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Gregg Pritchard ... nessun dorma
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... did he have an elastic band round his balls ? 
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I made a mistake. When he started to sing I thought it was a wind up and that he was MIMING a song by a female so didnt take his singing seriously. I think even Ant and Dec wernt sure.
Anyway this guy was on telly this morning he is genuine, i reckon he would make a great female singing impersonator, he sounds too much like a women when singing and actually could look like one with the right make up and clothes.
Its weird as he has a very deep voice when he is talking.
I felt embarrassed for not taking him seriously but only for a few seconds.
Most professional counter-tenors are natural baritones - some are natural tenors, but it's still a broken voice.
The only time it isn't is if their voice doesn't actually break - there's only one singer i can think of where that's the case, and it's certainly more surprising than the former case!
It's only weird if you don't understand the physics of the voice.
I thought the singing was good enough to get him through and the fact he was a bloke and especially the way he dresses - it really added to the whole thing. thought he was fab and couldn't quite beleive the judges weren't more positive
Me too, I was really confused at first! I couldnt tell if he was singing or if he was miming for ages?
And from the looks of it Amanda didnt have a clue what was going on initially either, and she was sat right in front of him!
makes no differene he has a talent - a rare one !
I don't think he was particularly good either, just that the reaction to people hearing that voice type is wrong. He needs training.
I watched open-mouthed and totally mesmerised.
My winner so far
What does he sing NEXT is the burning question !!??
mmmm - maybe that's the way forward for him !!!
Singing both parts of male/female duets !!
http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.557447
2 male singers
Because
1. he's more of a male soprano than a counter-tenor
2. often soprano/tenor parts are interchangeable with little other than octave transpositions
3. it's a piece a lot of people know because of Paul Potts and Italia 90 unlike most of the counter-tenor arias
Sung ND before Paul P
Cregg is the 1st guy whom sings as Cantor Tenor
There are about choirboys, there were plenty about Andrew Johnston last year. And their voices haven't broken yet, so it's hardly their fault they're singing in a high voice.
Plenty of well known sopranos have sung Nessun Dorma over the years; it's a fairly easy transition...
A top soprano makes it sound effortless http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inV3RlOTOXM
Indeed there's a wonderful light hearted clip around where she sings the difficult baritone piece Largo Al Factotum from the Barber of Seville… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mol_ttm6uVI
Absolutely nothing wrong with it when done well…
Do you think his voice confines him to classical music, or could he do something modern maybe?
I wondered if anyone remembers the fantastic falsetto vocals of Russell Thompson, the lead singer of the Stylistics back in the 70's. I would love Greg to come on next time and suprise us with a pop/soul song, something like "You Make me Feel Brand New"
Nah, a musical enough singer should be able to adapt without significant problems.