Was Himesh right in ........ - Page 2

Originally posted by: clarissa

All his comments were right EXCEPT Mauli's . She wasn't too bad, but she wasn't as good as Aditya said, either. Anyway, his point of view might be different! 😊

I agree with you, but his point of view is putting her ahead of other good singers, she may be good, but not the best! She is not better than Amanat, Junaid, Harpreet, Aneek, Poonam, Mussarat and the Marathi SRGMP winner. Now these contestants sing varied songs, have a good scale, better sur control than Mauli. But if you look at the ratings, she is leading among the females... I don't think this is fair to all other singers who have been eliminated in the past because of her and who will be in the future because of her. I liked her last performance, but it was going haywire in some spots. If they can pull up Junaid who is a better singer for not being consistent that day, they have to pull Mauli up. In my opinion, Mauli herself knows she is not a good singer and has a long way to go. She has been humble enough to acknowledge that on TV, but if people are foolish enough to vote for her without giving her a chance to better herself, I'm sure she's not going to mind. In fact, the audience should let her practice and be good enough to cut albums. I think ID is just cashing in on her popularity and will make an album for her, but he should let her be more sure of her surs....etc. I think... but then what do I know....

Originally posted by: Koyal

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Pls. note the comment that has been deleted from my post was made in reference to the host being a kid and who looks like a kid, the context was also to depict his cuteness which would gell with the EMAET programme or the Kids SRGMP held late last year rather than an older audience show. Pls. read in between the lines and try and understand prior to deleting innocent posts.

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I think everyone knows that SGMP has turned into more of a soap opera / masala show for Zee like their other soaps they show during prime time.
The soul of the show IMO is missing and has been probably for a few years now. I remember watching the show that Sonu hosted and they were so simple and really focused on SINGING.
It is due to the fans of good singing that the show stays so popular. If Zee tries to make it more into a soap opera than it already is then I am pretty sure they will lose viewership from people who are fans of good singing. But they will gain viewership of people who like soap operas. They are definitely on track to gain more soap opera type fan following.
I personally record the shows to listen to the singing and forward thru all the trash talk and the thunder claps. To me, I am watching the show to listen and vote for good singers and not good actors.
Also I don't think there is even an iota of a chance that Zee will stop cashing in on the show's popularity by including odd-ball stunts in every episode. Wait till we get to the top 5 or so singers, they will turn this into a regional/national battle on purpose. I can see it coming.

Absolutely right SGMPFan2 regd. the old shows. I remember I used to tune in when Sonu Nigam used to host them, and at that time, it was tough, they used to check the surs, by giving the taal and the singers had to sing either the antara or the mukhda as per the judges request... good contestants used to be knocked out due to this. Their singing used to be top notch, but when it came to this kind of testing, some used to get nervous and get out... That's why we have sustaining singers like Shreya Ghoshal and Kunal G. amoung the winners from those contests.

If this is tried in today's singing contests, I'm sure we'll get to see the real mehnat of these contestants...

Agreed 100% with Koyal and SGMPfan2. How I miss those days. It was a treat watching those shows. No wonder the shows then gave us some really good successful singers as winners, which is not happening today anymore.

Originally posted by: Koyal

Was Himesh right in asking Aditya to comment on the contestants? In my opinion, no. The Western sector audience was not shown Himesh's comments about the question Aditya was asked regarding GF, BF. But his comments clearly showed he was biased towards Mauli. He said he liked her performance😕 and he paused long enought to get an applause, but isn't this a singing show? Shekhar rightly said that we should not be looking for performances because once behind the mike, all flaws will be heard, who looks at the performance then?? Aditya had good comments about the other singers, but his heart ruled his head when it came to Mauli. I'm sure Vishal/Shekhar must be rueing the day they stood up for Mauli's first performance, now they've created a monster, so to speak. People, please don't misunderstand, this is a figure of speech, I don't want to be lambasted like the other guys on this forum.

