01 Kaga Kaede - SHALL WE LOVE? (Gomattou)-- I absolutely love the depth she has in her voice. @.@;; She's not super stable so far, but damn. Such a strong favorite of mine ;o; Despite her cough lol Aw <3 I really want her in MM. ):
02 Yamaki Risa - Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game (Morning Musume)-- I love that she's making her age (as she's the oldest) a good thing and use it to her advantage. So much potential in this girl. She sounds rather flat emotion-wise though, but her voice is there.
03 Taguchi Natsumi - 100 kai no KISS (Matsuura Aya)-- Ouch. Those high notes were kinda painful to listen to. Supposedly she choose this song by chance because she was currently listening to it... Or she would have chosen Tsuugaku Vector or Hatsukoi Cider. She wouldn't have pulled off those either. >>; I'd say this was bad, for H!P standards. Compared to other idols she'd be considered good.
04 Yokogawa Yumei - Bagel ni Ham & Cheese (℃-ute)-- Oh god. Just no. She sounds like Ichioka last year, only an octave higher or something. Good God. @_@
05 Inoue Hikaru - Otona na no yo! (Berryz Koubou)-- Wow. Far from good, but compared to what we've seen in backstage footage and the Youtube videos of her, she's improved like... a ton. Wow, impressive. Just in terms of voice I'd take her over Maasa or Chinami anyday. 8D
06 Makino Maria - Happy Summer Wedding (Morning Musume)-- Can't say I have much of an opinion on this. It wasn't amazing but it wasn't horrible and she sounds like you'd expect her to, so. lol Yay, she can sing~
07 Fujii Rio - Tabidachi no Haru ga Kita (S/mileage)-- I don't really remember her that well from the S/mileage auditions, but I really thought I had a memory of her being better than this... Really makes me appreciate the original ahahaha. She'll probably end up being really good in a few years though.
08 Niinuma Kisora - Daisuki 100manten (Morning Musume)-- Wow finally get to hear her sing. I like her voice. Obviously still has to work on control and all but man, she'll be good one day. @.@;; Kinda sounded a bit like Mizuki at parts... Nice nice.
09 Tanabe Nanami - Bagel ni Ham & Cheese (℃-ute)-- Good God just debut her already. @_@ She's no Airi, by far, but she's so ready. So, so ready.
10 Haga Akane - Nanchatte Renai (Morning Musume)-- I really like how she sounds in the lower parts of the songs but she's... got a long way to go. But she'll probably get there soon enough.
11 Ogawa Rena - Sakura Mankai (Morning Musume. Sakura Gumi)-- So unpolished and so not good enought ;~; but man, she doesn't sound like her, but she really has even in her careful way of singing she's very Eri-ish. She has no confidence at all. Makes me really happy to hear that Yossie agrees with this. 8D Debut her too plz.
12 Mikame Kana - Samidare Bijo ga Samidareru (Juice=Juice)-- Was she trying to rearrange it or something? @.@ She's far from bad but wow her voice is all over the place. @.@;; Stay there for a few more years plz lol.
13 Hamaura Ayano - Yakimochi wo kudasai! (Berryz Koubou)-- As much as I do like the whole "I like this song so I wanted to sing it" reasoning - it really kinda bugs me that they (esp the more experienced ones) don't go for songs they think they'll do really well in. Hamachan is far from bad, but picking a song like this where she doesn't really get time to breath and/or they're too difficult, just.. ruins stuff. :l
14 Kishimoto Yumeno - REAL LOVE (Sugaya Risako)-- Yumeno. o__o Did not expect her to do that good in this song. @.@; Much better than I expected.
15 Ichioka Reina - Jishin motte Yume wo motte Tobidatsu kara (Takahashi Ai)-- Wow the improvement is huge. o__o Last year she was off and all over the place. Wow. Best(?) improvement? Impressed. There's no feelings whatsoever in her singing but she's got the techs down now wow. Never thought she would tbh.
16 Danbara Ruru - Memory Seishun no Hikari (Morning Musume)-- She's easily one of the best singers in Kenshuusei. She's good with emotion too. But, I could have done with less ...shout-ish singing. Hashimoto says that Ruru is better than Fukuda was at the time, because he was the one in charge of the recording back then so he would know. And honestly? I could see it. Ruru is damn good. But be a bit softer in your singing plz. @.@ Such a high level, though.
17 Inaba Manaka - Sukichan (S/mileage)-- She's so... squeaky ahahaha. But not unpleasantly so. I like this. She could go in S/mileage without doubt. Far from perfect man, she's good for sure.
18 Funaki Musubu - DESTINY LOVE (High-King)-- This song is a favorite of mine, and she really pulls it off. How is she so tiny and young but so good. @__@ I want more.
19 Sasaki Rikako - Kiseki no Kaori Dance. (Matsuura Aya)-- So energetic <3 And she's improved a lot too, good stuff. Again far from perfect but, the energy kinda makes up for it, you can tell she really has fun.
20 Nomura Minami - My Days for You (Mano Erina)-- She sounded very... I don't know. Empty. Somehow. Wasn't awful though.
21 Yoshihashi Kurumi - Naichau Kamo (Morning Musume)-- This kind of song doesn't suit her voice at all. She doesn't have the emotions right, her bouncy side shines through, but I like that she went with this because I'm sure she knows and it's a challenge for sure. I do like her though, she's such a reliable girl in every other sense.
22 Ooura Hirona - Suppin to Namida (Gotou Maki)-- I'm surprised at how well she did on this. Her voice needs a lot of work but even so, for having been rather bad last winter she's come a long way, I'd say. I hope she keeps improving too, cause damn I like this girl.

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23 Murota Mizuki - Memory Seishun no Hikari (Morning Musume)-- Man, she's doing that shout-singing that Ruru did as well. I don't approve at all. Maybe it comes out that way because they don't know how to put emotion into their singing, I don't know, but it doesn't go with the song anyway. >>; Such a good singer though, but... ):
24 Wada Sakurako - Boogie Train '03 (Fujimoto Miki)-- Eh... not too impressed, but it was nice that she pulled off the falsetto parts.
25 Yamagishi Riko - Aitai Aitai Aitai na (℃-ute)-- Half of the song sounded almost like speak-singing... but it's nice to hear her sing something with some edge and she did fairly decent at it too.
26 Tanaka Karen - dearest. (Matsuura Aya)-- Wow, I'm impressed. I didn't really have any kind of expectations on her but wow... Had no idea she was /this/ good. Looking forward to her improving from now on. *__*