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[Queen.]

Lets tone down just a little because nobody is coming for my bby. xox

[khalyan]

I think @Overprotected and I have the most cohesive entry from the bunch I’m happy with what we sent

[Kern]

Hello

 

 

Put some Magdalena Bay on streaming while reading my crits <3

 

Spoiler

 

I reviewed all the minirounds altogether  But tried to make it long enough 

 

@Invisibility @Queen.

I think you did something in some parts of those minirounds and didn't do that in others. For example, I feel like Nicki looks very slayful in the fashion part while FKA, compared to Nicki, a bit awkward. This is a very tame and 'normal' look for her standard. Going to the music videos - I think y'all did amazing work here with choosing the theme that is not too obvious but also not to specific so this part of your entries is my favorite. And even the thumbnails matching is a very nice touch! Onto the performance - another great choices made. Nicki looks stunning and both with Bey somehow made this flop song actually nice sounding in live version. Home with You is my favorite FKA song and the setting of this performance is beautiful. 

 

@Overprotected @khalyan

Mariah doesn't have to do much to look slayful (at least for me), that's why I like her 'simple', effortless looks like this one the most. For Jessica, I wasn't aware that she's such a fashion icon nowadays and I'm glad to see that She looks so confident and rich. I'm loving the theme of seasons for all the minirounds. Jessica's music video is very joyful, goofy, campy - I love it. The only thing I didn't like here was the ugly, goofy guy - he's so ugly he kinda ruined my mood  I wish he was less in here. But fun video anyways. When it comes to Mariah I got a confession to make - I've never seen this video and didn't know that my favorite Mariah song has music video. I wish you'd sent the remixed version because I like a bit more but don't it doesn't matter girl, I love this girl, amazing discovery for me girl, I'm in haven with my boyfriend, my lovely boyfriend and feeling this summer vibe I also see now what y'all did here with Mariah performance video for winter themed mini-round - very nice. And I liked Jessica's performance mostly for all the dramatic tones. 

 

@Julia Fox @Dessy

The transparent looks are SUCH a great idea!! It def shows thinking outside of the box which I appreciate. Both ladies ate the fashion miniround. I think music videos are also very cohesive, both serving expensive vision - fun and nice idea. But my favorite part of the whole entry are the live performances. Ciara has an amazing stage presence and dances like a tiger, feeling herself 100%. I'm gonna put this on tomorrow morning before work to hype myself up. Shakira gave emotional, vocal performance which unfortunetly didn't move me for the first half. It gets much better in the second part tho, so there is that.

 

@Hey Dude @blackoutbaby

I'm sorry but the way Vogue performance video STOMPS on the rest of this whole entry  The good parts - Madonna's red look is stunning. Rihanna looks just... okay? I think she's capable of much more. The music videos are not giving at all. Why this theme out of all the music videos they have? American Life's mv is HORRIBLE  Thank god for the Vogue MTV video because it's one of her best peformances - absolutely iconic. But y'all really dissapointed me I have to admit. There is so much more that could be done with the potentional both of the ladies have? Why those weird choices?

 

@ZORBIT @Kylie Verzosa

I love the fashion part of this entry!! Def my favorite out of all of them. Such a good idea and stunning looks. The music videos are both very cunty, the idea for the theme - ATE. It's fun like both songs, especially A Pale absolutely slayed me. I need to finally sign up for that spanish course. Now I'm sorry but if I'd see now anything else than Bizochito live performance I would be MAD AS HELL cause like.. duh? I wish I could find the parody version of this performance with random people from the street cause the chokehold this had on me... Such an iconic video, y'all really did something with this whole entry. Where Rosalia slayed with her charisma and choreo, Tinashe did that with visuals and vocals 

 

@Legend E @fiercE

Damn... this whole round will be so hard to score for me. I gotta say I love me some good tiara play and this is very cunty action going on here. I'm very tired so to keep this brief - thank you for reminding me of those two iconic, weird but stunning music videos that I used to be so obssesed with. Y'all also did good job on explaining the fashion theme you chose, the context made me like both looks more. The P!nk performance unfortunately didn't do it for me. There is just something so goofy for me about her flying in the air while singing this ballad... I know it's suppose to be this extra but it's just not my style. Loving Born This Way tho. 

