Are lyrics of song important for Reality singer

In all the reality shows singers sing songs which are already ready and sung by other singers.

Well, the ideal scenario would be for singers to remember all their lyrics properly. But often the singers have many songs to rehearse and they can't pay full attention to the lyrics.

Sometimes it is acceptable, I think, if the song has pointless/nonsense lyrics to forget some of the words. Let's be honest - Hindi songs don't all have great lyrics - sometimes the words are just 'fillers' which don't make much sense!

But when the lyrics are well written and add a lot to the song, then forgetting words will really affect a performance badly. These lyrics have been written with a lot of thought and effort - you can't just rewrite them on the spot!

Originally posted by: xobile

Well, the ideal scenario would be for singers to remember all their lyrics properly. But often the singers have many songs to rehearse and they can't pay full attention to the lyrics.

Sometimes it is acceptable, I think, if the song has pointless/nonsense lyrics to forget some of the words. Let's be honest - Hindi songs don't all have great lyrics - sometimes the words are just 'fillers' which don't make much sense!

But when the lyrics are well written and add a lot to the song, then forgetting words will really affect a performance badly. These lyrics have been written with a lot of thought and effort - you can't just rewrite them on the spot!

Some times when u forget the word it doesn't sound that bad as long as u continue. You don't remember a word, don't stop put another word that will rhyme and flow with the song but u should always be well prepared with ur songs and try ur best to memorize as much of the lyrics as possible.
Also, I would like to say in the case of Neeti she forgot her lyrics but Rahul carried it off and most of the audience couldn't even understand and it was also hard for her to memorize so many songs because they had two matches in a row(Shankar vs. Shreya and Shankar vs. Shaan) so it was hard for Shankar's team to know all the lyrics.

ragu sir...very much with u....perfect lyrics plus pronunciation...shuld b a must 4 all the reality show participants...otherwise no "chamtkar"... it;s thn only a huge "b......." (din;t wrote the word man as m very particular abt moi vocabulary)

I am not saying about forgetting lyrics.

Hmmm...well I remember Vineet used to alter the lyrics during his SRGMP days and the judges used to appreciate it then. I think as long as you don't disturb the soul of the song there is no harm in changing the lyrics.
But I think Neeti's case was little different. She completely forgot the lyrics and if Rahul was not there she would have went blank. I have noticed that Neeti is too nervous when she performs. After practicing and rehearsing so much I don't think it is correct to forget the lyrics. I mean how many times do we witness such mistakes, probably 1 in 10 times. Seeing that way Neeti should be guilty. Mika was saying that I have done 1500 stage shows and I have forgotten lyrics a lot of times. Well Mika paaji this is also a stage shows but unlike your stage shows, here you are earning points for your team. Giving a perfect 10 is not acceptable. Shaan had a reason to be angry.

Altering the lyrics and fitting it to the song is improvisation.

Originally posted by: KaJen1

Some times when u forget the word it doesn't sound that bad as long as u continue. You don't remember a word, don't stop put another word that will rhyme and flow with the song but u should always be well prepared with ur songs and try ur best to memorize as much of the lyrics as possible.
Also, I would like to say in the case of Neeti she forgot her lyrics but Rahul carried it off and most of the audience couldn't even understand and it was also hard for her to memorize so many songs because they had two matches in a row(Shankar vs. Shreya and Shankar vs. Shaan) so it was hard for Shankar's team to know all the lyrics.