Well, I jsut watched the 10 minute preview and I think it’s going to be great fun. Cool premise, a very different take.
There is a show starting next week called “The Voice”?!
Gee - you would think NBC would do a few promos or somethin’…*
*extreme sarcasm, due to the non-stop, 36 promos per hour on this show.
They’re probably assuming they’ll get all the *Dune *fans to automatically tune in.
I’m looking forward to seeing it.
A few years ago, NBC did Clash of the Choirs. There were celebrities “leading” each choir and they picked the people for the choirs. Later, I read there was actually a real choir director behind the scenes training them. Nick Lachey’s choir won that time.
I bet there’s real behind the scenes vocal coaches on hand to help train on this show too. A great singer like Christina Aguilera doesn’t necessarily have any experience as a vocal coach.
Blake Shelton was on Clash of the Choirs and now The Voice.
I’m counting on the Dope to report back and lets us know if this was any good. Most of the South is under weather warnings. No tv for us tonight. 
I’ve been looking forward to this show for three weeks.
We’re enjoying it. Love most of the song choices people are making.
I’m LOVING it - it’s so exciting! I am missing the geeks and freaks from AI, though - these are all good singers - some just aren’t finding a home.
And FRENCHIE’S BACK! I thought that was her when I saw her (I missed the name), and Cee-Lo recognized her right away.
So far I like it a lot. We’ll see how compelling it is once the coaching is underway.
Couple of comments:
How were the singers chosen to perform - who were the “judges” who picked those who get to audition and what was that process?
Picking the first couple of singers is easy - just go for it - but as their group starts to get nearer and nearer to the magic number of 8, are they going to get pickier?
And if three of the judges get their 8, does that mean the last one has to take the next singers or can they just say, “no…no…no…no…” until they hear someone they like? If so, this could take months. Do the judges know there are only, for instance, 40 singers to choose from?
So far, the show is not horrible - but none of the singers has exactly “wowed” me.
BTW, the episode is being repeated again tonight, in case anyone missed the first one due to not seeing the 4,879 promos leading up to this show.
I’m guessing they spent a boatload of money getting the four judges onboard, so they really need to make this a hit.
Does anyone know if Ceelo has a specific genetic condiiton or something (such as mild dwarfism of some kind?) that makes his limbs so…well, dwarf-like? Cuz it seems like something a little more pronounced than just normal genetic variation.
And while I don’t always like her choices, I’ve recently come to agree that Christina really does have one of, if not the greatest voice of her generation. And definitely the best and most interesting of all the supervoice “divas” (Celine, Whitney, Mariah, any other completely boring great voice)
I like that they played “Crazy” for the performance song.
I really liked the performance to open the show - what an interesting group of very talented, different singers singing together. And who knew Adam Levine could play the drums?!?
Christina Aguilera looks machine-made. And did she purposely wait for Adam Levine to turn around for neck-tat woman before she did?
I wonder what this mentoring will entail.
Your comments are always worth it, Biggirl.
I wonder how versatile some of these singers are. Like the bald chick that sounds like Janis Joplin. A great novelty act, but can she sing anything else in her own style?
I’m curious to see which of these singers have any real training. It’s hard to beat college vocal classes. They should be more coachable. An untrained singer can have a great natural voice. But, may be harder to coach if they don’t read music, or have any musical experience.
I got the impression from the show that the stars were engaging in hijinks (Adam Levine especially), but that made it more entertaining, so yay! It was fascinating to see how the criteria were changing throughout the evening - at the start, getting one star to want you was great. By the end, I was judging people by how many stars they got interested.
I did feel sorry for the ones that got no interest. I didn’t always hear what made them want one singer over another one. I think the 56 year old from Jersey might have gotten picked if she hadn’t chosen such a dated song to sing.
Holy crap, that was fun! This is the premise that American Idol should be using this year. Celebs make better coaches that judges.
That’s it - that hits the nail on the head why this show is so much more fun than AI.
I just got around to watching this on the DVR, and I have to agree - It was a lot of fun to watch. I liked watching the celebrities try to fake each other out with the button, and trying to sell themselves to unknowns. It helps that - surprisingly - the celebrities have fairly engaging personalities. They all seemed likable - even the guy from Maroon 5, who I always thought was kind of a weasel. I’ll be tuning in for the next episode.
I don’t watch tv… that’s why I opened the thread, though.
God, I’ve been on this planet quite a while, but I don’t think I’ve ever loved a female voice as much as Xenia’s.(and I was weaned on Heart and Joan Osborne) And Xenia’s a kid??? Wow.