[> [> [> [> Subject: I know VA's talent is controversial, and I am sure that it will be discussed for some time to come. I do think she will do very well, and we will likely see it on Thursday night. I don't know the answer to this question, but maybe someone can answer this. Does Camille have a science background or a specific reason that she chose this? I think if it was something relevant to her, it may be accepted more. Or, if it was just something she added, maybe people feel she is not authentic? I don't know much about Camille at all, just what I observed this week.
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Date Posted: 13:45:28 12/17/19 Tue
>>>>Good evening everyone!
>>>>
>>>>Well, I’ve settled into this “competition”,
>and
>>>>it’s over. Sadly, the whole competition was less
>>>>than 6 hours. And so it was in Atlantic City if you
>>>>took out all of the Haskell self-aggrandizing, but I
>>>>digress lol. Congratulations to talent winner Miss
>>>>Virginia Camille Schreiber, private interview winner
>>>>Miss Oregon Shivali Kadame and onstage question
>>winner
>>>>and now double preliminary winner Miss Georgia
>>>>Victoria Hill! I was half right about tonight 😊
>>I
>>>>would say now she’s emerged as a front-runner, but
>>>>it’s still rather unknown what is going to
>happen.
>>>>It’s getting interesting. Both preliminary
>private
>>>>interview winners both have weak talents. Both
>>talent
>>>>winners are also strong speakers as evidenced
>>tonight.
>>>> I thought VA had one of the better answers last
>>>>night. And then there’s cute as a button NJ who
>>had
>>>>a good talent night tonight. Overall, tonight’s
>>>>talent was much weaker than last night. And as a
>>>>bonus, I am going to start writing up the talent
>>>>synopsis when I am done here, though it probably
>>>>won’t be up until sometime tomorrow early
>>afternoon.
>>>> It is starting to precipitate here, and it’s
>>>>supposed to be some kind of frozen precipitation.
>>The
>>>>free “scholarship competition” is tomorrow at 10
>>>>a.m. My wild and crazy traveling companion said
>that
>>>>she would not “sit through 2 hours of junior miss
>>>>interviews without alcohol”. So, we will not be
>>>>going LOL. If it was just me, I might, but I can
>see
>>>>her point. Maybe they will put it online. But
>there
>>>>will be a lot of down time tomorrow. We are
>planning
>>>>to go to the meet and greet in the evening, however.
>>
>>>>
>>>>Back to tonight’s competition. Talent was much
>>>>weaker overall. There weren’t a whole lot of
>>>>winners to pick from. What I said earlier stands-I
>>do
>>>>believe an Alabama or California should have put
>>>>themselves in this group because they likely would
>>>>have cleaned up. My own personal favorite was Miss
>>>>Indiana. She sang a very heartfelt and moving
>>>>rendition of You Will Be Found. It was one of those
>>>>performances that you really felt. Had I been a
>>>>judge, she would have been my winner. But I fully
>>>>suspected that and have no problems with Virginia
>>>>winning. Remember, this is a talent that won NFT a
>>>>few years ago from Miss VT 2015. She was one that I
>>>>was just hoping would come through and never did, so
>>>>she didn’t make the top 15. But it was a lot of
>>>>fun. Truthfully, I have no idea what kind of
>judging
>>>>standards are in place anymore. But the talent
>>>>judging was for years up until recently, “Do you
>>>>want to see it again?” Camille made it
>>entertaining
>>>>and engaging. The only real true top tier talent
>>like
>>>>some of the ones we saw last night was Indiana. She
>>>>may have sang herself into the top 15 after that
>>>>performance. There were some good ones like New
>>>>Jersey who sang opera, for instance, who have been
>>>>very consistent. Mississippi was good as well, she
>>>>also sang opera. I also think Minnesota was one of
>>>>the better of the night, and Washington had a fast
>>>>paced and entertaining tap dance. Some decent
>>>>performances like Maine and I enjoyed Nevada’s
>>>>monologue more than I initially I thought I would.
>>>>Other than that, some were decent and others were
>>just
>>>>forgettable.
>>>>
>>>>Now, the speaking part of the competition was
>>>>interesting tonight. I don’t know it was the
>>>>quality of the competitors in this group, but
>>everyone
>>>>seemed a bit more “animated” tonight, if that
>>>>makes sense. I still think it’s hard to judge who
>>>>stands out when it’s so robotic. I do think Oregon
>>>>spoke well tonight, as well as South Carolina,
>>>>Connecticut, Arkansas, and Georgia were among the
>>best
>>>>tonight. Overall, though, it did seem like this
>>group
>>>>seemed to try and stand out a little more. I don’t
>>>>know if they observed last night or maybe got some
>>>>feedback, or something? It seemed like their skills
>>>>were a bit more fine honed. It makes sense-they got
>>>>to see what happened last night and maybe saw what
>>>>they needed to adjust.
>>>>
>>>>Overall, Alpha is a much stronger group, in my
>>>>opinion. I could easily see Miss America coming out
>>>>of this group. I don’t have near as many for
>>>>possibilities in Mu. Now comes the fun
>>>>part-predicting who the top 15 is. It’s not as
>>hard
>>>>as I think. To me, there are ones that clearly
>>>>excelled all week and some who really didn’t.
>>There
>>>>are some who I also think are strong possibilities.
>>I
>>>>am going to review the talent, go over generally
>what
>>>>I saw from the contestants in the speaking
>>categories,
>>>>and then post about each contestant each week.
>>>>
>>>>Look for Alpha talent review sometime early
>>afternoon.
>>>>Thanks everyone for dropping by and keep posting!
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