longtimelurker

Episode 4 rundown - better than last episode, but that's not saying much

1. Matt Gresham: that was terrific from start to finish, probably my second favorite audition so far (after Stellar's of course).

2. Matt Evans: the Matts are killing it tonight. His vocal was not perfect by any means but that was such a fun and interesting performance. 

3. Masha Mnoyjan: well obviously she's good technically, but I can no longer be impressed by that song anymore. Everyone just sings it the same way.

4. Kirby Burgess: very theatrical performance. Usually I'm a sucker for these kind of singers but she isn't doing it for me for some reason. In fact, the way she belts sorta annoys me. That last note is nowhere near as epic as the editting makes it out to be.

5. Siala Robson: not a fan of her genre, though the song did grow on me a bit towards the end. Kudos to her for performing an original song though.

6. Emmagen Rain: I can't stand precocious kid singers, but at least she made me remember how much I liked this song.

Episode 3 rundown. Kinda a meh episode for me though.

1. Ella Monnery: her voice was surprisingly ear-popping. She’s like the girl who sang The Middle last episode but wayyy more refined.

2. Luke Biscan: I like the fresh song choice, his voice is decent too

3. Jesse Teinaki: it’s so weird, his audition last year was much better imo yet he only got half the chair turns for that. He’s much stronger in his full chest voice than his falsetto. I’d want him to stick to more uptempo or midtempo songs going forward.

4. Bukhu Ganburged: the throat singing was impressive indeed, but it feels a bit gimmicky. Hopefully he won’t use that in every song. Polyphonic singing aside, I don’t think his natural voice is anything worth going crazy about. The coaches were obviously turning quickly out of curiosity.

5. Sebastian Coe: I was not expecting this to get a turn.

Also, is it just me or that girl who sang Video Games sounded almost exactly like Lorde?? I’d love at least a chair to turn for her.

Episode 2 rundown:

1. Janie Gordon: it’s true there were shaky moments, but her tone is just to die for.

2. Chris Sebastian: it was solid, but he might have done a tad too much with it for my taste.

3. Timothy Bowen: another solid performance, but I wasn’t as captivated. Maybe because I’ve heard that song done that way dozens of times before.

4. Jimi the Kween: his voice sounds not fully controlled? Also I kinda expected more theatrics from a drag queen on a song like this. 

5. Charlie McFarlane: he’s ok I guess, not a disaster but not very exciting either.

6. Stephanie Cole: soooo yelly, she’s gonna have to rein all that in.

I thought it was a good premeire. I like it better than last year's even though Chynna >>>> everyone this episode.

1. Stellar Perry - she was stellar (sorry I just had to!), the best of the bunch by far.

2. Roxane Lebrasse - not sold on the song choice, but she's not bad. If she goes far she might be the diva of the season.

3. Virginia Lillye - solid audition, but I've heard this song done better.

4. Josh Pywell - every season of TVAUS has some form of reincarnation of this guy. He's like the Aussie version of the country guys on TVUS.

5. Adam Ludewig - I really don't like the way he was speeding through the lyrics. He's very green though, so that just might be nerves. Based on the extensive promos, I think he's gonna go far. Let's hope he'll get better and not so on-the-nose song choices like this one.

6. Despina Savva - the affectation is just... too much.

Random thoughts:

- The coaches here are always extremely trigger-happy. I wonder if this season will get like 20 4-chair turners like season 7. It kinda diluted the auditions for me (insert Oprah meme here).

- That block was a real low blow, but I'm not surprise. The rule book of TVAUS has been chalked full of rule breakers, from Jessie J forming a duo on the spot, to Kelly doing the same so she could have one more steal, to Delta changing her steal midway because she wasn't getting the singer she wanted. Good thing I watch  online so I can skip all the manufactured drama.  

1 minute ago, indii said:

Thanks! I'll add the other names I have that have appeared a few times.

