Showing posts with label Singing Competition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Singing Competition. Show all posts
May 9, 2011
Is The Voice the Best Reality Singing Competition?
To me “The Voice” is supposed to be a show that is all about real talent, the best voice, the right attitude, and performance that makes a lasting impression on the audience. From that standpoint the producers truly succeeded in bringing in all musical styles to this new reality singing competition. But what else does the show offer?
In a way, it's almost unfair to judge a show this early, but the fact is that like American Idol, which was also finessing ratings for their first few episodes a decade ago, there are a lot of factors to weigh when launching a show with such star power.
There's the issue of pacing the singing competition to draw out the interest factor, and of course you need some laughs and compassionate moments while providing the best talent imaginable. In my point of view The Voice is moving along too swiftly. Granted, American Idol goes through the whole audition process and perhaps NBC didn't think this was entertaining enough to hold the audience’s interest, but I believe that the blind competitions could have been drawn out for one more week so the audience could learn more about the contestants on a personal level. Even when you visit the NBC The Voice website, the profiles of the contestants are very short, vague, and they don't really provide much history. Another real good example is when they showed the season premier with the debut of Patrick Thomas. Having never heard of this young country singer I wanted to know more about him because I really enjoyed his performance. You know I couldn't find anything about him on the internet; no website with a profile, bio, fan page. NBC couldn't afford to put something together for this kid? And what’s really sad is that Patrick Thomas still doesn't have a website! It appears that producers were either not very prepared for this show, or they simply feel that details about their contestants do not matter? To me the NBC Producers dropped the ball on this one...
Now, as far as the judges/coaches, opposite the premier of the "mean" judges on American Idol, The Voice coaches appear to have a great rapport and compete rather nicely -- for the most part. To me this is where The Voice differentiates from Idol the most and really makes the show more entertaining. Although it appeared as though the coaches were fulfilling their roles, for whatever the reason NBC has decided to fortify their celebrity cast with Reba McEntire, Monica, Sia, and Adam Blackstone for what will next be The Battle Rounds. I'm truly looking forward to the battle rounds, but I really hope that the pace of the show slows down a little bit and we, the audience, are afforded the pleasure of seeing more and learning more about these young, aspiring contestants is this great new reality singing competition?
In a way, it's almost unfair to judge a show this early, but the fact is that like American Idol, which was also finessing ratings for their first few episodes a decade ago, there are a lot of factors to weigh when launching a show with such star power.
There's the issue of pacing the singing competition to draw out the interest factor, and of course you need some laughs and compassionate moments while providing the best talent imaginable. In my point of view The Voice is moving along too swiftly. Granted, American Idol goes through the whole audition process and perhaps NBC didn't think this was entertaining enough to hold the audience’s interest, but I believe that the blind competitions could have been drawn out for one more week so the audience could learn more about the contestants on a personal level. Even when you visit the NBC The Voice website, the profiles of the contestants are very short, vague, and they don't really provide much history. Another real good example is when they showed the season premier with the debut of Patrick Thomas. Having never heard of this young country singer I wanted to know more about him because I really enjoyed his performance. You know I couldn't find anything about him on the internet; no website with a profile, bio, fan page. NBC couldn't afford to put something together for this kid? And what’s really sad is that Patrick Thomas still doesn't have a website! It appears that producers were either not very prepared for this show, or they simply feel that details about their contestants do not matter? To me the NBC Producers dropped the ball on this one...
Now, as far as the judges/coaches, opposite the premier of the "mean" judges on American Idol, The Voice coaches appear to have a great rapport and compete rather nicely -- for the most part. To me this is where The Voice differentiates from Idol the most and really makes the show more entertaining. Although it appeared as though the coaches were fulfilling their roles, for whatever the reason NBC has decided to fortify their celebrity cast with Reba McEntire, Monica, Sia, and Adam Blackstone for what will next be The Battle Rounds. I'm truly looking forward to the battle rounds, but I really hope that the pace of the show slows down a little bit and we, the audience, are afforded the pleasure of seeing more and learning more about these young, aspiring contestants is this great new reality singing competition?
April 28, 2011
"The Voice" is the new "American Idol"
Reality Show Television Is Changing!
For all fans of reality singing competitions, if you watched "American Idol" last night and "The Voice" a couple of days ago, which captivated your attention more?
As an avid fan of "American Idol" since the day that Kelly Clarkson blew us away with "A moment like This," the show "American Idol" has been on every season for the past decade.
The rise of the show primarily started with the humiliation of several hopefuls trying to hit the stage only to be cursed with hysterical laughter and cruel comments from the judges during the singing competition.
