re: The Voice--Season 6 thread

Just finished off some "berled" crawfish as a reward for my exercising today, washed it down with an Abita Strawberry and am ready for some Voice goodness :)

Audra vs. Megan: So... wait. They choose from one of 3 songs? From the way they promoted this it seemed like they could choose any song. I guess it would take forever if they had to narrow a choice from such a wide selection. Their first rehearsal isn't really impressing me. Maybe it's the song choice but then again there didn't seem to be any "winner" songs in that list.

Mmmmm... Abita...

Is "Ush" trying to channel his inner Davey Crockett? Seriously, what the frick? Now that I am temporarily not distracted by "Ush"'s headgear, Audra has immense power and good control but Megan has the better tone, she seems to have better control in the power areas and she was much more into the song than Audra. I would go with Megan, I think "Ush"'s headgear is not only sucking the common sense out of "Ush" but leached some from "Shak" as well. Blake picked Audra, I guess they all saw something more than I did.

Cierra vs. TJ: Interesting song choices. I would have liked to hear "What Becomes of the Broken-Hearted" from those two, but oh well. "Get Here" should be good for some good power spots and some soul movements. The practices seem to indicate this as well.

TJ's first lines... I was expecting more from him, Cierra though made sure to make the most of her spots. The two together did extremely well, especially considering the difficulty of their blended parts. TJ shined well in his improv at the end but the show is called The Voice, not The Hype Man. I have to give this one to Cierra because she never let an opportunity pass but TJ seemed to miss one or two.

AN EWOK IS EATING "USH"'S HEAD!! SOMEONE SAV... nevermind, that's just his hat.

TJ?? Really!?! Uhm... okay.

Jake vs. Tess: I feel a country song coming... I think Jake was about to pop a woodie watching Tess' previous performance. She looks a lot like an ex-g/f of mine, so I can't blame him on that ;).

Jake is really impressing me, I am hearing things in his voice I didn't realize he had. I would like to hear him growl out some Joe Cocker. He and Tess are both REALLY into this song and although their voices are nothing alike they are extremely complimentary for this song. Damned good performance by both of them. I might give it to Jake but only because he surprised me with his voice. That grit was impressive. There is no winning or losing choice on this one. A steal should be happening on this one but it probably won't. fricking cliffhanger commercial breaks, thank God for DVR... Blake goes with Jake, Blake had no losing choice here.

All 3 steals lit up! If that's not a tribute to how well she did, nothing is. Since "Ush" ditched her, if I were her I would ignore "Ush" and "Ush"'s hat and go with Adam or "Shak".

"Shak"... Shut the frick up, Carson.

"Shak" with an "Ush" burn! Nice. Maybe it'll burn that giant rat off his head. A rare win for "Shak". Interesting.

Chistina vs. Sam: I have a feeling this is going to be a good competition and they haven't even picked a song yet. Sam sounded like shite the first practice, Christina sounded... passable. This ain't Youtube, honey. There are no edits here. Still, Christina's error seems easier to fix while Sam seems like she is singing too low for the song.

Damned good match. I am a bit of a mark for Christina but Sam did well. I didn't really care as much for Sam's rapid-fire parts. Christina sounded great. They both have good presence on stage but while Sam's was in and out, Christina's presence never seemed to waver and while she was all over the stage she never missed a note nor her timing. I would go with Christina. Good call, Adam. I finally got one right tonight, sheesh!

Josh vs Patrick: Wow, Patrick's last performance was really bad.

The visual of their reactions to first seeing Chris Martin and the voice-over do not match. I am buying more and more into the theory that most of the time the contestants are "who is that?" when they first meet them. Afterwards there has to be some assistant backstage telling them they should be excited about that person and why. Just once I would like to hear a truthful "Oh, I have no idea who that person is but they gave some great advice".

Good job, Carson. Why not just call them "Adam's Sloppy Seconds"?

Josh seems like someone working hard to create a career in music, Patrick comes across to me as some drunk frat guy doing this as a lark but doing amazingly well through latent talent and luck. Good job by both, but I think Patrick had too much gravel at times. I think I would pick Josh on this one.

On a different note, my dog is having some sort of growling, semi-barking nightmare. I think she was growling back at Patrick.

Jesus! Did they REALLY need to do a close-up of Carson's face while telling "Shak" to hurry the frick up? Now *I'm* going to be the one having nightmares. Dammit, Carson.

"Shak" went with Patrick. I blame Carson.

Delvin vs. Josh (how weird would it have been to have all 3 Josh's in the final 4?): I didn't recognize Delvin with normal hair. Maybe that will help him stay on note. Going with Stevie Wonder, eh? I was kind of hoping for Righteous Bros. This one has plenty of great moments though.

Jeebus! Josh sounded like a beast in the 2nd practice. This could be a really good performance.

Delvin sounded like there may have been a split second of off-key-ness in his first line. Delvin isn't bad but Josh is just insane. Josh just out-sang and out-souled Delvin on this one. And they did the walk-off after the performance. Nice!

My pick is Josh by a mile (even though he is suffering from a severe case of neckbeard). Lots of love for Delvin tonight, I blame "Ush"'s hat. If Delvin wins this, Josh deserves to get stolen.

Delvin? Really? Getthafrickouttahere.

Good call, "Ush" and "Ush"'s hat.