Sydnie said the BGT vocal coach taught her more in 3 weeks than she learned in musical college, her vocal coach was talking into her earpiece at the beginning and end of each song to encourage her because she was so nervous. She also decided in December 2023 that she was giving up trying to make a career out of music as she couldn't make a living out of it, but then learned she had got through to the BGT audition, so decided this was going to be her last shot. Imagine this woman and her voice being lost forever. Her Instagram is fantastic, just a warm funny human who even plays women's rugby! I love Sydnie as a singer and a great human being.
i remember they interviewed her after she won and she said something to the effect of; i wish everyone, once in their lives can feel the love i've felt. that level of empathy and caring for others when you yourself is on top of the world and enjoying the adoration of millions tells you everything you need to know about this beautiful, beautiful person.
Absolutely love your feedback! It's great to see the reaction from someone who's well trained and understands the mechanics of such talent- and you do it with great humor.
Sydney Christmas is a gift from the man upstairs to all of us that listen to her and pay attention to her face as she sings just can't hear her enough omg
Sydnie is going viral in America. I really hope Simon invites her on AGT this summer for a special performance. Other winners of BGT have made special appearances on AGT.
As a vocal teacher, you are really analyzing the mechanics of her effective & spectacular delivery. Not just reacting but helping us to appreciate the art & techniques of singing & how/why goals & success are achieved.
I'm 66 and just learned to do You Tube in 2013. I have NEVER seen any "got talent" show singer critiqued as much as Sydnie. Just goes to show SHE WILL BE HUGE!!! This was the best critique I've seen.
I had to!!! I saw how much everyone loved the first one. Yesterday was mad between 8 hrs of teaching, 2 hrs of filming and editing 😅😅 glad you liked it!
Sydnie is the first "single woman act" to win BGT in its 18-year history. A woman and a dog won, but not a solo act before. She is a VERY special singer with once in a generational talent, she reminds me of Shirley Bassey with her power. WAY TO GO!!!!
Whitney houston has a more colder, brighter vocal tone that gives me migraines. I think shes an incredible singer, world class. Sydney's voice has more warmth, is softer on my ears evenat her highest, strongestnotes. @cecileschoeman8351
She sings the songs from the inside out. She becomes the music. Love it. I don't care about the any sayers. Of course she is highly trained. How else could anyone be that polished? I love the analysis. Thank you.
Thank you! Well.... I suppose I get Worked up because a lot of the time.I hear comments saying things like they are a natural talent and in my opinion, it just negates a lot of the hard work that singers put into their music. You are right though she got there because she is good + hard work. ;) I just get very whipped up about it. As a natural singer myself I find it hard to let it go. I just know she has worked really hard
I don’t get the nay sayers. Shouldn’t we give her more credit for taking it so seriously that she wanted to become a highly trained singer? It’s bizarre to me that folks would criticize her.
All three performances were pointing at her trials in getting rejected so many times! In tomorrow she vhanged only a day away to always and stuck out her chin to move past the rejection! In My Way she changed the sex and took the rejection in, spat it out and fid it her way! In Over The Rainbow she restyled ot yo let us sll know she wants that Wedt End prize over the Rainbow! All three performances so heart felt! Amazing! Now she is a Quarter of s million pounds richer, has a gig to perform before the King and Royal Family, and West End offers are pouring in! Bravo Syd! Lets ave it!
Love your analysis. Your excitement and pride in your craft is refreshing. I'm sure Sydnie would appreciate you strong emphasis on the training and hard work involved. Wish you success.
I hope you watched the full audience reaction after she finished singing. I have never heard anything like it on any talent show I have ever watched. It seemed like it was never going to end. It was incredible. Like Simon said in her semifinal performance, the audience always gets it right. I don't know if that is true or not, but they certainly got it right with her.
Hi Tom! I think it is because she is a real professional. That is why it is something so new. She is very experienced as a performer. I did, I have it for the members on the channel it is like 40min 😅😅
Since I saw Sydnie just a few days ago I’ve been telling everyone…and now I can tell everyone about you. You are amazing, in many ways I’m sure, in how you break the song down and her interpretation and make it so very real explaining, so I can understand, that while a voice is or can be a gift it’s also something that can be improved by practice, practice, practice not unlike an athlete. Of which I now understand Sydnie is. And you too. Thank you for sharing. Thomas
Both are great. Loren’s is more refined, but she also had much more time to work with it. Sydnie had 3 days. I prefer Sydnie’s slightly less refined but more passionate version. I just find it more moving.
Sydnie said on This Morning show that she covered Loren Allred’s song and Loren was very supportive. That’s why the high note was in there. It doesn’t matter. Sydnie has the power to make us all feel emotional. She has to be as emotional to convey that to the audience? She goes to places in her head when she sings to us. Dramatic ends or a gasp is her way of returning back to us …maybe?👍🌹❤️
Could be! Definitely a dramatic pause, bit 100% planned for effect ;) she is the ultimate pro. Loren sang the cover as well of Israels arrangement of Somewhere Over The Rainbow.
On a old film of Judy Garland I saw on PBS TV. She sang " Over the rainbow" with more melancholy than the movie version. She more than put just as much emotion in this performance, as good as Judy.
Another dazzlingly animated analysis, Zoe! I am in awe of your musical mastery - such that I am now thinking of sacking my singing coach.❤️ As for Sydnie - simply beyond words - like riding a cloud of ecstasy, I imagine. Stay safe, my friend, and go easy on the coffee! 👍
I enjoyed your analysis. It's Interesting that you mentioned Elphaba because I found a video of Sydnie Christmas singing Defying Gravity and it was awesome. 💕
I love what you said on a previous video… that it’s not just a gift… it’s training…. Love it! I’m learning so much from you…. Also I tried a few of the tricks you mentioned on a previous video… and it worked!!
