Re: [BigBrother_Survivor] The Voice Recap: Which of the Top 24 Came Alive During the Playoffs?

 

We lose at least half of the top 24 tonight. I'm sure there will be some shockers when we find out the results!
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On Tue, 4/30/19, SHARON ceegee2006@yahoo.com [BigBrother_Survivor] <BigBrother_Survivor@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Subject: [BigBrother_Survivor] The Voice Recap: Which of the Top 24 Came Alive During the Playoffs?
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Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2019, 9:44 AM























 My
picks Rod 
from Team KellyAndrew
& Gyth maybe also Dexter  from Team Blake
 https://tvline.com/2019/04/29/the-voice-recap-maelyn-jarmon-kalvin-jarvis-top-24-live-playoffs/
The
Voice Recap: Which of the Top 24 Came Alive During
the Playoffs? By
Charlie Mason /
April 29 2019, 7:01 PM
PDT Sharpen the axe! Ahead of a dozen (!) eliminations
Tuesday, the 24 remaining contestants on The Voice all performed
Monday night in hopes of
continuing on to Maelyn
Jarmon's coronation as the winner of Season 16 the
Top 12 (well, 13, since next Monday, the show will be adding
to the mix the winner of The
Comeback Stage). Which of the contenders sounded like
they were in the clear, and which sounded like they were in
trouble? Let's discuss…

TEAM
KELLYRod
Stokes, "Midnight Rider" — Grade: B | At the
beginning of his performance, Rod's gravelly voice gave me
big-time Pryor Baird vibes. And I liked the way he hurled
every note out of his throat like he was trying to launch a
ball over an extra-tall fence. The song, though, didn't
really go anywhere or allow him to show off a whole lotta
range. So, in the end, he came off like a potentially great
vocalist who'd given just a very-good performance. He
needed a "Holy crap!" moment.


Matthew
Johnson, "Ordinary People" — Grade: C | When
Matthew stepped into the spotlight, he started singing so
smoothly, I wanted to lie down and take a nap in the notes;
they were that
silk-sheet-like. As the number went on, Mr. Personality
remained mostly good, but hit a pitch problem now and then,
and didn't have as easy a time of going big as some of his
rivals in the R&B lane were sure to. I also feared that
his botched kickoff to his falsetto had almost certainly put
him in line for elimination Tuesday.

Rebecca
Howell, "Wild One" — Grade: C+ | There was
something muted about this performance by the singer that
Kelly called her "dark horse." It wasn't bad by any
means, but it didn't really pick up steam until she got to
the second verse. And shouldn't there be some — any? —
element of wildness to a cover of a song called "Wild
One"? It wasn't at all the slam-dunk that it should have
been — and probably needed to have been — since she was
competing with another country gal just on her
team, never mind Blake Shelton's.

Presley
Tennant, "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart" — Grade: C+
| Though known for her bombastic vocals, the
16-year-old started off singing in a soft, controlled
fashion before building up to the growly roar that's made
her a favorite of her coach's. And she definitely has
range, but she again struck me as someone with a more
powerful voice than she could completely keep in check. So
the overall impression that she made was that she'd given
a performance that was as sloppy as it was
passionate.

Abby
Kasch, "I Got the Boy" — Grade: D | I've
been bewildered for some time now as to what Kelly's
fascination with Abby is. The coach keeps saying that
Abby's a strong country singer in the Tanya Tucker vein,
but that seems like a terrible diss of TT to me — and it
seemed even more
insulting after this flat-as-a-pancake performance. Not to
put too fine a point on it, but… blech.


Jej
Vinson, "Love Lies" — Grade: C | Considering
how impeccable Jej's vocals usually are, I could only
assume that he couldn't hear himself Monday night. He had
enough pitch problems for two contestants. Even when he was
hitting the notes, his performance often felt desperate to
me. Like, I wanted to stop listening, because it was just
plain uncomfortable. Luckily for him, he'd already
garnered enough of a following that I suspect he'll still
make it into the Top 12.

