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00:00now it's crowd participation you got to also let us know who you think is the
00:16live is right here on the stage and who you're feeling so please coming up first
00:22we have Blair Blair Blakely please show her a lot of love let's go
00:30new orleans
00:42how y'all feeling i can't hear you let's go uh hey family
00:54how much longer are we gonna hide our emotions in the
01:00ocean one summer night in tokyo what's the last time you're getting this chance
01:09and who are you trying to chase the currents of the ocean like riding through the speed of light
01:20and scoping all the pleasures of your mind to feel your emotional eyes
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05:04braair blakely
05:11so now we're going to get some feedback amazing job beautiful voice
05:16let's start with linda linda you want to go first
05:19yes it's lynn
05:20lynn sorry it's okay i thought you confident you have beautiful voice
05:27and yeah it seems like the crowd liked you thank you hope so thank you
05:32thank you
05:34Blair you did amazing okay i think you had total vocal control i love the song i feel like
05:41it's catchy it's a mainstream song and the performance you were definitely into your
05:45words i believe he took over your heartbeat yes so i will give you a total score of 24
05:53thank you
05:56bratt
05:57hey um what's up it's bratt um i think you did a great job um i think as far as
06:02your vocal technical tech tech technology or whatever you call it
06:06technical ability i feel like you could have gave us more because i heard you hit that one
06:10high note but you kind of stayed in a safe range throughout the whole song but it was cute
06:15and i feel like you should have performed a little bit more gave us a little bit more of
06:19you and but and i think it's a catchy song so overall thank you i wrote it oh you did
06:24that produce it okay cool thank you all right wonderful feedback from our judges we're gonna keep
06:30the competitions going briar thank you thank you all right y'all ready for the next one show some love to
06:42sergio
06:53what's up y'all what's up new orleans this is sergio part of the show y'all look so good
06:59there's so many times i wanted to call you on the phone
07:10to see how you would do when if you were alone oh yeah
07:15i wanted to get some things off my chest
07:26tell you how much i love and how you were the best oh baby
07:32yeah
07:42i'm not really sure
07:45i'm not really sure
07:56yes i do
07:58oh baby
08:00yeah
08:01yeah
08:03baby it's so
08:06complicated
08:10there's so many ways i would love you if i could
08:22love you better than ever
08:24when we were together
08:26i promise it would be different
08:30see i don't want to disturb what you got going on
08:34and i don't want to be a side dude no no
08:38i'll admit that i'm confused
08:41can't get over you
08:43and i don't know what to do
08:45i know that i may be too late
08:47to tell you how i'm really feeling
08:49i know that somebody else may have your heart
08:52yeah
08:54now i'm not really sure when you get a song
08:58but i pray
08:59but you get it on time
09:03i want you
09:06i need you
09:08oh yes i do
09:10yeah
09:11yeah baby
09:14yeah
09:15baby
09:16it's so
09:20complicated
09:22complicated
09:26and i know it's late
09:28and i know you're gone
09:30and i know i'm messed up
09:32and i know you moved on
09:34and i know it's crazy
09:36that i miss you babe
09:38i know your heart belongs to someone else
09:40but i don't care
09:42but i don't care
09:43oh
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09:49need you right here
09:50yeah
09:51i want you baby
09:53i need you baby
09:55and baby
09:57it's so
09:59complicated
10:02i need you
10:04need you
10:05yeah
10:06i want you
10:08i want you baby
10:09i need you
10:12and you and me
10:14complicated
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10:38yo it's surge baby
10:39i love y'all so much
10:41feels so good to be here with y'all in new orleans
10:44i just want to spread love my music is all about love so thank y'all for being here with me
10:50what's up beautiful judges judges what did you think of sergio
10:55audience give them a round of applause thank you thank you
11:00we did not mention that the winner of today's competition will have the opportunity to perform
11:07next year at essence's super lounge in the super dome so it's a huge huge huge opportunity
11:15we'll go ahead and start with sheba
11:17we'll go ahead and start with sheba
11:18Sergio
11:19i see you didn't come to play
11:20you got your shirt open
11:21the jacket open
11:22what's up
11:23we out here
11:23your vocals were beautiful
11:26you really made me feel like r&b was back
11:28um the performance was amazing but when you hit the high notes you could have dropped to the
11:34ground like in the rain take the jacket off made me really feel like what you were saying
11:40and when it came to the action song i do like it i do feel like it's a little wordy
11:45and i can't quite remember the chorus yeah but all together you did a great job thank you so much
11:50i appreciate that lynn i agree
12:00i think you did a really great job as well thank you not that complicated i think you did a really
12:04great job thank you your performance was confidence uh i think i actually like the record too and i
12:10agree with her you you feel like an r&b baby like you definitely like tank gave birth to you or
12:16something thank you and of course brad yeah i just feel like y'all being super duper nice like these are
12:25artists like they get ready to get into the real world and and i feel like y'all not saying what it
12:30is the voice for me it was cute but it was like all falsetto i'm from church i like sang them they