There are reactors, and there are coaches. I want to hear from coaches!!! I have been forwarding your videos to my grandson who is starting college next year as a performance major! He has done well enough that the head of the music department, who only takes one new student a year, has made it very clear he wants my grandson to be that student next year! Your videos are giving him a head start. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!
Great analysis. As someone with no knowledge of singing and what it entails, I found this really informative and made me love Sydnie even more. Your reaction to her performance made it even more special.
I really enjoy your videos. Sydnie Christmas is the best I've ever seen on BGT or AGT in all the years. I will be subscribing to your Patreon on payday.
I found your beakdown of Ms Christmas' singing very inciteful, though technical you made it easy to understand what a singer even with natural ability still needs the proper training to produce beautiful music..kudos
I keep seeing her hit a big note and, almost shyly, turn her head to the right and smile. I like to imagine she's thinking.... Yup. Nailed it. Damn Skippy you nailed it. Dead solid perfect. ❤
Just fascinating what Sydnie has done with this song. Your insights are so good, and you're spot on that so much training and technique is necessary: it's just equally so sad that such skills are often not given the parts in the West End due to not fitting the preferences set. At least our Sydnie is not down beat about it: with the best vocal coach & agency being arranged, now, she ought to secure her dreamed of career path, as she so much deserves. I had also heard of comparisons with the version you mentioned that she was adapting for this performance - so similar, but the Loren Allred connection is indeed the tune here, involving Loren also interacting with Sydnie through it all, and endorsing the song's BGT video on Sydnie's Facebook page, expressing excitement at watching her sing & win, and calling it "our song". They're also arranging a duet for themselves very soon, now, maybe even after Loren does an event with Andrea Bocelli in London, next month. I don't know much at all about all these skills, but I am certain that she and her coach decided to drop the "t" of "can't": perhaps to ease the sound of the vowel change at the very end by using 'only' the "-an" link?
Wow, thank you so much for your feedback.I really appreciate it and you definitely just made my day. Actually I cut out the section of the end.Where I was a bit confused about the choice of leaving out the T. I. Thought she'd gone straight to the I and left it there, but then obviously she sang it very quietly at the end. I'm not sure if that was a voice break that she just intentionally covered up or not would have to ask her. It. 's out of it was a bit odd leaving out the T
@@ZoeStibiVocalCoach Thank YOU so much: I'm truly honoured; I'm just following Sydnie's career, having heard of her now - as she had hoped. I'm back in South Africa, near Hermanus, but was in west Kent too, before, where Sydnie's from. That last word's 'spelling' we'd have to ask her about..., but just remembered it's quite common in local English accents there also to drop the T in places like that: either way, what an English artist she is! Our delight is also at her legato-vibrato notes, there, a distinction I spotted thanks to our English friend, William, the Bangkok voice coach. You two are much alike, with your easy technicalities.😳😇😊
This version of over the rainbow. Is from AGT fantasy league from Loren aldred. Loren is her idol. Loren gave her permission to sing her version. BGT vocal coach changed it enough to mske it her own in away. Another stunning performance by Sydnie. You should watch lorens version as well stunning as well. I have added both these versions to my favourite list of this song
Very true, the vocal coach from AGT helped her greatly with this version that is definitely different than Loren's and they only had 3 days to prepare it and Sydnie added her own flavor to the performance! The vocal coach helped on all three of her performances, but it was still mostly Sydnie!
@@omegafirelord7469 amazing version by her one is more theatre like big stage Broadway performance. it would be amazing if the did a duet for this. magic is what we will hear.
So glad i found this, being a treat tonight, found out about Sidney and got to see you explain how it kinda works, thank you! The quality of youtube is spesh tonight, beats watching some dude make a house in the jungle 😂
I learned a lot from this video, my friends from the singing group Linkin Bridge went to the finals of America's Got Talent in 2016. Grace Vanderwall won that season.
This made me laugh thank you. it really is. But that is why the vocal coach needs to know this stuff but the singer doesn't always need or want to . I personally always sang better when I knew why, and that is why my studio is full of singers who feel the same ;)
I don’t know how to sing, the singer is amazing, and Zoe you are great, I just love to watch your review. You break down very specific Love to watch your reaction.
Hey Zoe! What do you think of this suggestion. Would you love to see Sydnie sing Unchained Melody by the Righteous Brothers? ....BUT....with a Sydnie like version. I think it'd be amazing!
I’m a professional trumpet player. It’s super interesting how breathing, support, air amount, air speed, tongue(vowel pronunciation) and so many other things are exactly the same for me as you explain for a singer. I’ve never heard a vocal coach or expert break things down before. I’ve now watched a couple of your vids and had to comment! (Ever heard this from a brass player?) Good stuff!
In a interview afterwards.. she said it was lauren allreds version (her idol) that she sang on her time on on the show. She was nervous to do it only had 3 days to rehearse.
Here’s the interview: Sydnie is the 1 that said it on the “This Morning” show the day after the final. The question of how the song was picked occurs at 02:02. ua-cam.com/video/K0Iy8GTQvJ4/v-deo.html
Yeah but everyone knows the song as a singer. ❤️ she didn't have to learn the words, and as a Pro we have to be able to learn songs super fast. Seems like a super power to others but it is just part of the job. She was cover for 2 years in a show and you just have to be quick to learn. But I agree she is awesome. This is still Lorens copy of Israels arrangement.
