Marilyn Mastin Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 I'm sure he blew them all away and will continue to do so. He's... Well, there's no one like him in this world is there! Thank you to our Italian friends who are keeping us up-to-date with everything. I'd hate to be a contestant on Italian X factor this year! Can any of them possibly shine so bright as Mika? I wonder if any of them will sing his songs to try and get him onside. If they do, it could backfire on them if their voices are rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krysady Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 He seems so excited by this competitor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimwana Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 He seems so excited by this competitor My thoughts exactly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stelly78 Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 He seems so excited by this competitor Mika looks so fascinated!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mari62 Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 (edited) I'm sure he blew them all away and will continue to do so. He's... Well, there's no one like him in this world is there!Thank you to our Italian friends who are keeping us up-to-date with everything. I'd hate to be a contestant on Italian X factor this year! Can any of them possibly shine so bright as Mika? I wonder if any of them will sing his songs to try and get him onside. If they do, it could backfire on them if their voices are rubbish. Exactly! and the other judges appreciate and respect him a lot yes, one contestant sang Stardust and another one Grace Kelly Edited June 3, 2013 by mari62 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucrezia Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 (edited) So, here we go! I translated my column so you can read it 4:30 pm in front of the sports arena "105 Stadium" in Genoa stands a long queue at the ticket office to pick up their tickets for the new auditions of X Factor Italy 2013 by SKY. They are all very excited especially the fandoms of the four judges that we remember they are: "Simona Ventura", Marco Castoldi aka "Morgan", "Elio" for the first time without his beloved mustache and the international newentry Mika, grappling with competitors who are passed to the pre-casting of Milan and Naples. Once they have entered the public takes place in more than 1,500 places available and start tests of the applause. But in the end, around 6.30 pm, three of the four judges (apparently Morgan was stuck on the highway) made a theatrical entrance from the top shaking hands on their way: X Factor has officially begun! Immediately a girl with a very powerful voice passes the turn, and so with a succession of votes and comments without forgetting the fun moments to rest a moment after hours of recording. The new judge, speaking Italian a little insecure, begins his new job rejecting most of the competitors. he defines himself as "serious" and pretends originality and precision by competitors. Even if sometimes he jokes for his lack of knowledge of Italian, since he's taking lessons from just 3 weeks,he has a very wide knowledge of Italian music. He fears only one thing of competitors: the Italian rap where he, due to language problems, doesn't understand so well! Simona Ventura principally targets to the groups because her idea is to bring a new italian product like One Direction in UK. Elio however, focuses on musicality, giving reason most of the time to Mika on the various judgments. Very funny even the characters who take the stage of X Factor to bring a smile in the audience (thanking that for the moment there are not too many). After the break, the judges go back and this time they are all four: Morgan, apologizing for being stuck on the highway, bursts in the study and the music changes! The banter between the judges are becoming more frequent and for the first time Morgan is also impressed, when the young Lebanese singer, can recognize a song by the Genoese singer "De Andrè" after that the eclectic Morgan had given him a cds collection with all his works only the day before! The two steps of Genoa culminating in an impromptu dance on the table of the judges on the song "Sex Machine" sung by a competitor who obviously passes the turn with all four of the "yes" of the jury! What can I say, already the first two episodes of X Factor make headlines: more than 2000 people for the public in both aiming. much more than 100 competitors who participated in among the sixty thousand which have been in the pre-casting made in Naples and Milan in previous weeks! We are very curious to see what they will do in the next episodies that will take place in Milan on days 17, 18, 19 June at the Teatro Del Verme. For the rest: Relax, Take It Easy! Now some personal considerations: I really enjoyed these two days, although they have been very tiring, both for the many hours of recording where obviously you can not move and you have to interact with everything that happens... But for the first time, I could see Mika very different from what I see from concerts to which I have been: you don't see the "singer", you see the "artist". I was amazed to how much is extended his musical knowledge and his technicality and expert ear to understand if a person only sings well or whether there is potential in him to become a pop star. Of course, there were a lot of funny anecdotes such as, he associated the voice of a competitor to that of his brother drunk or the story of when he heard for the first time a demo of a song by Adele and her voice was perfect even without effects. He was immediately acclimatized with the other judges and always