This week's perfomances - Page 3

Originally posted by: chutty

It's definitely a come back performance for Rohit. He was, without doubt outstanding today. In fact, Shravan and Rohit are challenging those who questioned their versality in the beginning of this season.

Revanth's performance in my opinion was not impressive. The vibrance and the power that the song has were missing in his rendion.

Not a good day for Tajinder. He couldn't properly deliver the small small nuances and variations that song has. In some places he sounded just plain.

Manya, I was when shocked judges chose her for top 14, dimmisng those guys Santhosh Hariharan from Chennai and Karthik Ramanan from Bengaluru. Looks like it was pre-planned to bring her back in top 8, but clearly an injustice to other eliminated contestants.

In my observation, Shravan, Tajinder and Hardeep lack public support while Revanth enjoys the maximum followed by Kudha Baksh. Rohit, Malavika and Mohit have reasonable number of fan following.

Originally posted by: LizzieBennett

@Red: Is this true, chutty? I'm not really following social media and I don't live in India, so have no idea about public support and who they favor. Historically, contestants from South India have always found it harder to garner public support. Although, I'm glad Revant is changing that, I still go by performance and he failed to impress me today. I'm mot surprised about the lack of support for Shravan, but for Tajinder and Hardeep too? Hmm . Is it a fact that Malvika has a fan following? Really?

I agree about Santosh and Karthik. It is so unfair that they picked Manya above so many more talented candidates! What a shame!

Originally posted by: LizzieBennett

I see we agree on the top and bottom ranks, Raina!😆

Revant was truly not impressive. He chose a great song and did not do justice. I still like his voice though, over Mohit's, anyday! He needs to really pull up his socks and improve his diction or he's going to be in trouble. Malvika, Shravan and Rohit don't speak Hindi either, but its evident they're working hard on getting their words right, which is so so important.

So many unexpected disappointments this week.. Hardeep, Tajinder, Revant😕. They are good, but all it takes is one bad performance to get knocked out.

Manya ..I have nothing to say about her.

Originally posted by: LizzieBennett

After having watched today's episode, I have to change my ranking of the contestants.

1. Rohit: He was outstanding, mind-blowingly confident and his act was superb too! Full marks on awaaz, andaaz and riyaaz! ⭐️. Rohit is my star of the week! 👏Sonu Nigam's tears said it all! 👍🏼

2. Malavika: Still number 2 for me, none of the other performances today bettered hers except Rohit's.

3. Shravan: He is just too good... like someone mentioned, quiet, unassuming, no great sob story to tell, just normal, chilled out and focused on his craft, which is just sooo refreshing! And he's flawless most of the time.

4. Revant: He was good, but not fantastic. Maybe I'm giving him 4th spot because I love the song so much, but he could've done better. He sounded off a couple of times and his pronunciations were atrocious. Its good to see he has a large female fan following, but he needs to work harder if he wants to make it on merit.

5. Mohit: I've said before I'm not a fan. his voice is of a type that I'm not too fond of, though he landed the right notes in his performance, which was adequate. So in all fairness I have to give him fifth spot.

6. Tajinder: I just couldn't connect to his song.😕 If he had to pick a Rahman song with a Tamilnadu folk flavour, there were so many others he could've chosen! 😕. Like someone said before, some of the song choices this week were just so mystifying. He was still competent though and he's a strong contender as he has proved in the earlier rounds, hence giving him the benefit of doubt this time around.

7. Not sure whether to pick Hardeep or Khudabaksh for 7th spot. I guess its a tie. Hardeep was technically better, he didn't lose his "sur", while KB went off-key more than once, however, KB's song was a more complicated one, so ..🤔😕

8. Manya: I am definitely not in favor of bringing her back. She may have a good voice, but that's it. Her lack of formal training shows up painfully in comparison to the others. Her performance was good, but singing correctly and in "sur" is what counts for me, and there she failed big time.

Would love to hear your thoughts...