Of course anyone watching reality television may not wish to admit it but the main reason they watch it is the drama, and drama it's been for the most part on that show. However the days of "American Idol" and the last seasons that I've forced myself to watch including the Ellen DeGeneress days are hopefully coming to a screeching halt.
Music fans want to hear voices that are good, not terrible. It's no longer fun to watch the humiliation of several young individuals on television. Why is this? Sadly we've all become desensitized to this. When the show first had it's first debut, none of America had ever seen such things as this.
"American Idol" has now become just as mundane and pointless as the "Real World", the very first reality show ever created. Yet MTV seems to think there is a niche for young people to watch it. Sorry MTV but the viewers of this show are adults now and the same applies for "American Idol."
The show was targeted at young kids in their teens and very early twenties. Now that we are all grown up we don't really care who is "American Idol" anymore. The days of watching the same shows we all watched in high school and college are over. Let's face it, every generation has to grow up sometime.
The one-time viewers of shows such as "American Idol" and the "Real World" are grown-ups, having their own children, wives and husbands. Watching teeny boppers play out what was once reality has passed.
The once younger generation that watched these shows now have children. I wouldn't want my five-year-old watching the Real World anymore than the next person. Heavy boozing, fighting, and trying to become famous is all that show has become.
This season American Idol has lightened up, so to speak on the contestants. However Steven Tyler curses like a sailor and the girls on the show are dressed up like hookers. Family television? I think not.
Watching "The Voice" I've realized that this is how I want my child to view the world of contestants in a singing competition. Aspiring artists that are given praise and constructive people to work with. I'm not afraid that Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera, or Cee Lo Green will drop the "F" bomb during the middle of nowhere.
The singers and songwriters that the generation of American Idol watchers grew up with and enjoy are the coaches of "American Idol." Some may remember the days of "What a Girl Wants," and seeing Christina Aguilera literally rise to fame. Many girls swooned over "Maroon Five's", Adam Levine, downloading our new "camera" featured phones with "This Love."
Demographics simply apply to all of what I see. The age of care-free, classless trash television was alright in college for most of us, but now with families of our own it's simply intolerable and boring, especially when it comes to a singing competition that airs on national television.
"The Voice" is truly a family show and intrigues the demographic that has grown up and watched "American Idol" and the "Real World," which is now old news. Out with the old trash television, and in with "The Voice," a reality television singing competition that is actually highly entertaining and makes us feel good about what we're all watching for once.
Please feel free to provide your comments below or at "The New & Better American Idol" page.
For all fans of reality singing competitions, if you watched "American Idol" last night and "The Voice" a couple of days ago, which captivated your attention more?
As an avid fan of "American Idol" since the day that Kelly Clarkson blew us away with "A moment like This," the show "American Idol" has been on every season for the past decade.
The rise of the show primarily started with the humiliation of several hopefuls trying to hit the stage only to be cursed with hysterical laughter and cruel comments from the judges during the singing competition.
Of course anyone watching reality television may not wish to admit it but the main reason they watch it is the drama, and drama it's been for the most part on that show. However the days of "American Idol" and the last seasons that I've forced myself to watch including the Ellen DeGeneress days are hopefully coming to a screeching halt.
Music fans want to hear voices that are good, not terrible. It's no longer fun to watch the humiliation of several young individuals on television. Why is this? Sadly we've all become desensitized to this. When the show first had it's first debut, none of America had ever seen such things as this.
"American Idol" has now become just as mundane and pointless as the "Real World", the very first reality show ever created. Yet MTV seems to think there is a niche for young people to watch it. Sorry MTV but the viewers of this show are adults now and the same applies for "American Idol."
The show was targeted at young kids in their teens and very early twenties. Now that we are all grown up we don't really care who is "American Idol" anymore. The days of watching the same shows we all watched in high school and college are over. Let's face it, every generation has to grow up sometime.
The one-time viewers of shows such as "American Idol" and the "Real World" are grown-ups, having their own children, wives and husbands. Watching teeny boppers play out what was once reality has passed.
The once younger generation that watched these shows now have children. I wouldn't want my five-year-old watching the Real World anymore than the next person. Heavy boozing, fighting, and trying to become famous is all that show has become.
This season American Idol has lightened up, so to speak on the contestants. However Steven Tyler curses like a sailor and the girls on the show are dressed up like hookers. Family television? I think not.
