Originally posted by: *Woh Ajnabee*
Firstly, she's a sweet little girl, and I don't have anything against her - just want to make that clear. If you reread my post that you have quoted above, I clearly say that her confidence and performances are her strong points. What I meant when I said that Shalini needs to get her act together is that if she wants to survive in the competition, her confidence, her performances, her style of singing won't be sufficient, she also needs to match up the level of singing that is coming from the other contestants. It is not fair to her if judges praise her and then all of a sudden public voting kicks her out based on singing. She should know that she needs to practice and do better.
And you say that all "confident gals" are bashed by the world - I don't think that's true at all. See, you find confidence to be the common link between Yashita and Mauli, and I find the common link to be lack of singing. From how I see it, singers like Sumedha, Vaishali, Poonam are all very confident singers. Granted there personalities were nothing like Mauli and Yashita's, but their singing was much better. Perhaps they were not able to shake their booty along with the beat, but their singing was outstanding that they did not need that.
When you mention Mauli and Yashita and label them as the "confident gals" - it makes me cringe. Is having confidence enough despite the fact that you can sing or not. I think you're confusing westernized attitudes with confidence. Just because one holds the in-your-face attitude, does not make one confident.
On this platform, contestants need confidence, performance skills, the X-factor, and above all else good singing. What good is confidence if it doesn't have the good singing to come with it? Or what is an X-factor if the contestant can't give a performance to save his/her life?
Coming back to Shalini, she's not a bad singer, BUT she still needs to work on her singing. She may be enjoyable to watch, but that does not mean that she's the best - she'll have a tough time I think later on, if she doesn't start working on her songs more closely.
Very well said, Ajnu!!! 👏 👏 👏 You covered it all. Many people confuse arrogant attitude as confidence and vice versa. Mauli had confidence, but for Yashita it was more of an attitude. BTW, Yashita was a better singer than Mauli, IMHO. Mauli got the hypes for her Mayya Mayya song, but she sang it out of sur from the original!! One can say that she added her style to it, but that's still deviating from the original - in that aspect everyone can claim to be a singer just that each one is singing in his or her own style!!
Mayya Mayya rendition on stage was the best by Anamika in LC2, and Mauli made it sound like a sensual song! With her good looks and style, along with her stage presence, that style worked for her advantage, but the truth remains that she sang different from the original!! When a MD composes a song, usually they follow a raag or mix up a number of them in the whole song - there is a reason based on the mood of the song, the situation, etc. It is disrepectful to them when one changes that and adds own style or tune to the song just for personal gains. Then why not write own song and compose it??
Vaishali and Poonam had the voice, sur and confidence on stage - never even once I felt that they lack confidence! Maybe Vaishali lacked the super looks but Poonam was very cute too. So I dont understand the scale used for measuring one's confidence!! I feel it's more about looks at the end - how pleasing to one's eyes the singer is!! In that aspect, I believe all six girls in LC3 have the cute factor! And I didnt feel anyone except Debolina lacked confidence on stage! And to me Shalini is overconfident which is a negative factor for a singer! And all the hypes she gets in fact make it worse for her and I feel sorry for her that she is only a kid and should be guided in the right path to become a good singer!
If stage presence is the factor required for a singer, how did Khailash Kher become a popular singer? How about Lataji and Ashaji?? How come Ushaji didnt become as great a singer as Lataji then when she had the absolute stage presence?! How about singers like Yesudas, ARR, Shankar, Abhijeet, Suresh, Himesh, Chitra, Aneek, Raja and all? In that aspect, Asma would be the best from C09 - she had 100% stage presence!! Now Bazy will be super excited to read this!! 😆
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