tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765116522593136045.post1873756493353903212..comments2024-02-15T06:33:28.234-08:00Comments on LL's Musings 小賢角落: Teresa Carpio temporarily leaves The Voice 2 - AsianFanatics ForumUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765116522593136045.post-64805557852187324582011-03-23T15:04:46.672-07:002011-03-23T15:04:46.672-07:00@ llwy12 You're welcome - like I said, I usual...@ llwy12 You're welcome - like I said, I usually always have something to say.<br /><br />I mean I'm not saying that Mandopop is bad - it's just that they pick ones that no one in their right minds would ever choose. Like you said, I only knew very few of those Mandarin songs that featured and it's not like I don't listen to Mandopop at all. I watch singing competitions based in Taiwan and the contestants usually choose songs that I know and even perform them better than those on The Voice 2. Same goes for the obscurity with those Cantopop songs - I mean, what the heck? Participants in the 80's NTSA had a smaller range of songs to pick from and they still rocked it with their song choices and performances. <br /><br />This whole any publicity is good publicity thing is just really getting out of hand. It just shows how they don't really take the competition as a serious matter anymore. Editing out comments like that tells us how credible the show is, as well - which is not very much at all, in my opinion.The Archival Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06131408357764015903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765116522593136045.post-89567506272124959972011-03-22T22:05:36.952-07:002011-03-22T22:05:36.952-07:00@The Archival Queen:
Thanks for your comments!
Fi...@The Archival Queen:<br />Thanks for your comments!<br /><br />First of all, I totally agree with you regarding the Mandarin dialect thing. I mean, most of the songs that the contestants chose to sing at both competitions were Mandarin songs and I barely recognized any of them. I would think that if you are going to compete in a HK singing competition, you should ateast pick a Cantonese song to sing --and with all the Cantopop hits available in the past 20-30 years, there should be plenty of songs available....yet most of them choose to sing obsure songs that are not necessarily suited to them.<br /><br />Yup, that whole thing with Emily really bothered me because it was just plain ridiculous...I think it's pretty obvious that TVB allowed her to 'pass' the initial audition purely because they wanted to 'stir up' controversy and increase the ratings (as the saying goes, being in the news for something negative or controversial is better than not being in the news at all!).<br /><br />And even though I actually liked Sheldon in the competition, I also knew that whether he won or not would not matter, since his range is way too limited. But at least he had quite a few strong performances throughout the competition and he really did do quite well in the finale -- unlike Mag, who was just consistently horrible in my opinion.<br /><br />Regarding Hardy -- well, I don't want to get started on him all over again because it will just get me worked up again....but thanks for mentioning his parents because it reminds me of something else that annoyed me (that I may have mentioned, but can't remember if it was this post) -- some of Teresa's comments during the show were actually directed toward Hardy's parents because she actually blamed them for putting Hardy through this...BUT those comments were 'conveniently' edited out by TVB when the actual show aired....llwy12https://www.blogger.com/profile/02401832364832078932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765116522593136045.post-30612786867105717792011-03-22T12:22:27.083-07:002011-03-22T12:22:27.083-07:00You know, I totally agree with you about the The V...You know, I totally agree with you about the The Voice judges not really voicing their true opinions and being too PC about things. Some of the contestants are not particularly good at receiving feedback openly either. But actually, I think this extends over to some other singing competitions, including the somewhat recent 2010 TVB New Talent Singing Awards (NTSA), which I found quite insulting to the past contestants of the 80's and 90's (I've actually explained my hatred towards the formats of singing competitions like The Voice and NTSA and why I prefer other singing competitions in my post 'TVB New Talent Singing Awards?'). It's like the standards for contestants have dropped, with a whole influx of solely Mandarin-speaking folk. I mean it's a singing competition in Hong Kong where the official 'dialect' is Cantonese. Come on. And they don't even have any future intention of learning the dialect. <br /><br />This line about Emily: "SHE CAN'T EVEN SPEAK CHINESE!!!" made me laugh, because it is so true. I have no idea why you would go to a singing contest in HK without being able to speak some kind of Chinese. I also do think that some of the contestants on The Voice 2 were blinded by their arrogance when they came to receiving comments. An exception I suppose, like you said was Sheldon Lo (although he was certainly not one of my favorites because I really don't believe that the HK music industry has a place for someone like him - too many English-only songs, probably due to his lack of fluency in Cantonese. In other words, he's really too hard to market to the general HK audience, even though English pop songs were quite the rage in the 70's). They come onto the stage to sing and learn, don't they? It's not like the judges swear at them, call them rude names or even throw a shoe at them, so I don't know what they were fussing about.<br /><br />Kids these days. Yes, I'm talking about Hardy. He definitely butchered one of my favorite Jacky songs too by not only trying to sound like a man but also screeching like a drunk fangirl at the end. It made the whole show seem like a cheap, amateur school talent quest. But I mean, he's 12, young and has plenty of future opportunity so I'm not saying he should never sing again or anything, I'm just saying he should really go get some more training then maybe try again when he's older. But to me, it seems like his parents wanted him to be in the spotlight, not so much him.The Archival Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06131408357764015903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765116522593136045.post-28293027668752884392010-06-04T21:15:33.275-07:002010-06-04T21:15:33.275-07:00Thanks! Yea, I'm still quite ticked off seein...Thanks! Yea, I'm still quite ticked off seeing these people's snotty attitudes. I mean, if they don't want to accept the judges' feedback because they feel they are perfect and can do no wrong, then fine, but don't go bashing the judges just because they are trying to provide constructive criticism. It's these kinds of people who are going to fail in society and then still they will try to blame it on others -- so sad!!llwy12https://www.blogger.com/profile/02401832364832078932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765116522593136045.post-88416533876158176782010-06-04T01:27:38.118-07:002010-06-04T01:27:38.118-07:00I was going to say that they were trying to draw i...I was going to say that they were trying to draw in more ratings when letting those two continue on - BUT you beat me to it in the later part of your post, lol. <br /><br />Honestly, some people are too sensitive. They shouldn't take it as 'bashing' or being 'too harsh' BUT should think of it as valuable feedback from the judges.<br /><br />Talking about being fluent in the language, I think I remember this happening once too many times at this competition. It was a Vietnamese one I remember watching and this one guy couldn't even speak in Viet OR couldn't even sing it at all YET he still showed up OR tried to get in. It was ridiculous and he was eliminated during the auditions. (PHEW!) It's just sad that these younger generation aren't thinking of using these feedback for the better YET just disregard it and be bitter about the whole matter.DTLCThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02412002838777406732noreply@blogger.com