Rusea's High - contributed

It will be a difficult task for voters to decide which school should go home this week on TVJ's All Together Sing after good performances from all four remaining schools.

Oberlin High, Rusea's High, Albert Town High and Mona High performed two songs each on Sunday night with each school earning good reviews from the judges. The first was a new song while the second was one of the songs they performed earlier in the competition.

Simmerin' hot

Rusea's High did Simmer Down as their first song and immediately won the hearts of the judges. Guest Judge, Tessanne Chin felt their performance was 'really good' and liked the progression of the song from soft and soulful to a faster beat. For their second performance, they did Etana's I am not Afraid. This also went over well the with judges, who were especially impressed by the lead singer. "You have proven over the years that you are really, really serious about what you are doing," Dennis Rushton said after their performance.

Lileth Sewell was 'intrigued by the subtleties in the arrangement.' Albert Town High was next doing a gospel medley titled Victory Medley. The judges felt their performance was strong. "Yam was oozing out of your voices," Sewell said.

Blending voices

In keeping with this statement the choir's next song was their folk rendition, Jamaican Yam. This one was loved even more by the judges, who rocked for the entire duration of the performance. "Your voices blended beautifully and the choir sang so strong," Chin said about the performance.

Mona High's new song was Rimminiah, Simminiah, Rimminiah King. Sewell singled out their enunciation and creative arrangement as two of the strong factors of their performance. "You gone clear," she said.

For their something old the choir performed, the folk song, Train a Blow. The judges loved it even more than the first time they did it. They loved the creative arrangement and different textures used in the performance.

The final Choir, Oberlin High left a strong impression on the judges with their performance of an 80s pop medley and for their old song, a folk medley. For the pop medley, they did a mixture of popular tunes including Footloose. Chin said their performance was spirited and a surprise since she did not believe those songs could have been performed by a choir.

The reviews for their second song were just as good. "It was one of my favourite performances of the night. It had everything," Chin said.

Sewell said the voice placement was correct and that their performance told a story.

Oberlin got the highest number of votes last week while Manchester High was sent home by the voters. With such good reviews, it is clear that voters would have to do their best to get their school through to the final round.