I just read the article, theyve definately booked Cheryl. They havent booked Adele yet, theyre still negotiating so it might not happen.

Ironic, isn't it. I would have to agree but you know if she was to perform ratings could improve, as she would bring the x factor fan base with her

She would have been a fantastic coach but I can't imagine she'd ever do it.


Yes, I imagine it would. I don't rate her as a singer but seems to have that special something, the X Factor if you will...

Seven
18:00 Seven News: 1.39m
18:30 Today Tonight: 1.20m
19:00 Home & Away: 892k
19:30 Highway Patrol: 662k
20:00 Highway Patrol: 823k
20:30 Revenge: 1.25m
21:30 Pictures of You: 647k

Nine
18:00 Nine News: 1.33m
18:30 A Current Affair: 1.11m
19:00 The Block: 1.44m
19:30 The Voice: 2.33m
21:30 Person of Interest: 789k

Ten
18:00 The Project: 636k
19:00 MasterChef: 996k

Shares
Nine: 34.2%
Seven: 18.9%
Ten: 11.6%

Battle show #3 and no sign yet of The Voice Australia losing any serious momentum. With the live shows still to come, will the UK pattern repeat itself?

Nine firmly in change of proceedings then, with a very comfortable win. MasterChef hasn't lifted Ten's fortunes much at all so far, which must be a concern for them as it's normally their biggest show. Poor for Home & Away too, barely outrating the factual filler that followed as Seven tried a spot of bullet dodging.

I can't believe people are suprised about the ratings drop on The Voice. It had the same drop in every single country it aired. From germany, portugal, denmark, holland tot the usa. The Voice is a an hit because it brings something new to talentshow genre, which has been the same for over 7 years. These new things in the format are just the first two rounds. After the battles people are dissapointed by the overlap with x-factor.
But I must say the UK coaches are the worst I have seen so far. There must be at least one funny coach out of the four. Will.I.Am comes close but can't get more than funny ghetto talk. There must be someone with credibilty for German version that is Nena for the Austalian one that is your fellow Brit Seal. Tom Jones could be that person but he never goes in to detail and keeps it with the oneliners. Jessie J. is worst of the bunch by never saying something interesting or surprising. Danny is an OK coach but does to much overacting by constantly standing up and laughing at fellow coaches.
The presentars are ok but here in Holland they vary in presenting which works better. As I have said before John de Mol (the creator of the voice) is working on a 'Twist' some sort of changes for the liveshows so it can be applied on al the Voices around the world. Let's hope it's gonna be good because The Voice currently the only reality tv-show where the ratings are dropping towards the climax.

Sorry for my English, I'm Dutch.

the reaciton on this thread is not actually about the ratings drop for the Voice, its the pro BBC, vs Anti ITV folk beating up on each other.

I suppose it's a safe bet that at least one of these - probably more - will be cancelled by the time the actual season starts, then. Revolution would be my bet. Has anything seriously high concept succeeded on US network TV since Lost? Life on Mars, FlashForward, Terra Nova, Alcatraz, Awake - all hyped, all dead within a season. There's Fringe, I suppose, though that seems to have spent it's whole life on the edge too.

More seriously, can't be a bad idea for NBC to try and get the jump on the season starting, especially when they can use such a powerful promotional platform. It'll be interesting to see how the rest of the networks decide to try launching their shows, too. IIRC, ABC had a bit of success last year by staggering their launches a bit. Threw everything they had behind Revenge and Pan Am in premiere week, then waited till the commotion subsided before hitting very successfully with Once Upon A Time in October. I guess they'll try that again.

Just been reading posts about the possibility of a The Voice/Doctor Who pairing, which I think would be a very good idea. You only have to look at Youtube clips of Doctor Who, or search for it on Twitter, to see that there is a very big teenage following for Doctor Who, who are exactly who The Voice wants to pull in.

But there's also the question of what to lead into Doctor Who. There's a big opportunity there and the BBC either completely ignores it and sticks Total Wipeout on or completely misfires by about a hundred miles with the likes of Don't Scare The Hare. But by turning once again to The Voice, I'm starting to think BBC One has no concept of lead-ins. They're putting new celebrity editions of a current and very popular game show (Pointless Celebrities) on before repeats of an axed and unloved sitcom (My Family). It's literally a no-brainer to switch them around, but they haven't.

