On The Voice‘s first elimination episode last night, viewers voted to save the contestants who gave last week’s strongest performances, while one of its coaches made a baffling decision. Viewers chose Beverly McClellan, an openly lesbian singer who sang a Melissa Ethridge song, and Dia Frampton, the indie-ish singer with the most distinctive, and perhaps …
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The Voice aired its first live performance episode last night, and after losing a lot of its momentum on the duel/battle rounds, it came back strong, with a striking, high-energy set that hosted strong performances, including group numbers with teams performing alongside their coaches. The episode only had eight performances, so it could have been …
NBC’s The Voice had a good debut creatively, and viewers showed up. While Dancing with the Stars‘ results show had more viewers, The Voice had extremely strong ratings among viewers 18 to 49, the only people who matter. The show had a 5.1 rating, which “delivered the highest 18-49 rating for a series premiere on …
The swivel chairs made their first appearance last night on NBC’s hyped singing competition The Voice, and from the coaches to the contestants’ talent, the show worked in surprising ways. As some delicious icing, it took a big swing at American Idol when Frenchie Davis auditioned, explaining how the Fox show ditched her because she …
Tonight, NBC debuts yet another singing talent competition. But instead of mimicing American Idol, like so many others before it, The Voice is more like The X Factor, Simon Cowell’s series that will debut this fall, with musicians mentoring contestants instead of judges criticizing them. The show’s previews are trying hard to differentiate it from …
NBC confirmed today that Christina Aguilera will judge–er, be a “musician coach”–on The Voice, along with Cee Lo Green and Adam Levine. She will sit in one of the show’s signature swivel chairs, which may be risky considering her recent mishaps. The announcement comes one day after she was arrested for public intoxication. The three …
NBC’s Mark Burnett-produced singing competition The Voice is talking to two musicians, Cee-Lo Green and Maroon 5’s Adam Levine, about judging the summer series, and Christina Aguilera may join as the third judge. That’s according to James Hibberd, who reports that “[p]roducers also considered Lenny Kravitz, Roger Daltrey, Mary J. Blige, John Legend and Enrique …