More good performances at ISS 2008

Rahul springs a lovely surprise by singing the best ghazal so far in the competition. My only regret was the duration of the song. It could have been longer. Rahul can pull of a victory in the competition if he could use some killer instinct towards the end of the competition.



Sonia does a great job at singing "Ninnukori Varnam" effortlessly. I fully agree with Sharath's comments as those were the only errors I could make out. She was spot on and with a voice as this she did full and more justice to the original. Even where I thought Chithra strained in the original Sonia did it with utmost ease.



The Prashob Durga duet lacked lustre. But looking forward to some big performances today.

Idea Star Singer 2008 brimming with good performances

After Sonia's duet yesterday it is the turn of Gayathri who makes a comeback with "Kavithai Paadungal" from Punnagai Mannan in the Ilayaraja hits round.



But it was Prashob that stole the show with his Gazhal performance. My only question is should everyone singing the Gazhal give an introduction to the song in Hindi/Urdu?

It is in two parts. Here is the first.



and here is the second.



There were mistakes but Prashob's performance was much better than Vivekanandan's "Chupke Chupke".

This was followed by the "Sing with a 2007 ISS singer" and Rahul did a good job singing his duet with Vani Jayaram. Rahul is getting better with each stage and in my opinion Rahul and Prashob both stand a good chance of winning the competition from among the men.