Pentatonix

A week ago, I wrote a post about the Dartmouth Aires, the runner-up group on NBC's "The Sing-Off." They were runners up to this group, Pentatonix, and it's really no surprise that Pentatonix won it. All season, they brought an incredible sound to the stage with only five voices.

They started out really strong:

But they stayed under my radar until this performance of "Video Killed the Radio Star."

From there, I continued to take notice of them, and it was almost as though they could do no wrong--they were consistently in the pocket. Their bass, Avi, and their beat-boxer, Kevin, were their strongest components, and that's saying something when you listen to Scott, Kirstie and Mitch singing beautifully and in tune.

Let me just add here that Scott, Kirstie and Mitch are all nineteen years old. What am I doing with my life?!

While their strength was always contemporary pop and electronic music styles, they proved they could do amazing arrangements of other genres, for example, old-school R&B, or country:





This group went from strength to strength to strength all season long, and I couldn't help but cry along with Kirstie when they were revealed as the winners of the whole competition. I hope they have a long and successful career ahead of them.