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Post by Daniel on May 16, 2018 18:09:51 GMT 1
 Thank you ladies!
For the final time in this season, the judges are going to share their critiques.
Not only will they rate this week, but also the queens' run through the whole competition.
After the critiques, I am going to announce my sickening Top 2 queens and sadly I will have
to eliminate one queen. Here's what the judges had to say! |
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Post by Julian on May 16, 2018 18:23:55 GMT 1
Julia Lux' Final Critiques Alêss Brasil Aless So, this is the last time I'm critiquing everyone and as always, I'm starting with you. In this competition you had a good run over all, even though it could also be considered as middle of the road at times. I honestly didn't expect you to survive the bottom 2 against Lef but you proved me wrong and even won the week afterwards. Overall you stayed true to yourself and your Brazilian roots which is always important. You were definitely someone to look out for since the start!
Regarding your final songs, I think you did a decent job overall. You served us songs I didn't know before and you fit most categories in some way. Nevertheless I wasn't blown away overall and I think you could've gone even further. However, you can be proud of yourself and your journey here!  Dinah Lone Dimitris Watching you in this competition made me almost sick because it was such a wild rollercoaster. You either gave us everything or nothing, which was entertaining but consistency is usually the key. I think your song quality in general was the best, even though you did not always send the most intelligent entries, but I liked almost all of your songs in one way or the other. At points I considered you to be underrated and I'm glad you were able to even your bottoms out with your tops.
For the final week you gave us 110% for the last time, your songs mostly fit well in some way and all three were good songs. You really stepped your game up once more and didn't fall back into old week 4 habits. Jenea Orangé Jens I never expected you to get this far after being the first bottom 2 survivor but you made it! Despite not winning any challenge, I think you gave us one of the strongest performances overall and weren't actually that far away from winning a challenge. Of course never winning was a disadvantage for you in the final since you had to prove more than Alêss and Dinah and I was curious to see you performing under pressure. I think you almost tried the hardest to improve out of the finalists and you really did!
I personally am a little torn for your final week, fitting to your overall track record I don't think you sent any really good or bad entries. I'm pleased with your songs but not shook. A mistake for example was selecting another joke entry for the most iconic song category, there was a reason we had an own joke category and it wasn't intended to send another meme. You're lucky that your competitors made the same mistake. Your other two songs are good but again not super strong. But all in all I'm happy with you and your journey in this song race and you should be too! |
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Post by Callum on May 16, 2018 19:34:25 GMT 1
Callum's Critiques
What a finish to a really fascinating season! I'd be so happy for the winner but I think I'm more happy with myself, now that I don't need to endlessly copy and paste this template...
I will first address your performances in this final collectively, and then address your run overall.
I will also give you your highlight - which is a past choice you should be proud of, either because it's a good song or it was a good strategic selection.
Aless Brasil | Aless
Dinah Lone | Dimitris
Jenea Orangé | Jens
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Post by alexeh on May 16, 2018 20:08:18 GMT 1
 Kathleen Slater's critiques
Good evening slags. This was a surprisingly good finale and a fitting end to a fabulous season. As with the other judges, I will first look over your performance over the series, and then your performance in the final round.Aless BrasilAs a whole, I think your performance over the series has been the most solid. Whilst not necessarily groundbreaking, you've had a fairly solid journey and that's definitely respectable. There aren't really negatives I can say about you throughout the series, you had a minor blip but other than that you've offered us really solid and for the most part diverse (in comparison to the rest of the competitors) entries. You can be very proud.
Your final entries, however, didn't really leave much of an impact on me. Mulher coite is an exception - an iconic anthem that we are all unworthy of. However, I felt that SOPHIE was a fairly uninspired choice (although I appreciated that it was a different type of instrumental), and similarly, while Gretchen's song was pretty iconic, you've sent her before and in a round where everyone really excelled in terms of originality, these two choices stuck out among the two rounds they were in. Interestingly, your meme entry was the most original, but your other entries the least. A mixed batch.Dinah LoveYou've had more lows than highs in this competition, but you've fought your way into the final and it's definitely deserved. At your best, you gave us some of the best entries of the competition, some inspired choices and some admittedly uninspired choices, and you've basically been given every description under the sun at this point. You've been a very unpredictable participant and I respect the excitement you've brought to the competition.
