And Maya,
I too felt Richa was way way better then many singers y'day.
Smita sang really well but I feel that she is one of the hundreds of voices floating around...Richa has a unique voice!
Ashu, I was critical of Richa in the first piano round and agreed with Javed ji to an extend but she was still in sur. Tonight she was very good. The only contestants I felt better than Richa were Charu-Deepali-Puja. Richa comes 4th in my list.
I still don;t understand why Smita go a standing ovation. May be Javed ji knows better but I disagree witht him. Smita was very good but not exceptional.
I simply hate when anchors say 'behnon ki shaadi karvana hai' 'pita ke adhoore sapne poore karne ka ekmatra sahaar'. These kind of sympathy votes are🤢. Here platform should be the same for rich and poor.