The last day of the third round of elimination for the fourth and final group. The judges were Suresh Wadekar and Sameer. The theme was songs of 2000-2005
Recap- Hemachandra and keka got the green cards yesterday. Today the following contestants will perform
Ismail Darbaar- Paresh and Vineeta
Jatin-Lalit- Abhijeet and Sanchari (I am sorry about sanchita bit- thanks arien79)
(We were shown clipping where lalit was telling abhijeet that he sang well yesterday but hemachandra had also sang very well. He has to sing well today and get the green card. Paresh admitted in front of ismail that he got besura yesterday and today will work harder.)
The first to perform in today's contest
Abhijeet- Lot of controversy surrounding abhijeet- he sang the song sun re sakhi in the previous round very nicely but did not get the green card. On the second day he sang badly but keeping his previous day's performance, he was given green card, which enraged Himesh. Aishwarya from HR's gharana got eliminated that day and himesh keeps us reminding of the same, time and time again (he did that today as well). The song chosen was Kuch tum kaho, kuch hum kahe…..sang well…..good control over sur….i think the beginning was a litlle too low….you could not even hear the words properly but he got better…good singing with pucca sur…..good feel. He chose a song which was more suited to his style of singing and performed very well.
Mentors-
Aadesh said that abhijeet has proved his mettle…he has sung songs of yesudas, spb, hariharan and now sonu…which says a lot about his singing. (I am not too sure if aadesh said this or himesh). He was impressed with his singing and said that this was his best performance. Himesh, as I had mentioned earlier did bring up the aishwarya episode but said that abhijeet really sang well today. Ismail also praised abhijeet.
Paresh- Dil chura liya…. Shaky beginning but got impressive….his voice quality is very good and gives a lot of feel…his lack of training does show up- he did lose the sur in the antara couple of times, but overall entertaining performance.
Mentors-
Aadesh did mention about the loss of sur at times but said that he was impressed and paresh has improved a lot. Lalit felt that with this the mahayudh has began (meaning that both of them have sung well and so it will be very close). Himesh also liked paresh's performance.
Now the girls…
(we were shown ismail telling vineeta that she needs to improve because otherwise she will have to go back. Lalit told sanchari that she had sung well but keka was better and vineeta cannot be underestimated because she has got a very powerful voice and the only way to counter that is use her classical expertise)
Vineeta- Tinka tinka…..from Karam……very good beginning, she has got a very powerful voice and I think she sang very well. She had a lot of expression…I think she has got a very good voice and can go places with proper training.
Mentors-
Himesh said that vineeta's voice was today's generations voice and can suit playback perfectly. The other mentors also felt that vineeta's performance was good though she did falter in some places but overall quite good.
Sanchari- Tumhari adaoan pe mein wari wari from The rising- mangal pandey. I did not like her singing much….i think she needs to work on her breath- she gets out of breath in her singing….her sur sense is strong but she also needs to work on the feel…otherwise I think her chances of reaching the finals may only remain a dream.
Mentors-
I am sorry but can't write much as I missed this part…but I think overall they liked her performance as it was a difficult song.
Now the second round for the day where the two boys will sing together and the girls together.
Abhijeet and paresh sang the song- koi kahe kehta rahe from dil chahta hai….paresh was the first singer and sang well…good feel and punch of the song was there in his version which was missing in abhijeet's. Abhijeet reduced the pace of the song….and the song no longer remained the peppy number it is….he completely lost the feel.
Himesh said that abhijeet has complicated the matter again as he sang very well in the first round but sang badly in the second.
The girls sang the song Nach baliye from Bunti and babli
Good beginning by vineeta but lost the sur completely in several places in trying to maintain the punch. In comparison, sanchari sang it well..with sur – not too much punch but enough to get the feel of the song.
As the results have been already written in this forum- abhijeet and sanchari got green cards….paresh cried a lot but ismail said that paresh might be back with public voting. Sameer said that paresh will be soon singing one of his songs. Jatin also mentioned at some point that paresh inspite of not staying in India has got so much sharafat in his face that if he had a daughter he would have done rishta with paresh.