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Instant character as always and great you can do character, comedy or serious
Watch posture the “Daniel stoop” always makes an appearance (head pushed forward and
rounded shoulder)
Absolutely nailed vocal, just watch the whisper singing you do quite frequently as that
distorts your diction

Lauryn
Cruising for a bruising
Absolutely smashed it !!!!
I beamed from start to finish
Fantastic choreo simple sharp , well prepared
Superb vocal & diction
Oozed sass rock and roll 50s vibe

Lois
Go the distance
Deliver intro more confidently, it came across embarrassed and with not much care.
I felt you were defeated before even starting, If your throat was that sore should have
postponed to the following week,but quite honestly you didn’t struggle but your persona
wasn’t confident,
Watch hands you are a warrior, I felt it lacked character
Vocally you made it your own and smashed it that top note

Jess.S
You'll be in my heart
Be confident in delivery not apologetic
There was lots of step close, sing .step close, sing
A nice vocal
Watch the modern pop knee dip
Hands on belly, typical Jess performance therefore was no character.
Felt you needed to portray more caring, wise elder character.
Nice facial expression but I felt this was Jess singing and not a character.

Daisy
Lost in the woods
Straight into character although I feel was wrong character, needed to think about a tomboy
female Kristof.
Think about what you’re doing with your hands. Hands on belly is not a character and watch
shoulders rounding.
Absolutely smashed the vocal!
Ava.S
You can't stop the girl
So proud you volunteered to sing! Let this be the new confident Ava as you have absolutely
no reason to not want to show off your talent. Be selfish and think about your journey in
academy two
Great intro well researched.
Watch for rocking and that famous head turn
Your vocal was amazing and came across very mature
Needed more facial expression, I didn’t feel or understand your character. It was Ava singing
a great vocal

Scarlett
Gaston
You made me smile although being the great actress you are you could have pushed the
comedy further.
Watch your posture, think about him as a character he is little, un-important, you are tall
and stand proud, need to look how you portray Lefou not Scarlett
Amazing vocal and good use of vibrato
Although I feel the key was too low but you adapted
We can buy a track to suit you better, we are always here to support.
Believe! You are very talented

Olivia.S
Kristoffs lullaby
Project more on your intro about the song. Be confident as what you are saying was great
As always your vocals are off the scale but I would have liked something different to
challenge you. I know you can nail a ballad, try to think how you can show us all your
qualities. An upbeat, push yourself with a character, think outside your comfort zone
Watch for padding your feet from right to left and just watch for the tilt of your jaw line a lot
of your delivery needs to come down to audience level. If you grab me next time you see me
I’ll explain more. This will help relax your vocal.

Daisy-mae
In summer
You're and amazing character actress but I feel this year you need to push yourself more.
You could have looked for a ballad, something serious
Although, I commend you for choosing what's suits your voice
The track wasn't the right key for you was too low we can help you with is, you will always
need help with this because of your vocal range. Please reach out to me.
Your vocal would have been a superb if was the right key which would have allowed more
character in your voice as it didn't match your excellent body language
Ellie
Friends on the other side
Confident intro to the song. Well done! I like this version of Ellie not shying away !
Wow this came across well planned and you absolutely smashed your vocal
Watch for walking backwards, you nearly ended up in the carpark. Keep forward start to
show your confidence as your vocal deserves to be showcased and you can certainly deliver
a performance.
Well done for keeping going with the little hiccup.
An amazing character
Very proud and looking forward to you starting your singing lessons.

Hannah
Lost in the woods
You are a very mature performer although I feel the character for this song was wrong.
It was too serious he is taking the mick out of a love song
More dramatic love sick actions would have nailed this
A beautiful vocal but felt this was you being you on stage

Izzy
Out there
Good intro to your song but that’s where it ended for me.
I didn’t feel any character, any emotion and this is all because you opted for the male key. I
know you will understand this now after your lesson the following day. That is how your
vocal should sound and that is how you should make your audience feel, I had goose bumps
on Tuesday but on Monday your performance made no impact.
When are you going to believe in this vocal and range you have?
This is one of my favourites as you now know, remember you needed to be the hunchback
you needed to be stooped. This should have been an emotional rollercoaster of a song,
displaying hurt and excitement.

Faith
The climb
Wow Faith, I didn’t write anything down as was too busy being proud
I loved how still it was, it was a mature performance and you nailed your vocal
This year needs to be about confidence and belief!

Ava.
Kiss the girl
What a beautiful version your vocals were amazing so controlled and very different to your
belt diva persona.
Just don't lose the character, I felt there was zero character there which is a shame as you
are a fantastic actress. This came across as a Disney song made into a west life song
Beth
Santa Fe
Out of tune at the start but after your lesson I see the difficulty and why, but this is where
you need us to support you. Gary could have cut a track for you to include the beginning
and the big notes at the end but….
Once you got there as always you delivered a superb vocal
Acting through voice was outstanding and this was always your weakness you have learnt so
much.
Although watch for padding those feet form right to left. Stand your ground and be strong.
Root your feeeeeeeeeeet !

