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15 minutes ago, FloorWax said:

 

 

The nice comments:

 

Of the performances I hadn’t seen yet, I was blown away by “Let Her Go”, “When I Was Your Man”, “A Case Of You”, and “I Put A Spell On You”

 

And Jacquie… well now I get why so many call her the best teen vocalist to come on this show.

I had a feeling you wouldn’t like Jacquie at all  Guess I was wrong

Some other great performances that VV didn’t mention:

Jacquie - Love is Blindness

Will - At Last

Kate Robichaud - Sail

Matthew - Wrecking Ball (I like this even more than Christina’s cover)

6 minutes ago, Hamza Tufail said:

Top 10 from s20 onwards:

 

S20:

1. Cam Anthony - Lay Me Down 8.95

2. Zae Romeo - Falling 8.85

3. Zania Alake - Sweet Love 8.66

4. Victor Solomon - Glory 8.59

5. Lindsay Joan - Nightmare 8.34

6. Corey Ward - Dancing On My Own 8.31

7. Savanna Woods - Zombie 8.24

8. Dana Monique - Freeway of Love 8.06

9. Anna Grace - my future 7.83

10a. Raine Stern - Electric Feel 7.68

10b. Avery Roberson - If You're Reading This 7.68.       

I saw this and thought “there was a S20 ratings thread???” and then I remembered it was the one I hosted  #RepressedTrauma

Off the top of my head…
 

S1: Dia Frampton

S2: Juliet Simms

S3: Melanie Martinez

S4: Sarah Simmons (plenty of good options here)

S5: Matthew Schuler

S6: Josh Kaufman

S7: Taylor Phelan

S8: Kimberly Nichole

S9: Amy Vachal

S10: Moushimi (same as S4)

S11: Dana? Maybe Brendan?

S12: Lauren Duski

S13: Addison Agen (again, so many options)

S14: Christiana Danielle

S15: Kameron?

S16: Maelyn Jarmon

S17: Myracle Holloway (had a hard time choosing between her, Jake H and Rose)

S18: Thunderstorm/Zan (can’t choose)

S19: Payge Turner

S20: Savanna Woods

S21: Bekah from GNT

S22: Devix

Great write-up. I only have 2 complaints about her run.

- Nowadays I don’t think a contestant has to “change it up” or switch genres during their run, but in a longer season like S4 it definitely felt necessary. Team Blake didn’t get the memo that year

- Emotional delivery. I think this is where she struggled the most, the constant smiling during some of her performances was a bit distracting.

Selfish take:
 

It’s a dumb gimmick, and I certainly don’t want it over the save or the 2nd steal, but I don’t think it’s gonna impact me as a viewer. If a personal favorite got the pass I would be annoyed but since that’s not the case I’m “fine” with it.

(Voted for the second option tho)

2 hours ago, Daillon said:

I listened to evermore like a year ago or so but I think I put in the background while I was doing some other stuff, so I wasn’t really paying attention (I love champagne problems, that’s all I can tell you lol) I should give it another go.

Update: just listened to evermore again because I had nothing to do - and yeah it’s really damn good. 

1. Anti-Hero

2. cardigan

3. Everything Has Changed (I like it but it’s not THAT good)

4. Ready For It? (they were both good but I hate the song)

First time I’m voting a S23 performance in a poll 

3 minutes ago, Gustavo527 said:

You don't like evermore?? It's like the same as folklore (but better) but somehow it keeps getting ignored by everyone (and The Voice is not the exception)

I listened to evermore like a year ago or so but I think I put in the background while I was doing some other stuff, so I wasn’t really paying attention (I love champagne problems, that’s all I can tell you lol) I should give it another go.

I would say none if it means we get more songs from folklore instead  (not a Swiftie but I love that album)

Ross Clayton vs. Laura Littleton - Stop Draggin' My Heart Around - 6.5
Magnus vs. Alyssa Lazar - Your Song - 5 
Kylee Dayne vs. Mary Kate Connor - Anti-Hero - 8.5

1 hour ago, Misirlou said:

 

That was very good. Their auditions weren’t great but I really liked them here. I think Marykate overshadowed Kylee when they were harmonizing which makes me lean towards her, but both deserve to move on.

Pretty good!

