Tony Lucca was my favorite to win The Voice 2 after initial auditions and the very tentative favorite to win after the Battle Rounds. He had a fairly poor battle round and mediocre Top 24 performance. But you have to remember it is the judge or producers that make the song choices. Things seem to have been rigged to make Tony look bad, so I don’t trust this show one bit. At any rate, they couldn’t get rid of Lucca in the Top 24 because he automatically advanced to the Top 16 after being in the Top 3 in his group of 6 (Adam’s team).
Once a show loses all credibility (and this one certainly has), then it becomes difficult to make predictions when the producers and judges can just eliminate you on the spot. And that has gotten even worse with the totally ridiculous instant elimination of the Top 16. They used that to instantly get rid of Jesse Campbell as a ratings gimmick and Jordis Unga to a lesser extent. So I would not be the least bit surprised if Tony is on the chopping block for the instant elimination.
There is something very odd about Adam liking Mathai so much. She has virtually no chance of winning, and Tony at least has some chance of winning. Lucca has been given intentionally poor song choices, and Christina Aguilera’s statement that Tony was not versatile enough to win the contest was hilariously biased considering her lack of criticism for contestants like James Massone. There is absolutely no way the show has not been scripted to make Tony look bad up to this point. Is it to give him a chance to miraculously turn it around for the Top 16? Is he being set up as an instant elimination? They got rid of Jesse Campbell, so anything is possible.
I challenge Adam Levine to publicly state why he would give Tony Lucca “In Your Eyes” when any fool could see that Tony needs to do an acoustic performance, not show freaking versatility. Does Adam sing opera? No! Sing some opera for us, Adam. Let’s see how versatile you are.
Welcome back, the real Tony Lucca. He sings Britney Spears’ “Hit Me Baby One More Time” acoustic style. Finally, we see the real Tony again.
This whole thing seems to have been staged to look like Tony is coming back from a low point. It is all part of the story line. Actually, the vocal could have been better in spots. He does not have a particularly strong voice, but the song choice alone and pulling it off acoustic style will probably get him to the Top 8. But it will be interesting to see if Pip, who is going last on his team, will manage to get more votes.
Yeah, so basically none of this.
Any fool can see that he needed to do an acoustic song, not show versatility? Is that why the American viewing public voted him in, despite Christina’s classless cheap shot she took at him by calling him “celebrity swag”? On a show that’s called “The Voice”, you actually DO have to show versatility. Tony’s tone, phrasing, and ability to emote during “In Your Eyes” was outstanding. And the song allowed him to explore the higher registers of his voice, something he needed to do in order to take the next steps as an artist and a contestant on “The Voice”.
Another glaring flaw in your review above is the two different occasions in which you completely and utterly misused the term “acoustic style”. Tony pulled off “Hit Me Baby” acoustic style? Really? He did? Funny. I didn’t see an acoustic guitar on him. In fact, there was nothing even remotely resembling a singer-songwriter and his instrument motif happening in tonight’s performance. At all. Allow me to explain to you what the term “acoustic style” means, seeing as how you haven’t the faintest clue. A song done “acoustic style” generally means a) it’s played on, well, an acoustic (which didn’t happen - swing and a miss) or b) a stripped down version of a song in which the singer-songwriter gives a performance that typically consists of his or her voice and usually just one instrument backing the voice, to give a more intimate and exposed performance (this also didn’t happen - swing and a miss). In fact, both Tony and the band backing him were using electric guitars saturated in overdrive, there were propulsive pounding drums, and an entire ensemble of musicians sinking their teeth into the song rather aggressively, including back-up singers (another stylistic choice that basically never appears in your “acoustic style”).
While the choice to eliminate Jesse Campbell was confounding, your conspiracy theory claims are groundless and fairly asinine. The show has made no efforts to make Tony “look bad”. In fact, he’s looked really good every time. Thus, why he is still there. You’re reaching, at best.
And you want Adam to “show you versatility”? He sings, plays guitar, piano, drums, and produces. That’s, um, versatility.
I’m glad tonight’s “acoustic style” performance allowed you to see the “real” Tony again. Because I’m sure you know him. And his musical proclivities. And his true artistic range. The “real” Tony? That literally doesn’t even mean anything.
