3rd Quarter Finals Review

The (highly anticipated) 3rd Quarter finals have passed and my oh my, we have mixed feelings about what happened.

But first first first:

We think that Vadi's opening act for every Dhool is damn hilarious. And even better, he seems to address Indian social issues along with it. He does it in a very comical rap and you know what? Its damn good! Good going on your part Vadi. We all love you! This week's one on love was good. "Experience pesuthu?" Yosida yosida yo yo. Haha.

ANYHOO.

Lets get down to business. The most anticipated week of all: 3rd Quarter Finals. The amount of votes accumulated in the poll this week was evident enough of what a tough fight it would be!

But lets congratulate the 2 groups who got in first, shall we?

1. Aerocratz

We don’t have to say ANYTHING about this group - they have proved themselves. They got in and hell, do they deserve it! What an interesting and unique concept played up by Aerocratz. It was an extremely bold undertaking, doing their dance. We can't say that anyone and everyone could have pulled it off but these boys sure nailed it! Expressions were very feminine, steps were soft, YET they held meaning, costumes and make up definitely gave us the feminine touch. It was a graceful performance. A special mention to the big, tall, gigantic, bronzed-coloured man. He gave use goosebumps with his excellent expressions! He was perfectly selected for the role. A whole story was depicted in the dance and it's definitely not an easy feat choreographing for that. At the beginning when Mr Gopi gave the speech saying that Aerocratz were bringing dance to a whole new level, they weren’t kidding! Awesome job girls, err we mean boys! Definitely a group to watch out for.

2. Killabeez

Enna beez? Enna aachu? An utterly dissapointing performance by our beloved beez. The funny thing was that the boys decided to dance for their thoduvean remix, the one that got the LEAST number of votes (25%) in their survery. So why the survey in the first place? We wonder if they attempted that dance in a bid to surprise everyone by giving us something unexpected. But sadly boys it didn't give hand. It was the 1st dance they had every performed as a group when they begun and it rocketed them to stardom, but watching today’s performance of it was just a total let down. It was more or less the same dance, with a couple of variations here and there. Boys! You guys are well known for your creativity. What went wrong? At the start everyone was lip syncing to the song, but halfway through, some were, and some weren’t. Same goes for the expression. And might we add, we totally didn't dig the costume. Sorry Viky! Something was just awfully wrong with it. Maybe it was the choice of fabric, or combination of colours OR both.

They've stung us and boy, does it hurt. Whatever it is, they are in. Nothing we can do there. Lets just hope these fellas give us a more convincing and different act in the Semi's. The competition is getting way tougher. We hope you guys take this into consideration and make up for it in the semi finals. All the best!

On the fence

Apsara Asia

C'mon, you have GOT to cut this team some slack. Seriously? Do YOU think they deserve this? They got into the same situation as of Chakraz. Quality was there, support wasn't. Their piece was a mind-blowing piece! Chosen theme was Retro and WOA, it was exactly a blast from the past! They even did a non-remix version of an 80's song. Totally refreshing. Magnificent costumes. They were glittering silver sparkles! Quoting SriDevi, who said white coloured costumes doesn’t impress? Rather than the common pink, orange, yellow etc the simple white and silver combo have brought elegance and beauty to the costume! Job well done for that. Choreography was very apt. Alot of commendable and innovative ideas were evident in the dance. It was really an outstanding effort done. The table was a good prop, and it was used to its fullest potential. The balloons were another nice touch. Formations were a tad bit bland, but we can close an eye on that considering the small amount of people in AA. We can safely say that they are 1 of the groups that we would give almost full scores for. The performance they put up was definitely a standard for the finals.

We kind of knew the SMS votings would screw their chances of getting in, and guess what? We were proven right YET again. Sad sad sad. Our hearts goes out to you. We know we will see you for the wildcard round. We just do! All the very best Apsara Asia. We’d love to see more of you!

Highlight:

1. Another bombshell. Aarthiz in, Devanas out?! We clearly remember Aarthiz not getting in. So what's the deal? So many undercurrents. Seriously speaking, Dhool 08 has an official blog and they ought to use that as a tool for interacting with the public. Can they explain what’s going on? We were hoping that the hosts would clarify the matter on Borderz this week, but that wasn’t the case.

Actaully, we were thinking. There is only but ONE and only Dhool. Almost EVERYONE anticipates it each year. Despite the unjust and unexplained controversies going on, these organisers KNOW for a fact that people will still keep tuning in! Would YOU stop watching/voting even though you did not receive a valid reason? No, you won't. So why must these people heed your words and put in a little extra effort just so people like you and us would keep watching. What’s the difference? No one can help the situation except the organisers themselves. We wish they would put up some explanation of some sort for all the questions posted on them.

2. What is this competition coming to? A 30% voting system overpowers the judges’ choice of 70%? Its safe to say, looking at this weeks encounter, that these groups DO NOT need to dance to get in. They can just be popular, and in they go. This system is undoubtly the most unreliable ones around. Fame over substance. And its quite upsetting sometimes to think that hard work just doesn’t pay off these days. As people on the bystands like anybody else, we ASK of everyone to try their best to vote for TALENT over popularity. Just try putting yourselves in the position of those who deserve to go in, but didn't. We are the ones responsible for the judging too.

Like what Lavanya said at the ending of the show. Like what WE are trying to say every single week. Vote for talent talent talent. Vote for a group that deserves deserves deserves. At levels best, try not to judge a group but how famous they are. When it comes to a competition, everyone is the same. Its the dance they execute on THAT day that should have the last say. We hope that people vote more deservingly. We don't wish to keep talking about this.

Seriously, அரைச்ச மாவை எத்தனை வாட்டிதான் அரைக்கிறது?

Having said that, let’s look at the next 5 groups up next week:

Aarthiz

Anarchy

Mera Naam Joker

Ryyan Spenser Revolution

Synchronix

That more or less sums up the 3rd Quarter Finals. 1 more week and we are into the Semi Finals already! With the performances we've seen so far, it's quite hard to think of what these groups are going to come up with next! Wonder what surprises are in store for us next week. Mmm.. Til next post everyone!

*Credits to Haresh for the awesme videos! Thanks!