knowing songs

does knowing songs of the contestants beforehand make any difference in your judgement?

Its does make a difference

if I've never heard of the song then it is good to know in advance. But I don't have the time to sit down and listen to the original version so I guess it doesn't really make a difference ;-)

Originally posted by: mas999

1- you can listen to the orignal first and pick mistakes and inovations correctly. 2- you can predict if the contestant can do the justice by type and genre of the song. 3- If some one selects to sing an all time high number you can predict that the attempt could takethem to the top or to the bottom depending on their performance. I can name twelve more reasons but YES is my answer

your reasons make sense

Nope, it doesn't make any difference to me.

Yes definitely it makes a difference due to many reasons.

definitely.. I tend to like the songs that I already like more... but these singers usually sing songs that are well-known, so no significant difference as yet...