Great talent, consistency, and the ability to surprise hopefully win the historic title for Sofronio Vasquez, a dental hygienist and former contestant in Philippine musical contests
If we go by social media metrics alone, Filipino contestant Sofronio Vasquez would be the runaway winner. His six-digit views and thousands of likes are several times that of his closest rival among the other four top contenders — that would be teenager Shye, fellow team member under swing/standards star Michael Bublé.
Call me a musical reality show groupie, and one who respects music and talent enough to vote beyond identity or ethnicity, or even intriguing back stories. for decades, across various national versions, and have never really seen racial bias or other biases much of a factor among voters. This goes for other tilts, except, perhaps, on, when sweet-voiced Kris Allen inexplicably edged out his roommate and friend Adam Lambert for the title.
He now has a looseness and insouciance, even a teeny weeny bit of edginess. And he has the right ambition of hunger and yearning, and yet never allows passion to get in the way of vocals. Vasquez wisely stuck to standards in the middle rounds. But he gave enough spin and helluva power to “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me,” prompting Jennifer Hudson to throw a silver shoe at him. If you’ve been watching her onVasquez isn’t the most colorful personality outside of the state. The excitement he elicits is all due to his voice and musicality.
I thought Vasquez’s other song choice, “A Million Dreams,” suffered a bit with a lack of clarity in the verses, something that disappeared in the more difficult “Unstoppable.” This weakness also showed up in his Presley cover.
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