Oh, and I can't imagine Adele's management would want her doing The Voice as a coach. The thing about Adele is that as a person, she's still sort of maintaining a mystique and aura of excitement - her music may be overplayed to the extreme, but her appearances on TV are always the TV events of the week. Her appearances on Graham Norton, the Brit Awards 2012 and Jonathan Ross were heavily hyped and the rarity of her public appearances guarantees big attention for the shows she does appear on and for Adele herself - it's mutually beneficial. Jessie J's "people" could learn a thing or two from Adele's.

I wonder if ITV have considered doing an Adele documentary, like they did with Susan Boyle? It may be a bit too late to the party now and the BBC might have the rights as they broadcast a live show of hers recently, but it's a good bet for a weeknight, which needs something, anything, other than the soaps.

Although she can sing better than will.i.am, who can just about hit one note without autotune

It'll be interesting what shows are picked up and which one are dropped, I've not been following as closely, one of the CSIs will be dropped, I'm hoping it's Miami rather than NY as that show hasn't been good for a while, I wonder if CBS will go ahead with expanding comedies on a Thursday, doing that will reduce the number of drama pickups.

TV Times reporting that the next series of The Syndicate will feature a new group of lottery winners.

Why on earth would Adele want to co-operate with a channel that cut her Brits acceptance speech short? Indeed, why would she even need ITV to do a documentary about her? She sells enough CDs without that kind of cheap publicity - and is, in any case, a rare example of an artist signed to a small record company who lets her do exactly what she wants.

Why on earth would Adele want to be a coach on a confused mess like The Voice? I doubt she needs the money (or the hassle). She certainly wouldn't benefit from the association.

She is a lot more 'rough' than Jessie J when she speaks, poor Tom and Will would need subtitles! Seriously though Adele has constant throat issues, so she is more likely to have No Voice than The Voice. I hope all the barb viewers switch to BBC1 on Saturday at 6.10 and then go have a bbq in the garden.

World Snooker Championship Final averaged 2.1m on BBC Two.

Source: John Plunkett

Last night's main #bgt programme peaked at 12.3m (11.8m ex+1) and averaged a massive 9.8m (9.4m ex+1)

9.8m were watching #bgt results show on #itv as Jonathan and Charlotte and Kai and Natalia made it through to the final (9.4m ex +1)

#itv dominated peak last night with an average of 7.1m (6.8m ex+1) almost double the audience of any other channel between 6pm and 10.30pm

Source: Mike Large

Very good peak for BGT, but a low-ish average in comparison. I assume BBC1 pulling EE forwards to 7:30pm dented the average a bit. It was always going to be down year-on-year last night - it'll be interesting to see where it goes over the next few nights.

Is that an average or a peak for the results show? If it's a peak then it's disappointing, but if it's an average then it did pretty well to match the performances given the late slot on a school night.

Assuming the 20:00 hour for BGT averaged 11 million, then the first half an hour averaged 6.2m. So not a really surprising average.

"Massive 9.8m" my arse. It got 9.4m for the first showing, only 350k up on the previous night, and which is presumably therefore about 1.5-2m down on the equivalent show last year - and this is airing earlier in the year, with Cowell back, the coldest and wettest Bank Holiday in years, colder and wetter than Christmas Day apparently, and an out-of-slot Monday night Antiques Roadshow as the main competition.

And even the results was flat at 9.4m also - despite the Corrie lead-in and 2nd half of the SW repeat which must have bombed with about 2.5m tops.

And this must win the "no shit Sherlock" award for 2012.

Em, Corrie and BGT against an out of slot EE, out of day Antiques Roadshow, and a bombing SW repeat first shown only a year ago.

Yup, ITV dominated. Who'd have thunk...

Have you considered entering BGT with this comedy routine? PM me if you want an application form!

Cowell was back last year, it wasnt colder than Christmas Day and why wasnt this a reason for The Voice doing better over the weekend (if it was true, etc, etc)

I think you'd do well though. Have you any other talents or an assistant - maybe Glenn could do a 1970's medley with you?

I do wish Mike wouldnt stoop to the level of some other (mysteriously silent today) spinners.

The Daily Mail said it was. So it must be true.

(I haven't checked, but I distinctly remember it being mild and damp on Christmas Day, into the low teens in places, whereas it hasn't been above 9C all weekend where I have been)


I've got a dog. I might be able to train it to dance... :yawn:

9.4m is not bad rating for any programme in 2012, however it faces The Apprentice on Wednesday, will it be nearer 8.5m come Thursday morning. So with a BBC1 average of 3.5m, it looks like EE c.5m, AR about 4m and SW around 2.5m all are my estimates!!