“It’s a fight to the finish let there be no doubt
As the seconds turn to minutes I can count you out”
--Elvis
Costello
I almost always end up rooting for someone in a battle or
knockout round, don’t you? Sometimes it
is clear as glass, as when Siahna Im went up against Mark Hood and I was acting
casual but thinking OH MY GOD SIAHNA PLEASE DO GOOD OH MAN SHE IS SINGING BACK
TO BLACK I LOVE HER AND WANT HER TO WIN SO BAD; but then there are other matches
like Tim Atlas and Evan McKeel where I had no idea who I wanted, (by the way if
you ever feel completely undecided about something, flip a coin. When the coin is in the air you will know
which choice you prefer. You’re
welcome.) until Tim started singing Natalie Ambruglia which I didn’t think he
could but then he did and YEAH I WANT TIM TO WIN but he didn’t. Actually, I don’t know that I did that well
with my rooting interests this week (seeing the standings I’m sure that
surprises you, dear reader):
Wanted Shelby Brown over James Dupre. 1-0.
Wanted Siahna Im over Mark Hood. 1-1.
Wanted Kota Wade over Jeffrey Austin. 1-2.
Wanted Nadjah Nicole over Emily Ann Roberts. 1-3 and NADJAH GOT JOBBED SO BAD I CAN’T STAND IT BLAKE COULD NOT EVEN LOOK AT HER WHEN MAKING THE DECISION BECAUSE HE
KNEW SHE WON THAT FUCKING BATTLE IN A WALK!!! GODDAMNIT
THE VOICE!
Wanted Tim Atlas over Evan McKeel. 1-4.
Shit.
OK, didn’t really have a pick between Regina Love and Riley
Biederer and didn’t bother to flip a coin because I didn’t care THAT much. So 1-4.
Yeah, this has been a good year for me.
Doesn’t Ann Wilson : rock singing equal Whitney Houston: pop
singing? I think this week was the first
time I’ve heard a Heart song done in any kind of singing competition show and
afterwards it was clear why. That shit
is hard.
So the battles have been battled and the knockouts have been
tallied and we are to the live shows and what that means my TSAVFL friends is
this: BONUS PICK TIME!!! Email me your three finalists by end Sunday,
so you have a few days to ponder. In the
meantime, let’s see how our teams are doing, shall we?
WE HAVE A THREE WAY TIE FOR THE LEAD!! Deb’s I
Wanna Win Like Jim, Gina T’s Fluffy
Bookworms and Jim’s Hummingbird
Lightfoot & the Sorry Not Sorry all still have four members apiece and
are locked at the top with 29 points each!
Deb has: Amy Vachal,
Barrett Baber, Jeffery Austin and Korin Bukowski.
Gina T has: Blaine
Mitchell, Ivonne Acero, Regina Love and Shelby Brown (AND SHOULD HAVE NADJAH
NICOLE, GODDAMNIT!)
Jim has: Braiden F’ing
Sunshine, Madi Davis, Viktor Kiraly and Zach Seabaugh.
Tough teams all three.
At this early stage I’ll give a slight edge to I Wanna Win Like Jim who seems like they should get at least two
members a ways further with possibly three.
Hummingbird Lightfoot would
be right behind, he also has two that look pretty certain to advance awhile but
not sure there is a third there and Fluffy
Bookworms to my eyes has one finalist but not sure who else is going far
right now.
I wonder if Chris Crump actually threw up on stage or
what. Because there were some pretty
blah knockouts but to have his be the only one not shown says something.
Behind the top three are the Gina M and Ed household, with
Gina M’s Cupcake Bounty Hunters
currently sitting fourth a few points ahead of Ed’s Doomsday Wedding Planners. I
see Gina’s three (Evan McKeel, Jordan Smith and Riley Biederer) outlasting Ed’s
two (Keith Semple & Summer Schappell) as the live rounds progress. Erin’s Supernatural
Prep School Girls is behind them but I could see either her members (Emily
Ann Roberts & Morgan Frazier) going very far or not going far at all and am
not sure that I’ll be surprised either way.
I love that Blake calls both men and women “buddy”.
And then just like last year, Tim’s Frat Bro Hermits (member: Darius Scott) and my own Brother Pat’s Traveling Salvation Show (deserted)
sit at the bottom. The leaders have 29
points each. I have 4. But Darius Scott is a possible finalist as
well so Tim may be able to make some movement given prescient bonus picks.
