The last group in this elimination round
Theme for the day- Songs sung by Asha and Kishore
Judges for the day- Khayyam and Kumar Sanu
Contestants for the day-
Dum- Abhijeet and Sanchali
Yalgaar- Debojit and Twinkle
Jai ho- Rajiv and Himani
Today's episode is the last in this leg and will give us the last two contestant to get entry in the final 8 agnipariksha round.
The first gharana to perform today was Dum gharana. Abhijeet is one singer with whom JL had a lot of expectations but he has been pretty inconsistent. He has been able to perform well only when given songs of his type. Sanchali, though consistent, has been hardly impressive. She has got green cards on her earlier appearances but her voice is not very remarkable.
Sanchali- The asha bhonsle number chosen for her – paan khaiye sayyan hamar from teesri kasam. I think it was a bad song selection- she does not have the flow, which this song requires. She sang it ok but sounded very mediocre, couple of sur falls as well. With tough competitors like twinkle and himani, this might not be good enough.
Abhijeet- We were shown in the training clip, abhijeet practicing a song but Lalit was not satisfied with his rendetion and changed the song. The song finally sung by abhijeet- Meri bheegi bheegi si from Anamika- a song more of his genre but a disappointing performance. The singing very flat, no soul in the song- completely unexpected mediocre performance- sur is never a problem with abhijeet and that remained so even today but the singing left me dissatisfied.
Mentors-The mentors were not very happy with both the performances.
Twinkle- Twinkle was also singing a different song- aaye mehrabaan, but ismail was not satisfied with her performance and decided to change the song. The song is an unusual one with music by illayaraja- o babuaa ye mahua from Sadma. Very good beginning, good mukhda with lot of expressions, which she is very good at. She faltered in the antara, the voice did not sound as nice as in the mukhda- in the mukhda she copied asha very well but in antara she faltered and was exposed a litlle. But ok performance.
Debojit- Debojit, who is a favorite with lot of our friend, has a good voice and singing style is like Kishore. He sang one of my fav songs- Rhimjhim gire sawan from Manzil. A good romantic song sung well by debojit, though I felt that he lacked that romantic feel of the song. But perfect in sur, good voice quality.
Mentors- Himesh said that they all have lot of expectations from Twinkle and today she exceeded that. JL or AS did mention that twinkle was good in the mukhda and faultered in the antara (lalit sang and showed) and ID said he though twinkle sang like Lalit only.
JL pointed out that debojit sounded like hemant kumar at some places.
Rajiv- Aadesh said that though rajiv is not trained, his singing has got honesty which appeals. Rajiv sang………..i am sorry but it has slipped my mind completely....i think it was Dil ne tadap ke...from anurodh. Off key in lot of places and his voice also did not sound as well as in the earlier rounds. A very mediocre singing but sang with feelings….but not impressive.
Himani- Himani again chose an unusual song and was trained by Vijeyta pandit (AS's wife). The song was aaj ki raat from Anamika, sang it really well and was almost perfect- good expressions, good voice quality and perfect sur.
Mentors- Himesh said that himani also exceeded his expectations. JL mentioned that there was some error in some word but good performance. About rajiv, they said that his voice had a soul and ID mentioned that if he got proper guidance and training this voice can really be great.
The judgement- Among the boys, debojit was told that he did not have the lachak which kishore had and should work on that (yellow card). Among abhijeet and rajiv, sanu said that rajiv's singing had more soul and hence he was the winner today. Surprising result as I thought, debojit was the best today.
Some talk by the mentors that when no body is perfect on sur then the feel should be the criteria and a right decision by the judges. (I am sure ID would have differed)
Among girs, again a surprise- Sanchali was expectedly shown yellow card. Among himani and twinkle they said that it was very close but twinkle was marginally ahead and so the green card goes to her. AD showed his dissent and JL supported him saying that when the career of the contestants are at stake, it should be a more careful decision. Khayyam shut them up saying that since they have been made the judges, the mentors should rely on them and not make their own thing. AS told Himani that she sang well and should not feel bad, sanu replied saying that when parents praise their children too much, the children get spoiled. Himani replied saying that she is not that kind of student. A small tussle.
Tomorrow we will have Himani, Sanchali, Abhijeet and debojit vying for the blue cards. My prediction- Himani and debojit will get it.
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