And Deke and Diana go way back, so the rivalry runs between them as well as their teams.
Only one team can be crowned the Summer Invitational champion.
Deke and Diana start the episode by getting to know their respective groups.
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Plus, Stay Tuned has 21 members more of a choir than an a capella group, he says.
Theyre a big, chaotic, messy family, he says, and you dont break up a family.
Deke gives it to Stay Tuned straight: Highlands Voices is better than them in pretty much every way.
They have better soloists, a better beatboxer, better choreography.
But, if you couldnt see this coming a mile away, this team has more heart.
Its got no solos, its just pure singing and requires pure emotion.
So its personal, and she wants to win.
(Or she wants them to win.
Whats the difference, right?)
So she tells Vanessa shell have to re-audition against Maddie to see who gets the part.
She asks if they want to lose, and assures the cameras theres a method to her madness.
Both girls still leave, and Vanessa still keeps that solo (sorry, Maddie).
Diana, meanwhile, is giving her team precise choreography.
So they jog and do jumping jacks while singing.
On competition day, Highlands Voices go before the judges first.
Vanessa sounds great, the choreography looks good, theyre all coordinated in black and white outfits.
The whole audience (I dont know if youd call it a crowd?
Its hard to tell how big the auditorium is) is cheering and clapping along.
you’re able to even see Diana and her giant necklace dancing it out in the wings.
You could see it in their eyes, the joy was not in their voices.
They were hitting their marks, he said, touching his chest, but not hitting their hearts.)
Stay Tuned goes on next, with their all black costumes and non-choreography.
Its a much different sort of performance, but it pulls together everything they learned that week.
Then the teams come out on stage again for the judges to read the scores.
Out of a possible 30, Highlands Voices got 23 for difficulty of vocal arrangement to Stay Tuneds 25.
For vocal performance, it was 24 to 25.
On visual performance (a.k.a.
choreography), the scores were 22 to…..11.
So Dekes master vision didnt pan out so well.
Next week will bring another episode and another competition.
Theres not a ton of nuance here one team is big and the other is small!
theyve got talent, these guys have heart!
but the kids are talented and the premise is fun.
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