This article is uneducated, ill-informed, and completely irresponsible journalism, freelance or otherwise. As the owner of this site, it would behoove you going forward to exercise a higher level of professionalism, accurate reporting, and at least a cursory knowledge of the subject matter that you have decided that you are entitled to write about. It’s painfully evident from what you wrote that you have no real knowledge, experience, or understanding of the machinations of the creative musical process, the technical terms and knowledge of equipment, or the industry side of it whatsoever.
But, it’s like the old saying goes - “those who can’t play music write about it”.
LOL at your whole condescending comment. I see this online all the time. You are obviously a fan of Tony’s to some degree. I am a fan. Yet, you attack me over some technical issue. Bizarre attitude.
Where on this site do I claim to be a musical expert? Nowhere!!! I am writing a personal blog post on my personal website. Get a clue, sucker. It’s the Internet. I’ll write what I want when I want. Go talk to some musicians if you want technically correct jargon. Are you getting the picture yet? I am a fan, not a musical expert. Why would you come to this blog with your condescending attitude to attack someone who is just expressing a personal opinion?
No, it “behooves” me to keep writing what I want to write. I don’t have to be a musical expert to write a fan blog post. LOL.
Edit: Holy crap. I just read your post again. You said this is subject matter I decided I am “entitled to write about.” GTFO, you arrogant Internet punk. I am entitled to write anything I want. Is that clear enough for you?
Hahaha. “In Your Eyes” allowed Tony to explore the higher registers of his voice? Yeah, it sure did. And it showed us what a limited range he has. You talk about all your musical jargon and how I misuse it. Yet, you can’t even hear that Tony has a limited range which was totally exposed by that performance. It was a horrible song choice. “Hit Me Baby One More Time” (at least the arrangement they did) is in his wheelhouse, not “In Your Eyes.” For all your talk of being some kind of musical expert, you apparently don’t have very good ears.
Here’s a little clue. It doesn’t matter whether you technically hit a note to the average fan. What matters is how good it sounds. And Tony’s high notes didn’t project very well because he doesn’t have the power to support them in his higher registers. That is what I mean by “limited range.” Now, feel free to tell me he hit all the notes. I’m sure you will if you have the guts to debate me since I don’t back down. He did not hit them well enough to sound good, and that is what counts.
Are you aware that Tony has over 500,000 Twitter followers? You think that might be one of the reasons he got voted through. And he only had to make the Top 3 out of 6 to even get through. I predicted Tony to win after all the initial auditions. That does not mean he is immune from my criticism.
“The show has made no efforts to make Tony “look bad”.”
Oh, my God. Did you seriously say that? Even you provided some of the evidence that they tried to make Tony look bad when you referred to Christina’s ridiculous comment. Parts of your own post contradict other parts.
The part about Adam showing versatility was obviously sarcasm. Man, you really aren’t very good at reading.
“On a show that’s called “The Voice”, you actually DO have to show versatility”
LMAO. This is one of the funniest comments I have seen from you. Javier Colon? No real versatility in styles. Dia Frampton? Nope. No real versatility. How about you stick to your technical musical arguments? You are obviously either new to TV singing contests or clueless about them.
This quote is especially funny:
This article is uneducated, ill-informed, and completely irresponsible journalism, freelance or otherwise. As the owner of this site, it would behoove you going forward to exercise a higher level of professionalism, accurate reporting, and at least a cursory knowledge of the subject matter that you have decided that you are entitled to write about. It’s painfully evident from what you wrote that you have no real knowledge, experience, or understanding of the machinations of the creative musical process, the technical terms and knowledge of equipment, or the industry side of it whatsoever.
Haha. You think you sound smart because you use a few big words? LOL.
This is the last reply I am going to make to your post, toolerawk. You said this:
I’m glad tonight’s “acoustic style” performance allowed you to see the “real” Tony again. Because I’m sure you know him. And his musical proclivities. And his true artistic range. The “real” Tony? That literally doesn’t even mean anything.
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This is my point. You clearly have a problem interpreting the real meaning of words and phrases IN CONTEXT. By the “real Tony,” I simply meant he was having a great performance. That’s all!! Put down your dictionary and big words and actually learn to interpret the English language if you plan on being a douchebag again on the Internet.
You could have simply said “that was not an acoustic performance” and be done with it. Instead, you attacked me personally.