Olivia.W
Un poco loco
Instant Great character and I loved the choreo although I felt the choreo didn’t match the
character. It felt serious once you started to dance. You did now and again use a crazy
expression but it dipped in and out.
Watch for padding from right to left during the vocal, keep still and stand strong.
Watch those arms going too far back, they should never be beyond he your shoulders. I
think you’ll know what I mean but if not ask.

Lucy.D
I can go the distance
Great start i felt you started with a warrior stance but that was lost as soon as you started
singing
Watch for rocking, a still performance shows strength and control
I felt your arms were very repetitive and felt this was just Lucy singing beautifully.
We need to work on your acting through your voice.
Lets start to push you out of your comfort zone and aim for upbeat, comedy or character.
Think outside the box.

Alice
Les poisson
Wow Wow Just Wow !
I wrote nothing down. I didn’t want it to end,
I love so much how you always bring something outside the box !!!!!
An amazing character, excellent comedy timing
Fabulous accent and you didn't once lose your vocal
The laughs from your audience says it all
Harrison
Speechless
Firstly, welcome back but…
I was hoping for you to come back with a bang.
I had bigged you up to Gary and you wanting to do something different and was excited to
see this.. but… you went for a safe option.
Watch key, it needed to be male key as you jumped up and down over the octaves. The
beginning should be lower than the chorus but you had to start higher to accommodate the
original key.
Dodgy on words, but maybe this was nerves after time out.
Well done for not giving up
This was a very safe and very “Harrison” delivery of a song. I didn’t feel any emotion and felt
this was just a nice vocal.
You can do this because you are one talented lad.
Make this a new start and push, push, push yourself out of your comfort zone.

Eleni
Agony into the woods
Good intro into song confidently delivered.
Amazing vocal as always but needed to vary facial expression It seemed to all be on one
level which didn’t reflect your great acting through voice. I would like to see some character
work going forward.

Heather
Reflection
Confident intro into the song.
Need to plan the picture you are paining more. Remember the mirror is there, no need to
walk around a still vocal would have been so much stronger. You should have been able to
see yourself in that mirror and glanced away and back when vocals suggested this. We can
look at this in your lesson,
Watch hands . they spent a long time clasped
A stunning vocal and beautiful acting through voice, your body language needed to mirror
this

Harry
How far I'll go
Good intro into the song well done.
Started with a good facial expression although it remained the same throughout the song.
There is a lot of different emotions in this song, determination, curiosity, guilt, fierceness we
need to see this in your eyes and through your vocals.
You repeated look to the side look to the front , look to the side, look to the front I didn’t
believe in your character . A nice vocal we just need to push the acting.
Alex
Speechless
I couldn't tell what you were saying in the intro to the song which is a shame as seems you
had a lot to say about it, Deliver this confidently.
Started with such a great strong vocal. Superb!
Just watch for the boy band knee dip, don’t lose the era or character
Unfortunately, again this felt very under rehearsed and as though you were winging it and
using excuses but I also saw you beating yourself up about this. So you need to think about
what happened? You need to be honest with yourself and work on what went wrong, you
can’t blame I couldn’t hear the music as you heard it at the start when you were very strong.
I just feel it’s a last minute thing again and been like this most rep weeks. I haven’t watched
the video you have sent yet and won’t be able to give any feedback on it but happy you
have sent one over, which shows you cared about it. We have to go off your performance
on the day and you also had an extra week to nail this. Let’s make your final year count, we
are here to support and just because you don’t have lessons with me anymore I can still
spend time with you if you reach out.

Frankie
Arabian nights
Good delivery of intro into sing, I feel you had done some research.
You must perform as soon a starts, you dint come to life until you opened your mouth.
Watch your eye line, you performed to the sides which is a big no no . If singing to the side
needs to be on a diagonal. We will work on this in your lesson.
You were telling a story so should engage with audience, reel them in , show mystery in
your eyes. I just feel you lacked character.
I liked what you had planned during the instrumental section and use of steps , although
Gary is very good at chopping bits out of songs so he could have got rid of that for you. I felt
we missed out on your vocal as the instrumental took up most of the time.
Sing out to the front this will make your performance so much more powerful because my
god you having a stunning vocal.

Layla
Surface pressure
Good intro came across researched, but you need to start to be confident in your delivery
and project. You have been an academy member for a while now and we must see this
develop this year. Do not let the fact you have moved up send that confidence backwards.
Onwards and upwards now Layla.
I commend you for going out of the box and doing this song. I felt you tried to portray
fierceness in what you had planned and choreographed but you didn’t commit to those
arms. Be strong you can do this!
Needed more facial expression and acting through your voice this will help with your
projection.
The track was too low for you, please speak to me in future I can take you in my room and
buy you the correct key.
Sienna
Be our guest
Good intro into song had clearly researched
This was great vocally but you lacked character and accent.
Where was your candle stick arms ?
You just did typical gesture arms which didn’t work and fear this was due to being under
rehearsed. I could also tell this as you didn’t lift your eyeline once and I know you weren’t
happy and did not enjoy this performance.
I’m aware you had left this too late with only 4 days to sort this. Well done on learning lyrics
but that's how you had to spend your time as it was very wordy, there was no time to focus
on performance. I know this isn’t like you, if there is once person who does her homework
1000% it is you, I think you had just forgotten about it.
Lets get back to the Sienna we know and brush this one under the carpet.