12:36put that moan and groan on it so it was just okay to me and i was bored with the performance i wanted
12:42to see you give more like they said they can take your jacket off or do something like make us feel it
12:48and the song was cute but i feel like her was a little wordy like i couldn't understand everything
12:53you were saying so she wants you to drop down do r&b and brad wants you to take your clothes off
13:00so we want genuine on the stage basically 90s genuine you did an amazing job thank you so much
13:07all right good luck to you whoo it's big stakes today big stakes it's the opportunity to be able
13:14to perform next year at the super lounges so we have one more performer up y'all ready
13:22show some love to miss linda star thank you thank you what's up essence how y'all feeling this is for
13:38all the ladies all across the world
13:51you see i've been ridiculed and lied to every day i'm petrified to know it i will be alive to see the rest of my life
14:17cause they took me in those heartless men my sister my mother they're worrying
14:24hope and pray that i'll see if there's again but who's gonna save us
14:31who's gonna take us away from oppression and dismay who's gonna save us
14:45who's gonna save us now who's gonna save us now who's gonna save us now
15:02Who's gonna save us now, right now, I'm guarding my life
15:07From all this terror and strife, they tried to kidnap my soul
15:13My faith, I'm not letting go
15:16My heart is suffering, you make me feel like nothing
15:22If I take my last breath tonight, my soul will live to win the fight
15:28Who's gonna save us, who's gonna take us away from oppression and dismay
15:40Who's gonna save us, hear our cries and our shouts, time is running out
15:52Who's gonna save us, who's gonna save us now
15:59Who's gonna save us now, who's gonna save us now
16:06For the love of humanity, we need to be set free
16:12Before it's too late, save us from calamity
16:18Do all you can, while we try to survive
16:23One good deed can save a thousand lives
16:28Who's gonna save us, who's gonna take us away from oppression and dismay
16:40Who's gonna save us, who's gonna save us
16:47Hear our cries and our shouts, time is running out
16:51Who's gonna save us, who's gonna save us
16:56Who's gonna save us, who's gonna save us
17:01Who's gonna save us, who's gonna save us
17:05Thank you, New Orleans.
17:28Thank you, Essence Fest.
17:33All right.
17:34It was Linda Starr.
17:36Great job.
17:38Let's face the judges.
17:40These judges, they ain't been playing today.
17:42They serious.
17:43Oh, we're starting with the brat.
17:46Okay.
17:47I think she did great.
17:48I loved it.
17:49I felt it.
17:50She sang it from her heart.
17:51It was great.
17:52I loved it.
17:55I absolutely loved it.
17:57I thought your presence was great.
17:59I thought your voice was beautiful.
18:01I wonder who's really going to save us,
18:04because we're all in hell right now.
18:05Yeah.
18:06So, but I thought the song was great.
18:07The song choice, you look beautiful.
18:09You look royal.
18:10I thought it was fantastic.
18:12Sheba.
18:13Great song choice.
18:15When I tell you the chorus is stuck in my head,
18:18when I open a bill,
18:19I'm going to be like,
18:20who's going to save us?
18:23Your performance, it fit the song.
18:26It wasn't too much.
18:27It wasn't too little,
18:27but it was very convincing.
18:29So I think you did a great job.
18:31Very powerful vocals.
18:33So, yeah, it was great.
18:34Thank you so much.
18:35Awesome.
18:36Amazing feedback.
18:38How you feel?
18:39I feel blessed.
18:40That's what's up.
18:41I love it.
18:41All right, well,
18:42we're going to get all of our contestants out on stage right now,
18:45because it is that moment of truth for our new and next competition.
18:51Who may be performing next year at the Super Lounge?
18:57I'll get all three of y'all lined up.
18:59All right.
19:01Is it going to be Briar Blakely?
19:09Sergio?
19:09Sergio?
19:13Or Linda Starr?
19:15It is up to the judges, to the side.
19:31And remember, the winner gets the opportunity to perform at the Super Lounge next year inside the Super Dome
19:40for next year's Essence Festival.
19:42Who's going to do the honors?
19:48Uh-oh.
19:48Y'all ready?
19:49Judges, y'all ready?
19:57It's not easy to get up here and to be judged on a talent.
20:01It's really difficult.
20:02It's really difficult.
20:04And thank you guys for coming up and really doing your best and bringing your family to root for you.
20:09But for us, it's the person who saved us.
20:13It's Ms. Linda Starr.
20:16Wow.
20:18Congratulations to Linda Starr.
20:20Again, an amazing job from all three of you guys.
20:27Congratulations.
20:28But Linda, you're going to be performing next year here at Essence in that Super Lounge.
20:33What is on your mind?
20:35You know what?
20:35I just want to thank God first and foremost for this opportunity.
20:39I want to thank Essence Fest for having me.
20:42I want to thank all my friends, all my family, all my Ween sisters for supporting me.
20:47My mom who couldn't be here.
20:48But everybody from New York, shout out to Brooklyn, New York.
20:51If Brooklyn's in the building, stand up.
20:53Thank you so much.
20:54It's such an honor to just share my gift and share my art and tell my story on this platform
21:00and on this stage and all across the world for everyone to receive what comes from above.
21:07So just thank you so much.
21:09All right.
21:09Thank you guys so much.
21:10Give all three of them a round of applause.
21:14Such an amazing time.
21:15Guys, thank you.
21:16And shout out to all our judges.
21:17Give our judges a round of applause.
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