Is This the BEST "Over the Rainbow" Performance Ever? | Vocal Coach Reacts to Sydnie Christmas

[@Incognito-----------]

she came out after this performance saying she thought its the worst she ever sang, went off stage crying to her mom. Tells you right there she has no clue how good she really is, comes from being rejected so much. she is absolutely amazing.

[@andreagagne2377]

Sydnie is by far one of the best singers I've ever heard. She's up there with Whitney and Celine in my opinion and I didn't think that was possible.

[@martellen]

And the power of Bassey too

[@nowhearthis2]

Fine comparison. However, time will test my opinion, but I place Sydnie Christmas above even those two. Ms. Christmas is to me the Luciano Pavorotti, the Edith Piaf, the Enrico Caruso, the Maria Callas of contemporary theatrical and popular music. Simply the best today.

[@tobster955]

Sidney is just so special - complete performer package, and beautiful soul!

[@munci6474]

Sydnie is class for herself...voice of this century...🌠

[@LyndaAlsford]

I'm really enjoying your videos. I love how you listen to the whole video first and then later do the stop/start analysis. So glad you love Sydnie Christmas. I loved her from the first song.

[@DouniaRaphael]

I appreciate that! Thank you so much! 🤍

[@StanislawBielecki-t5k]

Sydnie is going to perform live on stage at the "Royal Variety Performance" a show for charity in front of the British Royal Family. It will be shown on UK TV in December.

[@Neil-z7n]

Chronologically, you now need to react to Sydnie’s official music video of Starlight Express from her newly released debut album My Way; and then her official music videos of My Way and Over the Rainbow, also from her My Way album. Thank you for your, as usual, thorough and thoughtful analysis, Dounia.

[@guilbert5815]

A very beautiful, honest and authentic reaction. Thank you Dounia.

[@DouniaRaphael]

Thank you for watching! 🤍

[@ronbates1795]

I simply love Sydnie beginning with Tomorrow. You are also exceptional in your presentation presenting the whole song then breaking it down.

[@Neil-z7n]

Dounia, please consider reacting to Sydnie’s heartfelt and stirring rendition of The Impossible Dream, from her My Way album. The lyrics of this song surely helped to sustain and inspire her during the long years of crushing rejection.

[@CliftonHooks-fx8ld]

Love your reactions to Sydnie Christmas. So knowledgeable and heartfelt. Thank you.

[@DouniaRaphael]

You're welcome! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. 😊

[@robinabbott5653]

Omg, I just love love your reactions of Sydnie Christmas’s songs. You’re really the best. I love that you do not interrupt, then replay and explain to us how Sydnie accomplishes the musicality that she renders in each song she sings. I’d say check,out Starlight Express, To Dream the Impossible Dream or her Bondesque in Believer. Thanks so much.

[@Colin-to1nv]

Yes, Dounia is one of the best, and so really deserves our extended support, as she mentioned. Sydnie's music is showing us her talent is limitless, a word Dounia used: definitely the songs you mentioned, and Hall of Fame and O Holy City, too. All personalized by Sydnie.

[@terripillette5759]

Hi Dounia, I have listened to many reactions and only recently found you. You are my favorite, by far!, and I'm now a subscriber. I appreciate that you play the entire song before going back to play it again to add your comments. Ms. Christmas ' version of this song is wonderful, but I would love to hear your reaction to Eva Cassidy's version of the same song. She is one of the BEST storytellers in music. Unfortunately, she died young (age 33) of cancer. Thank you for what you are doing and for reading this. Terri, from Oregon, USA.

[@JimmyCRC]

Thank you. Hope you'll listen to her album soon. These all BGT (studio versions) and another 8 wonderful songs are included. 😊

[@pattyjomckee]

Sydnie is so sweet and so are you.

[@CindyBusfield]

I am not sure if you know that Sydnie’s album was released earlier this month.Prior to the release she released a single from the album- Starlight Express. Sydnie was in that production for 3 years in Germany. This song is very beautiful and I think you will like it. Also, Sydnie goes on tour in the UK after the first of the year. I’ve also read that Sydnie will be headed to Hollywood to sing in a birthday gig for David Foster. I think Sydnie is headed for greatness.

