I enjoyed today’s episode, mainly because it was short and there wasn’t a lot of guests and judges wasting time. I wish every episode was like this.
Coming to the performances:
1. Anjali - Sawai - I actually liked Anjali and think she sang pretty well. Though I didn’t like her in the last song, she sounded to kiddish, but the first two she was good. Sawai let her down real bad. I don’t know if he’s gotten worse or I’m just noticing it now. There was absolutely no inflection in his voice. Except for when he was screaming he was pretty flat. He really needs to go next.
2. Ashish - SMP - I don’t know if I’m getting used to them, or I’m just beginning to accept that they are here to stay, but I think their performance today was ok. It was the second weakest performance of today, but I normally can’t stand their performance and today I thought it was tolerable (like I thought yesterday). However, both of them really need to work on clarity. Their words literally run into each other. And Ashish’s pronunciation is atrocious considering he comes from a cosmopolitan city (I lived in Pune for quite a long time too, so I know).
Arunita - Pawandeep - I don’t like this pairing. Individually Arunita sang fine, though it was nowhere near her best but Pawandeep was a let down. His mechanical singing becomes even more obvious when he’s singing a duet. I thought Arunita was too high pitched at times today. Overall it was an okayish performance.
Nachiket - Danish - I loved their performance. They complimented each other so well. I was afraid Nachikets voice would drown because of Danish’s more powerful voice, but that wasn’t the case. This was a genre Danish has sung before but completely new for Nachiket and he was brilliant. While Danish showed off, Nachikets simplicity shone. I think they both must get equal credit for today’s performance. I was miffed when Vishal credited Danish for Nachikets ‘pagalpan’. Let’s not forget, Nachiket has sung songs like ek chatur naar, Anthony Gonzalves, etc.
Sayli - Nihal - Nihal was surprisingly good in aye mere humsafar. The other songs he was okay, but ‘sab gunaah maaf’ after aye mere hamsafar (only for today, I’ll be back to bash him next week). Sayli is clearly the superior singer amongst the two and it showed. Of late Sayli has been singing with a lot more confidence, but then she’s stuck with the same highish pitched songs. Would love if she and Arunita sang some slow paced number.
If Nachiket is eliminated next week, I’ll be livid. Sawai needs to go after two (actually 3/4) horrendous performances in the last two weeks. He clearly is the weakest.
Seeing the treatment meted out to Nachiket, I’ve honestly lost interest in the show. I’m still watching it, because I enjoy reality singing shows.
I do hope Nachiket is saved next week.
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