James: *shook*
Jonathan: Her technique is pretty good
Umu: Are you gonna vote?
James: oh! i don't know..
Gwen: Oh, I'm voting. That's cool.
Umu: Alright, hello. Who are you? Can you please introduce yourself
Just say your name and sing it please. Demonstrate your voice for us.
James: Ooh, alright, well.
James: ~My name is James and I'm a bass baritone.~
Umu: Ooh, nice.
Umu: Okay, so the very first video that we're reacting to today is another competiton.
We actually have never reacted to this competition specifically before.
It's called Duet Song Festival.
Umu: Each episode seven celebrity artists choose a non-celebrity partner from a selection of people who submit performances to perform a duet of their choice.
Each pair is given exactly four minutes to perform and earn votes from the 500 live voters in the audience.
And a celebrity panel.
Umu: The order is selected by the current first place duo and with an exception of the pilot episodes,
the winners of the previous episode chooses the first performance.
The voting results are shown directly on the screen behind the performers.
The number in the center in the back increases whenever an audience member presses their vote button.
Umu: In the future, I will give you guys a vote button to press that says, "YES" but for now
it has not arrived yet so I want you guys to raise your hand. Rachel: "that was easy!" xD
Rachel: When we vote? Umu: yeah
Umu: So if you don't vote, I want you to explain after why you didn't vote or if you did voted, I want you to explain
what made you want to vote.
Umu: Okay so this is Solji, she is the female on the left of the screen
She is a k-pop idol from the girl group called EXID.
She's actually the main vocalist of that group and she chose a non-celebrity singer whose name is
Do Jinsu, who's a vocal trainer.
Umu: so go ahead Hugo: One, two, three! *in French*
Gwen: 466 people have already voted? Oh never mind. Wrong circle.
Rachel: Nice. The guitar got a vote.
Hugo: Oh, I thought that was a ad and it's not an ad it's just the score
Hugo: They've already got four votes and they haven't even sung yet.
Rachel: That is a large microphone.
Jeremy: Well, I mean she's doing well but she's the famous one so
Hugo: Oh shit
Jonathan: Is everyone is Korea a tenor?
James: Yeah what? Come on, where are the basses?
Hugo: He's got a voice. I wanna see where it goes but like, he can sing. Jeremy: Yeah, he's good. he's good.
Jeremy: Same.
James: Wow, their voices work so well together. Jeremy: yeah
Gwen: I like the people over there. Rachel: I know, they're extreme swaying.
Rachel: me
Gwen: Vote for the right cymbal.
Jonathan: Hey, but she's marginally better of a singer than him.
Hugo: I wanna hear his high notes, that's literally what I'm waiting for.
Jeremy: I know right
Gwen: But like, she's definitely very good.
Rachel: I feel like she's supported a ton by him.
Gwen: Yeah. Rachel: But like they make a very good...Gwen: i'm not show stopped yet
Rachel: There we go.
Gwen: Like it's very good, like I'm quite impressed. Rachel: Yeah.
Rachel: This reminds me of Celine Dion. Gwen: This whole voting thing has got me very critical.
Hugo: Oh, modulation. OHHhhh shit.
Hugo and Jeremy: *judging Zico and the girl in the chairs*
Hugo: *feeling it*
Gwen: Honestly, I like his voice. Rachel: He holds his own. *both agree*
Jeremy: Oh, the crossfade. I loved it.
Hugo: Ooh. Okay. Yeah. I'm there. *votes*
Gwen: I want a drop.
Rachel: I know.
Gwen: I'm sick of the slow jam.
Hugo: That harmony was just so MMM. Jeremy: Yeah, it was good.
Hugo: Like they tuned, perfectly.
*both James and Jonathan super-focusing*
*still really focused*
Jonathan: Yeah that was a little pitchy
Jeremy: okaY Hugo: oH shit yEah
Rachel: That was good. Gwen: That was cool.
Rachel: I still feel like there might be other ones that'll be better, idk.
Jonathan: he's got the high notes tho
James: #shook again
Jonathan: Her technique is pretty good.
Umu: Are you gonna vote?
James: I don't know.
Gwen: Oh, I'm voting. That's cool. Him especially,
Jonathan: Yeah, I'd just take her, I wouldn't take him - no offense.