My favorite vocal coach story: I remember about 60 years ago when the Beatles first came out. A very serious vocal coach was on the TV talking about how bad the vocals were, and the tone, the harmonies, the arrangements all miserable. He, of course, could straighten them out so they might “possibly” have a career. I was later lead singer of a band for 20 years and went to a vocal coach mostly to learn how not to loose my voice by the end of nightly two 2 1/2 hour shows.
I would love to hear her sing and perform defying gravity from wicked. The same she's able to emotionally connect with an audience would make for an epic performance
I think she released that song 3-5 years ago. Search YT Sydnie Christmas and then again with Stave Studio. I think you’ll find what you are looking for.👍 Here. It is phone recording. ua-cam.com/video/KeDntpwpETU/v-deo.htmlsi=wMyYLO3ERZxl-32u
@THSeaNotes ok, thank you. I will definitely look it up, but also would like an updated version where now she can have better sound/audio quality after being on the show etc
❤❤❤You don't like her ,you love her so much the way you look at her style of singing and clap at the same time I love her too, more power Sydnie a great opportunity lies ahead of you
Zoe, that high note isn't so strange if you've heard Eva Cassidy's version. What I liked about the end is that little nod -- she's telling herself she did it!
This whole arrangement: It sounds like that great singer in the movie Greatest Showman that Hugh Jackman's character bet his life on to put on the stage. But not only the arrangement and delivery, lights, intensity, her voice, the whole thing. But also, that very first part of Over the Rainbow at 3:55 exactly there, "someday I wish upon a star, and wake up where the clouds are far behind me... ...... that's where you'll find me.... Somewhere over the rainbow, Skies are blue"..... THERE. That is not only the arangement from the Israel Hawaiian chap with the ukelele - but it is also a lot like the song "Never Enough"... listen to "The Greatest Showman Never Enough"😊
Hey Zoe, sorry, ich bin grad nicht in der Stimmung, mich auf dieses Video einzulassen, bin voll im Raye-Fieber - aber als ich dich in meinen suggestions sah, dachte ich, ich muss dich auf Raye's neues magnus opus hinweisen, 'Genesis' - sieben Minuten, eine Reise von der Finsternis ins Licht, absolut atemberaubend die Frau! Liebe Grüße aus der Nachbarschaft!
Hi Denise! I know it always seems like that's a really short amount of time.But for a professional performer , three days is more than enough to prepare for a performance. You've to remember she would already have known the lyrics to the song before beginning it. Every singer knows this song. It is just not only iconic but also used a lot and singing lessons.Because of the technical difficulties of the opening octave. I'm not trying to detract from her performance at all.It was absolutely stunning as you saw in my video. However , often performers get asked with twenty four hours , notice to learn an entirely new song that they've never heard of before, so three days was actually quite a long time.
It's a reaction video. I want pauses to get the reaction. If you want an uninterrupted performance of the song, look elsewhere. Come here to listen to someone explain why the performance was... spectacular. 😋
Thank you David! It is hard cause sometimes I get told off for stopping too much then sometimes for stopping too little. 😅😅 can't win! But I prefer to stop more than less. I can't hold onto it all!
@@ZoeStibiVocalCoach No worries. Have fun, first and foremost. Your enjoyment, as you've noted, will make it easier for us to enjoy the moment with you. I'm baffled by those who go to a reaction video wanting only to hear the performance ... without pauses ... without interruption ... without, of all things, a reaction in a reaction video. 🙄 I hope you know your core audience is eager to hear you share your thoughts and we know you'll skip over key moments if you wait until the end. We want it all,,no omissions. But, again, have fun. First and foremost have fun, if you'll forgive the alliteration. The people who will make the effort worthwhile will stick with you and stick by you. I'm grateful for the time and effort you give ... us.
I should be eternally grateful if you could do a reaction to, and detailed analysis of, Marcel Marceau in the guise of Bip the Clown. What he lacks in power and range, he more than makes up for in expressivity. Thank you! 👍
Sidie has released on music video Andrew Lloyd webbers starlight express i hope you can react to this its amazing, she has also released an album called 'my way' due for release september 20th and a uk tour in october
This was Loren Allred's version...Loren actually had to give her permission to use this version. The BGT staff arranged it... BGT picked this song for her and she wasn't sick, she just had 3 days to figure it out and as she has said, it was so hard because she had to put her Sydnie Kiss on the version in time. Of course maybe all the interviews she did were wrong...
Yes, as of today (7/19) she still hasn’t brought herself to listen to this finale song. She was so nervous and felt like she was so pitchy-she can’t listen to it. 😢which I don’t believe was true. This is the BGT arrangement made for Loren Allred. The wonderful thing about Sydnie is she gives credit for the arrangements in interviews. Tomorrow was born from an artist (forgot her name) who arranged it in Covid. That’s why so serious. Whereas My Way was her own arrangement.
@@ZoeStibiVocalCoach apparently she’s been plagued by internet trolls, coupled by the facts that she was a bit sick before the finale and only had 3 days to prepare-she hasn’t listened yet. I hope she does because she touched my heart with that rendition with her * kiss on it. 😊. She’s special.
My only critique is I wish she would have slide up to that last note a bit sooner. It seemed like the first part of "can't" was held just a bit too long
Definitely informed by Izzy's version of the song. If this is Loren Allred's version as well, her version also is informed by Izzy's version, which is the original of this style. It is not the same as Izzy's all the way through though, she, and or Loren have added their own stamp to the song. Very grand version. That said, from an artistic perspective, I think it is hard to beat Eva Cassidy's version.
