Gustavo527

Yeah, like that one user with the fake playoff spoilers on the Voice subforum.

Ok

I mean, remember "Black Hole Sun"?? That wasn't a coincidence, in the slightlest. Are you telling me that the song was never sung before on either show and suddenly,. It's picked on both shows with the performances airing very close to each other (One live and one pre-recorded)? And the spoiler of Savanna's performance was here, public, for months...

To be fair, not even Selena could give a decent performance of the song herself.

Marybeth Byrd.

That was rough. Or maybe i just can't get into her tone and and some of her vocal choices just don't work for me and make the whole performances sound off. Anyway, i'm not a fan. But i admit that for a teenager, she knows how to connect with the songs she is singing. Maybe that's why Chance keeps choosing her.

I notice that Karen is like Morgan Myles in the sense that they both are seasoned performers whose styles can potentially appeal to Minivan, but the fact that they are women over 30 make things harder for them. The main difference between would be that Karen has a defined identity, she has it clear that she is country and nothing else, while Morgan tried to tackle other genres like pop, and that probably affected her appeal. And also, Karen has the advantage that there is no Blake this season. Yeah, Reba is probably more popular than Dan + Shay but she doesn't really have, at least not yet, Blake's voting power. If Karen plays her card rights, anything can happen. (And yes, i know Morgan is obviously a better vocalist but that is not that relevant to my point tbh)

Manifesting Josh as both the leak and the closer of the episode with a classic country ballad, so we can finally have our frontrunner (and future winner)

Pretty much the whole text could be summarized in that last sentence. Still, great analysis as always.

So, far, she did one thing right with her song choice in the Knockouts. I'm not an expert on the genre but I'm almost sure that Trisha Yearwood is a more beloved artist in the country community than Corey Kent. Song choice is the key to connect with the viewers.

Add me, please

About the Knockouts, yeah, i prefer S25. The S23 KO's were good but not great outside Cait/Kala/Holly. On the other hand, on S25 i really Asher, Tae, Anya, Kyle, Nathan and Karen. I overall enjoyed these more.

While i understand the hype for those S23 Battles, i prefer L. vs Tae, Madison vs Kyle and even Maddi vs Nádege over those. So, disagree there. And honestly, i always thought Ryley was overrated asf, D. Smooth's style was just not for me and Mannasseh and Mary Kate's only good performances were their battles. S25 Playoff passes >>>>>>>>>

They really don't know what to do with that show, do they??

My unpopular opinion is that i don't think Mafe was that great in her Playoff performance and she deserved to be eliminated. I really don't get the hype.

Fair enough.

With that said, i have learned to don't take opinions on here that seriously. Yeah, it hurts when someone else talks bad about your favorite but it's not the end of the world. I'm part of the fandom Swiftie because yeah, i really enjoy most of her work, but i'm aware there is a lot of people that can't stand her existence and honestly, it's ok. I'm not gonna waste energy on defending a millionaire like a lot of people on the fandom do. After all, she can wipe her tears with all her money, i'm sure it's not a big deal for her.

I don't think both things are equivalent but to discuss this, we would have to enter into "political" territory and i don't have energy to do that + the mods are gonna delete it anyway. Let's just say that American Idol and The Voice having very few female and POC winners is just a little part of a bigger problem.

Kayko is overhated, i kind of dig his style, but yeah, some of his songwriting doesn't work for me, but i can understand the appeal and his Radiohead cover was not as bad as some people here made it out to be (Also, he is really hot)

Season 20 exists...

I don't expect absolutely nothing from Idol's audience, like nothing, at all. So, if Abi makes at least to third place i'll be satisfied, even if the guys with the cowboy hats get 1st and 2nd.

I deeply regret reading some of these last posts on here. Abi for the win, btw.

Yeah, but Abi is making it to the finale so i'm gonna be fine

I got two of my favorite contestants from both shows to sing one of my favorite songs from my favorite artist. Nice. I think Abi was technically better but there is a raw quality about Anya's voice that made her cover feel more vulnerable, which i enjoyed. With that said, between the two, i would pick Abi's cover, but i loved both, it would be really close.

These numbers tell us nothing, no "Wicked Game" moment there. We are really not getting a clear frontrunner until the live shows start, it seems.