[@boz352]

Thanks! You ask what to watch next...anything Sydnie sings. You and we already know it will be beautiful, just too short.

[@pattyjomckee]

I just subscribed. Love you!

[@regorhtims]

Thank you Dounia for your critique of this third song by Sydnie Christmas, done on BGT. I've been waiting for you to do this. I don't know you or your parents that you mention, but I love you all. You and your family and your country that is now in a war, are all in my prayers. May God protect you all and supply peace in Lebanon and around the world. God has gifted me with a great love. That love I share with you!!

[@williamdaniels4013]

WAS WAITIN' YOU CAUSE YOU APPRECIATING SONGSTRESSES AND BEING ONE YOURSELF I COULDN'T WAIT TO HEAR YOUR VIEW!!! ❤️💐🎤👑💃🫂💯

[@johnblackhead2384]

I bought her album. It’s fantastic.

[@rickhshepard]

Good luck Dounia. You make great reaction videos. Thank you.

[@DouniaRaphael]

Thank you! 😃

[@almadeusstar]

you said you are super happy that we love your reactions.....welll.......it is you that we love....your reactions are you and we love YOU....

[@DouniaRaphael]

That’s so sweet of you to say! 🤍

[@thomas-gw3xf]

you are transported onto the rainbow itself

[@smoofollowingqalroundthewo206]

I really appreciate the technical analysis! ❤

[@DouniaRaphael]

Thank you so much! 🤍

[@riccardocoletta2398]

This version is based on Loren Allred version (Sidney is a big fan of her, you should look for that version, it's as amazing as this) and she shared during an interview that Loren herlsef helped Sidney to personalize it with BGT vocal coach

[@boz352]

Thanks! You are a special pleasure in your reactions.

[@DouniaRaphael]

Thank you so much! 🥰

[@BillW0330]

Like you I wish there was more. I think this was by far her best performance. It blows me away every time I watch it.

[@jamesmorris8938]

She just came out with an album. Listen to it!

[@LoneWolf-qk7rv]

Once again, watching your reaction was a great moment. Your division of the reaction is brilliant, saving your comments for repetition. Too short!!! Maybe... But not for Sydnie... What can I recommend/suggest/ask for you? Three different hypotheses: - Videos prior to BGT - kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4OTnn1qZryKaJo - Starlight Express - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKaZpqWInqx5f8U - The 1st Album (October 4th) = BGT (1, 2, 3) + Stralight Express + 6 new songs (among them "Believer" which is expected to be the one that will be performed at Royal Variety. - www. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2XNnaewYqqMpsU And Sydnie's presence at David Foster's 75th Birthday, on November 3rd, is confirmed.

[@nowhearthis2]

Wow! Is there a word more powerful than "wow?" If there is, I want to shout it now about Sydnie Christmas' extraordinary, beyond extraordinary voice, delivery, presence, and dynamism. Spectacular, breathtaking, stupendous, astounding, prodigious, astonishing, fabulous, incredible! Can I say more? When I find the words, I shall. And thank you , Dounia, for bringing us this lovely review. You, too, are a gem. - Et puisse le peuple libanais survive à cette période horrible. ولينجو شعب لبنان من هذا الزمن المروع.

[@DouniaRaphael]

Wow, thank you!

[@DouniaRaphael]

Wow, thank you!

[@johnshea5967]

Second best rendition of this one! The best is by The late great Eva Cassidy ❤

[@davidmitchell3489]

I think Sydney Christmas is amazing and am glad she won. Well deserved. Now, to answer the question posed: Is this the best version? IMHO, it’s up there as one of the best. For me though, the best version I’ve ever heard is a live acoustic version by the late Eva Cassidy.

[@celiahopper7125]

THE..BEST

[@Jamienomore]

Sydnie sings all her songs, Her Way. If you watch the Lyric version of Starlight Express sung by the Cast, it sounds Operatic. If you watch Sydnie's Video of it, it's in a different Class. Great Reactions to a Great Singer.🧸🧸

[@steinwaygrands]

Thanks!

[@DouniaRaphael]

Thank you so much! 🤍🤍

[@renewestrayforgy7867]

PRAYER FOR LEBANON!

