FloorWax Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 8 minutes ago, Cookie73 said: There shouldn’t be any spoilers in this thread fixed, sorry. Edit your post too lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misirlou Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 A couple: -Tasha vs EJ was my favorite battle last night. -Jamar vs Mariah was the weakest battle of the premiere. Walker vs Kason at least had Walker doing the heavy lifiting sucessfully. The former battle had Jamar stepping up a bit but nothing out of the whole thing did anything for me. Expected more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloorWax Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 6 hours ago, Misirlou said: Jamar vs Mariah was the weakest battle of the premiere. Walker vs Kason at least had Walker doing the heavy lifiting sucessfully. The former battle had Jamar stepping up a bit but nothing out of the whole thing did anything for me. Expected more Completely agree with this. Neither Jamar or Mariah stood out in that battle. As for Kason vs Walker, I enjoyed the latter’s parts of that battle at least, despite the former doing… whatever he did. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gustavo527 Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 Regarding the Kylee vs Mary Kate's battle, i get that Mary Kate has the most "easy to listen" voice between the two, but there is something about Kylee's voice that drawns me in. Her vocals really captivated me in that one, and i felt like she was the one with more emotional connection between the two. That's why i would pick her. Too bad most viewers in the app doesn't seem to get her style but oh well, their loss. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamza Tufail Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 I liked Jamar parts in his battle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamza Tufail Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 Michael's audition has grown on me a lot. He's really underrated. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hsamid Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 (edited) First week of battles, maybe some unpopular opinions - EJ and Tasha's battle was very good, and they made the song choice work - I prefer Kala and Gina's rendition of skinny love to Cami (the season 19 favourite on IDF) I swear I dont dislike Cami.. - Tonally, I preferred Allie over Cait in their battle. I think she attacked the song with more ferocity and she has more depth to her voice. I do think Cait does slightly more vocally though, but not by much. - also regarding Cait, I'm not the biggest fan of her belts tonally. Its not powerful or pretty enough where I can overlook the sharpness of its tone. (Usually really powerful belts get me pumped up) It's not terribly unpleasant, but it isn't always pleasing either. No denying her talent though, it's just a personal preference on my part. - Sorelle's 2nd half of their battle is the best individual performance of the battles so far. Edited March 29, 2023 by Hsamid 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie73 Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 1 hour ago, Hamza Tufail said: I liked Jamar parts in his battle. Is this unpopular? I know the battle wasn’t well received but he didn’t get much criticism 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamza Tufail Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 39 minutes ago, Cookie73 said: Is this unpopular? I know the battle wasn’t well received but he didn’t get much criticism I thought IDF was underwhelmed by both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nytsch Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 3 hours ago, Hsamid said: - I prefer Kala and Gina's rendition of skinny love to Cami (the season 19 favourite on IDF) I swear I dont dislike Cami.. - Tonally, I preferred Allie over Cait in their battle. I think she attacked the song with more ferocity and she has more depth to her voice. I do think Cait does slightly more vocally though, but not by much. Agree re: Gina and Kala, I think I’d rather listen to their version. Cami was really good but I think Gina is more interesting tone wise and Kala shined in the second half of that song too. Agree that Allie attacked the song more, but that approach really worked for her BA, here not as much imo. She has a rock voice and to me it didn’t work quite as well on a ballad, at least the softer parts. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamza Tufail Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 3 hours ago, Hsamid said: - Sorelle's 2nd half of their battle is the best individual performance of the battles so far. Agreed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gustavo527 Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 11 minutes ago, nytsch said: Agree that Allie attacked the song more, but that approach really worked for her BA, here not as much imo. She has a rock voice and to me it didn’t work quite as well on a ballad, at least the softer parts. Wow, completely disagree here. I preferred her in the battle than in her audition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamza Tufail Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 2 minutes ago, Gustavo527 said: Wow, completely disagree here. I preferred her in the battle than in her audition I thought her audition was better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gustavo527 Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 1 minute ago, Hamza Tufail said: I thought her audition was better. I think my opinión is the unpopular one, i guess 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nytsch Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 I can see if someone really doesn't like her tone, then maybe the battle is better, because she was going all out in the BA. But for me, I just thought her voice is more suited to the type of music she did in the BA, and that's not really her fault for that song choice in the battle, but I didn't enjoy it as much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gustavo527 Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 (edited) 15 minutes ago, nytsch said: I can see if someone really doesn't like her tone, then maybe the battle is better, because she was going all out in the BA. But for me, I just thought her voice is more suited to the type of music she did in the BA, and that's not really her fault for that song choice in the battle, but I didn't enjoy it as much. I personally enjoyed her voice better in her battle because i think her voice was easier to listen for me. She held back but she still added some "fierceness" to the performance, which i appreciate, while also showing emotional connection to it. The part when she sang at the 1:25 mark during the chorus, gave me chills. Edited March 29, 2023 by Gustavo527 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenCami Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 (edited) Surprised by the near-universal acclaim for Kylee vs. Mary Kate because it didn't strike me as particularly stellar (though I don't really have anything to fault it for). Also, though Gina vs. Kala was reasonably good, it was in the bottom half of the first episode of battles for me. I didn't find either of their tones to be enough to make up for the performance being mostly barren of exciting vocal moments (1:48 - 1:59 was excellent though )! Edited March 31, 2023 by QueenCami 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloorWax Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 29 minutes ago, QueenCami said: Surprised by the near-universal acclaim for Kylee vs. Mary Kate because it didn't strike me as particularly stellar (though I don't really have anything to fault it for). Also, though Gina vs. Kala was reasonably good, it was in the bottom half of the first episode of battles for me. I didn't find either of their tones to be enough to make up for the performance being mostly barren of exciting vocal moments (1:48 - 1:59 was excellent though )! I guess it kinda depends what you want to get out of a battle performance. I like exciting vocal moments as much as the next person but sometimes clean, perfectly-synced harmonies are enough for me, especially if I like the tones. Gina vs Kala was gorgeous. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenCami Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 15 minutes ago, FloorWax said: I guess it kinda depends what you want to get out of a battle performance. I like exciting vocal moments as much as the next person but sometimes clean, perfectly-synced harmonies are enough for me, especially if I like the tones. Gina vs Kala was gorgeous. I've enjoyed performances with less powerful / flashy moments before, but for some reason their battle didn't do it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloorWax Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 Franc West's version of Call Out My Name is the best performance of that song on the show. It was the first one and I still like it better than Joana, Payge, BrittanyBree, and Kique's versions. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamza Tufail Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 11 minutes ago, FloorWax said: Franc West's version of Call Out My Name is the best performance of that song on the show. It was the first one and I still like it better than Joana, Payge, BrittanyBree, and Kique's versions. Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hsamid Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 1 hour ago, FloorWax said: Franc West's version of Call Out My Name is the best performance of that song on the show. It was the first one and I still like it better than Joana, Payge, BrittanyBree, and Kique's versions. I think everyone you mentioned did a great job. You can't really go wrong with any pick. Franc West is very underrated though for sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloorWax Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 4 minutes ago, Hsamid said: I think everyone you mentioned did a great job. You can't really go wrong with any pick. Franc West is very underrated though for sure. I think everyone did good as well. The only version I’m not a fan of is Kique but I’m probably biased against him anyway. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik g Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 ALI vs. D Smooth is my favorite battle so far. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misirlou Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 Carlos was pretty good in the battle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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