TEAM
LEGENDLisa
Ramey, "The Weight" — Grade: B- | In my heart
of hearts, I was rooting hard for Lisa, partly because I
know the show tends not to favor singers out of their teens,
partly because I really think she has it in her to be great.
Here, her experience and polish showed — she put on a
confident, energetic show. But I was afraid that it hadn't
been enough of a "Wow!" to win over voters more drawn to
the youngsters.

Jacob
Maxwell, "Total Eclipse of the Heart" — Grade: D+
| On the other hand, some of the youngsters in the
competition are as mediocre as poor Jacob. True story, by
the way: I was literally typing the words, "For the most
part, this wasn't painful to listen to, certainly not as
painful as I feared it would be"… when it got painful.
Not as bad as his disastrous Police cover during the Battles
— yeah, I still
have nightmares about that — but pretty bad all the
same.

Jimmy
Mowery, "Young Blood" — Grade: C | I've
soured on Jimmy over the course of the competition. I still
think he has potential, but he just doesn't know quite
what to do with his big voice.. Here, he had an
ear-catching, raw quality to his vocals, and he managed to
sound pretty good, especially considering how much bouncing
around the stage he did. He just didn't sound like a star,
or even a Top 12 contender.

Celia
Babini, "The Chain" — Grade: B | I went into
this performance with fingers crossed. Celia had been one of
my favorites from the Blinds but had kinda fallen apart in
the Live Cross Battles. Her Fleetwood Mac cover was much
stronger than that Cross Battles mishap; not perfect but
significantly closer. And it had kind of a raging energy
that swept me along with it. Nevertheless, I feared she'd
be in danger; like last season's awesome Sarah Grace,
Celia sounds older than she is, and that often doesn't
play well with viewers/voters.


Maelyn
Jarmon, "Falling Water" — Grade: A- | Ha. No
matter how iffy an episode is, it seems like we can count on
Maelyn to hit the stage sounding like a superstar guest
vocalist rather than a contestant. Monday, she dazzled with
not only the strength but the purity of her vocal. She had a
smidgen of trouble with her lower register, but was thus far
so much better than anyone else we'd heard, they might as
well have declared the contest over right then and
there.

Shawn
Sounds, "Higher Ground" — Grade: A- | On the
other hand, Shawn is pretty freaking awesome. The guy is a
born showman, for one thing. I mean, he is so much fun to
watch, he makes it tough to look down at this recap to see
whether I'm typing words or just random letters. What's
more, his voice is like an 18-wheeler at the top of a hill
with its brakes off — it just goes, goes, goes, picking up
speed as it does. I didn't love this song selection, but
charisma machine Shawn made it work.

TEAM
ADAMKalvin
Jarvis, "Mine" — Grade: D+ | When Kalvin
started singing, I thought this was going to be the kinda
rare R&B slow jam that I really liked. But then he went
a little off the rails on the chorus. From there, he went
from sounding pretty good to sounding flat to sounding
borderline bad. Oh, Kalvin. This was not what I was hoping
for either for or from you after that solid showing in the
Live Cross Battles.

Betsy
Ade, "Are You Gonna Be My Girl?" — Grade: C |
Though this was way better than Betsy's performance in the
Live Cross Battles, and was so rock-'n'-roll that at one
point she threw her guitar off the stage, I couldn't see
it getting her through to the Top 12. It was fun and
energetic, and seemed true to Betsy's badass vibe. But it
wasn't vocally thrilling or so memorable that I figured
I'd be referring back to it in recaps seasons from now.
"Remember that time Betsy Ade threw her guitar?"
Nah.

Mari,
"Work It Out" — Grade: B | I kinda love
everything about Mari, it turns out — the funky look, the
voice that's always better than I remember it. She's
like a hip Velma from Scooby-Doo.
All that said, though, Mari's number was plagued by audio
problems and melodically… I'll go with challenging. Mind
you, I'll be the first to say I'm probably just not cool
enough to "get" this song. And regardless, Mari's
vocals and stage presence were solid.


