Ugh so Taylor performed twice since Lily wanted to walk with her in the segment she opened as well as Karlies and that caused the segments to change last minute? Ugh. I would have liked Ed Sheeran in "Dreamgirls", his song has a nice throwback feel, a mix for "Exotic Traveler" and make Alessandra and Adriana's entrance more dynamic, Taylor could have been in "Fairy Tale", Ariana was fine in "Pink" and Hozier in "Angel Ball". They had better music in the specials before and after the segments.
The editing was pretty fast, you would think with that amazing stage you wouldn't have to do so many cuts, just zoom in and out in a single take as the girls come closer to the end. Behati's entrance was ok, I liked that they opened with wings and it almost gave the illusion that she fell from above, if they made the stage brighter they might have pulled it off, I would have preferred Candice with those amazing wings to open. Lindsay did great at the end of the segment.
Is it me or did Karlie look pretty rough/washed out throughout the show, they could have done different make up to make her look softer and ran a comb through her hair. I don't know why Karlie had a video for ballet.
The Adriana/Alessandra video was nice though the music did not fit and apart from the FBs the outfits sucked. Dreamgirls was ok though Taylor ruined it, why does she get in the way so much. Fairy Tale was amazing, loved most of the outfits and it would have been nice to see Alessandra/Adriana in there with a 3rd outfit, I loved Hozier though he would have fit Angel's Ball much better.
Pink was decently enjoyable, some of the girls delivered great walks (they had the music to really strut) and I loved how the stage changed with every song, Bregje nailed her part and the stage switched lights right at the perfect time, right before she posed. I was expecting to see more wide shots like these with that LED stage, you get the feeling the girls are really in this other world.
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Angel's Ball would have had such an amazing opening, have Hozier on the side, have the segment with him singing the first slow verse as the girls get in position, keep the lights dim and actually set up the stage as a chess board, have each stand on a white square
anticipate the walks with some lighting, get a wide shot of ALL the girls in position, when he sings "Amen" change the lighting, then
BAMN, right as he belts out the chorus and on that "Take Me To Church" put a spot light on Karlie and have her do her thing like she did many times on the Dior shows and just keep on putting the spotlight on girls as they walk, he might have to repeat the chorus at the end a couple of times but that's ok.
Anyways, enough bickering. They did some decent changes this year and some bad ones, keep the stage and graphics, less wings but bigger ones would be appreciated, less performers and less girls.
The Holiday commercial was nice, but same old same old, give us something new. I liked the throwback with the music. It felt a bit weird when they cut back to Carol of The Bells after the "I Like The Way You Move" and the remix of the Cygnets' Dance, Doutzen would fit the Heavenly fragrance better as opposed to Karlie, too many random beauty shots that were all the same.
She was the most misplaced girl on the show 
For the newcomers, my faves were Kate, Romee & Blanca 