 

@Jai

I don't know why I don't see often usage of brown color - I love it. SZA looks so elegant, classy yet also sexy and swagy in both of these looks - loving it. I love the choreo in the Hit Diferent mv and the theme you chose - universal but effective. well you slayed get, that's all I'm gonna say. You better win this girl 

 

 

 

 

[Dessy]

Not the good sis SZA back and serving

[Jai]

30 minutes ago, Dessy said:

Not the good sis SZA back and serving

Thanks babe. Some of the other girls better be glad I got the boot!

[CBC]

17 hours ago, Yvess said:

A MESSAGE FROM @Jai (sza):

 

Hello Judges, it's me a dead b*tch. 

Im reaching out to use my Tiara, The 'KANDY WAIT... ' Tiara.

 

Please hear me out... but there is no rule saying I can't fight for my right to TABS, and I feel like every competition deserves its kandy muse moment... and I'm not ready for you to see me leave! 

So with that being said (please bring me back) here is my submission for the round;

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R1: FASHION

SZA Serving Brown

     

I chose to go with Brown because it's the new black; so a Black girl in brown just seemed fitting.

 

R2: MUSIC VIDEO

 

 

I chose Snooze and Hit Different because both showcase how love and the aspect of being in a relationship can become such a deep, magnetic force.

 

R3: LIVE PERFORMANCE

And finally, for an upbeat performance I'm going with an all-time favorite; Kiss Me More, and for a slower acoustic set I'm showcasing a medley of Good Day x Hits different. 

 

*this is just for fun, you can also critique this entry for fun xoxo*

@stupidjock @MusicLoverDude @fountain  @CBC @lacy

SECURITY!!

[Invisibility]

Thank you judge stupidjock! She's just not too big of a single color girlie and the other look I wanted to send was too prints and patterns + black rather than solid black. I'm happy Nicki got her flowers for her elegant classy gown though!!

[poki]

I didn’t want to write this but seeing how the notion towards Madonna hasn’t seemed to improve since last round’s elimination, I want to clarify a few things in Madonna's defense.

 

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I am well aware that there have been multiple rounds that haven’t gone well (let's be real, round 1 by nature was not favorable for Madonna because her debut is objectively her worst in terms of live performances), but I will not let Madonna’s moments of success in this game be diminished. Madonna is the only contestant in this season to not only score more than one #1, but they were back-to-back. And that was followed by a top 5 position in a fashion round. I have tried to be helpful when I was part of team fiercE by helping teammates choose entries, and became one of the top posters of this thread out of my enthusiasm for this game. 

 

Then came the pairs. Let’s remember how the pairs were made:

 

PICTURED: Guy Ritchie's ex-wife in the top 5.

 

Overall average scores up to that point in the game.

 

The rounds that followed were extremely unfortunate. I had false hope in Hey You to succeed in the “bland / dull / boring” category. That’s on me. The next round, Nothing Fails received immense praise but due to the incredibly weird roll-out of American Life era, I completely missed out on the fact it wasn’t allowed for the category I sent it for. Had I sent it for the proper category, it would have done great. Push was a panic-send. I calmed down, then tried to send Candy Perfume Girl, which also received praise. My mind, when not under panic, was on the right track in terms of what would work that round. But I couldn’t send a single because, I say this as a fan of Kylie, I do not believe any of her album tracks would have done well that round. Pull up tracks to prove me wrong. No really, I want to be proven wrong on this stance. 

