Talk:Jackie Evancho

Soprano or not soprano?

I have heard some musical friends say that Jackie is not actually a soprano. It does seem to me that her singing is not quite in soprano range, mezzo perhaps? What do you all think? Jeopardyfish (talk) 04:54, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Why is the English translation of the song title being used?

I did not hear one word of English sung during her performance at the semifinals. The song is on her cd and it is titled in Italian there.1archie99 (talk) 01:33, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

The title is now in Italian1archie99 (talk) 02:16, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

She sung 'Time To Say Goodbye' not 'Con Te Partiró'. There IS a difference. 'Time To Say Goodbye', you will find, is always credited to Frank Peterson in the song writing credits whilst 'Con Te Partiró' never is. This is because 'TTSG' is an adapted version of the original song 'CTP' and that adaptation was made for Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli. The difference of song is simple. The first line in the chorus will be 'Time to say goodbye...' for the adapted version, whilst the original would be the Italian. Jackie used the English line, it's therefore the song that belongs to Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli, not just Andrea Bocelli.

What she did for her album is neither here or there. The article is referring to her performance on AGT, not her album. The wrong song title is being used here, and Sarah Brightman should be credited, as it's her adapatation that's being used, as written by her producer, Frank Peterson. I have therefore reverted it back. You can keep changing it, but it's inaccurate. Copyright laws would give that performance's ownership partly to Frank Peterson. Because it's HIS adaptation. If his adapted parts were not in it, I would agree with you, alas, you're incorrect, because they are used. (79.67.23.61 (talk) 20:58, 6 September 2010 (UTC))

I see that somebody changed it back AGAIN. You're WRONG. I think people are getting confused by the fact that they think it's been edited to 'Time To Say Goodbye' to make the title English so people can read it, but that is NOT the case. That is the official title of the song that Jackie sang. She sang Sarah Brightman's (i.e. Frank Peterson's) ADAPTED version of 'Con Te Partiró', which is called 'Time To Say Goodbye'. She did not sing 'Con Te Partiró'. Look up the history of the song here on Wiki, that tells you of the adaptation, the title change, and so on. It's really not a difficult concept to grasp, is it? (79.67.23.61 (talk) 06:54, 8 September 2010 (UTC))

Why was the cd withdrawn from sale?

The physical cd was in short supply. I bought mine by cd download from Amazon the day after her performance before she was announced as being one of the top 3 in the quarterfinals. I do not feel that it was recorded as well as Hollie Steel's album which I also purchased by cd download. The volume is very loud; I have to turn the tracks down to avoid distortion. This also could be in part an effort to whip up interest in a second album which was announced to be in the works within the youtube videos.1archie99 (talk) 03:07, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Performances and results

I suggest eliminating the "Week" column; combining its info into the "Round" column.1archie99 (talk) 02:07, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

Eh, I think it's fine staying separate. They have relevant, different information from each other. Silverseren^C 02:49, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

The "week" column does not make sense to me. It is being used to give further info about the round and in one case repeats info that is in the "round" column. A "week" column if it there at all should have the number of the week(s) and/or the date of the week in it.1archie99 (talk) 14:21, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

Removed controversies section

Guys, even mentioning this is giving it too much weight. Here is the quote from the cited Montreal Gazette:

"Evancho is that once-in-a-lifetime find, whose performance last week prompted more than 3 million YouTube hits, as well as such cynical comments posted to a YouTube message board as: Is Evancho lip-synching? Is she being Auto-Tuned? How the heck can a 10-year-old take on Puccini and make it sound credible? "

That is hardly a controversy that she might be lip-synching. -- Bertrc (talk) 13:33, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

I believe a mention of it is reliable, as the other source states,

"In a matter of days, little Jackie has become somewhat of an internet sensation as videos of her singing on YouTube went viral and viewers split up into two camps – one that was highly impressed, and one that was highly skeptical.

Allegations that Jackie was lip-synching on last week's show have so far been unproven, and they've been denied by NBC. Yet the controversy continues, and it would have been very interesting to see what kind of ratings NBC could have pulled in last night if there was no wildcard round and if Jackie was back on stage.

It's not yet set in stone, but most likely she will be back in action next Tuesday when the semi-finals kick off. (In all probability, 12 acts will perform next week and 12 will perform a week later. If the folks at NBC were smart, they would make sure Jackie Evancho is included in next week's lineup.)"

That seems like more than enough coverage to mention it, though I believe the sentence should be reworked to include NBC's denial. (I, personally, do not believe in the slightest that she is lip-synching.) Silverseren^C 15:52, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

Info about the controversy can also be found here, here and here (with video investigation). I think all of this together is more than enough to make a small section about it. Silverseren^C 15:56, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

I just feel that having such a contoversy section is giving it undue weight, especially considering that this article falls under BLP. It is like having a conspiracy section for a living writer, accusing him or her of plagiarism on the basis of some internet trolls, when there is no evidence backing them beyond disbelief. All the links you provided simply say she was not lip synching. They ar not giving credence to the rumors; rather, they are giving credence to the gut reaction of "OMG, I can't believe what I'm hearing" that many of us felt upon hearing her. How do you feel about my compromise [1]? --Bertrc (talk) 20:49, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

News article about her hometown support

Can this be used in the article?1archie99 (talk) 03:26, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

It's an RS, so yeah, though i'm not sure what section it should be put in. Silverseren^C 04:09, 14 September 2010 (UTC)