Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-36491208-20190822072014/@comment-33029617-20190826184603

MattTGamingHD wrote: Want to ask, why is there so much hate for Sophie Pecora here? People are slating her for just doing simple rhythms with her guitar and not having a big voice but if it was any other way she'd lose her charm. As I stated before in a night full of theatrics, acrobatics and melons being smashed around giants, having just someone with a calm voice with simple guitar melodies, with no theatrics really stood out in a strong quarter final and she was very unlucky not to get through, she was in a very strong episode, I think she would've been top 5 last week, and she didnt have the safety net of a judges save due to the technical fault (there is no way the judges wouldve sent her home). What I'm saying is what could she do better? If she had a more shouty voice or played the guitar in a more aggressive way she'd lose her charm. I mean it was that sort of thing (albeit with no guitar) that enabled Salvador Sobral to win Eurovision in 2017.

In fact I am seeing a trend, there has been so much unneccessary hate here for acts like Ansley Burns and GForce and saw some for Charlotte Summers. All 3 have something in common, they are child/teen female singers. So why is it the child/teen female singers are being picked on here? I caspeak for a lot of people here when I say that we don't necessarily hate Sophie Pecora, or any other acts as people. We just don't like her performances. She's very underwhelming when you compare her to other Golden Buzzers like Emanne Baesha or V.Unbeatable. I also don't like her voice too much. Most of her Quarterfinals performace sounded completely off-key, and her guitar playing didn't fit in with her song at all to me. Some of her songs don't have a sense of rhythm either. She should really pass her songs on to some better and more popular singers so that way they can be heard the way they were meant to be heard.

I don't hate any of the other acts either. I just didn't like them too much. Ansley Burns didn't have a good song choice at all to me, and her vocals seemed kind of lacking. GFORCE was kind of irritating, and obnoxious. They didn't have the best vocal and their dance moves were very, VERY basic. And lastly, Charlotte Summers was  great singer, but her song choice didn't really show off her voice too well. Also, she didn't have the best attitiude about being cut for Ndlovu.