After another great round of submissions I had a really tough time ranking some of these songs, but let's get to the results! The theme was COVERS...
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1. Lynn12 / Dancing On My Own / Calum Scott / WOW! I am in love with this cover Lynn. Congratulations on getting the TOP PLACEMENT two rounds in a row! The original song is amazing but I love this rendition as well. I wouldn't say this is better than the original but they are equally as amazing, and the emotion in his voice gets me! I also love the piano <3 It is soooo good!
2. Blahblahblahblah / Heart of Glass / Miley Cyrus / This is a great submission! I think Miley sounds amazing on this cover and she DEFINITELY did the original justice. Her voice is gritty and raw and truly sounds incredible. I also am a huge fan of the original song! This is my favorite submission of yours so far, I love it!
3. Chels052_ / Zombie / Miley Cyrus / This song is also amazing! I absolutely love Miley's voice on both of these covers. It was VERY hard to put this against Heart of Glass but ultimately I had to put this one lower. I am a huuuuuuuge fan of the original and I still prefer the original to Miley's version, so that is why this is lower than Heart of Glass. However Miley absolutely killed it and her talent SHINES through in this performance.
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4. tbrown_47 / Fix You / Boyce Avenue / This cover is beautiful! I think their voices sound great together and I used to be a big fan of Boyce Avenue. I think they did a good job keeping it faithful to the original as well while also making it their own. Fix you is a favorite song of mine so this isn't quite top for me since I don't think it is as good as the original, but it's great still :)
5. crazybone5000 / Somebody Else / Circa Waves / This was a really fun cover! I love the original song so I was very happy to see it here. I am not familiar with Circa Waves but it feels like the song fit them very well and I like it!
6. Becksta20 / We Can’t Stop / Boyce Avenue / Another Boyce Avenue cover, and more Miley! This cover is great as well. The one part I don't like as much is actually Bea Miller. I usually like her but in this song I didn't think she sounded her best. I did love hearing a male voice singing the song since that is a different perspective, and it sounded great overall!
7. David2560 / Shake It Out / Amaia / This song was great David! I was not familiar with the original song at first but I do think I've heard it actually... Either way Amaia KILLED IT! I could hear her truly giving her all in this performance and I can see why she won! I also think from what I found online she was only 18 in that performance? She is amazing, and great submission!
8. Ciurrra / The Sound of Silence / Disturbed / I am so torn about this song! I fully agree the feeling in his voice is so pure and you can hear his emotion so strongly. I actually have heard this cover before because I have a family member who LOVES it, but I am not the biggest fan. I do however love the emotion in the song and the meaning behind it.
9. joshgillespie / Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing / Tori Kelly / I didn't love this, I'll start by saying that. I do like some of Tori Kelly's music and I think she is talented so I will say, she sounds amazing! I definitely give her props for her vocals and that is what's helping keep it out of the bottom. However the song itself just doesn't catch my ear that well!
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10. franzella / And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going / Mercedes from Glee / This was a choice... I don't know what you were thinking here Franz. Mercedes sounds great in this performance, and she gave Rachel a run for her money. But I do think if you were going to choose a Glee song there is maybe 100 or even 200 better and more memorable performances to choose from. I don't actually know the original so that is on me, but this choice is something I probably won't ever listen to again. Her vocal prowess is definitely what saved you because she did sell it!
11. Kmartt / Love Story / Lin Lapid / Picking a Taylor Swift song is a very bold choice... and unfortunately it did not pay off here :( This is one of Taylor's biggest, most CLASSIC songs from when she was first rising to fame and she sings it on every tour. It is a verrrrry brave choice and Lin Lapid did not live up to Taylor. I am disappointed because I sensed you were really trying to appease me with this choice instead of a different cover you may have enjoyed more. In your comment you even said you wanted a guy's perspective which could have been unique! But you did not find it. This unfortunately does not stick out to me at all and sadly Kmartt you have been eliminated :( I'm so sorry but thank you for playing and I hope to see you at our live reunion and concert.
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For my own cover I wanted to share a song by two of my own favorite artists. I don't know if it's technically a "cover" since Bleachers still worked on the track but Charli XCX covers the vocals and having her voice on the track is really great! Jack Antonoff is one of the most amazingly talented musicians and Charli XCX is actually a very underrated songwriter and singer as well, so I hope you enjoy :)
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We have officially made it to the top ten! Stay tuned for round 5, for now here is a hint :)
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