Top 7 Performance Reviews

7/28/2019 Top 7 Performance Reviews

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We are now going into the 2nd week of myWAP Idol Season 4 and with seven

contestants still left, there's plenty of room for unexpected mishaps and even

surprising surges. And there's no other genre in music that could greatly

expose a singer's vocal abilities: Ballads. With an amazing catalog of the

most beautifully-written songs, did the finalists pick the correct song for

them? How did your favorite Idol fare? Let's all find out.

[b] dhemzky [/b] - "Born For You" by David Pomeranz -- So dhemzky, the first

thing I noticed about your performance was that, the whiny tone I was talking

about on your audition song was back. And it's not necessarily a good thing.

The fortunate thing here is that it actually worked on this song. The way your

voice breaks into that whiny tone within each phrasing actually added

emotion to the performance, no matter how unintentional it was. But the

problem is that you seem to actually have that tone in your voice and I'm not

sure if it will work with other songs, and that could hurt you in your futureperformances. The control you had was back, great job. This was a little bit

better than last week, so congratulations. [b] B [/b]

[b] miszmille [/b] - "Dreaming of You" by Selena -- To be honest, miszmille,

this was a bad performance. And I'll tell you why. At first I thought you picked

the right song. And while I still believe this song is in your wheelhouse, I think

the overall performance was just not good. First of all you were on top of of

the beat through most song, especially at the beginning, where it was clear

you were ahead. There were also a lot of notes that were flat and just really

under the melody. You were in the Bottom 3 last week and I expected some

redemption. This didn't redeem you at all. Sorry. [b] D+ [/b]

[b] wamber [/b] - "When You Say Nothing At All" by Alison Krauss -- Well, this

was interesting, wamber, because when I first heard you were singing this

song, I immediately thought about its most recent version which was Ronan

Keating's and I thought this might not work. But then you said you did the

Alison Krauss version of the song and I was relieved because her version,

while melodically similar with Keating's version and even the original version

of Keith Whitley (which, btw, I think the best version among the three), will

definitely work for your voice. There were still bum notes and I also thought

you didn't finish your phrasings that well. There were emotional disconnect insome parts of your performance. But if we're looking at this as a whole, it was

still a fairly good performance. [b] B- [/b]

[b] jmagno28 [/b] - "Para Lang Sa'yo" by Aiza Seguera -- The song's tone

suited your voice, jmagno28, and in that area, it was great, but this kind of

song never really captures the dynamics of a singer's voice. I know the


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finalists have to sing a ballad this week, but you could have chosen a ballad

where there is a moment where you can show off your upper register while

still maintaining a solid mid and lower register. And speaking of the lower

register, I noticed you had a problem hitting the low notes in the song,

especially on the verses. Overall, the performance wasn't really that bad. The

mid-register was delivered really solidly, although I hoped you could'vechosen a song that didn't stay at that level all throughout. [b] B [/b]

[b] syaoran_li [/b] - "The Power of Love" by Celine Dion -- What a bold song

choice, syaoran_li! Well, I must say, overall, it showed an almost pretty solid

vocals. Plus, your nasally voice that I've always pointed out really matched

this song, because one, Celine Dion has that same tone in her voice and two,

it was used really effective in the song. However, there were still a few notes

that were a miss especially when you hit the end of your phrasings in the

verses. Your runs are still weak for me, but then, when you hit that high note

at the end, I was like, what am I blabbing about? It was a great performance.Congratulations! [b] A- [/b]

[b] lunaticz [/b] - "Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin" by Regine Velasquez -- Lunaticz,

this song had so many versions already that I wasn't so sure which one you

will be doing. But after a few notes, I decided you must have chosen to sing

the Songbird's version. Again, just like everybody else, there were wobbles in

the verses. It wasn't completely perfect clearly, but it also wasn't too bad

either. Majority of the notes were still hit, which is good. What was lacking for

me was the commitment in singing the song. I think this song required a little

bit more emotion from you to make it work. So, yeah. Overall, a fair job. [b] B

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[b] jazzibels [/b] - "Tila" by Lani Misalucha -- Before I praise this wonderful job

you did, let me first get into 'what went wrong': I can barely understand what

you were singing. But the good thing is that I know this Lani Misalucha song

well enough to follow the lyrics. It started a little unsure, but then you turned

it around when you hit the second chorus, which dramatically surged your

final letter grade. That amazing ability of Ms. Misalucha to stretch out a note

and make it wide and then push it in to make it thin, was greatly captured in

this performance. I was a little worried at first, but this ended up really really

great that you, jazzibels, deserve an [b] A- [/b]!

Here's the summary of tonight's scorecard:

[b] dhemzky [/b] - "Born For You" by David Pomeranz -- [b] B [/b]

[b] miszmille [/b] - "Dreaming of You" by Selena -- [b] C- [/b]


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[b] wamber [/b] - "When You Say Nothing At All" by Alison Krauss -- [b] B- [/b]

[b] jmagno28 [/b] - "Para Lang Sa'yo" by Aiza Seguera -- [b] B [/b]

[b] syaoran_li [/b] - "The Power of Love" by Celine Dion -- [b] A- [/b]

[b] lunaticz [/b] - "Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin" by Regine Velasquez -- [b] B [/b]

[b] jazzibels [/b] - "Tila" by Lani Misalucha -- [b] A- [/b]

So that ends my review of myWAP Idol's Top 7 performances. I didn't expect

such an old selection of songs. Barely two songs were in the 21st century and

I had hoped there could have been fresher song choices. Anyway, let me turn

things over to you. Do you agree with my letter grades? Which deserved a

better score? Which performance had you yell "OVERRATED!"? Sound off in

the comments section.

Also, find out who leaves the competition tomorrow, April 10 at 4:00 PM only

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