Prinnie Stevens (All Star)

Dylan James (matches with soneone in a promo, but didn't mention it since I wasn't 100%)

Em Mylott

Herminia Soulshine

Roxy LeBrasse

Kirby Burgess

Graeme Isaako

Sappire T

Maddy Thomas

Mark Furze

Xy Latu (Definitely saw him in a promo)

Wasn’t Prinnie Stevens on last season already?

My take is that we mostly expect from and associate 'divas' like Toneisha with big, belty, showstopper notes. And most of the time, the divas give us exactly that and more (sometimes too much), but Toneisha just doesn't. Her singing style is very subdued compared to the ones you mentioned, and it could be because she doesn't have an as strong high register except for her head voice/whistle. She usually prefers singing lower with a darker, richer tone, which I think is technically fine, but doesn't make for memorable moments.   

Alisan vs Lacy (S10)

2 hours ago, Archanium said:

 

I like Camwess, but singing the disturbed version could lead to a vocal suicide  

 

When I picked that version for him I was thinking more about the instrumental and how it has this slow but dramatic build to it. It starts off really soft and finishes big, not unlike how Say Something worked for Camm. I didn’t suggest that he would sing it exactly the way Disturbed did. It’s more about the feel of the song. And yeah he could totally work his own changes into the vocal execution. That’s what I expected him to do with any song anyways.

1 hour ago, mjdolorico said:

 

They all sang a song that was already sung earlier during their season.

Correct! And the singers who sang it before them were montaged too.

Todd 

- Unsteady (X Ambassadors)

- Up to the Mountain (Patty Griffin)

- Tears in Heaven (Eric Clapton)

Thunderstorm

- Road Again (Noah Reid)

- One (Ed Sheeran)

- Hiding My Heart (Brandi Carlile)

Micah

- When She Loved Me (Sarah McLachlan)

- Red (Daniel Merriweather)

- Every Breath (Boyce Avenue)

CammWess

- The Call (Regina Spektor)

- The Sound of Silence (Disturbed)

- We Won’t Move (Arlissa)

Toneisha

- Ave Maria (Beyonce)

- You Lost Me (Christina Aguilera)

- Blue Moon (Ella Fitzgerald)

34 minutes ago, azwige said:

 

hint? 

This is about their song choice.

Did anyone make this same poll when Chloe, Addison, and Brooke or when Brynn, Kyla, and Spensha (literally what?) got PV to the finale? I like all of them except Brynn, but I’m just curious.

1 minute ago, David68 said:

This is the only current active one, I believe.

Oh sorry I didn’t know there was one still unsolved.

I have one too.

Brooke Adee (S8)

Jackie Verna (S14)

Barett Baber (S9)

Dez Duron (S3)

4 minutes ago, Daillon said:

I’ll go 

 

Kat Perkins (S6)

Peyton Parker (S10)

Celia Babini (S16)

Lina Gaudenzi (S5)

They all sang Fleetwood Mac at some point?

Joanna Serenko - "Lean On Me" - 8

Micah Iverson - "I Will Follow You Into The Dark" - 8

Todd Tilghman - "Love, Me" - 9

Zan Fiskum - "Never Be The Same" - 4

Thunderstorm Artis - "Home" - 5

Megan Danielle - "What Hurts The Most" - 2

Allegra Miles - "Overjoyed" - 7

Toneisha Harris - "Because You Loved Me" - 3

CammWess - "Rainbow" - 10

1. CammWess: What a delightful surprise, worthy of the pimp spot.

2. Todd Tilghman: That was such a cheesy song but I really felt it in the moment.

3. Micah Iverson: He might have oversung it a bit but still good overall. The big moon though, yikes.

4. Joanna Serenko: I didn’t watch live but did people really find this bad?? The taste of some people, or the lack thereof.

5. Allegra Miles: Not her best, but I still like her. It did look like she was wrestling with the song towards the end though. 

