Round Six: BassSquared v 'S (487 views)

[Steve]

This is BassSquared v 'S in Round Six of the Clip-Off. You have five days to submit your clips, and until 23:00 BST Time November 28 to vote. November 29 is the Results Day.

This is the Alt-Team Round! If you picked three singers, use any two, the other doesn't matter. If you picked two, you must use both but you have the chance for a 0.5 bonus if you sweep.

The categories for Round Six are:
1. Best Sustained High Note(s): A passage wherein any sustained high note - relative to the singer - is sung.
2. Best Vocal Cover: A performance of a song originally by another artist. The point here is not really to compare the two versions, but the cover itself to be impressive enough to stand on its own.

The contestants are free to post their clips, voting commences as soon as they have.

Vote here.

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[BassSquared]

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{Best Sustained High Notes: Ninet Tayeb}

3:19 to 4:00. Having some serious buyers' remorse from not voting for Soft Singing right now, as both Ninet and Jim Grey could have easily crushed that category, but this clip is fine too I guess. A big vocal climax based on numerous sustained C5s (definitely a significant high for her) and extending up to her very highest notes an octave above that.

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{Best Vocal Cover: Jonah Nilsson}

2:31 to end. Honestly I was spoiled for choice among Jonah's many ridiculous covers, though in the end I decided to go with this. A really cool half-time reimagining of the Michael Jackson classic, displaying good range and some absolutely bonkers vocal harmony arranging. Plus the guy played, sang, and produced everything in the clip which is damn impressive.

['S]

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{Best Sustained High Note(s) - Kim Soo-hee}0:23–2:19. As the melodrama of this performance may suggest, the song title and subject at hand is her "Beloved". Definitely a lot of 'longing' here (get it, longing, like sustains are long haha).

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{Best Vocal Cover - Carly Simon}0:19–2:28 (yes nine seconds over I have permission, skip those extra secs when judging if ya want). Singing Sondheim's best number from Merrily We Roll Along, and delivering her own brand of torment and dramatics. A good 'n well-rounded vocal performance indeed.