as this competition but I hope to hear some variety in your voice as the competition wears on. You have nice control and pitch. I think your voice is strong and has nice tone. There are parts of the song where its like you are singing in falsetto but then again, maybe not! As you get to know me, you will know that I frown upon falsetto because it just eerks me and I think it doesn't sound good to me except on rare occasions. I would rather hear someone's strong chest voice rather then a wimpy falsetto (head) voice. Im not saying yours sounded wimpy because it didn't but there were parts where I could tell you were singing falsetto and other parts I wasn't sure. Overall, very nice job! Take your coat off and stay a while ;-)
Do you want Rina to advance? Please vote at the end of the show!
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