I think Himesh has praised Raja quite a lot, and over-praised at times, being a mentor, a member of the judging fraternity, he certainly gets a right to criticize the performance of Raja(and it was not upto a mark).
Remember Kapil asked Mauli, how she performed that day and she was very upfront about it
Everyone on the judging panel was unanimous that it wasnt upto the mark, Raja was just trying to play cute then by saying he didnt realize he made mistakes
One improves only if one learns from their mistakes
I would give kudo's to all the judges for atleast performing their duties as judges/mentors and earning their paychecksI wish they would be consistent with their criticism though, perhaps they knew Raja was safe anyway, so they just wanted to send a wake-up call to him
They certainly could have been diplomatic the way they were with Mussarat😆, everyone talked how great his Antara was😉, what about the Mukhda😆, perhaps they did not want to push Mussarat over the cliff😉, but no-one credits one for that kind of little stuff😆
It's true that song did not match Raja's voice but he was not totally out of sur the way Himesh alleged,19-20 sab ka hota hain. Even Aneek was not perfect this time, did Himesh Question him or said anyting? Come on, Raja was HR's target. Why should Raja admit if he himself is not sure? He just did the right thing by not accepting.
What about Mussarat? He almost killed the song(sur up-down was everywhere) except the last alap saved him. Did HR question him?