Domenic
Haynes, "Love Is a Losing Game" — Grade: B- |
Whoa — could the cameraman have gone in for any tighter a
closeup than he did during Domenic's Amy Winehouse cover?
I honestly wasn't quite sure what to make of this. On the
one hand, I love Domenic's voice. He always sounds like
he's been emotionally beaten up — which I mean as a
compliment. But this struck me as all over the map, like it
wasn't entirely sure what style or emotion it was going
for. I didn't hate it. I just didn't get it.

TEAM
BLAKEAndrew
Sevener, "Boots On" — Grade: A- | I'll be
damned — I can't even remember Andrew's Blind
Audition, but I'm pretty sure at this point he's my
favorite of all the country artists still in the contest.
Even when he's standing stock still on the stage, he has
so much swagger in his voice, I'd swear he was rocking
from one end to the other. This was just a total blast —
powerful voice so confident, it wouldn't even think
of faltering; energetic; rollicking. In short,
awesome.

Selkii, "Iris" — Grade: D+
| Seriously, WTF has happened to Selkii? After a
promising start on the show, she's kinda fallen apart. And
by "kinda," I mean "completely and totally." This
was messy, pitchy and just generally not pleasant. We know
she has a good voice, but we sure as hell didn't hear much
of it here. D for disappointing.

Oliv
Blu, "The Girl From Ipanema" — Grade: C- | I
wish Oliv had sounded as delightful as she looked on stage.
Her styling and demeanor were total jazz goddess. And she
has a smile that's so bright, they don't have to bother
with all the fancy lighting on the stage when she's
performing. Unfortunately, she sounded way off here — and
not in that "Yeah, but that's jazz for ya" kinda way.
It was a bummer of a mess.

Gyth
Rigdon, "I Wanna Be Loved Like That" — Grade: B-
| Talk about poised! Gyth was so still during this
performance, it was like he was willing us to lean in and
pay closer attention to every syllable that he sang. And it
worked — I did. I wasn't crazy about the goat-like
quality of his vibrato, but there's no denying the dude is
a find. He oughta sail through Tuesday's eliminations
without breaking a sweat.


Kendra
Checketts, "Bad Guy" — Grade: C- | Having
recently joined the cult of Billie Eilish — I'm
borderline obsessed — I feel uniquely qualified to say
that this started out pretty meh. Kendra's voice just
didn't suit the singularly stylish song. When she started
rocking out, making it her own, things improved — Kendra
does have a big voice and managed to keep hold of the reins
for the most part. But I still suspected she'd be heading
home Tuesday.    
Carter
Lloyd Horne, "Heartbreak Hotel" — Grade: C |
Not sure an Elvis cover was the best possible song choice
for Carter. Where he shines tend to be numbers that play to
the strength of his weathered, lived-in voice. As it was,
this wasn't bad, but it didn't sound so uniquely
"him" that I thought it would make him stand out from
the pack the way that he needed to. It also lacked the
energy and oomph that would've made me run back to the
couch from the fridge if I heard it. Not that I'd ever
leave the couch during The
Voice, but you know what I mean.

Kim
Cherry, "Waterfalls" — Grade: D+ | Oh, Kim,
Kim, Kim. Much as I adore her anything-goes vibe, I
couldn't get past how pitchy she was throughout much of
her TLC cover. And sorry, but the fact that she's nerdy
and raps doesn't make her so magically special or
interesting that she should stick around in the contest over
(much) more polished vocalists.

Dexter
Roberts, "Ain't Nothing 'Bout You" — Grade: B
| Dexter looked and sounded so comfortable on stage
Monday, it was almost like watching a preview of what it was
gonna be like next season when he returned as Season 16's
winner. Only I didn't think he would be the winner. Gyth
has a lock on the intimate-country lane, and Andrew easily
out-rocks Dexter. Solid, yes, but not the best of the bunch.
Top 12 for sure, though.

So,
what did you think? Is Maelyn unbeatable? Could Jej pull it
off? One of Blake's country artists? And who do you
suspect will be going home Tuesday?
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