————GAP————

6. Thunderstorm Artis: His performance got dull and boring about 30 seconds in. 

7. Zan Fiskum: I never noticed her head voice was so wonky. It certainly did not make for an easy listen.

8. Toneisha Harris: The problem with her is that given her vocal ability, she doesn’t seem to give the song as much as she could have. Otyer divas have a tendency to oversing, while she just undersings. 

9. Megan Danielle: Not a good song, and slowing it down makes it tedious to listen to. This is one of those performances that just wouldn’t end.

22 minutes ago, mjdolorico said:

 

There's another contestant who sang one of their songs in the exact same round they sang it in? 

 

Colton Smith and Toia Jones both sang Lady Marmalade in the KOs. 

 

Nadjah Nicole and Sonic both sang A Woman's Worth in KOs. 

 

Rose Short and Chloe Kohanski both sang IWTKWLI in the Semifinals. 

 

DR King and Stephanie Rice both sang White Flag in the Top 12.

Bingo!!!

(though Lady Marmalade is performed in the KO by Colton and Tish Haynes Keys)

Another (big) hint: think of the song choices and the rounds they sang those in.

No but the Lady Marmalade song is related to why one of them is included.

5 minutes ago, Someone648 said:

D.R. - Believer (Imagine Dragons), Sign of the Times (Harry), I Know I'm Losing You (Temptations), Home (Marc Broussard), All on My Mind (Anderson East), White Flag (Dido), Papa Was A Rolling Stone (Temptations)

Colton - Alive (Sia), God Gave Me You (Blake), Lady Marmalade (Labelle), Scared to Be Lonely (Dua Lipa)

Nadjah - Tightrope (Janelle), Baby One More Time (Britney), A Woman's Worth (Alicia), Upside Down (Diana Ross)

Rose - Preach (John), Can't Feel My Face (The Weeknd), Big White Room (Jessie J), WHYDFML (Janet), I Turn to You (XTina), Maybe I'm Amazed (Paul), God's Country (Blake), IWTKWLI (Foreigner) + Natural Woman (Aretha), Border Song (Elton)

 

So I thought it would be something about each of them performing a song by a coach that wasn't theirs, but D.R. never performed a song by one of the coaches while the other 3 did. Although fun fact, Rose sang 3 (John, XTina, and Blake)

My next guess was something with Lady Marmalade (Colton sang it, D.R. defeated Tish in KO's who sang it, and Katie sang it the same night Rose sang IWTKWLI), but Lady Marmalade was never performed during S9 so it has nothing to do with Nadjah.

 

This is a rough one.

Man you are very close!

Think about their song choices.

Top 3: Todd, Thunderstorm, Micah

Middle 3: CammWess, Joanna, Allegra (winner)

Bottom 3: Toneisha, Zan, Megan

That’s my prediction for now but you can blindly take any 4 out of this top 9 and put them in the finale and I still won’t mind it.

1. Micah

2. Allegra

3. Zan

4. Thunderstorm

5. Joanna

6. CammWess

7. Toneisha

8. Todd

9. Megan

Such a strong top 9. I don’t even dislike anyone and there’s an argument for literally why everyone of them should win.

Megan Danielle - More Hearts Than Mine (Ingrid Andress), All Too Well (Taylor Swift)

Micah Iverson - Jubilee Road (Tom Odell), Candle in the Wind (Elton John)

Allegra Miles - lovely (Billie Eilish), Stranger (Katie Costello)

Thunderstorm Artis - Colors (Black Pumas), On the Radio (Regina Spektor)

CammWess - Fall at Your Feet (Crowded House), Supermarket Flowers (Ed Sheeran)

Zan Fiskum - Midnight in the Garden (Lily Kershaw), Hiding My Heart (Brandi Carlile)

Joanna Serenko - 1234 (Feist), Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain (Eva Cassidy)

Toneisha Harris - War Cry (Queen Naija), Praise You (Hannah Grace)

Todd Tilghman - Tears in Heaven (Eric Clapton), This Is The Moment (Jekyll & Hyde)