Id love for you to react to Laufey, Dodie and Jacob Collier singing wild mountain thyme and the video Ren - Hi Ren both totally amazing performances for completely different reasons. I wouldn't say it's even my type of music but there both mind blowing watch the whole performances you'll not regret it.
Ok so the high note wasn't technically difficult and it's said you aren't poo-pooing it but it's easier than it looks, seems like you are more about technicality which excites you and you being a voice teacher I can understand that. Simon said it's the audience response that is the true gauge of your performance. I must say I have heard some of the most adroit technical vocal performances that just leave me gasping at the wonder of it but have never spent a penny on them because something of humanity is lacking in the expression. It's really par for a singer like Sydnie and it better be at this point of her work honing her talent but it doesn't mean you don't use it to express a moment in music. The immediate moment is what music is about, and in that moment does the music sung transcend itself into speech by speaking into the human heart. I have dollars for that kind of singing, I have serious coin for singers like Sydnie Christmas who can use common par that transcends music into speech that talks to my heart.
I agree with you 100%. It isn't all about the technique. But to sing that takes technique, it isn't a "natural " sound we make. A lot of people see this stuff though as "too hard" so they don't try because it doesn't come naturally to them. I want to help people understand that everyone can learn to sing. (Maybe not to this level) but they can all learn to sing!!!
Love Sydnie but imo the best version of this song is by Eva Cassidy. Eva sings more softly and her tone is filled with such heartbreak and longing. She makes me cry every time.
In a TV appearance Sydnie said she hated that performance and cannot watch it as she thought she had sang totally out of tune, hence her sad expression at the end. I thought it was perfect, she is amazing.
How about this Audition dressed in rags rejected Song tomorrow Simon's most hated Song Semi final Better dressed did Audition My way Final Fantastically dressed Over the rainbow golden buzzer Tomorrow finally arived
Sydnie said the BGT vocal coach taught her more in 3 weeks than she learned in musical college, her vocal coach was talking into her earpiece at the beginning and end of each song to encourage her because she was so nervous. She also decided in December 2023 that she was giving up trying to make a career out of music as she couldn't make a living out of it, but then learned she had got through to the BGT audition, so decided this was going to be her last shot. Imagine this woman and her voice being lost forever. Her Instagram is fantastic, just a warm funny human who even plays women's rugby! I love Sydnie as a singer and a great human being.
i remember they interviewed her after she won and she said something to the effect of; i wish everyone, once in their lives can feel the love i've felt. that level of empathy and caring for others when you yourself is on top of the world and enjoying the adoration of millions tells you everything you need to know about this beautiful, beautiful person.
One thing nobody mentions: not only talented, but she is very beautiful, a lovely young woman. I wish her all success!
Like Simon Cowell said...Sydnie takes songs that we've heard so much that we absolutely can't stand them anymore...and makes us love them again!
Absolutely love your feedback! It's great to see the reaction from someone who's well trained and understands the mechanics of such talent- and you do it with great humor.
Oh wow thank you so much! Just made my day!!!
Sydney Christmas is a gift from the man upstairs to all of us that listen to her and pay attention to her face as she sings just can't hear her enough omg
Sydnie is going viral in America. I really hope Simon invites her on AGT this summer for a special performance. Other winners of BGT have made special appearances on AGT.
She is absolutely a wonderful singer. I’m so proud she won the show. She truly deserves the best
As a vocal teacher, you are really analyzing the mechanics of her effective & spectacular delivery. Not just reacting but helping us to appreciate the art & techniques of singing & how/why goals & success are achieved.
indeed..
I'm 66 and just learned to do You Tube in 2013. I have NEVER seen any "got talent" show singer critiqued as much as Sydnie. Just goes to show SHE WILL BE HUGE!!! This was the best critique I've seen.
She really knows how to draw you in. She gives me the same chills as Whitney and Celine.
I listen to this amazing voice on YT every day. AMAZING VOICE and person. WOW!
I’m so glad you viewed all 3 performances . Love watching the analysis & enjoy Sydnie’s beautiful voice so much!!
I had to!!! I saw how much everyone loved the first one. Yesterday was mad between 8 hrs of teaching, 2 hrs of filming and editing 😅😅 glad you liked it!
Sydnie is the first "single woman act" to win BGT in its 18-year history. A woman and a dog won, but not a solo act before. She is a VERY special singer with once in a generational talent, she reminds me of Shirley Bassey with her power. WAY TO GO!!!!
Sydney may have her power, but Shirley Bassy's style irks me like chalk on a black board!
Nobody, but nobody Tops WHITNEY HOUSTON!!!!
Whitney houston has a more colder, brighter vocal tone that gives me migraines. I think shes an incredible singer, world class. Sydney's voice has more warmth, is softer on my ears evenat her highest, strongestnotes. @cecileschoeman8351
Absolutely!
She sings the songs from the inside out. She becomes the music. Love it. I don't care about the any sayers. Of course she is highly trained. How else could anyone be that polished? I love the analysis. Thank you.
Thank you! Well.... I suppose I get Worked up because a lot of the time.I hear comments saying things like they are a natural talent and in my opinion, it just negates a lot of the hard work that singers put into their music. You are right though she got there because she is good + hard work. ;) I just get very whipped up about it. As a natural singer myself I find it hard to let it go. I just know she has worked really hard
I don’t get the nay sayers. Shouldn’t we give her more credit for taking it so seriously that she wanted to become a highly trained singer? It’s bizarre to me that folks would criticize her.
