In 9th place, with 16 points...

Malamente with Whole Lotta Money.

ALI
mmm yeah this is a bop low key... I wish she had a slight more energy in her delivery, but i guess that's where my taste lies... but yeth at a rap song, a genre that truly slays if sang properly.

MAX
Honestly, this isn't the type of direction I personally would've went with. Although I get where you're coming from and how you build up a story around it, it just wasn't good enough to make yourself stand out amongst the other GREAT songs submitted this week. I do feel you've started to slow down, and I think if you find a more subtle artist to submit you could easily win the judges back over again. However, this week, I do think you've dropped the ball a bit.

NEVRA
I love rap! But I’m just a little bored at this….. idk I’m just not feeling it…. I like your idea but the same is just too low energy for me to be sold! It’s just too undercooked! The song is cute but idk, this was a strong week and it’s just getting lost in the shuffle !

Malamente, you will sadly be headed to the Battle Stage tonight. :(

Placing in 8th place... with 19 points...

Kemi with 2LATE.

Kemi originally placed 7th, but was knocked down to 8th by Andrew for using the Knock-a-Spot reward.

ALI
okay she is starting off fierce. Damn lyrics going off, she is edgy, she is feeling herself. But tea the "ehhh-ohhh" feels um a bit corny lmao ngl... I can't take it seriously because of that. But damn the lyrics are like good... oh the ending is okay I guess??? Not like huge about it, but I guess it's good enough for a basic singer like Iyla.

MAX
I liked this. Anything above this however, is just a bit better. I think, personally, you're slipping up a tiny bit... and I THINK it's because you try too hard to impress the judges, but really, your first two submissions were both MUCH more in-tune with who Kemi is, and personally, we liked that more. I do think there was thought behind this submission, but when the songs are all so good, this is why I think it fell very middle of the road.

NEVRA
HELP WHY IS SHE YODELING CKHSKXHEKXHDKFJ I laugh every time 😭😭😭 it’s giving like cracked out modernization of the sound of music dkdhkdhdkdjdf yeah…. I actually don’t like the yodeling that much but the rest of the song is cute! I like a good r&b hit! The yodeling, like I said, is bad BUT it does make the song standout and makes it unique !

Which means, placing 7th, we have Andrew with HAPPY EVER AFTER.

ALI
okay she is bit repetitive ok... okay its not bad like I am not totally against it, oh okay the effects lmao... oh its repetitive again... waiting for it to become interesting, repetitive again... well. Yeah that was it, well I guess...

MAX
Honestly, the other two judges didn't like this as much but I vibed. There's something so simple yet so effective with this, and I think it's a good follow-up to last week's winning performance of yours. I do think you know how to win me over, but the other judges is where you lack a bit more momentum. I will commend you for always giving it your 100% and trying to appeal to all three of us, and it shows, because you've managed to fight your way onto the final 8!

NEVRA
Yeah…. this is just a little corny to me 😭😭 sorry girl….. I really like your movie! It was giving cunt…. I just wished the song didn’t have that immature edginess to it :/ But I can tell that you’re trying !