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Thursday, October 8, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
Why was Thia Megia Eliminated by the Judges
Thia Megia was eliminated Wednesday not by America but by 2 of the judges who clearly have been her staunches admirer. But why?
America Got Talent elimination round for the semi finals pitted 2 amazing teens, one of which is a heavy favorite for the contention of the Grand Prize as numerous media sources from Yahoo all the way to Zap.
Nowhere have these sources put in Arcadian as one of the top favorites, who clinched the last spot of the America Got Talent elimination round Wednesday. Let's review both acts.
Thia Megia, the 14 year old "big voiced" teen who sung "I'm Changing" in her audition sung Miley Cyrus's hit "The Climb", Tuesday night. Albeit the performance is masterfully done and the corresponding vocals is superb, I tend to agree to most comments in Twitter and YouTube, that the song did not fit with her vocals. It's simply too simple for her "big voice" lacking the rifts and runs that are typical of these diva voices, hence emotionally lacking yet powerful enough to convey the message of song more so than the LIVE performances of the original artist.
I was concerned at the way all 3 judges showered her with accolades including the admiration of Nick Cannon for her rendition that I immediately blogged what the judges failed to see here. My premonition was correct, 24 hours later 2 of the judges gave Thia the boot in favor of Arcadian.
Arcadian, 13 year old solo dancer who was introduced as an underdog and bullied all his life who twirls and does aerial splits to the tune of the 80's did it again with "Footloose" in the 1st Quarter finals with one distinct difference, he played the piano amazingly before going to his same routine of dancing John Travolta style. He got a reprimand from the 2 of the judges Pierce and Sharon for going too late into his dance routine, the reason he got a ticket to Las Vegas and not for his piano talent.
Although I agree with the judges that Arcadian should have stuck with his amazing dancing skills, I also commend Arcadian in displaying his other talents. What would the boy do? Twirl and do Aerials all the way to the finals? It's seems boring if he did not included his piano skills. That just show that he isn't one dimensional.
But if its diversity that they wanted, surely Thia Megia if she had known this would have also displayed her dancing and acting skills in addition to singing which she has done before. It's more likely that she was eliminated for a lack of story potential which I'm afraid is what AGT and BGT are all about these days.
Now let's look at the scenarios I've been thinking of Why the judges eliminated Thia from the competition.
1. Thia Megia's Talent is too big for America Got Talent. During the elimination round you can clearly hear how Sharon and David keep on emphasizing that Thia will hit big time even without America Got Talent. I have to agree, somebody from the AGT management might already have something in the works for her.
2. America Got Talent wanted to create a buzz around her. As of today 2 days after the uploading of her "The Climb" performance. The video have garnered 350k views in You Tube outpacing the closest competitor in AGT's performance of Kevin Skinner 2x. This might be a catalyst in reintroducing her back as a wildcard per audience request in the Finals round.
3. AGT wanted to bring back Kelli Glover, a former American Idol Season 3 participant to face off with the returning AGT hopeful Mia Bolstrom, which Thia Megia would have easily and seriously hurt the chances if she had remained in contention.
What do you think?
America Got Talent elimination round for the semi finals pitted 2 amazing teens, one of which is a heavy favorite for the contention of the Grand Prize as numerous media sources from Yahoo all the way to Zap.
Nowhere have these sources put in Arcadian as one of the top favorites, who clinched the last spot of the America Got Talent elimination round Wednesday. Let's review both acts.
Thia Megia, the 14 year old "big voiced" teen who sung "I'm Changing" in her audition sung Miley Cyrus's hit "The Climb", Tuesday night. Albeit the performance is masterfully done and the corresponding vocals is superb, I tend to agree to most comments in Twitter and YouTube, that the song did not fit with her vocals. It's simply too simple for her "big voice" lacking the rifts and runs that are typical of these diva voices, hence emotionally lacking yet powerful enough to convey the message of song more so than the LIVE performances of the original artist.
I was concerned at the way all 3 judges showered her with accolades including the admiration of Nick Cannon for her rendition that I immediately blogged what the judges failed to see here. My premonition was correct, 24 hours later 2 of the judges gave Thia the boot in favor of Arcadian.
Arcadian, 13 year old solo dancer who was introduced as an underdog and bullied all his life who twirls and does aerial splits to the tune of the 80's did it again with "Footloose" in the 1st Quarter finals with one distinct difference, he played the piano amazingly before going to his same routine of dancing John Travolta style. He got a reprimand from the 2 of the judges Pierce and Sharon for going too late into his dance routine, the reason he got a ticket to Las Vegas and not for his piano talent.
Although I agree with the judges that Arcadian should have stuck with his amazing dancing skills, I also commend Arcadian in displaying his other talents. What would the boy do? Twirl and do Aerials all the way to the finals? It's seems boring if he did not included his piano skills. That just show that he isn't one dimensional.
