Daniel's Song Race All Stars • S01 W03 • Judges' Critiques

Oh dear. I heard of rumours that you thought I would like your song, but unfortunately I have to bust that myth sweetie. I found this song to be extremely pretentious indie, and honestly quite annoying. It's like Madame Sheila's week 1 song but with all the good qualities taken out of it. I hope for something better next time, I've seen you in the past and I know you are capable of it!

Celtic Woman are undoubtedly good and they are pedestals of the whole Celtic music scene, and while Scarborough Fair is a good song in itself, it's also quite an overexposed folk song and - for once - Celtic Woman didn't exactly do it justice. But I still commend you on a great effort though, it was certainly a choice I wasn't expecting.

A completely unique choice, well done! I don't think the song you chose is my cup of tea per se, but it's undoubtedly a song that captures the essence of a girl group while also having its own original twist to it. I'm glad we're getting to see more of you, Lefteriana. Keep up the fab work!

Wow. What a truly rousing and ferocious song! Like the first week, you have truly impressed me and you have gone down the right indie path, unlike your fellow counterpart Alêss. I do have one bit of constructive criticism, however; it seems like you're growing very fond of this indie niche. Don't become too niche otherwise we'll all start getting bored of what you've sent. Regardless, fantastic job!

Undoubtedly a beautiful song, in an almost therapeutic way! What a brilliant discovery as well, backed by the fact that this is highly original, so well done on that! However, you seem to have slightly missed the target on the whole boyband thing. This song sounds like it could have been released by any indie artist out there, and is completely atypical of a whole male group effort. But still, very well done!

A nice synth-driven song, and encapsulates what the challenge was asking for so kudos to you, especially after the tragedy of last week! I don't think I would listen to the song again myself, but like I just said at the beginning, your research was clearly effective and it paid off. I think that's all I have to say!