[@ericzeichert511]

Somewhere over the rainbow, there is a free and prosperous Lebanon! Hang in there Dounia, there is a wave of good sense coming. Sydnie's album My Wsy is 11 nuggets of hope and inspiration. Her Impossible Dream is totally gobsmacking, and the world has just found it's new Dulcinea. It's Christmastime in October!

[@Colin-to1nv]

Yes, oh how soon will Lebanon have her dreams fulfilled, too.❤ Sydnie is just starting to reveal her phenomenal talent; we cannot speak enough of her singing.❤😊

[@Kodiak660]

❤

[@Colin-to1nv]

It was just two minutes....for her BGT slot, and she filled her two minutes with perfection, as you say. This is her kiss on the cover of her idol, Loren Allred, who adapted the recent, Hawaiian tune. Only when Loren contacted her with a video msg endorsing her use of her song did Sydnie agree to use her idol's tune; twas suggested by BGT themselves after she won her semi-final, and had 3 days to prepare for this. Loren calls it "our song", now. The differences are here and there, like the straight note on the delicate "me" early on while Loren does a bit more than that. The music video of this song is better again than this rendition: Sydnie is just starting, her full voice expanding yet more.... You're spot on, she is limitless. Sydnie's new album has a whole mixture of songs and moods, finishing with songs also of the triumph of her Christian faith after all the years of struggles, in the subtle, English style that is hers. Just superb: enjoy! And we look forward to your reactions.

[@lawrenceb5236]

Well said, Colin.

[@Colin-to1nv]

@@lawrenceb5236 Thank you, Lawrence: sounded like Dounia needed help catching up as she keeps up, now.

[@rosegardenia3254]

🤔Yes! Her song choices in her album were carefully chosen - subtly & brilliantly shared with audiences her dream & her faith hope story via her choices of songs!❤❤❤

[@Colin-to1nv]

​@@rosegardenia3254 Yes! Introducing much more of her phenomenal talent & personality: where will she take us to, next year?

[@timjackson1904]

I suspect her control comes from being a bit of an athlete. In a interview she mentioned she plays rugby!!!! and was thinking of becoming a gym instructor. Combined with 4 seasons of Starlite express in Germany where she roller skated, I think she has the strength and timing to support her voice. I think she has a cool name, a stars name. Oh, and whilst I remember, Tom Jones voice shocked people in the same way and I once saw a picture of him sunbathing by a pool, never realized he was ripped like a body builder. Thats why Im thinking you need the body to support a big voice and the control? What do you think?

[@wagonmaster1974]

Sydnie did a great job with the version she chose. The order for me, now, is: Eva Cassidy, Judy Garland, Sydnie Christmas. I can't see anything changing that. Nice review, though. Sydnie absolutely left me breathless with her version of "Tomorrow."

[@TrenaHunt]

Will you listen to Sydney Christmas Starlight Express

[@solomonfaber8026]

Wonderful version and singing!!! But, Eva Cassidy still has my heart!!!!

[@Rosannasfriend]

I’m not sure you heard Loren already, the arrangement she’s using is from Loren Allred who did it first. The Loren Allred performance is very dear to me. Emotionally and vocally just stood out above the rest for me. This version is fantastic and lived up to Loren Allred’s version, but I’m not gonna say it is better because at the end of the day it is inspired by that and copied that.

[@maliqridwane3062]

Having your look Over the rainbow from Putrie Ariani Ft Dwiki Darmawan this also so amazing in Jazz Tunes Version

[@shooster5884]

As a voice coach I would love you to give your reaction to another version of this song.. very different though... by Amira Willighagen

[@johnforsyth7987]

Thank you for your kind video. How about reacting to Judy Garland's original performance of Over the Rainbow

[@TrenaHunt]

Check out Starlight Express

[@rosegardenia3254]

😊Pls react on Sydnie’s rendition of 🎶”She used to be mine”. Thanks much. 🙏Praying for the innocent victims of Lebanon! 🙏🙏🙏

[@mikedoto6908]

Great reaction/analysis again

[@DouniaRaphael]

I’m so glad you enjoyed it! 😊

[@pamrogers5979]

What was that! :)

[@tolirojo]

She had been sick all week with the flu before this performance

[@SergioMuzzu]

cara dunia mi,dispiace tamto che le guerre debbano influenzare,ilo corso della vita di tanta gente.purtroppo i,"signori della"guerra che mandano a morire giovani,con un futuro di vita,che sia quel che sia,e la povera gente che muore senza averne nessuna colpa.questi "signori" dovrebbero ascoltare un po di musica di sidney forse potrebbero ricordarsi che, anche,loro annno un cuore che fino,alla fine dei nostri giorni continuera' a battere.Ebbene questi "signori"......lavorano solo di testa e,dimenticandosi di avere anche loro un cuore .mi piace molto la tua reazione su sidney.ti auguro un fduturo migliore a,te e tutti i,tuoi famigliari.