FABULOUS REACTION ❤! I love how your trained ear can explain to the untrained ear! It's really appreciated! Definitely subscribed!
All three performances were pointing at her trials in getting rejected so many times! In tomorrow she vhanged only a day away to always and stuck out her chin to move past the rejection! In My Way she changed the sex and took the rejection in, spat it out and fid it her way! In Over The Rainbow she restyled ot yo let us sll know she wants that Wedt End prize over the Rainbow! All three performances so heart felt! Amazing! Now she is a Quarter of s million pounds richer, has a gig to perform before the King and Royal Family, and West End offers are pouring in! Bravo Syd! Lets ave it!
Love this view!
Love your analysis. Your excitement and pride in your craft is refreshing. I'm sure Sydnie would appreciate you strong emphasis on the training and hard work involved. Wish you success.
Wow, thank you!
So beautiful great singer of all time. Watched her 100 times or so already.
The way she plays with phrasing and space is next level. Just crazy.
I hope you watched the full audience reaction after she finished singing. I have never heard anything like it on any talent show I have ever watched. It seemed like it was never going to end. It was incredible. Like Simon said in her semifinal performance, the audience always gets it right. I don't know if that is true or not, but they certainly got it right with her.
Hi Tom! I think it is because she is a real professional. That is why it is something so new. She is very experienced as a performer. I did, I have it for the members on the channel it is like 40min 😅😅
Since I saw Sydnie just a few days ago I’ve been telling everyone…and now I can tell everyone about you. You are amazing, in many ways I’m sure, in how you break the song down and her interpretation and make it so very real explaining, so I can understand, that while a voice is or can be a gift it’s also something that can be improved by practice, practice, practice not unlike an athlete. Of which I now understand Sydnie is. And you too. Thank you for sharing. Thomas
Oh wow thank you Thomas! I really appreciate you saying that. 🥰 glad it I am still understandable in all my excitement 🙈
Sydnie is so much better than the Westend stage. Sydnie will be the next superstar if her heart desires.
This was the Loren Allred arrangement. Loren is Sydnie's hero.
She was better than Loren.
I think lored is better
Both are great. Loren’s is more refined, but she also had much more time to work with it. Sydnie had 3 days. I prefer Sydnie’s slightly less refined but more passionate version. I just find it more moving.
You are so awesome when you are happily smiling and excited. Great pieces of advice! Thank you
Oh wow thank you! Made my day!
@@ZoeStibiVocalCoach Avec plaisir 👍
Sydnie said on This Morning show that she covered Loren Allred’s song and Loren was very supportive. That’s why the high note was in there. It doesn’t matter. Sydnie has the power to make us all feel emotional. She has to be as emotional to convey that to the audience? She goes to places in her head when she sings to us. Dramatic ends or a gasp is her way of returning back to us …maybe?👍🌹❤️
Could be! Definitely a dramatic pause, bit 100% planned for effect ;) she is the ultimate pro. Loren sang the cover as well of Israels arrangement of Somewhere Over The Rainbow.
I love Sydnie ❤❤❤ kisses from Italy 😘😘😘
Ciao ! ❤️❤️
Amazing singing, amazing analysis 👏👏👏
On a old film of Judy Garland I saw on PBS TV. She sang " Over the rainbow" with more melancholy than the movie version. She more than put just as much emotion in this performance, as good as Judy.
Another dazzlingly animated analysis, Zoe! I am in awe of your musical mastery - such that I am now thinking of sacking my singing coach.❤️ As for Sydnie - simply beyond words - like riding a cloud of ecstasy, I imagine. Stay safe, my friend, and go easy on the coffee! 👍
😅😅😅 are they working for you? Don't sack them! But you have to feel comfortable in their lessons. Thank you so much!
I enjoyed your analysis. It's Interesting that you mentioned Elphaba because I found a video of Sydnie Christmas singing Defying Gravity and it was awesome. 💕
Magnificent vocalist, I thoroughly loved each one of Sydnie’s performances
Absolutely one of the greatest vocalists I have ever heard...and she is handing out towels and shakes in a GYM!!!! What is wrong with this world????
I love what you said on a previous video… that it’s not just a gift… it’s training…. Love it! I’m learning so much from you…. Also I tried a few of the tricks you mentioned on a previous video… and it worked!!
Hey!!! That makes my heart sing!!!! So happy it helped you!!
I LOVE WATCHING REACTIONS TO SEE PEOPLE CRYING ESPECIALLY MEN.
SYDNIE DOES THAT WELL.
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There are reactors, and there are coaches. I want to hear from coaches!!! I have been forwarding your videos to my grandson who is starting college next year as a performance major! He has done well enough that the head of the music department, who only takes one new student a year, has made it very clear he wants my grandson to be that student next year! Your videos are giving him a head start. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh wow that is amazing!!!! Go him!!!! He will just soar I am sure and thank you for that wonderful compliment ❤️❤️
Great analysis. As someone with no knowledge of singing and what it entails, I found this really informative and made me love Sydnie even more. Your reaction to her performance made it even more special.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I really enjoy your videos. Sydnie Christmas is the best I've ever seen on BGT or AGT in all the years. I will be subscribing to your Patreon on payday.
Actually it's a variation of Loren Allred's version. Sydnie talked about this the day after she won in Good Morning Britain
I can’t stop watching her…Sydnie is perfection. I am bummed she only had three performances for the show. She’s very humble. Beautiful girl.
