If you have a weakness for reality talent shows, you should watch NBC’s The Voice.
An array of talented individuals have been singing their hearts out on stage in California, hoping they will get one of the four very distinguished and noteworthy figures in the music industry to turn their chair around. This has become known as the blind auditions; in which contestants sing while the judges’ backs are toward the stage. If a judge likes you, they will press a button and their chair will turn around and face the performer. If more than one judge turns around, the contestant has the choice of which person they would like to work with. The judges also turn into coaches after the blind auditions.
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For the past four weeks, Christina Augilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine, and Blake Shelton, listened for unique and spectacular voices to fill up their teams of twelve hopefuls that are looking to win the competition. Next Monday, the second stage of the competition, called the battle phase, will begin. In this phase, the coaches will have two of their team members’ battle against each other directly by singing the same song together.
The talent this season has been phenomenal. The individuals ranged from fresh new voices that have just starting singing this past year, like country sorority girl singer RaeLynn, to Alicia Key’s background vocalist Jermaine Paul, to a Broadway veteran named Tony Vincent. This is going to be a tough competition because the amount of talent these people have is so high. I am excited to see what comes out of their vocal chords next!
This is the second season of The Voice and it has been very promising so far. Only the best performers are invited to audition on television for the show. I did not watch the first season because I have always been a fan of American Idol and I did not want to watch two reality singing competitions. I have not watched American Idol this season because I have been hooked on The Voice and I am not complaining! I am no longer a big fan of American Idol, and I am now on team The Voice. I feel like The Voice has so much more integrity because they do not show lousy auditions of people who cannot sing like they do on American Idol. They get their viewership by showcasing people who have the pipes to sing, not with poking fun at a dreadful audition.
So if you are looking for an entertaining and exciting singing competition to watch, tune into The Voice.
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