Opinions on COUNTDOWN LIVE 2004-2005

[Jonny]

I found this countdown live to be rather monochrome and bland. I haven't fully been able to get myself to watch it in its entirety though, so I shall save my final judgements for later. But this is my current impression:

The stage wasn't very exciting to look at. It just looked like a boring mass of white. At some of the closer shots, I could see how intricate the designs are. I really like some of the patterns that were on there. I don't think it was portrayed very well though. Maybe it's just the horrible quality of the video, but from here it just looks like a mess. I didn't think the lighting was very good either, but I'm going to chalk that up to bad video quality once again. Hopefully, this will be released on DVD. But I was just left with a feeling of cheapness.

Costume-wise, I'm sure some better choices could have been made. Considering her previous costumes at her other countdown lives, I did expect much more. But same as the stage...boring.

Vocally, it had its ups and downs. She never fails to amaze me whenever she just nails M. CAROLS was absolutely beautiful and perfect. I'd have to say it was probably her best performance of it. All the others sounded like she was straining. Then as mentioned previously, she has her moments where she tends to get flat. It also annoys me whenever she cuts a note short instead of holding it out...listen to TO BE. I really like that song, but I thought she killed it... =\

This turned out to be longer than I expected...so I'll cut it here. Overall, it felt like the show was rushed and didn't carry the same quality as her other countdown lives. It left me feeling empty. But I'll sit down and watch the whole thing without skipping around, and maybe my mind will change.