Which male rock finalist do you prefer?

[Hsamid]

If I'm not mistaken, both are the only finalists and highest placing male rock singers on the show.

 

 Terry McDermott was thought of fondly back in the day especially among voice viewers who liked rock (some saying he shouldve won), but Omar José Cardona has been one of the more popular male singers on the show as of recently.

 

Who do you prefer?

 

 

 

 

Terry's The Voice playlist.

https://youtu.be/SvtJOcrhG20

 

Edited March 27 by Hsamid

[Hsamid]

I'll try to compare them on a few categories.

 

Technical ability

 

I think Omar José Cardona takes it when it comes to technical ability.

 

Range, agility and breath support specifically are things that Omar clearly has the upper hand on. I'd say his best moments vocally beat Terry's

 

On the other hand, I think Terry was far more consistent vocally. It wasn't often he missed a note, while I'd say Omar had his fair share throughout his journey. I also think while Omar has the edge on the super high notes, I think Terry's belts packed a bit more punch.

 

Depends on what you value more I suppose. 

 

 

Artistry/musicality

 

Not that they are lacking. But I don't think it's either of their strengths as a singer.

 

That being said, Omar completely flipped a Bebe Rexha song and turned it into a pop rock ballad, then put his own unique spin on radioactive. I don't think Terry ever changed songs to that degree. Edge Omar.

 

 

Tone

 

Probably the most subjective, but for me Terry takes this handedly. Yeah. His voice is not that unique in the grand scheme of things, but he has that classic clean rocker voice. 

 

Omar's tone was probably my least favourite aspect of him as a singer if I'm being honest. It lacks depth and punch to it imo. Despite his range, power is not a word  I'd use to describe the timbre of his voice.

 

 

Ultimately, I gotta give my vote to Terry, I think. Also, I have a feeling Omar will win this by a large margin anyways. I do wonder how older viewers who first watched the earlier seasons would feel though. Since I know most of us started watching after that.

Edited March 27 by Hsamid

[nytsch]

Omar and it's not close

 

I mean... at his worst I think Omar could suffer from some of the same criticisms as Terry, being very good karaoke. ITNOL was such a great version though and STL destroys anything Terry did, not to mention that even if you call his Celine cover karaoke (fair enough), you can't deny that he's an insane vocalist. Meanwhile I just looked at Terry's setlist again and geez... I'm sorry but even though some of those are great songs, they were incredibly boring and predictable choices. One risky song choice and it's very telling that that was his worst performance.

 

If very good karaoke is enough for you, I'm not here to judge lol. As I can remember, Terry was definitely one of the best vocalists that season. But song choice and risk taking are big for me and in terms of that, he wasn't giving it at all.

Edited March 27 by nytsch

[Hsamid]

10 minutes ago, nytsch said:

Omar and it's not close

 

I mean... at his worst I think Omar could suffer from some of the same criticisms as Terry, being very good karaoke. ITNOL was such a great version though and STL destroys anything Terry did, not to mention that even if you call his Celine cover karaoke (fair enough), you can't deny that he's an insane vocalist. Meanwhile I just looked at Terry's setlist again and geez... I'm sorry but even though some of those are great songs, they were incredibly boring and predictable choices. One risky song choice and it's very telling that that was his worst performance.

 

If very good karaoke is enough for you, I'm not here to judge lol. As I can remember, Terry was definitely one of the best vocalists that season. But song choice and risk taking are big for me and in terms of that, he wasn't giving it at all.

Hmm..

 

I mean, I don't necessarily disagree. But did you watch that season when it first aired and still felt that way?

 

Because while his setlist is boring and predictable now, that's after seasons of contestants singing those same songs after he did

Edited March 27 by Hsamid

[nytsch]

Just now, Hsamid said:

Hmm..

 

I mean, I don't necessarily disagree. But did you watch that season when it first aired and still felt that way?

 

Because while his setlist is boring and predictable now, that's after seasons of contestants singing those same songs after he did.