IT IS A DONNYBROOK FOR THE TSAVFL TROPHY!! Can’t wait to see how it develops!
Never forget I love each and every one of you,
Brother Pat
For the record, I loved Rhianna as a mentor and think she was the best one they've ever had. From her telling James Dupre' that he's got no spark (ouch!) to singing Back to Black for Siahna I enjoyed just about every interaction she was involved with.
ReplyDeleteI agree with this: " I think this week was the first time I’ve heard a Heart song done in any kind of singing competition show and afterwards it was clear why. That shit is hard."
ReplyDeleteBut, I have seen it done well on a singing show... and when you show you can do it, great things are in store for your career.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8e_l7fCX_E
When you do it that well, you even outlast major telecommunications companies and hairstyles that I thought died in the 80s.
I am not proud of this, but here you go.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCWpJhD5_m8
Nice pull, Jim. I forgot about this. Why are you not proud? For me, that's a good performance. I forgot I liked her.
DeleteI forgot about both of those. Ed, you liked Kat?
DeleteKat brought me nothing but points. But every time she sang I hid my face like Blake choosing Emily Ann over Nadjah.
DeleteWell, let's say that I liked what I saw in this particular performance. I don't remember much else.
DeleteDang, that Kat was good!
DeleteNadjah, man I can't even... I almost blame her for picking stupid Blake in the first place. I shouldn't hope, but maybe the Bring Backs will actually be a good thing??
Even after having all my people eliminated I think the biggest injustice of the battles/knockouts was Nadjah not making it.
DeleteThat shit is hard indeed.
ReplyDeleteTHIS JUST IN!! Next week during the Live Playoffs, there will be four “Bring Back” contestants, one per coach, that were eliminated during the Battle or Knockout Rounds, that will return to compete for wild-card-style spots in the top 12. Which four singers will get a second chance and join the 20 semifinalists here? Find out next week.
ReplyDeleteDoes this mean that if you have a contestant brought back from the dead you get points?
You know what, The Voice? Fuck you for toying with the rules every goddamn year.
DeleteMy initial ruling is that a person who has come back earns future points but they do not get the bonus for making live rounds because they didn't until NBC got cute.
That seems fair, but I still think Deb is making this up.
DeleteYes, I think that is fair. Have they already announced the 4? Should we wager on that info?
DeleteYep, seems fair.
DeleteI e-mailed you my bonus picks - I went mostly with my brain, not with my heart (but one was with my heart. One may have been with my spleen, as it's a rather cynical choice. I won't say who. But you can probably guess.)
O My G. Did you make that up? I could never think of something so diabolical & so anti-fantasy league.
ReplyDeleteWhat if three of those bring backs win? Then none of us get points. I suppose it is equally unfair to all of us, but still dot dot dot
I think, instead, they should have a “My Bad” contestant. Where they not just bring someone back, but use them to replace the contestant they should have gotten rid of in the first place.
ReplyDeleteI’m looking at you Blaine. (Sorry, Fluffy Bookworms.)
It's "Glaine", now!
DeleteBlina?
Seriously? SERIOUSLY?!?
ReplyDeleteI’m realizing now I should have done some all caps in there. Ed seems really upset. I want to seem really upset as well.
ReplyDeleteI'm just upset that my hands smell like dog urine. URINE!
DeleteSTILL!?!
DeleteNorm is pretty potent.
DeleteWAIT!!! ANOTHER BOMBSHELL....
ReplyDeleteIt's official, y'all!
There has been numerous speculation surrounding Blake Shelton and his Voice co-host Gwen Stefani 's possible romance , especially after E! News exclusively obtained photographs of the twosome canoodling at a Halloween party, but the rumors are no longer just rumors anymore.
Shelton's rep has confirmed to E! News that the pair are definitely dating. Yeah, you read that right. They're a couple! Let the hybrid name brainstorm begin! (We're leaning more toward Glake. Gwake? Blwen? Whatever feels right.)
Told you they were banging. What about Shelfani?
ReplyDeleteWe should consider ourselves lucky Gwaken Shelfaniton didn't meet earlier enough to have off-spring. The combined singing talent would have had a vocal range of about 5 notes and been currently trailblazing the PopSkaCountry genre.
ReplyDeleteWe are LUCKY! Or we WERE!