BWLvr, I'm not trying to be on my high horse. I was one of the first people to say that you can tell that she had a lot of talent from her audition tape it didn't transfer into her performance. Right now I'm working extremely hard right now to get my MT degree from one of these universities that is on there and I'll tell you this at a university level you are expected to learn your stuff; a 64 bar performance is not a lot to ask...nor is it really all that much for a nation to go by in a competition but whatever...
Each of the ten students are very talented and I think there's a hot race between the men. They were all amazing...The girls...I'm rootin' for Kate, she was sooo good; sexy and a brilliant belt.
Like erinrebecca said each student worked individually with Bernie Telsey's associates and I know that the people working with "The Wedding Singer" songs worked with the writers of the music; regardless of the performances etc the experience that each person got to have was really exciting and for some could be a first stepping stone to a career in the long run. I'm excited to see tomorrow's performers...and the final results next week. And in a week this whole thing won't matter; we'll get over people's opinions of who was good, bad, entertaining or a bore. I'm out for the night though, my fingers are tired and I need a drink after a long day at work.
Cheers,
Christopher
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