But if its diversity that they wanted, surely Thia Megia if she had known this would have also displayed her dancing and acting skills in addition to singing which she has done before. It's more likely that she was eliminated for a lack of story potential which I'm afraid is what AGT and BGT are all about these days.
Now let's look at the scenarios I've been thinking of Why the judges eliminated Thia from the competition.
1. Thia Megia's Talent is too big for America Got Talent. During the elimination round you can clearly hear how Sharon and David keep on emphasizing that Thia will hit big time even without America Got Talent. I have to agree, somebody from the AGT management might already have something in the works for her.
2. America Got Talent wanted to create a buzz around her. As of today 2 days after the uploading of her "The Climb" performance. The video have garnered 350k views in You Tube outpacing the closest competitor in AGT's performance of Kevin Skinner 2x. This might be a catalyst in reintroducing her back as a wildcard per audience request in the Finals round.
3. AGT wanted to bring back Kelli Glover, a former American Idol Season 3 participant to face off with the returning AGT hopeful Mia Bolstrom, which Thia Megia would have easily and seriously hurt the chances if she had remained in contention.
What do you think?
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
WAtch Out Miley Cyrus, Thia Does Climb!
Opening Quarter Finals was just showed in America Got Talent: Hollywood and all I can say is Thia Nailed "The Climb"
A lot of people in twitter are saying its the wrong song for her, but like the judges of the show I beg to differ. I believe that Thia with deeper and full voice than Miley Cyrus have more emotions to show that is appropriate for the song.
We are just probably used to Miley's acoustically engineered sound in her "The Climb" video and over the airwaves that a lot of us think that Miley sounds like that in her LIVE performances.
I've seen Miley sing this song LIVE numerous times and basically, she doesn't even sound the same from her LIVE performances with her studio recordings. She has always had a problem reaching the actual notes of the song especially in the chorus.
Now with Thia Megia, she took the song over its runs effortlessly in much deeper and full voice as well as higher pitch than Miley. Her Vibrato is much more pleasing than Miley's vibrato which is pitchy at times.
Although I'm pleased with her rendition, something is missing from this performance that not quite there in all of her videos. The goosebumps effect! I have no idea if they picked this song for her or she picked this song herself, but it just an OK song for me. Thia delivered the piece in such a way that one can clearly see the difference with the Original piece and this rendition is definitely better, yet an element of surprise is missing from it.
Judge for yourself. The judges aren't doing her any service by patronizing her this early unless they wanted her to be booted off early!
A lot of people in twitter are saying its the wrong song for her, but like the judges of the show I beg to differ. I believe that Thia with deeper and full voice than Miley Cyrus have more emotions to show that is appropriate for the song.
We are just probably used to Miley's acoustically engineered sound in her "The Climb" video and over the airwaves that a lot of us think that Miley sounds like that in her LIVE performances.
I've seen Miley sing this song LIVE numerous times and basically, she doesn't even sound the same from her LIVE performances with her studio recordings. She has always had a problem reaching the actual notes of the song especially in the chorus.
Now with Thia Megia, she took the song over its runs effortlessly in much deeper and full voice as well as higher pitch than Miley. Her Vibrato is much more pleasing than Miley's vibrato which is pitchy at times.
Although I'm pleased with her rendition, something is missing from this performance that not quite there in all of her videos. The goosebumps effect! I have no idea if they picked this song for her or she picked this song herself, but it just an OK song for me. Thia delivered the piece in such a way that one can clearly see the difference with the Original piece and this rendition is definitely better, yet an element of surprise is missing from it.
Judge for yourself. The judges aren't doing her any service by patronizing her this early unless they wanted her to be booted off early!
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Hawaii Got Talent! And a BIG one at that!
Ok WOW! America Got Talent have found another kid with amazing vocals! If you havent seen Episode 5 yet, you should. She made me revamp my Top 20 list!
I scoured You Tube for this undiscovered talent (well she has been discovered now) and collected some amazing videos of this 8 year old who basically has a vocal of a 20+ year old mature young woman. I still prefer Thia atm, but I must say Cianna is right behind Thia Megia at this point. Needless to say I'm going to follow her progress now too towards Top 20 and beyond.
No One
If We Hold on Together
If I were a Boy/Single Ladies
Pierce Morgan summed it all! She needs to start looking for a house now! She is a force to reckon with in the competition!
I scoured You Tube for this undiscovered talent (well she has been discovered now) and collected some amazing videos of this 8 year old who basically has a vocal of a 20+ year old mature young woman. I still prefer Thia atm, but I must say Cianna is right behind Thia Megia at this point. Needless to say I'm going to follow her progress now too towards Top 20 and beyond.