Totally agree! I am obsessed with listening to this amazingly talented beautiful lady ❤
I found your beakdown of Ms Christmas' singing very inciteful, though technical you made it easy to understand what a singer even with natural ability still needs the proper training to produce beautiful music..kudos
Oh wow thank you so much I really appreciate it!!!
I keep seeing her hit a big note and, almost shyly, turn her head to the right and smile. I like to imagine she's thinking.... Yup. Nailed it. Damn Skippy you nailed it. Dead solid perfect. ❤
Yes!!! Love that moment!
Just fascinating what Sydnie has done with this song. Your insights are so good, and you're spot on that so much training and technique is necessary: it's just equally so sad that such skills are often not given the parts in the West End due to not fitting the preferences set. At least our Sydnie is not down beat about it: with the best vocal coach & agency being arranged, now, she ought to secure her dreamed of career path, as she so much deserves.
I had also heard of comparisons with the version you mentioned that she was adapting for this performance - so similar, but the Loren Allred connection is indeed the tune here, involving Loren also interacting with Sydnie through it all, and endorsing the song's BGT video on Sydnie's Facebook page, expressing excitement at watching her sing & win, and calling it "our song".
They're also arranging a duet for themselves very soon, now, maybe even after Loren does an event with Andrea Bocelli in London, next month.
I don't know much at all about all these skills, but I am certain that she and her coach decided to drop the "t" of "can't": perhaps to ease the sound of the vowel change at the very end by using 'only' the "-an" link?
Wow, thank you so much for your feedback.I really appreciate it and you definitely just made my day.
Actually I cut out the section of the end.Where I was a bit confused about the choice of leaving out the T. I.
Thought she'd gone straight to the I and left it there, but then obviously she sang it very quietly at the end. I'm not sure if that was a voice break that she just intentionally covered up or not would have to ask her. It.
's out of it was a bit odd leaving out the T
@@ZoeStibiVocalCoach Thank YOU so much: I'm truly honoured; I'm just following Sydnie's career, having heard of her now - as she had hoped. I'm back in South Africa, near Hermanus, but was in west Kent too, before, where Sydnie's from.
That last word's 'spelling' we'd have to ask her about..., but just remembered it's quite common in local English accents there also to drop the T in places like that: either way, what an English artist she is!
Our delight is also at her legato-vibrato notes, there, a distinction I spotted thanks to our English friend, William, the Bangkok voice coach. You two are much alike, with your easy technicalities.😳😇😊
This version of over the rainbow. Is from AGT fantasy league from Loren aldred. Loren is her idol. Loren gave her permission to sing her version. BGT vocal coach changed it enough to mske it her own in away. Another stunning performance by Sydnie.
You should watch lorens version as well stunning as well. I have added both these versions to my favourite list of this song
Very true, the vocal coach from AGT helped her greatly with this version that is definitely different than Loren's and they only had 3 days to prepare it and Sydnie added her own flavor to the performance! The vocal coach helped on all three of her performances, but it was still mostly Sydnie!
Bgt Vocal coach not agt.@@omegafirelord7469
@@omegafirelord7469 amazing version by her one is more theatre like big stage Broadway performance. it would be amazing if the did a duet for this. magic is what we will hear.
I think I did look at it as well. It was an arrangement of both of them.
@@ZoeStibiVocalCoach love your reactions keep up the great work ❤️
So glad i found this, being a treat tonight, found out about Sidney and got to see you explain how it kinda works, thank you! The quality of youtube is spesh tonight, beats watching some dude make a house in the jungle 😂
superb.. ultimate superb vocal & performance.. & a detailed technical review that i m looking onto.. thx
Glad you liked it!
Sydnie's album was released today!
Woohoo!!!
I really enjoy listening to her audition of this. More emotion in it , my 2 bits.
I learned a lot from this video, my friends from the singing group Linkin Bridge went to the finals of America's Got Talent in 2016. Grace Vanderwall won that season.
Turning singing into a scientific style is hard work.
This made me laugh thank you. it really is. But that is why the vocal coach needs to know this stuff but the singer doesn't always need or want to . I personally always sang better when I knew why, and that is why my studio is full of singers who feel the same ;)
Spot on....talent 😮
I love your look and your energy
Thank you!
I don’t know how to sing, the singer is amazing, and Zoe you are great, I just love to watch your review. You break down very specific Love to watch your reaction.
Thank you! I am so glad you enjoyed it!
You have a very beautiful voice ❤❤❤
Oh wow thank you!
Hey Zoe! What do you think of this suggestion. Would you love to see Sydnie sing Unchained Melody by the Righteous Brothers? ....BUT....with a Sydnie like version. I think it'd be amazing!
That would be soooo good!
I’m a professional trumpet player. It’s super interesting how breathing, support, air amount, air speed, tongue(vowel pronunciation) and so many other things are exactly the same for me as you explain for a singer.
I’ve never heard a vocal coach or expert break things down before. I’ve now watched a couple of your vids and had to comment! (Ever heard this from a brass player?)
Good stuff!
Your feedback is exceptional
Oh wow Sandy thank you! I really appreciate that
Sydnie is amazing ❤
Sidnie has just released the official music video of my way it's brilliant
You sound like you are quite the singer yourself Zoe!
Oh wow thank you !! 🥰🥰🥰
I didn’t feel like I was watching an audition I felt like I was watching a concert from Sidnie
In a interview afterwards.. she said it was lauren allreds version (her idol) that she sang on her time on on the show. She was nervous to do it only had 3 days to rehearse.
