Clarification of 'Ballroom' performance

Well well well, received many similar comments regarding 'Ballroom performance round' and that's good! =)

Anyway, just want to state one point... I THINK THIS COMPETITION IS SO SO UNFAIR. Those who agrees with me please raise your hand...

What are the genres to compete in?
1) Rock & Roll
2) Disco
3) Asian theme
4) Modern/ comtemp
5) Ballroom

Wait a Minute!!! Where's Hip Hop theme?? I seriously pity JDI cos there's no hip hop genre for them to shine and wow the audience. Please share my sentiments... I mean...seriously...where's the fainess in this competition?

Week after week, its not the weakest group who goes home... even the bottom 3 ain't really the lousiest 3 of the week. What is happening to reality show? Is it competition only for competitors who has the financial abilities to support themselves thoughout the show? Or is it supposed to be a show of Talent. Personally for me, its definitely not the latter...

Funny how the Ballroom couples are able to survive till now while Hip hop groups like Styles from Beyond, Break FOrce Crew are out of the competition?


Let me do the breakdown:

3 ballroom - Melvin & Sharon, Vas and Pris, Batucadas
3 Hip Hop -BFC, SFB, JDI
4 Modern/contemp - Soul Fusion, E Squared, F4, Platinum
*those in red has been ousted*

Look how many Hip hop groups have been eliminated from the competition? 2. Now its left with JDI.

Oh well, anyway, i've clarified myself and stated my stand: I SUPORT HIP HOP THEME! GO JDI! But sadly, there won't be one for the fact that the competion isn't very fair till now...

Signing off,
Rebecca with 1 more essay to go... 1800 words and counting down. SOb sob.

Ballroom Round - a round catered for only the ballroom dancers in the competition?

I'm back! Yep, Rebecca is back with her comments... Watch the dancefloor for Ballroom round and what can i say? First and foremost, this round seems to be only catered for the 2 ballroom couples left in this competition. Don't you think so? Come on... this is their forte! To be good in ballroom, it takes years of training and hardwork. How can u make the rest of the dancefloor competitors compete against these 2 ballroom champs? (by which i mean Melvin & Sharon and Vas and Pris)

Oh whatever... enough said... DOwn to comments and critiques proper...

Let me start off with the bottom 3:

1. JDI

2. E Squared

3. Soul Fusion

Now, based on what the judges choose this week, it clearly shows how lousy this whole competition is! (No i'm not referring to the competitors, i'm referring to the PRODUCERS of this show)

They chose to save JDI over E Squared. Based on weekly performances, i believe that E squared puts up a better performance than JDI. Don't get me wrong, i love JDI, they're so comical but based on techniques wise, they ain't so apt..

When the judges announced JDI as the 1st team to be saved i knew it was over for E Squared. Poor girls. Think they did pretty well in this show. But after whatever's been said, "The show must go on".

Goodbye E Squared... You guys are the best improved group in this competition =)

Now back to the Ballroom performance round:

1. Vas and Pris

It's their forte. Come on! What do ou expect me to say? How long have they been dancing Ballroom and how many ballroom competitions have they joined and won? Well, their dance was nothing short of perfect. Just one thing that bothered me tho, "Pris, what's my table cloth doing as part of your outfit?". *Grinz*

2. SOul Fusion

I disagree with the judges. I thought Their ballroom performance was definitely top 4 material (Not to mention that the 2 spots are taken up by M&S and V&P). It wasn't as bad as what the judges mentioned. I loved how daphane played the man in the dance. She can really flip her partner around. Gosh, does she do that to her boyfriend too (if she has one =p). The stunts were great. They were the only group to do stunts this week. So Kudus to Soul fusion for pulling off the ballroom performance.

3. JDI

Boring, uninteresting, made me fall asleep. Whats up with so many stomping? I know its part of the genre but not too much of it right? Overall, it was the worst performance of the night.

4. F4

I loved their item. Thought that they did pretty good in fact =) Great choreography and good use of space although its only the 3 of them.

5. Melvin and Sharon

Singapore's Ballroom CHAMPIONS! what can we expect but the best from them isn't it? I thought the dance got a bit slow in the middle and bland. WHat do you think? Loved the costumes and i'm glad sharon didn't put too much tan this time round. ANyway, i was hoping for more so i thought this performace was ~ok for me.

6. Platinum

*Flashback*

Doesn't the starting look a bit like Victoria's Secret show? Hmm... I was wondering how much of originality was in it. Starting was good. Dance wasn't so Ballroom for me. I thought i was watching Crazy horse or something. However, they were sexy hot babes so who can resist?

I'm not going to give my Top and bottom 3 for this week... There's no point. It's a competition for the rich. ISn't it true? M&S and V&P has NEVER been in the bottom 3 though their performance round for some genres wasn't so 'Wow'. Those who learn from 'Shawn and Gladys' must be pretty well off to be spending that amount of money on classes.

So i'll end off this week with a side note: You never know who will fall into the bottom 3 each week. It's definitely not based on the skills of techniques the competitors have. It's how much the judges like them.

