Re: [BigBrother_Survivor] The Voice recap: Here's our pick to win

by Crime Time Tamil on May 22, 2018

I really thought Kyla would sing Whitney Houston for the finale to lock in a win, now I'm not so sure. She did a great job! Bur Britton has the no. 1 spot on Itunes
and I really do think the only coach that could beat Blake is Kelly. So I'm still hoping for Kyla, but won't be surprised if Britton wins.
I'm with you CG Pryor was my pick from early on, still shocked Spensha got his spot!
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On Tue, 5/22/18, C G ceegee2006@yahoo.com [BigBrother_Survivor] <BigBrother_Survivor@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Subject: [BigBrother_Survivor] The Voice recap: Here's our pick to win
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Date: Tuesday, May 22, 2018, 10:49 AM

Unless
something drastic happens I agree with the predictions
My
favorite was Pryor but that didn't happen. LOLWhile I
dislike screaming as singing I do think this is Kylas time

The
Voice recap: Here's our pick to
winIt's
all come down to this: The
Voice's top four contestants — Team Blake
Shelton's Kyla Jade and Spensha Baker, Team Kelly
Clarkson's Brynn Cartelli, and Team Alicia Keys' Britton
Buchanan — are performing not to stick around for another
week, but to earn the title of season 14 winner. Each put on
three separate performances, including another cover, a duet
with their coach (poor Adam Levine doesn't get to play
tonight), and an original number of their own.This
season being what it is, this is not a night of musical
perfection. Not even close. But there are some standout
moments that might help us figure out who'll emerge
victorious tomorrow night. Let's walk through the
night's performances, for better and for worse, shall
we?
Kyla
Jade
"With a
Little Help from My Friends" by Joe CockerFrom the
Woodstock crowd to The
Wonder Years watchers, there are a lot of people
who'll know this song, but they've never heard it quite
like this. While the instrumentals are the same, Kyla Jade
approaches the number with much more snap than brass and
throws in a lot of scream riffs in the third act. The first
few verses are much better than the last, and it's not as
mic-droppish as her coach Blake Shelton would have us
believe, but if she's out to prove that she's no longer
scared of this stage, this certainly does that much.
Technically, though, this isn't her best.
Britton
Buchanan
"Where
You Come From" by Britton BuchananIt's
always a little impressive when the contestants on this show
do come locked and loaded with an original song they've
saved up for just this occasion, especially ones as young as
Britton Buchanan, who wrote his in chemistry class (yes,
really). But it'd be even more impressive if his delivery
showed a similar level of ownership over the number, and his
… does not. The song itself checks off all the boxes —
steady pacing, lyrics of lament, fitness for his style —
but he seems as disconnected with this song as anything else
he might've been handed throughout the season, stumbling
with diction, volume, and emotional resonance. It's a
shame because this might've been a good breakout moment
for Britton, but instead, it's off key, off-putting, and
off the radar even before it's done. (Note: I am curious
if his studio version is any better, and his fans might be
as well, so let's not discount the download potential of
this one just yet.)
Brynn
Cartelli and Kelly Clarkson
"Don't
Dream It's Over" by Crowded HouseIf
you've been reading these recaps long enough, you know my
sentiments on these duets. (Tl;dr – They're the worst.)
So, it goes without saying that this is not usually my
favorite part of the night. This song choice is pretty
exciting because, frankly, I just like it. But what Kelly
Clarkson and her lady squire here manage to do with it is
only about half
good. The parts when Brynn Cartelli hangs in her low
register and sticks to the original tenor of the familiar
song bring out the better parts of her tone — that deep
croak thing she manages to sweeten in just the right moments
is a signature strength of hers — but the rest of it is
messy. Both of them try to liven things up with some of
their sudden runs, which are just messy, and they're
completely unable to harmonize, and even the dancing is
disappointing, since they promised to "bring the bounce
back" with this. Brynn should've saved this one for a
solo and pared down all of the extras.
Spensha
Baker
"Merry
Go 'Round" by Kacey MusgravesWhat is
this song, even? The lyrics are so, so bad it's
distracting. It's like an emo seventh grader wrote this in
poetry class the day the assignment was due, and someone set
it to music. Why. Disregarding the WTF factor of the words
here, Spensha Baker also struggles emoting, or even getting
into her full voice in with the delivery. It often sounds
like she's about to gasp for a breath, and while there are
some moments where her talent is on display, specifically
when she breaks away into belts that blur the genre lines
here a bit, this is bizarre choice for a finale performance
for sure.

