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The Sing-Off 3
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THE SING-OFF 3, Ep. 1
This first episode will focus on eliminating one of the first 4 teams to perform and then one of the second 4 teams to perform. The judges come with loads of clichés to use so that they do not suffer the sin of repeating themselves with the accolades. I noticed a trend toward more pop music and less of what I consider classical a cappella music. The guideline for which teams qualify is obviously wide enough to allow teams to sing almost anything. So, on with the show!
FIRST GROUP OF 4
Yellow Jackets go first. They are distinguished by multiple excellent lead singers. I give them a grade of B+.
Fannin Family (3 males, 5 females) is next. They feature the 14 year old youngest daughter as the lead singer in a low range. Their harmonies are good. I give them B+.
Afro-Blue from Howard University is a jazz choir and they sing slow, relaxed music quite well. I did not find them impressive, particularly because they focus on dance moves more than singing. I grade them a B.
Delilah is an all-female group put together from singers in SingOff 1, SingOff 2 and their friends. It is distinguished by having a bass singer. I think they put far too much time and effort into dance moves.
It was time for an elimination selected by the judges. The team leaving was Fannin Family, which I thought was OK. The judges are obviously more impressed by the dance moves of Afro-blue and Delilah than singing as evidenced by which team they chose to stay.
SECOND GROUP OF 4
Vocal Point is from Brigham Young University. These guys had great talent and they blended well. I grade them A- (the best of this first episode).
Urban Method is a rapcappella group and I hate that. Rap music is not a cappella music and to base your whole show on it is a waste of the vocal talent this group has. I grade them B primarily because of their style of music.
Kinfolk 9 was a very forgettable group that is unlikely to get very far in this competition. I grade them B+.
Cat’s Pajamas is centered on upscale 50s/60s/70s music. I liked them a lot and graded them B+.
The judges made their evaluations and kept Vocal Point, Urban Method and Kinfolk 9. Cat’s Pajamas was eliminated, which I felt was unfortunate but oldies music got other better acts eliminated last year so it isn’t recommended for anyone.
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--- Quote from: BamBam on September 21, 2011, 11:30:28 AM ---Love this show! :wohoo: Didn't start watching until last season but really enjoyed it. Really thought the girl group Deliliah was fantastic. Usually there is one or two groups that you know just didn't have a great performance and should be voted off, but I couldn't make that decision Monday night.
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I was clearly not as delighted with Delilah, but I absolutely agree that there were no weak groups who were obvious sitting ducks. I felt that Urban Method should have been eliminated and Cat's Pajamas retained based on the style of music they sing but the judges had different preferences (which I think better mirror the voter presence when we get to that).
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These were my ratings of the performances of last night's a cappella groups:
Dartmouth Aires B+
Pentatonix A-
Messiah's Men B+
Sonos B+
Since this was where one group was eliminated, my vote for that went to Messiah's Men, which was also the choice of the judges.
the Collective B+
Soul'd Out (Wilsonville High School) B+
North Shore A-
Deltones (University of Delaware) B
My preference was to eliminate the Deltones, which I felt was a weak group, and keep Soul'd Out. The judges saw it differently and eliminated Soul'd Out.
We are now down to 12 groups from the original 16. I assume that the same format will apply next week, with 2 groups of 3 singing each night.
BamBam:
I was okay with the Messiah's Men being eliminated. I thought their performance was down right boring and was very disappointed. The second elimination was fine too. The high school kids just didn't seem that strong to me but I kind of wish they had another chance. As a whole, I thought last weeks singers were better than this week.
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This episode had 2 songs from each group, with the judges agreeing on one elimination at the end of the evening. Here were the songs (one of which was a golden oldie and much easier on my ears) and my ratings for them:
Vocal Point "The Way You Look" B+
"Never Say Never" A-
Yellow Jackets "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" A
"Dynamite" A-
Afro Blue "I Heard it from the Grapevine" A
"American Boy " B+
Delilah "Heat Wave" B+
"Whataya Want from Me?" B+
Kinfolk9 "Let It Be" B+
"Price Tag" A-
Urban Method "Dance to the Music?" A
"Just Can't Get Enough" A-
That gives me a rank ordering of the groups as follows:
Yellow Jackets
Urban Method
Afro Blue
Vocal Point
Kinfolk9
Delilah
Once, again I found Delilah to be on the bottom of my ranking. And once again, the judges saw it differently and they eliminated Kinfolk9 instead.
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