Love,

Rebecca ("v")

Comtemporary & Modern critiques...

Hey hey hey!

This week i'm going to critique. Rebecca's too busy with school work, thus that mild disappearance...

Anyway, for those who are waiting for the critiques on 'dance floor'...sorry to disappoint ya, I din manage to catch the first two groups (Platinum and JDI) so can't really comment on them but just the other five groups.

Ok so here's my comment on last week's modern/contemporary performances.

E square

-I feel that this is their best performance in the competition. The choreography is nice and I can feel for them in the dance. It is full of emotions and their technical capabilities at such a young age are impressive. This is definitely their round and they nailed it totally. I was very glad that they chose the song too because it just suits them so well!

Melvin & Sharon

-Satisfactory performance as compared to the rest. Nothing fascinating...believe they can do a much better job...talked to Melvin on Friday when I went to watch 'Stomp the Floor' competition. Heard from him that it had been a emotionally and physically draining week for them...guess it is probably because of the exiting of Batucadas and some bad rumors circulating around them. Nevertheless, I believe they will nail it for the ballroom performance! =)

Vas & Pris

-Not bad. Think they are clever in using some of their ballroom moves which are still applicable to the modern/contemp genre. I feel that it is good that they are doing what they are comfortable with, and yes, I can feel their love in the dance, just thought Pris should be more confident in answering George Chan's question instead of stumbling because it shows she is unsure of the emotion that she is potraying in the dance.

Soul Fusion

-Think they capable of something better. Maybe it is because they have performed better before so I was expecting more actually. Nevertheless, still a great performance. If E square is the best in this round, they are definitely the second.

F4

-I enjoy their performance! The judges commented that their dance is not very modern/contemp, but I think it is not their fault. They are merely dancing to the feel of the song and I really like the choreography! I think they did a marvelous job despite missing hafeez.

Okay...basically thats about it...

If you guys would like to read more abt what WHY i didn't managed to catch the 1st 2 performance (platinum and JDI), you could read on to the next post... haha

love,

Elson

*muacks

my stupid day PLUS feeling about 'The Dancefloor' Programme

Well, let me just start on what had happened on Wednesday. I had an exam that day and it ended around 8pm. I though i could rush to watc'Dancefloor' at one of the coffee shops while having my dinner. BUT GUESS WHAT!? None of the coffee shops was showing channel 5! It was so infuriating! I couldn't understand why none of them wanna show 'dance floor' but some boring channel 8 programmes or movies from SCV instead.


This just makes me ponder about whether the dance floor programme is really well organised and properly planned, because it just seem that not much people knows about it or rather care about it. It is not gaining any recognition and popularity as compared to programmes like 'Singapore Idol', 'Superstar' etc. Although the subsequent seasons usually do not receive as much attention as the first season, you will still recognize and know the names of the idols...or at least the winners...isn't it??? Seems like there is not enough effort spent in promoting the show...hmm...cannot imagine how the 2nd season will be like... -_-


Eventually, I got no choice but to take a cab back to school and watch it using my laptop. It was already like 8.40. I called home and asked my brother who got eliminated in the end and I was so shocked that it was SFB!!! Though I didnt catch their performance, based on what Rebecca told mi and what I watch on the previews, I thought it was really one of the better ones. Well, guess it is all fate. But come to think of it....am I really surprised??? My answer is not really. From the very start, I kinda knew that this is not exactly a 'popularity contest'. Because you can be very popular and everyone likes you, but if no one wanna spend money to vote for ya, you will still be out of the competition. it is more of who are more willingly to fork out money to support their favourite group. Not to mention that definitely there will be groups voting for themselves also, just a matter of how much based on their financial ability (everyone does so, including ourselves...lolx). This is a problem that exists in the local TV reality show and yet to be addressed properly. Maybe I am wrong, but I think votings in American reality shows are actually free.


Enough said, so back to the 'bottom three issue'....really sad ya..to see the better groups to be at the bottom three. Well, all I can say is dun be surprised that it will be the same this coming week. Haha, I know it is a bit silly but anyone of you think that soul fusion being at the bottom three is actually pre-planned??? Otherwise, how can you explain the fact that there are so many people who like them and think they are good, and still they are at the bottom three. Or perhaps, it is just like what I mentioned above..hehe. And also there is a problem of soul fusion keep being at the bottom three and the judges saving them each and every week because it will discourage the public to spend money and vote for them since they know the judges will save them all the times and most importantly affect the morale of other competitors as they will unavoidably think that no matter how hard they work, the result is still the same as they are not appreciated as much as soul fusion. Anyway, I am quite confident that they will not be at the bottom three this coming wednesday, dun think they are so suay...so probably it will be JDI, Platinum and F4....why??? Cos they have been there b4 and it seems like they do not have not enough support as compared to the other groups like S & M, Vas & Pris and E square. ( For those who like JDI, F4 & Platinum...better vote!) There are times that these grps' performances are shaky and yet they have never been at the bottom three, so I am not surprised they will go all the way to the top 5, leaving the 2 spots to the remaining 4 grps to fight.

love,
Elson