I'm going to assume you've seen the final, but just in case, I shall not spoil. :)
I agree with you about the previous final, above, it was curiously flat and uninteresting. I don't think either of them gave their best performances, Ruben in particular seemed very nervous and wasn't being himself.
I mildly liked Clay's first attempt, because it seemed typically Clay - trying really hard with the glory notes and the eyes closing and whatnot. I didn't mind Imagine either. Unlike you, though, Clay's second song left me cold, I found it completely boring. Ruben at the end still seemed nervous, but he made good use of the choir. I thought Clay would do Bridge Over Troubled Water more quietly and sentimentally and devastate the American public, but the song was mangled by the bad arrangment and the pointless inclusion of the choir that drowned out his voice.
At the end of the show, however, my convictions that Clay would win were still firmly in place - he's a lot more expressive than Ruben, I think, and the emotion he puts into his songs comes across more clearly. I still wanted Ruben to win, though. *grin* Like what you said, but the other way - I don't think I could stand listening to an entire CD of Clay. *shrug*
I agree with you about the previous final, above, it was curiously flat and uninteresting. I don't think either of them gave their best performances, Ruben in particular seemed very nervous and wasn't being himself.
I mildly liked Clay's first attempt, because it seemed typically Clay - trying really hard with the glory notes and the eyes closing and whatnot. I didn't mind Imagine either. Unlike you, though, Clay's second song left me cold, I found it completely boring. Ruben at the end still seemed nervous, but he made good use of the choir. I thought Clay would do Bridge Over Troubled Water more quietly and sentimentally and devastate the American public, but the song was mangled by the bad arrangment and the pointless inclusion of the choir that drowned out his voice.
At the end of the show, however, my convictions that Clay would win were still firmly in place - he's a lot more expressive than Ruben, I think, and the emotion he puts into his songs comes across more clearly. I still wanted Ruben to win, though. *grin* Like what you said, but the other way - I don't think I could stand listening to an entire CD of Clay. *shrug*
~Chresimos
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