No One
If We Hold on Together
If I were a Boy/Single Ladies
Pierce Morgan summed it all! She needs to start looking for a house now! She is a force to reckon with in the competition!
Friday, July 24, 2009
The Karaoke Heritage
What does Thia Megia, Jasmine Trias, Camille Velasco, Ramielle Malubay, Charice, Jessica Sanchez, Madonna Decena, Mikey Bustos, Martha Joy Lim and Chelsea Castillo have in common?
They all trained using an innovation called "Karaoke". They all are of Filipino heritage where every single household in the Philippines and everywhere you see a Filipino in the world has one.
Nowadays its being called Magic Mic where the karaoke machine got compact but it also now holds between 5,000-15,000 English and Tagalog songs in a small package.
The Japanese first marketed the machine they dubbed "Karaoke" in the early 80's but in all reality its a Filipino innovation. Before the advent of CD, everybody in the Philippines uses the old cassette tape deck player to play the instrumental tapes of popular English and Tagalog songs. It was only in 1983 that the Japanese marketed the machine as "Karaoke" and the first country in Asia that it hit was the Philippines.
Singing is a serious business for Filipinos indeed! Here are the National TV performances from USA, Britain, Austria, Canada and Australia Singing Talent Shows.
JASMINE TRIAS - AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 3 3rd Runner Up
CAMILLE VELASCO - AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 3 TOP 10 Finalist
SWAY - AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 4 TOP 3 FINALIST (He was disqualified for contracts while a contestant)
MELINDA LIRA AMERICAN IDOL 5 TOP 12 FINALIST
AJ TABALDO AMERICAN IDOL 6 TOP 12 FINALIST
RAMIELLE MALUBAY SEASON 7 TOP 9
JESSICA SANCHEZ AMERICA GOT TALENT 1 WILDCARD FINALIST
CHARICE OPRAH'S SEARCH THE MOST TALENTED KIDS
MIKEY BUSTOS CANADIAN IDOL SEASON 1 TOP 8
ELENA JUATCO CANADIAN IDOL SEASON 2 TOP 7
MARTHA JOY LIM CANADIAN IDOL SEASON 5 TOP 6
MADONNA DECENA BRITAIN GOT TALENT 2008 TOP 3 FINALIST
CRISLYN HAMILTON SEASON 6 AUSTRALIAN IDOL TOP 5 FINALIST
CHELSEA CASTILLO AUSTRALIAN GOT TALENT SEMI FINALIST
VINCENT BUENO MUSICAL SHOW 2008 GRAND PRIZE WINNER
They all trained using an innovation called "Karaoke". They all are of Filipino heritage where every single household in the Philippines and everywhere you see a Filipino in the world has one.
Nowadays its being called Magic Mic where the karaoke machine got compact but it also now holds between 5,000-15,000 English and Tagalog songs in a small package.
The Japanese first marketed the machine they dubbed "Karaoke" in the early 80's but in all reality its a Filipino innovation. Before the advent of CD, everybody in the Philippines uses the old cassette tape deck player to play the instrumental tapes of popular English and Tagalog songs. It was only in 1983 that the Japanese marketed the machine as "Karaoke" and the first country in Asia that it hit was the Philippines.
Singing is a serious business for Filipinos indeed! Here are the National TV performances from USA, Britain, Austria, Canada and Australia Singing Talent Shows.
UNITED STATES
JASMINE TRIAS - AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 3 3rd Runner Up
CAMILLE VELASCO - AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 3 TOP 10 Finalist
SWAY - AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 4 TOP 3 FINALIST (He was disqualified for contracts while a contestant)
MELINDA LIRA AMERICAN IDOL 5 TOP 12 FINALIST
AJ TABALDO AMERICAN IDOL 6 TOP 12 FINALIST
RAMIELLE MALUBAY SEASON 7 TOP 9
JESSICA SANCHEZ AMERICA GOT TALENT 1 WILDCARD FINALIST
CHARICE OPRAH'S SEARCH THE MOST TALENTED KIDS
CANADA
MIKEY BUSTOS CANADIAN IDOL SEASON 1 TOP 8
ELENA JUATCO CANADIAN IDOL SEASON 2 TOP 7
MARTHA JOY LIM CANADIAN IDOL SEASON 5 TOP 6
UNITED KINGDOM
MADONNA DECENA BRITAIN GOT TALENT 2008 TOP 3 FINALIST
AUSTRALIA
CRISLYN HAMILTON SEASON 6 AUSTRALIAN IDOL TOP 5 FINALIST
CHELSEA CASTILLO AUSTRALIAN GOT TALENT SEMI FINALIST
AUSTRIA
VINCENT BUENO MUSICAL SHOW 2008 GRAND PRIZE WINNER
Monday, July 20, 2009
Top 20 America Got Talent Acts
2 more weeks and everybody will be in Las Vegas for the top 40 then top 20 acts. So I'm skipping the top 40 selection. I will let America do that! Here is my Top 20 Acts that I'm hoping will get pass to the Top 20 round!
