You, my wife and I seem to have the same take on it.
Clothing, hair, make-up and songs, yes I’d love to whisper some suggestions. No doubt about it...
Ramiel’s voice is very nice. She has a lovely face. She has that behive swirl over her forehead that destroys her looks. They’ve shown her with other hairstyles from the past and a few cute caps that make her an instant super-star (looks-wise), but nobody is telling her. She looks fantastic in some of her clips, and then they show her when she sings and it’s a real let down. Showing more forehead really helps her. As it is, her face looks too round, and that contributes to her looking a little pudgey.
Kristy Lee’s hair is very nice, but when she incorporates the tight curls like she did in her first audition, it boosts her looks by 50%. I was amazed at the two looks, straight hair and that crimped curl look. She is choosing the wrong songs. It’s killing her.
Sayesha is so good. She has an incredible voice and she’s attractive too. She MUST start picking better songs. She could also do with better cute clothing choices. My other advice to her would be to mix up the songs a little. Sing some songs from outside her racial segment. When you narrow your selections to those most greatly apprecaited by 1/10th of the populace, you’re limiting the number of folks who are going to identify with your music and become your fan. I’m not saying this to denegrate some of the fantastic songs out of that segment, but I think you know what I mean. This girl should be connecting with a broad audience and I don’t think she is as well as she could.
There was a black girl a few seasons back that continued to choose very narron segment songs. It cost her and I hated to see it. She was doing a good job, it’s just that the songs didn’t appeal to everyone.
As for the tatood girl, I think she is blowing it. Her song choices have been rather bad too many times. She just got more tatoos on her fingers and they show up every time she sings. Like it or not, those are going to turn a lot of folks off. I’d play down the massive tatoo on her arm, but she’s got to do what she thinks is best. I don’t think pidgeon holing yourself in a competition like this is smart. And her song last night ended in total disaster. She should be leading right now, and her poor decisions are the only reasons why she isn’t IMO.
Well, enough of that. These kids have been given an incredibly opportunity, and I sure would hate to see any of them not tap into it every way they could.
It’s been nice talking with you.
Not to mention David Cook’s hair! He can rock, but he does need a change in hairstyle. It seems as they get closer to the end, they do change for the better.
You are right about Ramiele. That behive swirl does not flatter her and the caps and other hairstyles really show off her pretty face. Clothes, hair, make-up and songs can make a big difference.
I think the other blonde, Brooke looks fantastic whether her hair is straight or curly. Brooke is amazing also but the past 2 songs have really bummed out. Kristy Lee looks better with the curls though. I really hope she makes it through this round. If next week is a nose dive, then she should go.
Syesha has an incredible voice. I agree with you that it would help to sing songs outside the racial segment and ones that are more popular, recognizable yet make it her own. I think she did that last night. I believe Latoya London might be the the black girl you are referring to. I loved her and thought she went way too soon. Those songs just didn’t appeal to everyone and it was a shame. How about Chikezie? I think he is really good but last night’s song was so old and boring.
Carly - tattooed girl, I really like her. I loved the song she sang last night and thought she did it well but only half of that last note was good. I kind of cringed and thought OH NO, you almost blew the whole song! I heard she had a million dollar contract and blew it but I can’t help but like her as a singer and person. I see what you are saying about the big tattoo and even the ones on her fingers but a rocker is a rocker and hopefully people would overlook that. Hell, some people think they are cool!
So many things to take into consideration. Song choice is very important. This is an incredible opportunity for these kids and they are pretty young so it must be hard to think about what you are going to sing, if you are making the right decision and doing the best you can do. A very tiring schedule for sure but yes, it will be tougher if and when they become stars.
Ok, I think we analyzed just about every thing we possibly could for now! Hold on Kristy! Bye bye Mr Dreds? Nice chattting with you. We will be talking after the results.