James: She's killing it!
Jonathan: She's so much better at communicating too.
Jonathan: She's like, so into it.
Jeremy: ohH
Jeremy: Hell yeah
Jeremy: Oh they're all voting, I was like, "what are those things?"
Hugo: AYE! They did it. Jeremy: wooooo
Rachel: Uh oh, they knocked 'em. Gwen: So they won?
Rachel: Yeah, they beat those people.
Gwen: Wait, no they didn't. It just went back down.
Jeremy: Wait. why'd their number go down? *is not used to Korean TV*
Hugo: I don't know but it went back up. Jeremy: Yeah, that was weird.
Hugo and Jeremy: damn
Jeremy: That was good Hugo: F**king got em, shit.
Hugo: damn
Jeremy: PIcardy 3rd at the end? Hugo: I know
Umu: Anyways, okay so you didn't vote? Please explain why.
Jonathan: Song choice, for me. It was long and it didn't feel like it really went enough.
Jonathan: Like I feel like it was very advantageous for her but I feel like for him it didn't really show him off as well.
James: I would have to agree with Jonathan. He just seemed kind of awkward and fragile, he looked down a lot.
Umu: Right. So, his stage presence wasn't as strong as hers.
Jonathan: Yeah, she was very into it too and he was kind of like, not as much?
Jonathan: And when you have someone who's like giving it a 10 and he's giving it an 8, it's like, it makes him look worse.
Jonathan: I think they both are like really good singers. I just think her voice has more presence to it , in general.
And his voice was a little more pingy? Which was good for hitting the higher notes but it didn't really have as much depth to it.
Umu: Right. Jonathan: Which I would've liked the heft in the sound. Really especially for a power ballad like that.
James: Yeah, you have to have that punch.
Rachel: Aw, good job guys. I'm so happy for you.
Gwen: I think I liked the singing better than I liked the arrangement by alot.
Rachel: Yeah, I felt like I liked her voice but I feel like there were some other ones that were more distinctive or powerful.
Gwen: Yeah. Rachel: It worked in the harmonies and like-
Rachel: I think neither of them had such a strong voice solecistially that they would overpower each other, so it works really well for things like- Gwen: Yeah, it was a really good pairing, yeah.
Rachel: For things like, harmonies and stuff.
Rachel: And that the balance was really good but I think by themselves- So I guess if it was about a duet, then it worked really well.
Rachel: But I wanted more from her.
Umu: RIght. And so that's why you didn't vote. Rachel: Right, that's why I didn't vote.
Gwen: I feel like the guy like, for the whole concept of like having a celebrity and then someone else, I felt like I should've been more impressed by the celebrity
Gwen: And that guy just blew me away. Like I voted because that guy had such a cool top and so- idk like obviously it was a great arrangement
Gwen: It was great singing and it was cool and I liked it but like, I wanted more energy and stuff. Like I still voted because I quite liked it once they added
Gwen: a little more like drum presence and some like guitar. It was very much a slow jam and I'm not really into slow jams.
Rachel: It's all about song choice.
Hugo: That was like okay. Jeremy: That was really good.
Jeremy: They sounded so good together.
Hugo: Well, because it was a well-written song. The song itself was a really good song. And they had the vocal chords to like, sing it.
Hugo: And they sounded good together. Jeremy: They sounded so good together.
Jeremy: They had very similar voices too. Hugo: Exactly.
Hugo: And when like the harmonies were going, you could tell which person had the melodic line and the other person wasn't obtrusive with the harmonies
Hugo: They were just there supporting it, so it sounded dope. And then, oh man, when both went up and they- OOH
Hugo: That power chord was just MM
Umu: Right. So let's talk about the moments that made you raise your hand.
Hugo: For me, it was the first power chord, like when they first both went up there and then like afterwards they just kept like-
Hugo: It was nice because it wasn't a one-time thing. It wasn't like they did it one time and then the rest of the song was just like, eh.
Hugo: Like they did that and then they did it again. Like just like prove that they could, you know, it wasn't just a one time thing.
Jeremy: Mine was the second one because I thought after the first one it was just gonna be like, die and then the song was gonna end. But then, boom!
Jeremy: It happened again and then for the rest of the song it was like so intense and high-energy.
Hugo: And they brought it, they fucking brought it.
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