Finally watched the episode 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Ok, let me say at the outset that I did not enjoy it and not just because Shravan was ousted. I genuinely thought the song choices and performances were below par. Richa Sharma is great and I love her voice. Also, I loved that they got her to do a small intro to all the songs 👏.
I really don't think I want to give a rating to any of the performances today, since I felt they all did not do their best. They were all holding something back, and that was disappointing. Rohit was the only one who made my belly flip today 😆, and that's saying something.
Having said that, Shravan and Rohit are both such powerhouse performers and "Sajda" is such a great song for them, they could have brought it to another level altogether. But that didn't happen. They were good, yes, but for Shravan and Rohit, being merely good is like underachieving. Rohit was certainly the better of the two, he did some tricky alaaps and actually had the upper hand. To me it seemed as though Shravan was already resigned to his fate, he was so restrained. Yet- yet, he sang effortlessly. Sonu pointed that out perfectly. He said this is so easy for you and it really seemed like it was. Truly, Mohit said it all in the end, after the results were announced. He said that he was nothing in front of Shravan and that takes a big heart - to confess something like that without a hint of pride - on National TV. In this fake world of two minutes of fame and every single person possessing an ego the size of a mountain, his humility in front of a fellow contestant was truly touching. I love the Shravan-Rohit broship combo and I will so miss it in the following weeks to come. 😭. To me, its almost as though Indian Idol has come to an end with Shravan gone. I will continue to follow it, but with cursory interest, don't think I'll even be voting anymore.
My hubby was like -' How can Shravan be gone'? And my little girl went -"They should have let the judges decide. Why did they let the public vote at all?'. So yeah, his going has had a huge impact, and like I mentioned before, I think the standard of the show has been lowered. There's no longer a bar high enough for the other contestants to beat.
The Revanth- Malavika performance was okay, I thought their voices did not compliment each other. Malavika is too loud and powerful and Revanth is too mellow. Also, Malavika went off-key a few times in the song, Revanth was good though - did not make any mistakes, But still, something was missing - like a little extra tadka, that I feel he always holds back. Also, found the theatrics with the wall in between them and the last bit of acting by them where they both touch it simultaneously so laughable! 😆. And the judges were going gaga over that bit! 😲
Mohit-KB was also good. I couldn't find faults with their singing, yet it did nothing for me. Not exciting. And although KB executed some tricky bits very well, again I could find he was off-key in some lower notes. Mohit was better in the sense he was in "sur", but played it safe. So, it was pretty meh for me 🥱. Couldn't understand Farah's superlative praises for them at all! 😕
I would rate Malavika - Tajinder's performance at the bottom. The song and the singing fell totally flat for me. Though I thought Tajinder did a good job in the mukhda - its very long and hard to execute it since there's no place to pause and take a breath.
What was the need for Annu to go overboard and hug Revanth - like, Farah saying its been a while since he hugged him?? 😲. Like W*F was that for?🤬 So gratuitous!
I didn't even enjoy Sonu's performance on "Main hoon na", although the Jagran song was well done by Richa. Is it just me or was Sonu looking like he was unwilling to say anything nice about Richa and words were being forced out of his mouth because she was being so nice to him? 😃😛
Found the judges' reactions, especially Annu Mallik's so Over the top - he was going "Oh My God!" when Shravan's name was read out. Didn't feel like genuine shock to me. In fact, everyone's reactions felt rehearsed, except Mohit's. Even Shravan looked like he knew what was coming. Btw, did any of the judges say anything? I watched online and the version I did just ended it with Mohit calling for a standing ovation for Shravan.
Edited by LizzieBennett - 8 years ago
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