{"id":3908,"date":"2013-12-09T20:00:55","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T01:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/?p=3908"},"modified":"2013-12-09T20:47:30","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T01:47:30","slug":"the-sing-off-2013-pre-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/09\/the-sing-off-2013-pre-show\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sing Off 2013 Pre-Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PTX\"And lo, after much wailing and gnashing of vocal chords, The Sing Off returns tonight. It has been far too long in my less than humble opinion. Granted, I will always take A Capella over the overly forced Drama of the Voice.<\/p>\n

Now, I would love to think that I could pick this year’s Pentatonix successor in week one; but I really can’t say for sure. Last year, Pentatonix just leapt out of the screen at mach speed with their first entry. E.T. showcased a very young Pentatonix for the 5 things that make them such a musical powerhouse.<\/p>\n

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  1. The Lennon-McCartney tight harmonies of the Texas Trio of Scott, Mitch and Kirstie<\/li>\n
  2. The Ravenscroftian profundo of Avi Kaplan’s Bass mixed with his knowledge of Tuvan overtones.<\/li>\n
  3. The Mad Skillz of Kevin (K.O.) Olusola with a very broad selection of beatbox elements<\/li>\n
  4. The mature and infectious arrangements that even in week one could improve on someone else’s music<\/li>\n
  5. A bond between 5 people in shared love of music to make a sound greater than the sum of the parts.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I wish however that I wasn’t an unbiased fan. Having now seen them live in concert (with VIP tickets) I absolutely adore them and look forward to at least 5-10 more albums. Their recent X-mas entry of “The Little Drummer Boy” deserves HIGH rotation during the holiday season.<\/p>\n

    So, what can we expect for this (rumoured truncated, blah) season? We know that we are now on female judge number 3 with the introduction of Jewel. I look forwards to seeing how she enters in the mix. Until we know the format, it’ll be hard to say how things will roll.<\/p>\n

    The series is rumoured to have a bottom – 2 battle of the song sing off. They tried it once in the last season. Depending on the groups and the song it could be a coin flip or readily obvious who is getting the gun.<\/p>\n

    More after the show. It’s almost time to sing!<\/p>\n

    UPDATE: Having seen a blog posting talking about the groups<\/a>; here are some pre-show opinions.<\/p>\n