Here is my Rating for todays gala(Only today;s Gala, without considering past performances of any of these singers even though i know who is how good):
Rahul-9.5/10 : was awesome. His singing on live stage is as good as a Final Recording.
Arpita-9.0/10 : surprisingly her voice was not shrill this time, the song suited her but she carried off that difficult song (with lots of ups, downs & twists) really really well...
Mona-8.9/10 : Couldnt find any flaws in her sweet singing as well.
Aditi-8.8/10 : Sang well, but should have sung a more popular song.
Prajakta-8.5/10 : She has sung that song (aika ajeeba) 3-4 times already on stage till now, So it was'nt difficult at all for her.
Ravinder-7/10 : he sings punjabi songs like that pretty well. That's coz there is'nt too much sur required in singing punjabi songs.
shamit-6.5/10 : His voice tone was varying during the song, it was seeming like 2-3 different ppl are singing the song taking their turns. Also sur went wrong at places.
Arijit-6/10 : Firstly read this why i have ranked him here this time: His voice tone was varying throughout the song, Again it was infact seeming like 3-4 different ppl are singing the song taking their turns. I know that he was doing his own variations(he wants to be a music director), but it did'nt work out well at all.
Surely, this is Arijit's weakest performance till date. He made a mockery of such a good popular song.
Iam feeling that Arijit is concentrating too much on Audience interaction and putting in his variations. In the process, he is gradually losing his singing.. But in the end i liked his straightforward remarks that Rahul is the best and he believes he is next best and can give him competition (only if he concentrates more on singing and returns to his old form)
Bye for now...
Im just getting ready to dig my head into next Gala..