 

Then came eliminations. Let’s remember, eliminations in TABS 2 are a democracy. We the contestants choose to vote who to eliminate. And by a slim majority, Kylie was chosen to be eliminated. If the roles were reversed and Kylie stayed, I hope outrage wouldn’t have been expressed towards Kylie the way it has been towards Madonna. I don’t know about Psycho, but I know I can take it. However, this outrage is an insult towards the contestants who have made up their mind to vote to eliminate Kylie and does not instill morale. I don’t believe contestants should be made to feel ashamed of the way they voted, or of their presumed performance in this game. We all have reasons why we sent what we sent and vote the way we do.

 

I have nothing against anyone who voted to eliminate me in the last two rounds. As Madonna herself expressed, non-believers are who push her to further improve. I went into this round completely determined to wow the judges who are in doubt of Madonna, because Madonna has just as much of a right to stay here as Kylie did had eliminations went differently.

[poki]

I would also like to clarify something about the entries, since reactions aren’t what I expected. I brought up the idea of American Oxygen / American Life due to the tensions we face across the world. Both Madonna and Rihanna took it upon them to address war, politics, and terror and promote world peace.

 

PICTURED: Yes I sent that at 1am EST when I should have been asleep.

 

A few hours later, a new declaration of war was made in Israel where I’m originally from. I won’t go into details, my life story is reserved for the autobiography.

 

The message of our music videos is to promote world peace. 

I apologize for not providing descriptions to explain the message of peace of our music videos. I believed the videos on their own would suffice.

[poki]

I would also like to clarify something about the entries, since reactions aren’t what I expected. I brought up the idea of American Oxygen / American Life due to the tensions we face across the world. Both Madonna and Rihanna took it upon them to address war, politics, and terror and promote world peace.

 

PICTURED: Yes I sent that at 1am EST when I should have been asleep.

 

A few hours later, a new declaration of war was made in Israel where I’m originally from. I won’t go into details, my life story is reserved for the autobiography.

 

The message of our music videos is to promote world peace. 

I apologize for not providing descriptions to explain the message of peace of our music videos. I believed the videos on their own would suffice.

[Kern]

@Hey Dude max 200 words were allowed to justify your entry. Not 3 essays 

[Invisibility]

11 minutes ago, stupidjock said:

@Hey Dude max 200 words were allowed to justify your entry. Not 3 essays 

Gather her

[Kern]

I mean I understand now a bit more the choices but Madonna and Rihanna is not the duo I’d go to for a social-political commentary

[Overprotected]

we're happy for you or sorry that happened

[Kylie Verzosa]

8 hours ago, stupidjock said:

Hello

 

 

Put some Magdalena Bay on streaming while reading my crits <3

 

  Reveal hidden contents

 

I reviewed all the minirounds altogether  But tried to make it long enough 

 

@Invisibility @Queen.

I think you did something in some parts of those minirounds and didn't do that in others. For example, I feel like Nicki looks very slayful in the fashion part while FKA, compared to Nicki, a bit awkward. This is a very tame and 'normal' look for her standard. Going to the music videos - I think y'all did amazing work here with choosing the theme that is not too obvious but also not to specific so this part of your entries is my favorite. And even the thumbnails matching is a very nice touch! Onto the performance - another great choices made. Nicki looks stunning and both with Bey somehow made this flop song actually nice sounding in live version. Home with You is my favorite FKA song and the setting of this performance is beautiful. 

 

@Overprotected @khalyan

Mariah doesn't have to do much to look slayful (at least for me), that's why I like her 'simple', effortless looks like this one the most. For Jessica, I wasn't aware that she's such a fashion icon nowadays and I'm glad to see that She looks so confident and rich. I'm loving the theme of seasons for all the minirounds. Jessica's music video is very joyful, goofy, campy - I love it. The only thing I didn't like here was the ugly, goofy guy - he's so ugly he kinda ruined my mood  I wish he was less in here. But fun video anyways. When it comes to Mariah I got a confession to make - I've never seen this video and didn't know that my favorite Mariah song has music video. I wish you'd sent the remixed version because I like a bit more but don't it doesn't matter girl, I love this girl, amazing discovery for me girl, I'm in haven with my boyfriend, my lovely boyfriend and feeling this summer vibe I also see now what y'all did here with Mariah performance video for winter themed mini-round - very nice. And I liked Jessica's performance mostly for all the dramatic tones. 

