10th July 2022. Mahesh Bhatt and Vikram Bhatt.
Vishwaja with Sayli. Vishwaja needs more solos. She is a very good singer and really Sayli, good though she is, didn't add anything to the impact. Especially the second song, Vishwaja was very good!
Aryananda with Arunita. One of Aryananda's better performances but I felt it was still not as good as her performance that they cut - which we got to see the rehearsal. Makes me wonder whether the blames lie with the post production team rather than with Aryananda. Having said that, her brief solo was really good. Deserved the DHD.
Rituraj. I really liked both his songs, especially Tu Mile, the 2nd one. This kid has a bright future!
Pranjal. I think after a long time this was one of his better performances. I wonder how much of this was really ex tempore versus scripted, but either way he did well in both the parts - and his transition was very smooth.
Sayisha with Pawandeep. Their duets have become among the highlights of the show. Both her songs were too good. It is incredible how she is able to capture the nuances at such a young age.
Faiz. Back in his element! What a wonderful performance on both the songs! We need more of this from Faiz! Deserved a DHD I think.
Mani. Well, his comfort zone and accordingly he did well. But Mahesh Bhatt's drama was OTT - poor kid was almost struggling to breathe in that bear hug!
Rohan with Pratyush. I felt Rohan overshadowed Pratyush. Once again.
Faiz again for a solo from the new film. Very well done again.
Team of the week: Pawandeep. Even he was taken by surprise - bot because they didn't deserve it but because he felt one of the usual teams would get it. The team thoroughly deserved it.
Medals: Sayisha, Mani, Rohan, Aryananda, Faiz. Agreed with all 👍
Bottom 3: Samaira, Rohan, Vishwaja. Disagree with all 3. I would have placed Aruna, Chetanya, Pratyush in bottom 3.
Very unfair that Vishwaja got eliminated. She deserved to be a finalist.
Other things:
In cricket, commentators talk of a Captain Cam - a camera that is always focused on the captain of the fielding team. Here we have Sayli Cam. It is becoming a bit too much now!
One thing I forgot to mention yesterday - the young new Saxophonist. We saw him in Idol as well. He was 16 then so probably 17 now. Interestingly, he is self taught and yet such an expert at such a young age!
Arunita - her two songs and her performance in the medley - compensation for missing yesterday. She is truly blessed.
Pawandeep. He had made up his mind not to look left 😄. He succeeded till about 45 seconds to go but then he fell a victim to "Roke na ruke naina... Teri ore hai inhe to rehna" 😄
Danish - surprisingly disconnected during Faiz's performance, in fact he was on the phone.
Sayisha - such a bundle of energy during Rohan and Pratyush 's performance! And so emotional when Vishwaja was eliminated.