tries to get along with everyone else asking for advices during the performances of the competitors. He takes this new job seriously: in fact, he has a small booklet where he writes some opinions of each competitor who listen and he's so he is very careful not to miss a single moment of every competitor and sometimes asks questions to them as such why he/she wants to become a singer or what she/he would like to do in life or why she/he started to sing... I'm really happy to have had the chance to see him in this view. Edited June 4, 2013 by Lucrezia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IngievV Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 60 million people auditioned? That means basically everyone in Italy auditioned for the show. Did Mika tell you this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamiam Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 It was fantastic, but today I'm knackered, I'll tell you asap No, we didn't manage to meet him He's a brillant, amazing, sensitive, sweet, witty judge Oh - I don't doubt it for a second - in fact I knew he would be - our golden MIKA Look forward to hear move!! Love,love me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeAreStrong! Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 (edited) Oh my, what lovely pics/vids/interviews/reports, thanks averyone for posting!! Unluckily I haven't been able to go to Genova, but I like the atmosphere created by the judges, and yeah I see Mika's Italian is improving, good good! Edited June 3, 2013 by WeAreStrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucrezia Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 60 million people auditioned? That means basically everyone in Italy auditioned for the show. Did Mika tell you this? Sorry it was 60 thousand my mistake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokesignal Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Sorry it was 60 thousand my mistake That's still an insane amount! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mari62 Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 I'm uploading a few videos of the judges judging Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamiam Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 So, here we go! I translated my column so you can read it 4:30 pm in front of the sports arena "105 Stadium" in Genoa stands a long queue at the ticket office to pick up their tickets for the new auditions of X Factor Italy 2013 by SKY. They are all very excited especially the fandoms of the four judges that we remember they are: "Simona Ventura", Marco Castoldi aka "Morgan", "Elio" for the first time without his beloved mustache and the international newentry Mika, grappling with competitors who are passed to the pre-casting of Milan and Naples. Once they have entered the public takes place in more than 1,500 places available and start tests of the applause. But in the end, around 6.30 pm, three of the four judges (apparently Morgan was stuck on the highway) made a theatrical entrance from the top shaking hands on their way: X Factor has officially begun! Immediately a girl with a very powerful voice passes the turn, and so with a succession of votes and comments without forgetting the fun moments to rest a moment after hours of recording. The new judge, speaking Italian a little insecure, begins his new job rejecting most of the competitors. he defines himself as "serious" and pretends originality and precision by competitors. Even if sometimes he jokes for his lack of knowledge of Italian, since he's taking lessons from just 3 weeks,he has a very wide knowledge of Italian music. He fears only one thing of competitors: the Italian rap where he, due to language problems, doesn't understand so well! Simona Ventura principally targets to the groups because her idea is to bring a new italian product like One Direction in UK. Elio however, focuses on musicality, giving reason most of the time to Mika on the various judgments. Very funny even the characters who take the stage of X Factor to bring a smile in the audience (thanking that for the moment there are not too many). After the break, the judges go back and this time they are all four: Morgan, apologizing for being stuck on the highway, bursts in the study and the music changes! The banter between the judges are becoming more frequent and for the first time Morgan is also impressed, when the young Lebanese singer, can recognize a song by the Genoese singer "De Andrè" after that the eclectic Morgan had given him a cds collection with all his works only the day before! The two steps of Genoa culminating in an impromptu dance on the table of the judges on the song "Rock my baby" sung by a competitor who obviously passes the turn with all four of the "yes" of the jury! What can I say, already the first two episodes of X Factor make headlines: more than 2000 people for the public in both aiming. much more than 100 competitors who participated in among the sixty thousand which have been in the pre-casting made in Naples and Milan in previous weeks! We are very curious to see what they will do in the next episodies that will take place in Milan on days 17, 18, 19 June at the Teatro Del Verme. For the rest: Relax, Take It Easy! Now some personal considerations: I really enjoyed these two days, although they have been very tiring, both for the many hours of recording where obviously you can not move and you have to interact with everything that happens... But for the first time, I could see Mika very different from what I see from concerts to which I have been: you don't see the "singer", you see the "artist". I was amazed to how much is extended his musical knowledge and his technicality and expert