Your final entries were definitely a high. Your meme entry was definitely an iconic meme, although probably one of the most obvious choices. However, your instrumental was phenomenal. Myrkur may not be a hugely unknown name, but the pay-off with this instrumental really made it worthwhile, and it really appealed to me. Similarly, Pe Cimpoi may not be hugely original, but it's definitely an iconic song - probably one of the most iconic songs in forum history - and I can't really fault you on that.Jenea OrangéYour run in the competition has been solid albeit not phenomenal. You've sent quite a few entries that I've felt have been slightly underappreciated as a whole, and you often brought something different to the table that has often been enjoyable.
Your entries in the final echoed this. Your meme entry was enjoyable, but I think personally my lack of association or recognition with it meant I couldn't appreciate it as much as the other judges may be able to. Unfortunate, but that's how it is. Your instrumental was pretty, but amongst this batch of entries I felt it didn't really stand out. Kompra is, however, definitely an iconic song, although once again I think among the other two entries in this category (all of which blurred into the same category as the memes for me) it got a bit lost unfortunately. |
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Post by Matt on May 17, 2018 18:14:59 GMT 1
 Matter Teresa's Critiques!Congratulations on making the final 3 of the season! I'll be looking over your performance of not only the finale but the season as a whole as well. There were some choices here, so you will see how they've affected your final grade in my eyes.
Jenea Orange Jens
Jenea, tbh I'm am surprised you are here in the finale. After your bottom 2 in week 1, I fully expected you to be the 2nd boot. Yet, you have surprised me greatly, recovering well and only being in the bottom 3 once after that. Your performance this week was the best for myself. Your meme song was the best imo. Your instrumental? mediocre but still ok. Mediocre sums up your performance this week, but nothing was bad. Good job this week, and overall.
Dinah Lone Dimitris
Dinah, you've had the rockiest record in this competition. Even though I do think you would've been eliminated if Junia hadn't self eliminated, it is still good to see you. 3 bottoms 2's does tarnish your record a lot but you do also have 2 wins so its somewhat counteracted. Your performance this week was mixed. Your instrumental was clearly the best and even though I fully expected your meme song so i docked points for that, your iconic song was ok. You haven't done badly at all in this finale but it does make me wonder if that can hide your past failures Dinah.
Aless Brasil Aless
Aless Brasil, the queen of consistency in the competition. You only landed in the bottom 2 once, and apart from that you were either safe or in the top. That is a very impressive statistic! What was not impressive however, was your performance in this finale. In the challenge that counts the most, i feel like you served us the weakest songs. I appreciated that you stuck to what you knew, but it wasn't well good? It honestly pained me to say that. I just wish you'd branched out more and pushed yourself to really show us growth in this competition. |
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Post by Daniel on May 17, 2018 18:19:35 GMT 1
 Alright, I think we've heard enough.
You haven't made this easy for me guys!
As sad as it is, one of you has to leave tonight and
make place for my sickening Top Two. |
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Post by Daniel on May 17, 2018 18:22:20 GMT 1
First of all, I'd like to announce the winner of the Miss Musicality vote.
The queen that has sent the best songs overall is...
Alêss Brasil!
Congratulations to you! |
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Post by Daniel on May 17, 2018 18:28:06 GMT 1
Now, I am going to reveal which two queens have made it to the Top Two of the competition.
After that, a final poll will be set up in which everyone can vote for their winner of the competition.
The first queen that I will welcome to the Top Two is...
Jenea Orangé!
Congratulations, you've made it! |
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Post by Daniel on May 17, 2018 18:32:35 GMT 1
The tensions are rising.
We have two queens left, but only one can make it.
On one hand we have Alêss Brasil, who has had a consistent record in the competition and has won Miss Musicality.
On the other hand we have Dinah Lone, who has won the most challenges this edition and survived 3 eliminations.
The second spot in the Top Two goes to...
Dinah Lone!
Sadly, that means Alêss Brasil has not made it to the Final Two.
Alêss, you will forever be part of my family.
Sashay away... |
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