[ninaforesti]

This is an incredibly difficult one for me, being a Hvorostovsky groupie.
Merrill's voice is the most beautiful and if I were just voting for sound of voice, he'd get it, hands down. But the emotion is lacking and that is more important to me than just the beautiful voice.
Herlea's voice is the most powerful and he does have depth but somehow it sounds like he is singing with food in his mouth and his sound is not very appealing.
("Ink Spot") Enkhbat on the other hand not only has a fine sound but he successfully conveys his feelings as well so I guess, even though they all sang well, he gets the edge.

 

[ninaforesti]

Round Three - Il Balen - Herlea - Enkbhat - Merrill


Vocal control - Two-way tie - Herlea and Enkbhat

Good tone - Three-way tie - Herlea - Enkbhat - Merrill

Enunciation - Edge to Enkhbhat

Pronunciation - Edge to Enkhbhat

Musical phrasing - Two-way tie - Herlea and Enkbhat

Voice suitability - Three-way tie - Herlea - Enkbhat - Merrill

Versatility - Two-way tie - Herlea and Enkbhat

Performance that I personally enjoyed the most - Herlea although if given the chance, I would have split my vote between him and Enkbhat


On a side note - I would like to request that no performer whose last name involves the letters - n - k - b - and - h - in that particular order ever be entered in a competition again as it took me nearly 30 minutes to type this review thanks to my continually misspelling "Enkbhat" and thus having to correct it 10 separate times. Note to self - "Hey, genius, try to remember the "copy and paste" method approximately 29 minutes sooner than you did just now..." - Reply from self - "Thanks, I'll try to keep that in mind next time unless I forget to do so much in the way that I did just now - Maybe you should think about writing "use copy and paste" on a post-it note and stick it on your monitor, Einstein..."

Are you married? I'm thinking of a divorce.