#4 Cheesa VS. Angie

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According to their captain, Cee Lo, both Cheesa (right) and Angie (left) have heavyweight voices.  For this duo, Cee Lo has chosen "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler.  This is the first time, that I've noticed at least, that the song has two singers in the original version of the song.  This made the girls choose which part they wanted instead of, like others, making harmonies on the choruses and switching who would sing the verses.

For these two, the battle didn't start when they hit the stage, it started during the preparation.  They were trying to push the song out of each others ranges.  It started with Cheesa wanting to bump it up half a step (one note, ie. B to B sharp) and after feeling it out, Angie wanted to raise it another half step to raise it a total of a full step (so B to C for example).  Based on Cheesa's facial expressions, this seemed to worry her but she agreed to it.  But I could have been wrong.

To help during Cheesa's one-on-one, Cee Lo brought in Babyface.  And for Angie, Cee Lo enlisted the help of Ne-Yo.

At the start of the song, their voices sounded very similar.  However, Angie seemed to have a leg up when it came to confidence, she also sounded smoother.  By the peak of the song both were showing off their vocal power, here Cheesa might have had the edge because of the growl she can produce.  They both reigned in their voices to a nice soft and tender sound to create the emotional ending the song deserves.

Both Adam and Christina were torn.  Adam thought it started out rough for both of them but that they each brought it at different points in the song, he tentatively chose Cheesa.  Christina, although torn also, opposed Adam and chose Angie due to her overall improvement as the song went along.  Blake was the most decisive of the judges, he chose Angie because of her clarity and diction.  The winner Cee Lo chose, though not who i would have picked, will do well in the competition because she is a true competitor and will do whatever it takes to win.

SPOILER ALERT!! This is the full performance including the critiques and final decision.

Tell what you thought of their performance or who you thought was stronger vocally.