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The base while Avi is singing solo was sung by Scott, he has an impressive lower extention to his range.

I hope you can react to their cover of "The Prayer". Scott does a good job with the Italian. On most of their videos they wear uncolorful clothes that do not attract a lot of attention because they want us to focus on their singing, not on what they wear.

Scott sings Bass when Avi sings the lead. Thanks for the reaction.

As an American I have seen people react to this video more than a hundred times. And I don't know if it's because you're Italian or if you are just excellent at your chosen profession but, this is one of the best reactions I have seen. The way you saw and intrepeted the video with the music, pointed out things that I haven't noticed before or even really paid attention to. I really enjoyed this reaction, so much so, I actually clicked the 'like' button. Something I never do, ever.

What a wonderful reaction, not only to the music but to the visuals and meaning. As a writer myself, I thoroughly enjoyed your interpretation. Two tiny notes: the first is that when Avi (and now Matt) since lead, Scott drops down to the lower part of his register to cover the bass part; the other is that the sole female member is named Kirstin rather than Christine. It's an understandable mistake: we Kristines, Christines, Kirstins and Kristins tend to get called by so many versions of our names that we tend to answer to anything even remotely close. Kirstin's voice is incredibly powerful and has only only become richer and more beautiful as it has matured. That's actually true of the entire group. I've always thought they were phenomenal, but now that they're all nearing or in their thirties they're creating songs that are almost painfully beautiful. I know it's the wrong season but if you haven't yet you really should react to three of the songs on their 2023 Holiday compilation: "O Holy Night," "Kiss From A Rose" and "Christmas Time is Here/Pure Imagination."

Your reaction was the most insightful I think i have ever heard. Thank you.

This was recorded in the studio for release on their 2016 Christmas album, "A Pentatonix Christmas," so in the official video they're lip-synching to the music they've already recorded. Which, in the case of #Pentatonix, means that they're actually singing the song so they're in proper time and completely synchronized with each other and all their movements are genuine, but the audio track is from the studio recording. This was shot in the Mojave desert outside of Barstow, California. Because it went with a song on that year's Christmas album, they were all dressed in warm winter coats, even though they were filming it in the summer and the temperature was around 98° Fahrenheit (36.667° Celsius), so they were all miserably hot. Kirstin had injured her foot or ankle and was unable to walk with them; it was as much as she could do to stand in one spot while the men walked up behind her. And they were off-road and afraid that they wouldn't be able to find their way out in the dark, but they really wanted the video to include Mitch's hat eclipsing the setting sun. So they needed to do it as quickly as possible and then leave immediately, which is exactly what they did, and they were VERY relieved to be putting it behind them. And yes, they did manage to make it out before full darkness fell, just barely.

I have to tell you, your reaction is one of the very best I've heard. Thank you for clearly loving Pentaonix. I will be subscribing.

Beautiful Reaction- Thanks so much!!

