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Hmm, since you have appointed yourself as the forum morality officer I look forward to all negative posts being judged.
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Oh please. I know fanbois are fanatical but this response is the biggest pile of nonsense I have seen for ages in DS. I can only assume you are a WUM
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I thought it was superb.
Anyway I'd rather she win than 5AM (featuring backing tracks), Emily who lost all personality before the live shows and that other one. |
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I'm not being fanatical but I prefer Saaras version to Kevin's. She was amazing. Jordan Smith on the US voice did a fantastic version of Chandelier as well that I preferred to Kevin's.
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I liked Saara's performance of Chandelier, but I agree with the sentiment that it could have been so much better. The first half was a little awkward, she looked and sounded really nervous, though managed to get a hold of herself for the second half.
For me, Reigan Derry's performance of Chandelier on the Australian version remains the best X Factor rendition of the track so far. |
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She's a professional singer who has sung opera with Andrea Bocelli amongst others. I already knew that, but a simple Google search would have told you her credentials. In reference to the song, I'm a bit confused as to what you were expecting. She sang it and sang it well. What more did you want. A triple somersault while whistling the Star Spangled Banner backwards and juggling half a dozen turnips. Its a singing competition, she is the only actual singer left.
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Thanks for the tip about google. I would never had guessed. I have heard people sing equally if not better than Saara at local pantomimes. Of the remaining acts she is the best of a bad bunch and is only getting plaudits because her competition is so dire. She's a decent singer but doesn't have the X factor in my opinion. I actually preferred Gifty's first few performances. It's the producers fault for putting through too many people who can't sing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMjT45Atg6s Edit 2: Also, from 2011 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUWKoRAqrLY |
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I love Saara, her performance of Chandelier was good!
Sure, maybe it wasn't outstanding or amazing, but in a night full of dull and "ok"-ish performances, that was the best of the night. |
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she was AMAZING get over it
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She does not sound like an opera singer. Opera is an entirely different style of singing, different technique, than how Saara sings - she has been singing in a contemporary style throughout this whole competition. Actual classical singers would have a problem with belting (which isn't really done in classical), and the high notes she can hit with her contemporary style of singing would be a struggle for classically trained singers - the sounds are created with different technique in contemporary singing. It's the difference between ballet and tap dancing - both require very different skills to execute well.
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I liked Saara's performance of Chandelier, but I agree with the sentiment that it could have been so much better. The first half was a little awkward, she looked and sounded really nervous, though managed to get a hold of herself for the second half.
For me, Reigan Derry's performance of Chandelier on the Australian version remains the best X Factor rendition of the track so far. |
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it was a piss poor cover and that dress again?
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Thanks for the tip about google. I would never had guessed. I have heard people sing equally if not better than Saara at local pantomimes. Of the remaining acts she is the best of a bad bunch and is only getting plaudits because her competition is so dire. She's a decent singer but doesn't have the X factor in my opinion. I actually preferred Gifty's first few performances. It's the producers fault for putting through too many people who can't sing.
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I found it a lot better than the original, her best performance, the performance of the night& series it was magic and spectacular it was far from average, I think that was her golden ticket into the final and rightly so, she deserved it after that performance
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I found it a lot better than the original, her best performance, the performance of the night& series it was magic and spectacular it was far from average, I think that was her golden ticket into the final and rightly so, she deserved it after that performance
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It was a lot better than Andrea's two years back, but it was overrated.
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Is it just me who thought the dress was terrible? It looked so cumbersome I assumed it was going to suddenly turn into something else
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It's all about opinions. Personally it was my favourite version of Chandelier I've heard and I include the original in that. Yes you could hear a few nerves at the start but I could listen to Saara sing all day. Her voice is sensational.
Was it her best performance of the entire series? Maybe not but she's been the best contestant most weeks and the semi final was no different. She deserves to win. Saara is one of the very few contestants I've ever voted for on any series of XF. |
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While I agree with some of what you have written, the BiB is quite wrong.
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I think Saara performed Chandelier a bit better when watching the video of her in Helsinki. The temperature might have affected how well she sang, but she still did good though. I noticed that she put power into part of the song that she didn't when singing it back at the X Factor live show.
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She sounded like an amateur opera singer trying to sing pop and the judges reaction was nauseating.
I fast forward through XF now, the joys of technology, so I can't comment on the judges' reaction, but needless to say if they were complimentary about any of the other acts then I'd say jumping on the table, cracking open the champagne and rolling in a bed of £5 notes would be just about right for Saara's performance. |
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Oh the vitriol and anger. Where do you people get it from? Jesus. On balance, it was good. She sang well. She might have been nervous. Why hate? Why not just give a balanced assessment.
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