Are you referring to Carmel's 2013 show... or did you mean 2012,when they won their 2nd eagle? If it's their 2012 show, I would really disagree that the soloist was "relatively weak". In fact, it was one of the strong points of that show... in my opinion.
If you're talking about their 2013 show then I would agree.
And if you're talking about a completely different Band... my apologies. Still trying to catch up on my sleep after a rough week...