ear to understand if a person only sings well or whether there is potential in him to become a pop star. Of course, there were a lot of funny anecdotes such as, he associated the voice of a competitor to that of his brother drunk or the story of when he heard for the first time a demo of a song by Adele and her voice was perfect even without effects. He was immediately acclimatized with the other judges and always tries to get along with everyone else asking for advices during the performance. He takes this new job seriously: in fact, he has a small booklet where he writes some opinions of each competitor who listen and then make a decision. Thanks a lot for your detailed report - so happy to read about it all MIKA will surely be a blessing for this part of X-Factor - he never does anything half - and will do a great job here, and be a fantastic judge, with all his skill and experience + + + Love,love me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathouzouf Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 I'm uploading a few videos of the judges judging Great! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamy_Queen Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Thank you Lucrezia! But: Even if sometimes he jokes for his lack of knowledge of Italian, since he's taking lessons from just 3 weeks,he has a very wide knowledge of Italian music 3 weeks? Not from January? O_O Не once said he keeps learning for 4 months! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mari62 Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 here are the first 3 vids: [YOUTUBE]Msn_qmeLsuo[/YOUTUBE] [YOUTUBE]snm2ojZW0E0[/YOUTUBE] [YOUTUBE]TgmNXqScwIw[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerMoment1608 Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Now some personal considerations: I really enjoyed these two days, although they have been very tiring, both for the many hours of recording where obviously you can not move and you have to interact with everything that happens... But for the first time, I could see Mika very different from what I see from concerts to which I have been: you don't see the "singer", you see the "artist". I was amazed to how much is extended his musical knowledge and his technicality and expert ear to understand if a person only sings well or whether there is potential in him to become a pop star. Of course, there were a lot of funny anecdotes such as, he associated the voice of a competitor to that of his brother drunk or the story of when he heard for the first time a demo of a song by Adele and her voice was perfect even without effects. He was immediately acclimatized with the other judges and always tries to get along with everyone else asking for advices during the performance. He takes this new job seriously: in fact, he has a small booklet where he writes some opinions of each competitor who listen and then make a decision. Thanks for your report, especially the last part Interview VIDEO Elio e Mika: «X Factor è "libero"» http://video.corriere.it/elio-mika-x-factor-libero-/18d3ecd8-cbad-11e2-8266-15b8d315b976 sorry, I can't download it. Well, not downloaded, but at least recorded http://www.mediafire.com/?uzdhs3ym5stzpz0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krysady Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 (edited) Thank you Lucrezia! But: Even if sometimes he jokes for his lack of knowledge of Italian, since he's taking lessons from just 3 weeks,he has a very wide knowledge of Italian music 3 weeks? Not from January? O_O Не once said he keeps learning for 4 months! I think he said that in January he accepted the offer from XFactor. I guess he started to learn after the Crans Montana gig from Switzerland,when he tweeted he's gonna learn better Italian,and that was on March 15th. Edited June 4, 2013 by krysady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mari62 Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Thanks for your report, especially the last part Well, not downloaded, but at least recorded http://www.mediafire.com/?uzdhs3ym5stzpz0 thank you!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerMoment1608 Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Thank you Lucrezia! But: Even if sometimes he jokes for his lack of knowledge of Italian, since he's taking lessons from just 3 weeks,he has a very wide knowledge of Italian music 3 weeks? Not from January? O_O Не once said he keeps learning for 4 months! Mika also said in a recent interview that all the NA-dates where sold out in 32 seconds What was the nice description recently: "improving reality" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krysady Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Mille grazie,Marina! You got a good spot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mari62 Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 I can't remember, if these pics have already been posted http://www.liberoquotidiano.it/gallery/1254738/Provini-XFactor-Morgan-Ventura-Elio-e-Mika-a-Genova.html#.Uay5guE9w2E.twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikasister Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Thanks Lucrezia and Marina for the reports and vids great experience for you so different from a gig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mari62 Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 [YOUTUBE]BitO7a0ljZ4[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mari62 Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Thanks Lucrezia and Marina for the reports and vids great experience for you so different from a gig indeed! it was a special experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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