I wasn't suprised Lukas won.
The way I saw it was that
- They wouldn't choose a girl
- They would be hesitant to choose a foreigner (taking into consideration that Canadians aren't considered as "foreign" as Australian and Iceland)
- Magni has the homesick factor. Family, et al.
Toby was the best suited voice-wise I think.
Lukas is a good look for the band.
I enjoyed listening to him maybe, 70% of the time? Other times I found him hard to understand. Really did prefer it when he "Sang" and not used the gravel.
I hated Dilana as a person - she shitted me to tears. But, I couldn't not watch her perform (even if she was slightly predictable). Magni was great when he yelled, and sung with emotion.
In the end, the result is only part of it for me - I just love the singing and songs of the show - which was the main reason I watched the first series as well.
I stop open up songs from the firsrt series to listen to them. JD singing "The Letter". Jordis singing "The Man Who Sold the World". Marty singing "Wish You Were Here". MiG singing nothing (didn't like him).
This season, Toby did some great performances. I loved "Rebel Yell", and "Layla". The others had great perfomances as well. "Mother Mother" was GREAT by Dilana, one of the best I'd seen. Ryan singing "Losing my Religeon", and "In the Air Tonight" was excellent. I was thinking he'd be my tip to win at that point, or at least would have liked him to. Looking forward to hear his solo stuff.
In the end, another great season - although the early performers weren't AS good as the first season, but you take the good with the bad. Apparently Suzie McNeil from the first season was encouraged to audition for this one too and almost did.
Storm is the best looking 37 year old I've seen for a while
Time to start the DVD now - I have all the episodes! Doing the first season too - so you can choose an artist and play all their tracks. Same for this one.
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