Last night TVB artists Carat Cheung, Mandy Wong, Oscar Leung, Fred Cheng, Ronald Law and Benjamin Yuen participated in the recording of the celebrity edition singing contest The Voice 4's first episode. The judges were Sally Yeh, Eric Woo, Dominic Chow and Eric Kwok. However, Mandy and Carat's performances were criticized badly by the judges, how pitiful!
Mandy performed Kary Ng's Love is the Most Powerful (愛是最大權利), but unfortunately she got off tune and didn't perform too well. She received the lowest score of the night. The judges were quite harsh on her as well, Eric Woo said: "Your voice is dry and narrow!" Eric Kwok said: "You said yourself that in singing, one must have clear pronunciations. You're also an actress, I took off a lot of points!" Mandy explained this is her first time performing the song, but the judges continued to criticize that she didn't prepare well and seem to have slacked a little! She also chose the wrong song.
Carat performed Joey Yung's Gorgeous Encounter (華麗邂逅). Her singing skills were only average, she got off tune and she knew her performance wasn't good. When she finished performing the song, she started crying. Eric Kwok criticized: "I gave you a really low score. I wrote this song, it's difficult to sing. You sang the song like you went to a world of fear." When Carat learned she was one of the lowest scoring contestants and that she's eliminated from the contest, she cried again. Mandy was also eliminated, but she still told her fans not to feel disappointed on Weibo. Carat's fans raised their signboards to show their support.
As for Oscar Leung, whom was rumored to have been one of the three TVB chosen ones, performed Danny Chan's Wait (等), but despite demonstrating his confidence before the contest, his performance was off tune and he sang the wrong key. Although he admitted himself that he "broke the key", Eric Woo still did not give him any face and criticized him harshly: "Danny Chan is very significant to me. He's outstanding. Your beat was a total mess, you ruined the song!" However, Dominic Chow refuted: "Enough, you bashed [him] for too long. He is a young man, still has a future to look forward to. You said he ruined the song, I say you are speaking nonsense." Oscar ends up in third and advances to the second round.
Fred Encouraged to be a Singer On the other hand, there are several contestants with great singing skills, such as Fred Cheng, whom had participated in the 2001 TVB International Chinese New Talent Singing Championship before, performed Eason Chan's Modern Song (時代曲) exceptionally well. Eric Woo gave him a score of 80. Eric Kwok encouraged him to become a singer instead. Ultimately, Fred enters round 2 with the highest score. After working in TVB for 10 years, Fred is still playing minor or supporting roles. He smiled and said his opportunity finally came; he hopes he'll get to develop in both singing and acting in the future.
"Ka Ming" Stanley Cheung's performance was criticized by Dominic Chow that he had stiff stage manners; Ronald Law was said to have an old school singing style, similar to Wan Kwong, but he ends in second place.
Episode 2 Oscar Eliminated; Benjamin "Not Singer Material" Episode 2 recording took place today (6/23), Oscar didn't perform any better and got criticized by the judges that he deserved the low scores. However, his 'momentum' wasn't as strong as Benjamin Yuen, who got heavily criticized by Dominic and Eric Kwok. They did not hesitate to tell Benjamin honestly that he just isn't "singer material". Oscar and Stanley Cheung had the lowest scores again and were eliminated.
When asked whether the judges were being too harsh on the contestants? Sally Yeh smiled: "Nope, but we will tell them what they need to improve on because the contestants are all artists from the industry. The expectations are higher."
Source: The Sun, Mingpao (images)
Translated by: aZnangel @
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