Here’s the interview: Sydnie is the 1 that said it on the “This Morning” show the day after the final. The question of how the song was picked occurs at 02:02. ua-cam.com/video/K0Iy8GTQvJ4/v-deo.html
Yeah but everyone knows the song as a singer. ❤️ she didn't have to learn the words, and as a Pro we have to be able to learn songs super fast. Seems like a super power to others but it is just part of the job. She was cover for 2 years in a show and you just have to be quick to learn. But I agree she is awesome. This is still Lorens copy of Israels arrangement.
My favorite vocal coach story: I remember about 60 years ago when the Beatles first came out. A very serious vocal coach was on the TV talking about how bad the vocals were, and the tone, the harmonies, the arrangements all miserable. He, of course, could straighten them out so they might “possibly” have a career. I was later lead singer of a band for 20 years and went to a vocal coach mostly to learn how not to loose my voice by the end of nightly two 2 1/2 hour shows.
I would love to hear her sing and perform defying gravity from wicked. The same she's able to emotionally connect with an audience would make for an epic performance
I think she released that song 3-5 years ago. Search YT Sydnie Christmas and then again with Stave Studio. I think you’ll find what you are looking for.👍
Here. It is phone recording.
ua-cam.com/video/KeDntpwpETU/v-deo.htmlsi=wMyYLO3ERZxl-32u
@THSeaNotes ok, thank you. I will definitely look it up, but also would like an updated version where now she can have better sound/audio quality after being on the show etc
Just wait for her to be in Wicked!
@@ZoeStibiVocalCoach oh i am. Would love to see it 😊
ua-cam.com/video/KeDntpwpETU/v-deo.htmlsi=HwMtZd0cIn59cCJD Here it is from her very own UA-cam account from five years ago.
❤❤❤You don't like her ,you love her so much the way you look at her style of singing and clap at the same time I love her too, more power Sydnie a great opportunity lies ahead of you
❤️❤️❤️ defo do!!
Zoe, that high note isn't so strange if you've heard Eva Cassidy's version. What I liked about the end is that little nod -- she's telling herself she did it!
So loved Eva!
Eva ‘s version was simply outstanding. The best I ever heard.
Sounds like she is doing Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's version from hawaii back in the nineteen ninties.
right?!
This whole arrangement: It sounds like that great singer in the movie Greatest Showman that Hugh Jackman's character bet his life on to put on the stage. But not only the arrangement and delivery, lights, intensity, her voice, the whole thing. But also, that very first part of Over the Rainbow at 3:55 exactly there, "someday I wish upon a star, and wake up where the clouds are far behind me... ...... that's where you'll find me.... Somewhere over the rainbow, Skies are blue"..... THERE. That is not only the arangement from the Israel Hawaiian chap with the ukelele - but it is also a lot like the song "Never Enough"... listen to "The Greatest Showman Never Enough"😊
Yes Loren Allred sings never enough and she is her idol
Loren Allred and Sydnie are my absolute favourite singers! Hope they work together someday
Hey Zoe, sorry, ich bin grad nicht in der Stimmung, mich auf dieses Video einzulassen, bin voll im Raye-Fieber - aber als ich dich in meinen suggestions sah, dachte ich, ich muss dich auf Raye's neues magnus opus hinweisen, 'Genesis' - sieben Minuten, eine Reise von der Finsternis ins Licht, absolut atemberaubend die Frau! Liebe Grüße aus der Nachbarschaft!
I am just discovering Raye (from the US) … and she’s amazing!!!
@@MrsApplegateart She really is! Peace and love from Bavaria!
Hey danke für dein Kommentar! Ich muss es unbedingt anschauen/anhören danke. Sind soooo viele Videos die ich noch anschauen muss 🤣
Unbelievable. Like watching the ending on a great broadway show!
Right?! Sooo good!
Apparently, she only had 3 days to prepare for this performance.
Hi Denise! I know it always seems like that's a really short amount of time.But for a professional performer , three days is more than enough to prepare for a performance. You've to remember she would already have known the lyrics to the song before beginning it. Every singer knows this song. It is just not only iconic but also used a lot and singing lessons.Because of the technical difficulties of the opening octave. I'm not trying to detract from her performance at all.It was absolutely stunning as you saw in my video. However , often performers get asked with twenty four hours , notice to learn an entirely new song that they've never heard of before, so three days was actually quite a long time.
She’s been preparing for that her whole life, perfection.
It's a reaction video. I want pauses to get the reaction. If you want an uninterrupted performance of the song, look elsewhere. Come here to listen to someone explain why the performance was... spectacular. 😋
Thank you David! It is hard cause sometimes I get told off for stopping too much then sometimes for stopping too little. 😅😅 can't win! But I prefer to stop more than less. I can't hold onto it all!
@@ZoeStibiVocalCoach No worries. Have fun, first and foremost. Your enjoyment, as you've noted, will make it easier for us to enjoy the moment with you. I'm baffled by those who go to a reaction video wanting only to hear the performance ... without pauses ... without interruption ... without, of all things, a reaction in a reaction video. 🙄 I hope you know your core audience is eager to hear you share your thoughts and we know you'll skip over key moments if you wait until the end. We want it all,,no omissions. But, again, have fun. First and foremost have fun, if you'll forgive the alliteration. The people who will make the effort worthwhile will stick with you and stick by you. I'm grateful for the time and effort you give ... us.