Britton
Buchanan and Alicia Keys
"Wake
Me Up" by AviciiAs far as
duets go, this is about as good as we can expect it to be
right. With Alicia Keys on the piano and Britton Buchanan
wielding his guitar, the two seem poised to do something
special. His whimpering tones are a good match for this
piece, and her ability to break away is always pretty
strong. They do what they can, but this is still a bit
boring, as these things tend to be.
Kyla
Jade
"The
Last Tear"NOW WE'RE TALKING. Okay, okay, so some moments
of the melody here sound like a redux of "Next Time I
Fall" and "Endless Love," but there's still a lot of
good structure to this song that Kyla Jade clearly knows how
to take advantage of. She smartly draws back on the fire
power and nestles into her mid-range for this one, enjoying
some very Gladys and the Pips sound styles in the rehearsals
even, and the resulting crescendo is undeniably compelling.
Everything's going right for her with this one — even
the cheesy lighthouse imagery on stage kinda works. The song
is a slow burn, it's emotional, and her delivery is darn
close to flawless. This'll be the one people want to hear
again, guaranteed.
Spensha
Baker and Blake Shelton
"Tell
Me About It" by Tanya TuckerIs Spensha trolling herself? Because these song
choices fit her about as well as a pair of clown shoes. Just
like last time, she sounds stuck on one note throughout most
of this number, and even though Blake Shelton sounds
comfortable and controlled with his half, she sounds hollow
and stiff. If she really did choose this song, and have it
marked as a bucket list item for her Voice
tenure, she obviously doesn't know how her own wheelhouse
turns.
Brynn
Cartelli
"Walk
My Way" by Julia MichaelsIt's
easy to see why Julia Michaels might be willing to part with
this song. There's a lot of repetition that renders it a
little lifeless, despite a peppy concept in the opening
notes. Brynn Cartelli's performance is just okay. She
leans in on some of her snares and guttural notes for
effect, but she's also got about as much energy as a
dandelion in a rainstorm. At best, this is a song that
backdrops some senior citizen dating site
commercial.
Kyla Jade
and Blake Shelton
"Only
Love" by Wynonna JuddKyla Jade
started out the night being a little overboard and then
settled into her full voice, while resisting the temptation
to engage in any unwise belts. And with song number three,
she scales down even further into a volume level that's so
soft she might as well be Blake Shelton's background
singer here. Maybe this was a
song she'd grown used to letting someone else lead on,
since she got her first backup job with Wynonna Judd back in
the day, but whatever the reason, she's almost completely
absent from noticeability here, thanks to a lack of lines
and her staying strictly in her head voice the whole time.
Admittedly, in those few lines we do get to hear her singing
solo, her voice is lovely and a nice contrast to everything
else we've heard of her tonight, but it's not enough.
This duet is not exactly hurting her, per se, but it's not
doing her any favors either.
Britton
Buchanan
"Good
Lovin'" by The Young RascalsThis song
choice is actually a good personality match for Britton
Buchanan, as he seems to be having a blast working that
entertainer side of himself throughout the showcase instead
of the broody serious boy element he's had on display
elsewhere. Is it cartoonish and overkill? You betcha. But if
he's self-aware enough to know he's probably not going
to win this thing and is just here to have one more moment
of fun just for the hell of it, this is good. (On the other
hand, if this is an honest effort to earn votes, it's a
disaster.)
Spensha
Baker
"Old
Soul"The
lyrics here pretty much say it all: "We're going to take
it slow. Just take your time […] I want that old soul,
give me that old soul tonight." This set is as close as
Spensha Baker gets to authenticity all evening, and it's
simply because she's not stumbling over the rushed tempo
and so many word salad lyrics of the previous songs and
instead concentrating on matching the schmoozy style of the
song here. This is still country-ish, but it's also more
reminiscent of an old school love song — something you
might hear from Faith Hill or Sara Evans, as they bridge the
gap between the southern sound and the pop sphere. This
isn't going to earn her the win, but it's a drastic
improvement over everything else she's done
tonight.
Brynn
Cartelli
"Skyfall"
by AdeleI
have mixed feelings about Brynn Cartelli singing a song
that's so remarkably sexy, considering she is a child, but
her tone is a
match for this, so it's also pretty intriguing. Indeed,
she comes through with the requisite low notes and cascades
into her head voice on a dime, just like Adele, which is no
small feat. But this is one of the better singles of this
century, and hearing her tack on some baby belts and random
staccato asides just for kicks is distracting. The old guard
of shows like this would say something to the effect of: you
either try your best to match wits with the original or you
arrange your own version, but never both. Brynn's still
got a lot of poise and some originality of sound, but I'm
not sure even the "pimp spot" here will carry her
through to the winner's circle.
PREDICTIONS:Britton
Buchanan's going to be in fourth place. He already had to
sing for his supper, so to speak, in getting here tonight,
and he's done nothing tonight to swing momentum into his
favor, despite the high energy of his final showing. He's
still done very well to get this far on the show, but I
think this is where he lands tomorrow night, despite Adam
Levine's odd endorsement.Spensha
Baker will earn third place. She's had some good moments
on this show, but more often than not, she's been listing
through the songs that she seems to have zero attachment to
(apart from that "Rise Up" anthem that I can still hear
her slaying). Blake Shelton might be right that she has a
future in country, if they can ever figure out the right
kind of songs to draw that
out of her, but for now, I think she's the second
runner-up.Brynn
Cartelli comes in second, thanks to her obvious potential
and unique vocals. Given the right training and time, she
could do something, but she's still just a touch too
unrehearsed to be completely convincing at this stage.
Compared to her competition, though, she's right up there
with the exception of …Kyla Jade
will win. There's just no two ways about it; she's
earned it. She had a moment of growth early on and has been
mostly consistent ever since. There's hardly been a week
that hasn't included her shutting it all down since the
halfway point, and the original song she introduces us to
tonight is such a sublime match for her sound that it's
easily the best three minutes of the evening. This season
has been weird, but there's no way she goes home
empty-handed tomorrow.TEAM
STANDINGS:Team
Adam: N/ATeam
Alicia: Britton BuchananTeam
Kelly: Brynn CartelliTeam
Blake: Spensha Baker, Kyla
Jade

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