Watching "The Voice" I've realized that this is how I want my child to view the world of contestants in a singing competition. Aspiring artists that are given praise and constructive people to work with. I'm not afraid that Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera, or Cee Lo Green will drop the "F" bomb during the middle of nowhere.
The singers and songwriters that the generation of American Idol watchers grew up with and enjoy are the coaches of "American Idol." Some may remember the days of "What a Girl Wants," and seeing Christina Aguilera literally rise to fame. Many girls swooned over "Maroon Five's", Adam Levine, downloading our new "camera" featured phones with "This Love."
Demographics simply apply to all of what I see. The age of care-free, classless trash television was alright in college for most of us, but now with families of our own it's simply intolerable and boring, especially when it comes to a singing competition that airs on national television.
"The Voice" is truly a family show and intrigues the demographic that has grown up and watched "American Idol" and the "Real World," which is now old news. Out with the old trash television, and in with "The Voice," a reality television singing competition that is actually highly entertaining and makes us feel good about what we're all watching for once.
Please feel free to provide your comments below or at "The New & Better American Idol" page.
April 20, 2011
About The Voice
Many people are wondering what "The Voice" is all about, and how it differentiates from American Idol.
To get a better understanding of how The Voice works the format goes something like this:
Essentially the show features three stages of competition:
In preparation for the blind auditions The Voice's casting team has been diligently working with music industry professionals, searching the Unites States for contestants to appear for the blind audition process in this latest new singing competition.
The blind audition process is where contestants sing before the four musician coaches: Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton. However, unlike American Idol, the four coaches face away from the contestants while they perform. This way the coaches do not judge the contestants by their clothing, hairstyle, or the image they portray.
When a contestant is auditioning and one or more of the coaches have a desire to work with the contestant, the coach pushes a button and their chair rotates around to face the contestant. In the event that more than one coach desires to work with a contestant, the contestant makes the ultimate decision of what coach they wish to work with throughout the singing competition. Ultimately each coach will acquire a team of contestants.
The Battle Phase
Once the four teams are set each coach will dedicate themselves to their respective team members by offering their professional advise and experience to develop the singers in preparation of the live performance. However, before the live performance and during the battle rounds, each coach will set a face-off between two of their own team members in which the two contestants will both sing the same song together in front of the studio audience. After the face-off each team coach will chose which singers will advance to the live performance.
At the conclusion of the battle episodes, only the best contestants of each coach's roster remain and will proceed to the live stage performances.
The Live Performance
In this final "live performance" phase of The Voice singing competition, the top contestants from each team must compete against each other during a live broadcast. During this final performance the television audience will vote to save one contestant on each of the four teams, with the coach ultimately deciding which member they want to save. Ultimately each coach will have his/her best contestant left standing to compete in the finale. Finally, from these final four contestants, one will be voted "The Voice"!
The winner will receive the grand prize of a recording contract and $100,000.
To get a better understanding of how The Voice works the format goes something like this:
Essentially the show features three stages of competition:
- The Blind Audition
- The Battle Phase
- The Live Performance
In preparation for the blind auditions The Voice's casting team has been diligently working with music industry professionals, searching the Unites States for contestants to appear for the blind audition process in this latest new singing competition.
The blind audition process is where contestants sing before the four musician coaches: Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton. However, unlike American Idol, the four coaches face away from the contestants while they perform. This way the coaches do not judge the contestants by their clothing, hairstyle, or the image they portray.
When a contestant is auditioning and one or more of the coaches have a desire to work with the contestant, the coach pushes a button and their chair rotates around to face the contestant. In the event that more than one coach desires to work with a contestant, the contestant makes the ultimate decision of what coach they wish to work with throughout the singing competition. Ultimately each coach will acquire a team of contestants.
The Battle Phase
Once the four teams are set each coach will dedicate themselves to their respective team members by offering their professional advise and experience to develop the singers in preparation of the live performance. However, before the live performance and during the battle rounds, each coach will set a face-off between two of their own team members in which the two contestants will both sing the same song together in front of the studio audience. After the face-off each team coach will chose which singers will advance to the live performance.
At the conclusion of the battle episodes, only the best contestants of each coach's roster remain and will proceed to the live stage performances.
The Live Performance
In this final "live performance" phase of The Voice singing competition, the top contestants from each team must compete against each other during a live broadcast. During this final performance the television audience will vote to save one contestant on each of the four teams, with the coach ultimately deciding which member they want to save. Ultimately each coach will have his/her best contestant left standing to compete in the finale. Finally, from these final four contestants, one will be voted "The Voice"!
The winner will receive the grand prize of a recording contract and $100,000.
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