My HO only:
THANKS TOPRANGER...!!
With this episode curtains fell over the Mumbai studio for SRGM 2005, the platform from where so many talented singers like Nihira/Sharib/Hema/Himani & others performed and entertained us for months.
In brief, there were 4 songs sung by each participant. Quality of songs were ordinary & easy once again, and if the songs are being given on the spot how come the tracks are ready..?
Debo: Impact of a lengthy trip of 6 months could be seen on him & his singing clearly. The song in which he shined most was the duet with Shreya : wada raha, as ID said it, Shreya had the right impact on him & he lost the sur minimum in this song, his other songs : dil kah raha hai & Ajnabee ( title song) wouldn't fetch a score of more than 7 on a genuine scale, his rendition of dil ne tumko chun liya hai was much better than these two.
Also his old problem of being a nervous starter was evident in couple of songs, I don't know why he always sings antaara much better than mukhda. I'm sure he will work on his deficiency under a genuine guru.
Vinit: To be truthful he lost sur less than Debojeet this time on an average. Though his old problems like lacking a certain polish on higher range & breath control were evident. Out of 4 songs he did most justice to Nikamma IMHO, his duet with Sunidhi ruki ruki si zindagi was fine. I was quite impressed by the track quality of this song which had beautiful rhythm programming.
On an avergae Vinit would also score somewhere around 7 in most of songs.
I can't understand the rationale of giving 10/10, that means there is no room for improvement.
In short their performances were neck to neck.
When Shaan was judging & he gave 9/10 to Vinit on Nikamma, HR pounced on him like a hungry wolve & attacked him vociferously. Shaan was left bruised & battered.
Plus there are few more antics like HR doing mantra jaap of 20, 20, 20......it will actually take a saint to condone him.
Few good things: There are no AVs & old clipping of Shreya winning the SRGM was flashed, and one could see greats like Anil Vishwas & others.
OVER & OUT..!! As SRGM comes to an end.