 

@Julia Fox @Dessy

The transparent looks are SUCH a great idea!! It def shows thinking outside of the box which I appreciate. Both ladies ate the fashion miniround. I think music videos are also very cohesive, both serving expensive vision - fun and nice idea. But my favorite part of the whole entry are the live performances. Ciara has an amazing stage presence and dances like a tiger, feeling herself 100%. I'm gonna put this on tomorrow morning before work to hype myself up. Shakira gave emotional, vocal performance which unfortunetly didn't move me for the first half. It gets much better in the second part tho, so there is that.

 

@Hey Dude @blackoutbaby

I'm sorry but the way Vogue performance video STOMPS on the rest of this whole entry  The good parts - Madonna's red look is stunning. Rihanna looks just... okay? I think she's capable of much more. The music videos are not giving at all. Why this theme out of all the music videos they have? American Life's mv is HORRIBLE  Thank god for the Vogue MTV video because it's one of her best peformances - absolutely iconic. But y'all really dissapointed me I have to admit. There is so much more that could be done with the potentional both of the ladies have? Why those weird choices?

 

@ZORBIT @Kylie Verzosa

I love the fashion part of this entry!! Def my favorite out of all of them. Such a good idea and stunning looks. The music videos are both very cunty, the idea for the theme - ATE. It's fun like both songs, especially A Pale absolutely slayed me. I need to finally sign up for that spanish course. Now I'm sorry but if I'd see now anything else than Bizochito live performance I would be MAD AS HELL cause like.. duh? I wish I could find the parody version of this performance with random people from the street cause the chokehold this had on me... Such an iconic video, y'all really did something with this whole entry. Where Rosalia slayed with her charisma and choreo, Tinashe did that with visuals and vocals 

 

@Legend E @fiercE

Damn... this whole round will be so hard to score for me. I gotta say I love me some good tiara play and this is very cunty action going on here. I'm very tired so to keep this brief - thank you for reminding me of those two iconic, weird but stunning music videos that I used to be so obssesed with. Y'all also did good job on explaining the fashion theme you chose, the context made me like both looks more. The P!nk performance unfortunately didn't do it for me. There is just something so goofy for me about her flying in the air while singing this ballad... I know it's suppose to be this extra but it's just not my style. Loving Born This Way tho. 

 

@Jai

I don't know why I don't see often usage of brown color - I love it. SZA looks so elegant, classy yet also sexy and swagy in both of these looks - loving it. I love the choreo in the Hit Diferent mv and the theme you chose - universal but effective. well you slayed get, that's all I'm gonna say. You better win this girl 

 

 

 

 

Thanks that you love me again bb 

[Yvess]

The essay @Hey Dude omg

 

but unfortunately we will score what you posted in your entry and sadly u guys said that your entry already speaks for itself thus u guys didnt put in an explanation:)

 

lemme go ahead and check the music video round

 

[poki]

Here's a recorded version of my essay if you prefer:

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgdgm0eABpY&pp=ygUMRXpyZWFsIHZwaWNl

 

Edited October 10, 2023 by Hey Dude
meant to link this one mess

[thecptz]

we're happy for you or sorry that happened

[Yvess]

29 minutes ago, thecptz said:

we're happy for you or sorry that happened

i hate u sis rupaul hihi

[Yvess]

the lucky tiara winners have been pm'd now.

everybody say thank you to the fallen tabs who left the game with the unused tiaras xoxo

[Kern]

They died so you can live 

[Yvess]

2 minutes ago, stupidjock said:

They died so you can live 

tea! should i reveal what tiaras were left behind by that player lol

[Yvess]

ok done with mv round

[Yvess]

a very strong round for the music videos. only one pair kinda didn't get to compete that hard

[Yvess]

okkkkk posting my crits on next page