Pentatonix History…..composed by Alan Freeman updated by Perry Stevenson They won The Sing Off in 2011. They made a guest starring appearance on America′s Got Talent as non−competitors a couple of years after that. The founding members are:- Scott Hoying (tall blond guy, natural baritone but has an impressive five−to−six octave range, can go all the way up to high tenor and down to bass, sings the bass lines when the usual bass singer takes the lead); Kirstin "Kirstie" (Rhymes with "Thirsty") Maldonado (the only female member, natural mezzo soprano, but can go down to low alto and as high as upper soprano, also can sing in whistle notes that are off the scale); For a time in 2018 between the group’s tours, had the female lead on Broadway in the production of “Kinky Boots”. Mitch Grassi (a true contra−tenor, can hit high notes in his chest voice with ease and go WAY higher in his falsetto, also with ease); Avriel "Avi" Kaplan (dark beard and long hair), true basso profundo, trained as an opera singer, also can go up into the tenor range; and Kevin "KO" Olusola (beatboxer extraordinaire, also is a world−class cellist who plays cello on some of their songs, has a beautiful high tenor voice and gets occasional lead vocal solos as well, graduated pre−med from Yale and speaks several languages including Mandarin Chinese). Kirstie, Scott & Mitch grew up together in Arlington, Texas, and began performing together as children in local youth musical theater. They ended up in high school together and performed in the choir. While there, they formed an a cappella group called The Trio which had several performance videos go viral on KZfaq, most notably a cover of Lady Gaga′s "Telephone". The three of them are best friends and consider themselves to be almost siblings. Scott & Kirstie (who were a class year ahead of Mitch) both graduated high school in 2010 and went their separate ways to different colleges, Scott at USC and Kirstie at Oklahoma. While at USC, Scott joined a USC−based a cappella group called the SoCal VoCals, where he met alumnus Ben Bram, who was now an arranger and vocal coach for the NBC TV show The Sing Off, an a cappella competition show. Ben convinced Scott to get The Trio to audition for the show. The three reunited (Mitch had to skip high school graduation ceremonies to go) in Los Angeles for the audition. They found out that the rules had changed, so they needed at least five members to audition. Ben put them together with Avi (a native of Visalia, California), who he knew from Avi′s performing days at Mount San Antonio College in California. They found Kevin (from Kentucky) through one of his KZfaq videos that had gone viral featuring him playing the cello and beatboxing at the same time, a talent that Kevin coined as "Cello−Boxing". Kevin arrived in Los Angeles literally the day before the audition! Scott came up with the name "Pentatonix" after the pentatonic scale. They performed a re−arrangement of "The Telephone" for the audition and passed, despite having been together as a five−piece group for less that 24 hours! They won The Sing Off that season (all of the performances are available on KZfaq), in which they received a substantial cash prize AND a record contract with Epic Records. They pooled their prize winnings together and all moved to Los Angeles, and all got apartments right next door to each other in the same building. But just a week later, Epic dropped them because the marketing people didn′t think an acappella group could sell records. Instead of giving up, they were determined and began recording their own songs on KZfaq, hiring Ben Bram as their producer and arranger. These usually consisted of the five of them sitting on a couch and performing cover songs live. Several of the videos went viral, and Sony (the parent company of Epic) decided to give them another chance by placing them on one of their smaller labels, Madison Gate. They released two secular EPs and one Christmas EP on Madison Gate, all of which were strong sellers. But when their cover of a medley of songs by Daft Punk not only went super−viral, but also won them their first Grammy, they were promoted all the way up to RCA Records, Sony′s top label. They began writing and producing their own songs in addition to their covers, began putting out a Christmas album just about annually (which has become their best−selling genre), and have had multi−platinum album sales, sold−out world tours, and have won two additional Grammys. Avi began getting burned out with all of the touring and heavy recording schedule, was suffering from anxiety and personal problems, and learned that his mother had been diagnosed with cancer in 2017. He announced he was departing from the group and taking some time away from the music industry. Matt Sallee (from Baltimore) joined them in September 2017. He did only become official when they renewed their RCA contract in February 2018, but he recorded with them in September as a featured artist and went on their Christmas tour as a featured artist, as well. When he attended the audition for the group, he had already mastered the Bass part for most if not all their past catalogue. He was successful and has proved that he fits in well with the group. If you think there have been other changes to the line up - look again. This is the ONLY change. Kirstie and Mitch are like chameleons and change looks frequently. After a year away from music, Avi has now returned as a phenomenal solo artist in the Folk/Americana/Roots genre. Ben Bram has been in charge of their production, including arranging and directing from the beginning. He is often referred to as the sixth member. Scott and Kevin are major players in the arrangements, but every member contributes. good watch is "The Recording of Evergreen" where a camera was invited into the studio for the second week of recording/ Also, all members are songwriters for both Pentatonix and their own solo work. Ed Boyer who mixes everything of theirs (even the HWB Livestream) is the one who pulled Ben Bram into the sing off in the first place. The 3 Grammys they’ve won include…. (1)Daft Punk for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella…… (2)Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella…. (3) Jolene w/Dolly Parton for Best Country Duo/Group Performance. They were nominated for a 4th Grammy for their album “Evergreen” for Best Traditional Vocal Album. They were also nominated for a 5th Grammy award for their album “Holidays Around The World” for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. They have a star on the Hollywood walk of fame installed in February 2023. THEY ARE THE ONLY ACAPELLA GROUP WITH A STAR!!!! UPDATE: Pentatonix has also done 9 intros for Thursday Night Football based on their original song “sing”. Links for 3 of them are kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ftiiqK2h2dPGe4k.html and kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sLqFhqVlzt24eX0.html and kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m5igqayFyJ_FY4k.html UPDATE: Pentatonix has done a cameo appearance in the new movie “Candy Cane Lane” starring Eddie Murphy. They are the carolers. UPDATE: Pentatonix sang the National Anthem at the 2023 College Football National Championship game. Link is kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nNeHjJV2uq3Ql58.html UPDATE: They came 3rd in the 2023 Masked Singer performing as "California Rolls" being unmasked in May 23. Kirstie became a new mum which caused a pause in touring after their Evergreen Christmas tour 2021. Mid March 2023 Kirstie has announced that she is engaged to Ben Hausdorff, their videographer. No dates YET! It is an often debated subject among the Pentaholics as to just how soon we introduce the "Beginners Guide" as we don't want to overdo the introduction. This is a compilation of snips of a whole load of songs which PTX have released. It highlights each member with some of their solos and then a brief history in video. It is quite long - 14+ minutes and is a little dated now (Feb 2020) but is a good watch kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oqqofMmoy6nRgXk.html&pp=ygUdYmVnaW5uZXJzIGd1aWRlIHRvIHBlbnRhdG9uaXg%3D. Things you need to know because if you get these wrong “Pentaholics” will come after you with pitch forks and torches! Ha Ha Ha!! 1- There is NO Auto-Tune; what you hear is actually what they sing. They really are that good. One exception is the 90's Dance Medley where Cher used auto-tune as an effect - so they had to. 2- What produces everything that you hear in the video, you see in the official video. If there is an instrument used in the music, you see it on screen. In the 2022 Christmas album, there are some instruments not featured throughout the album. 3- They never release something on video they can’t reproduce with the exact same quality live on-stage.

