Shivam

Please do not blast me😆

As Anu pointed out, the high pitched 'Fizaaa' intro was not sung by Sonu. It was sung by another singer (prolly Karsan Sagathia) and Sonu sang the softer sequences.

I think Shivam did a great job but the song was extremely difficult to do perfectly well in one take. Whereas Sree's 'O Re Pita' starts off softly and then becomes more high pitched and powerful at the end, Shivam's Fiza strts off high pitched that it's natural for his vocal chords to get stressed - and that's before the main song has even begun :O

I see Rakesh and Shivam - both on the 2nd spot!! 😳

Agree with what Anu ji said yesterday and xobile also.

Shivam in-fact performed Alka ji's part also. That song is a duet which makes things even more difficult. Of course it was not an error free song.

Rakesh as usual played on his strength. So it had to sound better.

Shivam took a difficult song, he did the best he could with the song. I appreciate the risk that he took this time, he proved his versatility as a singer with this song selection. On the other hand, Rakesh yet again took a slow romantic song where he knows he can portray the emotions well and sound good, effortless, and thus, he did it really well because it is his forte. I think Rakesh should come out of his comfort zone now.

Yup as BB says, Rakesh played on his strength! He didn't challenge or stretch himself at all...

I think Rakesh is a great singer but he needs to start challenging himself. He may be plateauing again. I remember when he first came into the competition I thought he was awesome but then he got boring and repetitive. But there was one performance that really changed it all (I think it was the one in RD Burman special). He has to take a similar leap again...

Well, Shivam himself mentioned in the Extraa that his throat wasn't well that day.. 😕
& considering all his awesome performances......we have a reason to trust him ! 😊

I still stand by Sreeram being numero uno followed by Shivam....Agree with Xo ...there are different parts sung by different singers ..Also as Deeksha said, Shivam mentioned in extraa epi. that he had a throat infection...so could be that too.
But he attempted the song and he did ok. The next day he sang Aye Zindagi gale laga le...and he did a pretty good job with it
I think Shivam and Sreeram should not try something new . They should just stick to their genre and play safe too😃

Originally posted by: xobile

As Anu pointed out, the high pitched 'Fizaaa' intro was not sung by Sonu. It was sung by another singer (prolly Karsan Sagathia) and Sonu sang the softer sequences.

I think Shivam did a great job but the song was extremely difficult to do perfectly well in one take. Whereas Sree's 'O Re Pita' starts off softly and then becomes more high pitched and powerful at the end, Shivam's Fiza strts off high pitched that it's natural for his vocal chords to get stressed - and that's before the main song has even begun :O

Shivam's voice always sounded screecy to me / as if he was putting a great deal of effort on his vocal chords. On the other hand, Rakesh also always sings every song with a fixed way of delivery- does not change whteher it is 'aahun aahun' or 'na jaa'. I do not classify either of them as great singers.