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THE VOICE x THE X FACTOR: Which show would you go on? |
| View Poll Results: Which show would you go on? | |||
| The Voice UK |
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19 | 47.50% |
| The X Factor UK |
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16 | 40.00% |
| None |
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5 | 12.50% |
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I agree with all of this, but would add just one other category - if you are over 30, and still haven't had a major shot at success, you have very little to lose going on either show - although The Voice will treat a 30 year old with more dignity than XF does! A 30 year old singer-songwriter, without any major record contracts in their past, may just not be very good (and The Voice will let them know!) - but there's always one or two who've slipped through the cracks and would benefit from the exposure that primetime TV gives them - as record companies will dismiss people almost out of hand in that age range. I'd advise avoiding XF like the plague for almost anyone wanting to be an actual, serious music artist!
I do agree that there are people who are rising artists, who could easily get trapped in shows like these, when sticking to their existing career paths would have garnered better (though slower) results. At the end of this year's The Voice, I think there'll be a clear result of which show can work - and it might be neither, but I think a commercial channel plus a decent, less-flogged-to death formula will give a real fighting chance to those who make the finals. The BBC was totally hand-tied with being a non-commerical broadcaster, and yet trying to support what was essentially a commercial venture. It never had a chance of properly launching the artists, for fear of contravening the rules. The "superstar" coaches have been reduced to publicly berating and begging the label to do something with the artists. None of the coaches are signed to the prize contract label so they have zero leverage. It's a big mess. Most of the singers are doing it for the public exposure. |
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The voice as it allows more varied genres, rather than the typical Whitney / Beyonce / Mariah, screechy shouty divas that appear year after year on the XF.
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