Kirstin had a broken ankle when they were filming this (they also managed to film a whole Christmas special around it). So that's the primary reason why she's not walking with them, which is not to say that your interpretation is not also valid. Also, Scott sings the bass whenever Avi (or Matt these days) has a solo. Scott has an enormous range.

Nobody can belt like Kirstin, and you are right, she could do that all day, lol. Your interpretations are very inciteful and interesting to hear! It is quite a unique reaction video, I enjoyed it!

Excellent and very informative reaction and analysis. I have watched many reactions to this video, and yours might be the best. BTW, I don't speak Italian, but your English sub was of a professional level. Grazi.

Love your reaction........God Bless.

Thank you for this. I enjoyed your analysis of and appreciation for Pentatonix very much! Peace …

Fascinating.

Sono fantastici

Loved your interpretation ! Thank you!

Love, love, loved your reaction, so inciteful, have Subscribed. Love Pentatonix, also Voctave!

An extremely unique reaction. It was exceptional. The same themes you seem to be talking about are in their cover of the song "Imagine" by John .Lennon. If you do a reaction to it what i am about to say will make sense. I have always thought that if we had huge movie screens in open fields all over the world literally, and could play their version of "imagine" a few times we could be so much closer to world peace. I'm not exaggerating. Subbed for more ptx.❤

Buongiorno Paolo, una reazione molto interessante con letture uniche che arrivano dalla tua esperienza da scrittore che ho trovato molto interessanti. In altri commenti già ti hanno già fatto ro queste osservazioni ma te ne voglio parlare anche io perché a mio avviso questi ragazzi sono talmente unici e bravi che meritano sempre delle specifiche per informare chi non li conosce molto: nei video ufficiali spesso si è portati a pensare che ci siano effetti o altro ma non è così, i Pentatonix fanno canzoni che poi devono poter riprodurre dal vivo, c'è una loro performance live di Haleluia, e anche delle altre canzoni, che apprezzo molto perché si sente quanto questo sia vero; Scott è un baritono ed ha una amplia gradazione (anche se non credo sia la parola giusta) della voce che gli permette di scambiarsi con il basso, Avi in questa canzone, quando ha il suo assolo, nel video ufficiale non si vede ma nella performance live di cui ti ho accennato sopra lo potrei notare.

Thank you. I have subscribed for more Pentatonix. You should react to Oh Holy Night or Kissed From a Rose next.

Great reaction! Your interpretations of their choices in costuming, and filming were interesting. I certainly hadn't considered those ides before in regards to the filmmakers decisions. Subb'd for more PTX.

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Olá Paolo Essa apresentação do PTX é simplesmente deslumbrante, de arrepiar !!! Sua reação / análise novamente me faz ouvir e ver de forma totalmente completa à essa apresentação, que amo demais. Parabéns e obrigada pelo primoroso trabalho. Beijo do Brasil 😘❤️🇧🇷

A number of people have commented that Scott took over the bassline in verse 2. I believe that is true. Because PTX's policy is to make studio recordings that are as close to what they'd do in a live concert as possible. Very little augmentation. There are people who believe that Avi double-tracked verse 2. I really can't say. In any case, in their live vid of this song (the older of the two live versions, the one with Avi), we can clearly see Scott take over the bass in verse 2. So, we know he CAN do it.

Please use the term man for Kevin instead of boy. Kevin is a graduate of Harvard in Medicine. You might want to hear his solo with the Cello. He is a phenomena cello player. He is fluent in Mandarin.

I just want to point this out. They aren't in the desert. They are in a dry lakebed. That is why the ground is cracked. Not because i believe your interpretation is wrong per se, just the basis of it. Many of your points still play out well, but if you happen to read this comment you might see some differing points based on fact not incorrect assumptions.