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Defying Gravity...ouch!

Started by Guest_itsmebaby_* , May 18 2008 12:14 PM

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#11 allthatjazz

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Posted 18 May 2008 - 03:55 PM

QUOTE(guest Sally @ May 18 2008, 02:27 PM)

Am I missing something?? Was it really that bad?? No way was she the worst of the night, Jessie takes that prize for the 2nd week running.
I'm gonna say something now that I expect to get shot down for...I like Sam. Sorry. I do!!

Thank you Sally! I like Sam too. I thought she did a fantastic job of the song and she was the only one that challenged herself......Jody take note (Holding Out For A Hero only goes to show how naturally cabaret comes to her!!!!).

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Posted 18 May 2008 - 06:44 PM

As performances of "Defying Gravity" from professional actresses go, she wasn't up there... but among her peers, the other Nancys, she was not bad at all. Worth considering how little rehearsal time they get - tho singing their own choice should be songs they know how to sing?

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Posted 19 May 2008 - 10:12 AM

I agre with Belle. if you think about it...The Elphabas on the WE and Broadway have trained for at least 6 months to get Defying Gravity perfect, she had barely 5 days! Idina had loads of training before Broadway and Kerry is much older than Sam. She did a pretty god dam good job in my opinion, yeah it wasn't Wicked standard but...in this talent-less competition I think she was really good! She was never off key once, she didn't crack on that vital last note!
So i think we should cut her a bit of slack! x

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Posted 19 May 2008 - 10:20 AM

I think she was foolish to take on such a big song. Its sounded very clumsy and was out of time to the music for the most part. Big mistake.
Someone needs to take the poor girl out of there soon.
I dont think shed cope with 8 performances a week. No way.

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Posted 19 May 2008 - 10:23 AM

It was an ambitious choice - so she gets marks for that

However, it is beyond her at the moment and she gave a pale imitation of the OCR (i could hear inflections that were straight from the CD)

I just wish they all chose MT songs

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Posted 19 May 2008 - 10:45 AM

Has anyone else noticed that Samantha is clearly the unpopular one among the other Nancys? Both when they get to not be in the sing-off, and at the very end when they go up the steps after 'As Long As He Needs Me', Samantha is always on the outside of the group hugs.

And I also find it quite hilarious that she goes for Rachel every single week. She knows there ain't room for two girls with brown hair, and she knows that Rachel's the stronger.

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Posted 19 May 2008 - 10:48 AM

Her pitching was a bit off but I don'tthink she was awful at all. Sure, she has done way better in the past but she took a risk, a great one at that, and I would like to think she pulled it off.
I don't think this will carry her through to the final though. She is an almost cert to go next week.

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Posted 19 May 2008 - 11:02 AM

QUOTE(Guest @ May 19 2008, 11:45 AM)

And I also find it quite hilarious that she goes for Rachel every single week. She knows there ain't room for two girls with brown hair, and she knows that Rachel's the stronger.

Umm... they're pretty much all brunettes at this point in time. Even Jodie has got suspiciously darker in the past few weeks.

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Posted 19 May 2008 - 12:55 PM

i thought she sng the song awfully.. it was so painful for me... and how they liked her i have no idea.. she ruined one of the best wicked songs.. it was brave ill giver her that.. but not successful at all

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#20 Guest_Penny_*

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Posted 19 May 2008 - 02:09 PM

QUOTE(itsmebaby @ May 18 2008, 12:14 PM)

That was just hideous in almost every sense on last night's show. Still at least she tried something from musical theatre but that's about the only positive with that performance.

In your opinion. She sang a difficult song well, in my opinion - for what it's worth as a member of the voting public - Oh, and in the opinion of AWL and the panel - and she's by far the best all-rounder. 'Hideous' - that's ridicuous!