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Post by martindn on Feb 22, 2015 17:53:25 GMT
Yes, I agree. I guess third from last, with only 2 slots in two of the teams available is just about the worst situation you could possibly be in. If you are judge to you use up your last slot and regret it if someone better comes along later, or do you go for it and regret it later.
There might even be some "management" in this. After all, if all the teams are filled before the last singer has sung, there is no point in the last singer singing and the show is over. So I would contend that the last singer always has a free ride. In this case it was the last two. In fact when the second last singer was added to Tom's team, I heard Will say that she was very fortunate to be in the right place at the right time. Annelies unfortunately, was in the wrong place at the wrong time. You could be the finest singer on the planet and not get selected in that slot.
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Post by Dave on Feb 22, 2015 18:59:20 GMT
I had no idea who she was when I saw this yesterday, and thought she was marvellous in the first part of her song, lovely tone and a cast iron guarantee to progress. But she spoiled it for me when she switched to her more classical/operatic head voice and stayed there. Maybe nerves, maybe that classical crossover is no longer cool, but I think that is what put the judges off - her arrangement should have used more of her chest voice. It certainly put me off after hearing her potential as just a 'singer' (like Hayley) in the opening bars. She's not a pure classical singer IMO and classical crossover is less cool these days, so drop the operatic in songs like this, is my advice to her, and she will do much better in future I think. It's a great pity she didn't progress though because her coach, whoever that was, would have helped her to make the necessary changes and with better song choices too, she would have done better than many of last night's chosen performers - if she did less of the operatic thing in this kind of song and show. I kept wanting her to switch back to her chest voice or at least mixed... and she could have done that at times in Chandelier, but she stayed operatic, and never did switch back. It was an attempt to be spectacular I think, and it backfired.  Cheers, Dave |
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Post by martindn on Feb 22, 2015 21:43:14 GMT
Yes, I think you are right Dave. I think she wanted to show her versatility, and although I enjoy her operatic stuff, it doesn't really suit that song.
I had actually made a point of watching the show knowing that Annelies was on it. I seem to remember she was a HWI member at one time.
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Post by Richard on Feb 23, 2015 8:44:35 GMT
Here's Annelies' audition in full: Richard  |
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Post by Jeff on Feb 23, 2015 17:15:00 GMT
It was particularly upsetting to see her nan in tears at the end of that. I agree with Tom, he was a "schmuck", whatever that means ! Maybe if one of the other singers gets ill they might let Annelies back in as a kind of "wildcard" but it's a long shot.
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Post by martindn on Feb 23, 2015 23:13:05 GMT
Don't think the rules allow for that. But I hear on the grapevine (aka Facebook) that there is a lot of interest in Annelies from various quarters as a result of that performance. So even though she didn't progress, it could have helped her a lot.
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Post by jimg on Feb 25, 2015 18:31:35 GMT
One thing the show has brought Annelies to the attention of a lot of new people. 100,000 hits in 4 days must be good.
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Post by Joe on Feb 29, 2020 1:59:00 GMT
I recently heard a lovely song by Annelies Kruidenier that brought me to tears! Her song ‘Per Sempre’ was played a few weeks ago on Calon 105 FM”s Classical Crossover For You programme.
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