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Twice now will.i.am has said "It's not just about the voice"
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Erm, what's the name of this again? Proof this is no different to the X Factor.
To top it all the eliminated guy said the 'nan' word. What a joke.
This is just the X Factor on the BBC. As I said all along.
To top it all the eliminated guy said the 'nan' word. What a joke.
This is just the X Factor on the BBC. As I said all along.
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The Voice. The BBC answer to The X Factor.
I can't stand to watch a second of TXF but I enjoy the voice
Ergo they are completely different
It's all about singing, auditioning, voting and eliminations at the end of the day. The only difference is the format. The winner gets an album deal in both shows. So yes, it's the BBC version. Same as Fame Academy was the BBC answer to Pop Idol. It's just a happy clappy version - no freaks or hate figures and no evil comments from the judges.
will.i.am has said the very opposite words The Voice is supposed to be all about. Twice. So it wasn't even a slip of the tongue.
That's a bit like a Corrie fan saying they hate EastEnders - they are still similar programmes.
I disagree, and that's not what you were saying in your OP anyway. You were making it seem like because Will said 'it's not all about the voice' means that it's a BBC copy of XF, which isn't true at all. The fact that it's supposed to be all about the voice isn't the only thing that differentiates the two shows.
That's even more wrong than saying The Voice and XF are the same. Corrie and EE are both soaps - the similarities end there, it's perfectly plausible for a Corrie fan to say they hate EE, in fact many do. That analogy just proves further that your initial point was wrong.
Of course it's all about the voice in the blind auditions and before they get to the blind auditions. After that, if they have several people who are equally good they obviously can't all go through so they have to judge them on other things as well as their voice.
You keep on saying it's the same as X-Factor. It isn't. All sorts of people get to the auditions and those who get through are not necessarily chosen for their voice.
I doubt will ever see the likes of Rylan or Jedward on the Voice, they have people that can sing and not 'joke acts'.
I love the Voice, and the coaches are great.
The only part of The Voice that is "all about The Voice" is the blind auditions, which is a fairly slim round of cuts proportionately. Every other cut is about exactly the same thing as every other reality show. Making good tv.
I have acknowledged that. This strengthens The Voice's line up making it, pound for pound a better show - talent wise.
Corrie and EE is a good analogy. The BBC wanted a gutsier Corrie - the sort of soap Corrie was in the 60s crossed with what was happening in Brookside. EastEnder in it's earliest cast also had versions of Corrie characters - you could even pick out who were their Ena Sharples, Minnie Caldwells, Bet Lynches, etc. It was just a London version with added racial minorities, certainly in it's earliest days.
Maybe when it started but certainly not anymore. And you seemed to be suggesting that you couldn't be a Corrie fan and say you hate EE, which definitely isn't true. And the same can be said for The Voice and XF, you can easily hate one and love the other. Ok, they have similarities in the sense that they both involve singing and a public vote, but apart from that I'd say they're pretty different. Yes, The Voice may not be as credible as it tries to make out, but it's certainly a long way away from the manipulation and fakeness of XF.
What TV fans fail to understand is that you can't be successful just by having a great voice as proved by last years flopped winner. The show proved tonight it has elements of X Factor to it with the X Factor style walkout shown tonight. I dare anyone to tell me otherwise that wasn't put in deliberately.
I'm sure that they did.
Which is why Alys was chose over Lareena and Ragsy was chosen over Colin.
They did last year -- all the time --- but noticeably it hasn't been said once this year and the show is all the better for it
I think it was left in intentionally, I think the four coaches have mutual respect unlike other shows but does anyone really think these guys never disagree?
I'm not suggesting you can't be a Voice fan and an X Factor fan (or Corrie/EastEnders for that matter). I watch both after all. I liked most of singing/voting shows - I watched the Andrew Lloyd Webber shows too. Essentially they're all the same. That's my point. Contestant, back story (sometimes sob story), family supporting backstage, audition, voting, several rounds, eliminations, disappointment, final, winner.
You can argue til you're blue in the face that The Voice and The X Factor are different - and, yes, they have slightly different formats - but so does American Idol, so did Fame Academy and all the other shows. Often the gimmicks - spinning chairs, blind auditions are just set camouflage.
I've nothing more to add, so I'll leave it there. As far as I'm concerned will.i.am told me, in those few words, what I've known from the start. So I have no further need to discuss it as I know I'm right.
I'll just add this: were it not for the X Factor, you probably wouldn't be watching The Voice on the BBC. So it is ironic that those who hate the X Factor actually have that show to thank for The Voice. Think about it.
Will is just speaking the truth and the show unfortunately has always been based on a lie.