1a. Gina vs Kala

1b. Mannaseh vs Sorelle 

3. Cait vs Allie 

Zzzzzzz

4a. Tasha vs EJ

4b. Jamar vs Mariah

Nope

6. Walker vs Kason - The vocals weren’t terrible but something about this battle really turned me off. It felt like they just phoned it in and called it a day.

Tasha vs EJ - The Tracks of My Tears - 6 

Jamar vs Mariah - Gravity - 6 

Gina vs Kala - Skinny Love - 8.5

Cait vs Allie - It Must Have Been Love - 8.25

Walker vs Kason - Here Without You - 4

Sorelle vs Manasseh - Someone Like You - 8.5

6 minutes ago, istersay said:

 

Holy sh** that was so bad. I find it almost offensive as a fan of the original (surprised by how tame the reception has been here)

14 hours ago, QueenCami said:

no shade to Danielle, but you seriously mean this? as in vocalist and not singer?

In terms of consistency, it’s hard to find anyone better (like Hamza said Cam and Jacquie were crazy good - I honestly completely forgot about Cam when making that statement)

This is me trying to be as unbiased as possible btw

2 hours ago, FloorWax said:

 

Interesting, I’m intrigued to see how much I feel like Danielle actually deserved her win. Besides Michelle, who else do you think should’ve been in contention that season? 

Ftr I wouldn’t say she didn’t deserve her win - she was very consistent and a hell of a singer. It’s more of a “Michelle was better in every way” for me (except vocals maybe, they are probably tied in that department)

In fact she’s probably the strongest teen vocalist that has ever audition. But S4 was STACKED, and in my completely biased opinion contestants like Amber, Sasha and especially Michelle ticked more boxes than Danielle did.

17 minutes ago, FloorWax said:

Since I watched Amanda Brown’s run parallel with Cassadee’s just to make things more enjoyable (I’ll probably do this for every long season from this point onwards), who should I watch in conjunction with Danielle? 
 

Who I am kidding, I know its gonna be Michelle.

I really want to see how you feel about Danielle winning after watching Michelle’s run. People complain about S12 but I always thought Michelle not winning was wayyyyy more questionable 

Yeah Cass had a weird run. Her KO was shocking (probably a contender for worst performance from any winner), her low register was non-existent… but like you said she did a full 180º, everything after Hazel Eyes was decent at worst. Definitely not the best winner, but her growth arc was the most impressive out of any of them (this is why we need a longer format TPTB)

24 minutes ago, FloorWax said:

 

Since I know literally nothing about them, how were Nicholas David and Terry McDermott as contestants?

They were fine I guess? Good vocalists but I find them very forgettable personally (I would classify Terry as a very good karaoke   singer, and Nicholas… idk, all I can tell you is that he wasn’t my cup of tea at all)

America made the right choice, imo.

- I don’t have any nitpicks about Javier’s run on the show but at the same I don’t feel very strongly about any of his performances. Dia would have been my winner, even if he was the superior vocalist.

- Didn’t remember anything about Jermaine’s journey on The Voice so I had to rewatch his performances, and… wow, I really, REALLY don’t like his voice. He’s definitelt talented but I couldn’t get into anything he did. Again, I would pick the runner-up over the winner (this time without hesitation - Juliet is one of my favorite Voice contestants ever)

20 minutes ago, nytsch said:

Edit: OT, but also just realized your username is Dimash backwards 

Wait what, how did i not catch that

Seven Bridges Road is one of the best TVUS battles ever  And I’m not even a country fan

That was pretty good actually. I’m leaning towards Mannaseh because she was more pleasant throughout, but it was pretty even.

Hot take: I don’t think I care about who the coaches are??   At this point I’m sick of the coach banter so now I just skip it and only focus on the contestants and their performances.

Like, if the coach panel was DJ Khaled/Morgan Wallen/Bebe Rexha/Nicki Minaj, but the cast was as good as S5 or S13, I would be down for it.

I’m bored so…
 

1. Wendy Moten

2. JDC 

3. Sisaundra Lewis

4. Mary Sarah

5. Ricky Duran

6. Audra McLaughlin

7. Kirk Jay

8. Sarah Potenza

9. bodie

10. Keisha Renee

The first 4 are 10/10s.