[@Hundhammer]

[@SergioMuzzu]

[@davidbrown8631]

So are you.

[@elmizano6008]

would you please reacts putri ariani feat. dwiki darmawan, over the rainbow (cover)

[@philharris5848]

Apart from Eva Cassidy's version who sadly is no longer with us. I think you should definitely react to 20 year old Lucy Thomas' version of this song, she's from the UK. Many reactors seem to think she has the most beautiful female voice on the planet.

[@iancave-nu1ff]

hi, i agree that both evas and Lucys performances were better due to the fact that they both sang it with far more empathy, this was to strident in my opinion, so lost the meaning of the song, but good non the less.

[@robinabbott5653]

They only give her I think 90 seconds for the final. It may be 2 min max.

[@DouniaRaphael]

That is not fair 🥺

[@robinabbott5653]

@@DouniaRaphael to be honest, Ai think Sydnie was so sick when she sang her final, she was glad for it to be over. Of course, we as fans can’t seem to ever get enough of her voice. Do you believe she told her mum after that she was so off key she thought she blew the whole competition.

[@cengizdoganay1944]

lets just saay; The Orpheos ( The God of Music) is landen. That is why there is so so sooo many talented ones apears. I hope it is not that about, armageddeon aproaches miths. :))))

[@jameswilliams9617]

Eva Cassidy then this.

[@bld9696]

Jona's version is the best.

[@BloodLSD]

too munch shouting for me look at voctave performance ;-)

[@albundy9160]

Belting Is a way of singling but thank you, no! Where are the emotions? I’m really fed up with those show off performances everywhere. Please see Eva and you will understand what Immortal greatness means!

[@williamdaniels4013]

I'M SORRY YOU DON'T GET MONETIZED FOR SYDNIE CHRISTMAS.😔😞😔

[@steveheckle8847]

No best ever OVER THE RAINBOW is EVA CASSIDY who unfortunately is no longer with us, she died of cancer at just 36yrs of age, one if the greatest FEMALE ARTISTS of the 20th century 🇬🇧👌🔥❤️

[@AlienNationLiveEvents]

I don't think you understand vocal prowess and voice control, but merely expressing a personal preference of song arrangement. There is no comparison with best version by Eva and Sydnie, it's obvious to see. Sad that Eva Cassidy died so young, but incomparable to the innocent and tragic lives being lost in in Lebanon.

[@rosegardenia3254]

🫡”Music taste is subjective, meaning it is influenced by personal experiences, emotions, and cultural backgrounds. What sounds melodious and captivating to one person might not resonate with someone else. This subjectivity is what makes music so fascinating and diverse.” ❤a ‘performing art’ which resonates/thuds depending on each one’s sensitivity & subjectivity!🫡

[@rosegardenia3254]

@@AlienNationLiveEvents😢indeed, war & hatred is a big big waste of beautiful innocent lives! Peace-love! ❤❤❤

[@keithmarshall3371]

@@steveheckle8847 Sydney sings the Loren Alred version.

[@wh2424]

Thanks!

[@DouniaRaphael]

I'm so glad you enjoyed the video! 🤍

[@Thatdadthang]

❤

[@georgeconway4360]

Thanks!

[@DouniaRaphael]

Thank you so much ☺️

[@masterimaginations207]

Thanks!

[@DouniaRaphael]

Thank you! 💖

[@masterimaginations207]

@@DouniaRaphael Im happy Trump got elected here (I live in Vegas) and I’m sure he will end these wars for everyone’s benefit. Until then, stay safe and thank you for your insightful reactions.

[@suzannefecteau4512]

Thanks!

[@DouniaRaphael]

Thank you so much! 🤍