 

I did watch S1-6 live actually, but I was definitely not paying as much attention as I do now, and also had questionable criteria (I was in my pop punk phase and liked Hey Monday so I was a Cassadee stan lol). Fwiw, my most memorable performance from that season after Over You was probably Amanda's Stars. At the time anyway.

 

Idol first got me into singing competitions though and I think many of Terry's songs were overdone there, so that's probably what I'm thinking of. Maybe not Let It Be, but like that's because they didn't have the Lennon/Mccartney songbook for like 8 seasons lol

 

Also it's not even overdone as much as like, the feeling that someone googled good 70s/80s rock cover songs and made that his setlist. I'd argue it was boring even for the time.

[Hsamid]

32 minutes ago, nytsch said:

 

I did watch S1-6 live actually, but I was definitely not paying as much attention as I do now, and also had questionable criteria (I was in my pop punk phase and liked Hey Monday so I was a Cassadee stan lol). Fwiw, my most memorable performance from that season after Over You was probably Amanda's Stars. At the time anyway.

Ah fair enough.

 

32 minutes ago, nytsch said:

 

Idol first got me into singing competitions though and I think many of Terry's songs were overdone there, so that's probably what I'm thinking of. Maybe not Let It Be, but like that's because they didn't have the Lennon/Mccartney songbook for like 8 seasons lol

 

 

 I didn't really pay much attention to AI as a whole. Moreso tuning in for specific contestants like Adam Lambert, Joshua Ledet, David Archuleta etc. But yeah, I can imagine those songs being overdone there too.

 

32 minutes ago, nytsch said:

 

Also it's not even overdone as much as like, the feeling that someone googled good 70s/80s rock cover songs and made that his setlist. I'd argue it was boring even for the time.

The exact age group that watches this show, no? I'm sure they don't think it's boring, probably nostalgic for them. I know my mom would certainly think so lol.

 

I do agree about Terry though. He's pretty karaoke in that he sings the song exactly how it is for the most part. I know a lot of people that would prefer that though rather than trying to mess with the classics.

 

 

[nytsch]

16 minutes ago, Hsamid said:

Ah fair enough.

 

 I didn't really pay much attention to AI as a whole. Moreso tuning in for specific contestants like Adam Lambert, Joshua Ledet, David Archuleta etc. But yeah, I can imagine those songs being overdone there too.

 

The exact age group that watches this show, no? I'm sure they don't think it's boring, probably nostalgic for them. I know my mom would certainly think so lol.

 

I do agree about Terry though. He's pretty karaoke in that he sings the song exactly how it is for the most part. I know a lot of people that would prefer that though rather than trying to mess with the classics.

 

 

I think too if someone is trying to keep the song how it is then they should have something unique tone wise or vocally to make it stand out (see Chloe S13). Nothing wrong with having a few karaoke performances anyway, but in a season with such a long format it seemed like every performance being that way was too much.

 

Agree that the audience may prefer that, and they clearly enjoyed him enough to vote him so far. For me though, I didn’t feel any particular reason to listen to his covers over (or in addition to) the original.

[Hamza Tufail]

Vocals = Omar

Tone (Subjective) = Omar

Versatility = Omar

Artistry = Omar

 

But I agree with Hsamid regarding Power. Omar can hit crazy notes, but he doesn't have that much powet in him.

[AliXRose]

Omar is a good vocalist.

[Cookie73]

Omar. I’m familiar with Terry’s run and a lot of his performances were good karaoke. A lot of his performances weren’t as impressive as the original. Omar has a more impressive range and tackled some of the most challenging songs and did well with them. He also sang them in the original key most of the time, unlike Terry. He even managed to flip an EDM song and make it one of his best performances.

[Misirlou]

Omar for sure. Actively enjoyed his run, and he did mix it up a bit to great results, loved his energy as well.

 

Terry is a good rock vocalist, and I enjoyed several of his performances (his Maybe I´m Amazed rendition in particular is great), but yeah, I can see the karaoke argument.