@@ZoeStibiVocalCoach You have the power. Just remember, power corrupts but absolute power ... is kind of cool. 😎 Keep playing with it. 😋
I should be eternally grateful if you could do a reaction to, and detailed analysis of, Marcel Marceau in the guise of Bip the Clown. What he lacks in power and range, he more than makes up for in expressivity. Thank you! 👍
Sidie has released on music video Andrew Lloyd webbers starlight express i hope you can react to this its amazing, she has also released an album called 'my way' due for release september 20th and a uk tour in october
That thrown in high note was not to show off, she is cover the Loren Alfred version of the song.
Fair enough
This was Loren Allred's version...Loren actually had to give her permission to use this version. The BGT staff arranged it... BGT picked this song for her and she wasn't sick, she just had 3 days to figure it out and as she has said, it was so hard because she had to put her Sydnie Kiss on the version in time. Of course maybe all the interviews she did were wrong...
I saw on her insta that she was sick a few days ahead of the final... my bad. Must have midread
I actually like a slide in the beginning of this song, as long as it's done with intension and not because of lack of ability.
100% when it is an emotional choice I agree. It is just often lack of skill that we hear it
Yes, as of today (7/19) she still hasn’t brought herself to listen to this finale song. She was so nervous and felt like she was so pitchy-she can’t listen to it. 😢which I don’t believe was true.
This is the BGT arrangement made for Loren Allred. The wonderful thing about Sydnie is she gives credit for the arrangements in interviews. Tomorrow was born from an artist (forgot her name) who arranged it in Covid. That’s why so serious. Whereas My Way was her own arrangement.
Oh really? I didn't know that!
@@ZoeStibiVocalCoach apparently she’s been plagued by internet trolls, coupled by the facts that she was a bit sick before the finale and only had 3 days to prepare-she hasn’t listened yet. I hope she does because she touched my heart with that rendition with her * kiss on it. 😊. She’s special.
My only critique is I wish she would have slide up to that last note a bit sooner. It seemed like the first part of "can't" was held just a bit too long
Just out of curiosity, will you react to more of the Eurovision grand finals ❤❤❤
Definitely informed by Izzy's version of the song. If this is Loren Allred's version as well, her version also is informed by Izzy's version, which is the original of this style. It is not the same as Izzy's all the way through though, she, and or Loren have added their own stamp to the song. Very grand version. That said, from an artistic perspective, I think it is hard to beat Eva Cassidy's version.
I get the impression that Zoe would love to coach her. As I think anyone would. It’s like someone wanting to train Mohammad Ali in his early days.
I would LOVE to work with her 😅
Id love for you to react to Laufey, Dodie and Jacob Collier singing wild mountain thyme and the video Ren - Hi Ren both totally amazing performances for completely different reasons. I wouldn't say it's even my type of music but there both mind blowing watch the whole performances you'll not regret it.
Good reaction but a 'wing and a prayer' also does miraculous wonders not just singing lessons 😊
please make a reaction to Sleep Token - Bloodsport (from the room below). You definitely won't regret it, the vocalist has an incredible voice.
Ok so the high note wasn't technically difficult and it's said you aren't poo-pooing it but it's easier than it looks, seems like you are more about technicality which excites you and you being a voice teacher I can understand that. Simon said it's the audience response that is the true gauge of your performance. I must say I have heard some of the most adroit technical vocal performances that just leave me gasping at the wonder of it but have never spent a penny on them because something of humanity is lacking in the expression. It's really par for a singer like Sydnie and it better be at this point of her work honing her talent but it doesn't mean you don't use it to express a moment in music. The immediate moment is what music is about, and in that moment does the music sung transcend itself into speech by speaking into the human heart. I have dollars for that kind of singing, I have serious coin for singers like Sydnie Christmas who can use common par that transcends music into speech that talks to my heart.
I agree with you 100%. It isn't all about the technique. But to sing that takes technique, it isn't a "natural " sound we make. A lot of people see this stuff though as "too hard" so they don't try because it doesn't come naturally to them. I want to help people understand that everyone can learn to sing. (Maybe not to this level) but they can all learn to sing!!!
Love Sydnie but imo the best version of this song is by Eva Cassidy. Eva sings more softly and her tone is filled with such heartbreak and longing. She makes me cry every time.
I guess you haven't heard Loren Allred do this song?
Do you think Sydney Christmas will be compared with Barbara Streisand
You never know. We have to wait to see how long she lasts in the business ;)
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In a TV appearance Sydnie said she hated that performance and cannot watch it as she thought she had sang totally out of tune, hence her sad expression at the end. I thought it was perfect, she is amazing.
Oh wow even amazing singers doubt themselves
Loren Alred is claiming this is her version that Sydnie is singing.
stop the video as much as u want we are all here for your break down
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Are you sure?! I can be persuaded. I think I could have stopped waaay more 😅😅
Gosh, I could watch you fall in love with music over n over again sweetheart. Your joy is infectious. Xo
Wow, thank you!
You gotta react to Billie Eilish live performance of her song “The Greatest” on Stephen Colbert show
How about this
Audition dressed in rags rejected
Song tomorrow
Simon's most hated Song
Semi final
Better dressed did Audition
My way
Final
Fantastically dressed
Over the rainbow
golden buzzer
Tomorrow finally arived
I like Sydney's version of this song much better than Lorena's. Loren has a velvet voice, but Sydney is simply a cannon
So reminds me of Whitney Houston
Please react to Jona Viray - Somewhere Over The Rainbow. Another spectacular singer from the Philippines.
I didn't realise that you were from "kia ora" land..
Kia Ora indeed!
I am ! Kia Ora!! ❤️❤️