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The Lucky 7

Last night's performances of the remaining 7 Idol hopefuls were good surpassing amateurish singing. Truly, these remaining hopefuls have improved. But, despite that, one of them will go home tonight.

Based on last night's performances, Penelope, who sang "Weak" by Freestyle, is my best vocals. Her notes were exact, smooth and clean. Gretchen Espina, who sang "Ikaw Lang Ang Aking Mahal" by Brownman Revival, is my best stage performance. I enjoyed her performance. It was entertaining. The judges, however, didn't like it. Ram Chaves, who sang "Sandalan" by 6Cyclemind, as usual, delivered a very good performance and vocals.

Daryl Celis, who sang "Nasaan Ka" by Pupil, did a simple rendition. He has improved a lot, yet, not better than Ram or Robby or Penelope. Warren, on the other hand, did a poor version of South Border's "Kahit Kailan". Kid Camaya also did a poor performance. He sang "Stay" by Cueshe. Jayann, who sang "Akin Ka Na Lang" by Itchyworms, need to learn the dynamics of singing.

Sad to say, Penelope had to say goodbye tonight. She's very good. I was hoping that she'd be part of the final three. On the lighter side, tonight's performance of the group, for the first time, sang in unison.

Here's two of the better performances of Penelope with her rendition of "This Is My Now" and "What Kind Of Fool I Am". There were a few flat notes but as of today, she has improved a lot like in her rendition of "Weak".



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