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Kevin is ridiculously gifted. And probably the one that has a most assured future in music even if Pentatonix as a group does not pan out. And if I recall correctly, Avi is studying opera. He does have a wonderful basso profundo voice.
I do worry that even if they win the recording contract, Kevin and Avi have too many other things going on in their lives for them to stick it out in this group. And even though Scott, Kirstie and Mitch have been singing together for ages and will likely continue to do so, Pentatonix just won't be Pentatonix without Kevin and Avi (or some other people in place of Kevin and Avi.)
A bonus youtube vid of a 14-year-old (!) Scott singing "Georgia on My Mind": [link]
The dude has been around the talent search circuit for a decade. Quite a Rachel Berry, he is.
(In case it's not obvious, I've been playing their performances on youtube on repeat the entire freakin' weekend. AUGH, I love them so.)
If you had the Pats game on CBS tonight, TAR will be about 55 or so minutes late.
That was one exhausting leg. Bill & Cindi went out with style and dignity, and also a montage of their best moments so you know the producers and everyone else along on the crew really really liked them.
Did Marcus nail the driving challenge in one go?
No, he took two tries for the slalom. But it looked like only two!
Kind of a great blog post from Ben Folds: [link]
More than kind of great. That was lovely and honest.
Wow, that *is* a fantastic post. He's right that the amount of exposure Afro Blue got through the show is no less than the final 3 groups and I think he's implicitly admitting that the wrong group was eliminated last week. I like that he's throwing down the gauntlets to the viewers to support their favourite groups in the coming year.
I'm super-psyched for the finale tonight, but also sad that I will no longer get to see these fantastic musicians perform weekly. It's been a ride.
He said in an earlier post that Afro Blue was his favorite group -- I'm actually impressed these are on the NBC site.
OK, I know there's a real story and issue and everything, but I think it's HYSTERICAL that the Dartmouth Aires had a golf charity. Fucking Dartmouth.
I had to say, even thought I adore Pentatonix, their first performance was kind of a trainwreck. They actually sounded... out of tune. The hell?
Also BOO on failing to mention that the Trevor Project was for suicide prevention in LGBTQ youth *specifically*. I'm pretty sure Mitch (and likely Scott) is gay, which is probably one of the big reasons they picked that charity. It's just ridiculous to mention that charity and smoke-screen it so that it sounds like it's for bullied youth in general. I see heavy network interference, which is appalling.