For a second, I thought what Shaan would say if he was asked to comment and I imagined laughingly he would say " no sir, I'm not that experienced to comment on the singers, you'll are the judges, you should give your comments". In my opinion, Himesh and perhaps ID have been ribbing Aditya backstage, asking about Mauli and perhaps Aditya said nothing is going on and ofcourse from Aditya's comments, Himesh must have got his answer because he and Vishal/Shekhar gave a knowing smile after he commented on Mauli's "Performance".... I wish they (judges) would take this competition seriously because they are having fun at other singer's expense/careers. Aditya maybe good for a teen show, like EMET that was held last year, but he looks oddly out of place in this one. ********...sorry to all the girls having a crush on him, he needed to get some show exposure prior to this huge stage.

hmmm

the way I read it, you seem to think Aditya should not have commented, b'cos he made a positive comment on the singing of Mauli😆

well to be very frank, yes, I thought Mauli was not that good, but he thought so, besides that, I agreed with almost all of his comments(13/14), which never ever has happened with comments made by Himesh.

He was on the dot with his comment about Abhijit, he overplayed his strength of his voice, About Junaid too, along with Aneek. so it is not as if he was saying what I wanted to him to say, but he said what he felt was right.

and now just b'cos he liked Mauli's singing doesnt mean he was biased(in fact Himesh immediately brought up the point about GF/BF), so that took away the conflict of interest argument of yours right there

I was amazed I personally think he should stick a duct tape to the mouth of the mentors and just have the kid speak.

I think people have made up their minds, anyone says anything positive about Mauli they are driven by instincts other than music.

Come on, we all have different sensibilities about music, if he liked someone's singing doesnt mean he is doing it bcos he is interested to that person(I remember he gave very very positive statements about Aneek's singing😆)

Sareg, you're right, he was on the spot where the other singers were concerned and that's why I was surprised when he commented on Mauli (it stood out like a sore thumb - pointing upwards) but to say that he enjoys her "performance", which could also mean the way she performed on stage rather than her singing, like in EMAET, there were points for singing and points for stage presence - performance. By the sound of it, his comments on her "performance" closely resembled that notion of judgement rather than her singing. O.K. considering you're right, are you then saying that the judges (all of them, excluding Himesh who may have not been there) are incorrect in giving their comments on her "singing"? but nobody said anything good about her "performance" 😆 Play with words eh! 😉

The way I see it and this is only for arguments sake, he was biased. Which of her singing has anyone enjoyed other than Maiya Maiya? I believe she sang 2 other songs which she was pulled up for by all the judges. Yet he states he likes to watch her performances means he likes to watch her on stage, irrelevant of what she sings and what the judges comment, isn't that partiality. For instance, I like watching Mussarat (even when he's shown sitting at the side) his last singing performance was not up to the mark, yet I liked watching him. If I was a host (hostess), I think I would be biased and would twist my comments to build-up him up, just so he's not thrown out.

Believe me, if Mauli is eliminated, it will be very "soona soona" for Aditya with Mauli not there during rehearsals or whenever it is that they interact...

Its not only Mauli he praised. He also praised Sumedha even though her Aaj Ki Raat was sooo bad. I think Himesh is trying to get Aditya to become less scripted

Originally posted by: Koyal

Absolutely right SGMPFan2 regd. the old shows. I remember I used to tune in when Sonu Nigam used to host them, and at that time, it was tough, they used to check the surs, by giving the taal and the singers had to sing either the antara or the mukhda as per the judges request... good contestants used to be knocked out due to this. Their singing used to be top notch, but when it came to this kind of testing, some used to get nervous and get out... That's why we have sustaining singers like Shreya Ghoshal and Kunal G. amoung the winners from those contests.

If this is tried in today's singing contests, I'm sure we'll get to see the real mehnat of these contestants...

Please get your facts right . Kunal ganjawala didn't win TVS SRGM , he was just a participant and didn't even make it to the finals of that competition. Even Shreya Ghoshal didn't win SRGM, but she made it to the finals which was won by Archana Udupa. The other point is, a contest is one of the platforms where you get an opportunity to showcase your talent and excel. But it is up to the singer to make the effort and take the further step.