Review from #LISAxTIFF2026
At a monthly evaluation, Lisa wanted to try singing 'Talking to the Moon' by Bruno Mars. She'd recorded the video ready to send to the boss, but staff's feedback was "It's better to change it to rap, if it's this... boss probably won't like it"
But she explained that the vocal teacher said she actually did a good job, and didn't understand why they wouldn't like it. That's the moment Lisa realised, if she didn't rap she might get eliminated.
Ever since then, she didn't dare to sing at monthly evaluations. She teared up and said "this experience left me with some bad memories", it also affected her confidence in singing live and freely.
From OP: This is the part that makes me the saddest! To the producers they probably just think we are just asking for another song, but for a young trainee who came from abroad, this is straight-up disapproval and a warning to say "Hey! Stay in your lane, don't get too many ideas."