Eriam Sisters
Kari Callin
Kevin Skinner
Kelly Glover (Former American Idol Season 1)
Mia Boostrom (Season 3 America Got Talent)
Texas Tenors
Hiro Torres
Destined 2 Be
Houston Perrforming Arts
Miss Germany
TJ and Little Mama's
Scott Brothers
Jay Matiolli (Rockin Magician)
Drew Thomas (Illusionist)
Dave and Zoe
Talian Noble (Guitar Prodigy)
Plat Brothers (Gymnastic Show)
Spiritual Harmonizer
Rashinda Jolley (Harp/Vocalist)
And off course Thia Megia!
Eriam Sisters
Kari Callin
Kevin Skinner
Kelly Glover (Former American Idol Season 1)
Mia Boostrom (Season 3 America Got Talent)
Texas Tenors
Hiro Torres
Destined 2 Be
Houston Perrforming Arts
Miss Germany
TJ and Little Mama's
Scott Brothers
Jay Matiolli (Rockin Magician)
Drew Thomas (Illusionist)
Dave and Zoe
Talian Noble (Guitar Prodigy)
Plat Brothers (Gymnastic Show)
Spiritual Harmonizer
Rashinda Jolley (Harp/Vocalist)
And off course Thia Megia!
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Did You know?
The girl from America Got Talent, Thia Megia is a flush of creativity and a natural at performing. She won the LA convention as the Best Singer and Actress and rightly so. We all have watched her take center stage a few weeks back, when she sang "I'm Changing" from the Dreamgirls, and that was a treat for all of us.
Besides singing she also have a knack for acting, and have auditioned in the past with the Award winning Broadway show "The Lion King". Here is a taste of her acting ability with her very own video, directed and produced by Thia herself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alb0YKo_Rnk (just in case the embed did not work)
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Legendary Producers & thier Young Prodigies
To elaborate further on my microblog from yesterday. Music in general have turned from Ballads in the 1990's to RNB type of music of year 2000 and beyond. Balladeers can still eat out a niche but unlike the late 1980's to 1990's where Ballads rule supreme, such legendary producers such as David Foster, Quincy Jones and Clive Davis have struggled of late.
These 3 legends of music seems to be at limbo for years, trying to get the momentum they had once and wrestle back control of Grammy's and Oscars from such younger producers such as BabyFace, P.Diddy et. al.
Enter a neo emergence of big voice divalets of the Houston, Dion and Carey Era. And these 3 producers are filling in the nitch with thier young recent discoveries.
Here is Quincy Jones's prodigy Bianca Ryan winner of America Got Talent 2006
David Foster's prodigy Charice Oprah's Most Talented Girl in the World 2009
And because it's America Got Talent 2009 i really believe that Clive Davis through Simon Cowell is seriously looking at Thia. Win or lose in America Got Talent she will be picked up by either Simon Cowell or Clive Davis.
I wish I had thier voices!
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Thia Megia Featured in YouTrax.TV!!!
A week before Thia Megia auditioned with her much talked about America Got Talent performance of Jennifer Holiday's I'm Changing, the diminutive 14 year old was interviewed by Youtrax.tv!
Thia provided Trax.tv her final interview before going off to Chicago for the audition that propelled her to a ticket in Las Vegas as one of the contestants. NBC prohibits the contestants from giving interviews as what reported by Seacoastonline.com
According to Jessica Sanchez,(competed in American Idol 2006 losing to Bianca Ryan)There are "lots of limitations within the contracts of the individual shows..."
The Thia Megia Episode can be downloaded on YouTrax.tv Website, which includes the full interview and 2 Song Covers by Cold Play and Miley Cyrus.
Here is her cover of Miley Cyrus's Hit "The Climb", Isn't she amazing?
Youtrax.tv is a podcast program which features personages in Youtube that has the talent in singing among other things. It also provides good pointers and information in Home Studio Recording and other Music News.
Thia provided Trax.tv her final interview before going off to Chicago for the audition that propelled her to a ticket in Las Vegas as one of the contestants. NBC prohibits the contestants from giving interviews as what reported by Seacoastonline.com
According to Jessica Sanchez,(competed in American Idol 2006 losing to Bianca Ryan)There are "lots of limitations within the contracts of the individual shows..."
The Thia Megia Episode can be downloaded on YouTrax.tv Website, which includes the full interview and 2 Song Covers by Cold Play and Miley Cyrus.
Here is her cover of Miley Cyrus's Hit "The Climb", Isn't she amazing?
Youtrax.tv is a podcast program which features personages in Youtube that has the talent in singing among other things. It also provides good pointers and information in Home Studio Recording and other Music News.
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