The Voice UK 2017

Autosport · 02-04-2017 6:38pm

Getting excited now

Mo to win *fingers crossed*

Autosport · 02-04-2017 6:59pm

I'm so freaking happy now

I had said from his auditions that he should win and this time I got it right

Woohooooo!!!!!!!

Penny Tration · 02-04-2017 7:38pm

Delighted Mo won. Would have been happy with Into the Ark too but wanted Mo to win

Autosport · 10-06-2017 6:57pm

I am now watching The voice Kids

_Kaiser_ · 10-06-2017 7:12pm

Yea have it on here... Irish lad up now.

.. and he did very well!

Crazyteacher · 10-06-2017 8:25pm

This looks promising. A more energetic show.

Go Harvey Go · 06-01-2018 1:45am

Crumbs - still only on page 4 and barely four thousand views, despite there having been a Kids series too...

And there doesn't seem to be much excitement about the 2018 adult series, which starts this Saturday night. Even Olly Murs becoming a judge - replacing Gavin - seems to have been met with a collective "Meh."

No doubt there were viewers who chose not to follow the show from the BBC to ITV - just as there were viewers who, like Mel and Sue, chose not to follow GBBO from the Beeb to Channel 4. And no doubt, either, that at least some of the viewers who *were* prepared to put up with the channel change at first were put off by, as feared, the show becoming that bit more like the X Factor - and, indeed, that bit more American...

Personally, I wasn't happy when I learned of the channel change - but as a fan of the show since it began in 2012 (six years ago already? Wow), I was prepared to give ITV a chance at first, ads and all. However, my first impressions of the 2017 judging line-up were not good - nor were my first impressions of the format tweaks (in particular, the judges never coming face-to-face with acts they don't push their buttons for).

And when these impressions did not change after the first episode, and the other differences also failed to please me, I realised that my time as a fan was ending.

I continued to follow this thread, of course - but didn't give the rest of the series my full attention, nor did I follow the Kids series.

Which meant, unfortunately, that I wasn't all that excited when Jennifer was the winning judge, or when Pixie Lott was the winning Kids judge. During the BBC years, of course, I made a big deal (without intending to be sexist) about the Curse of the Female Judges - both of Jessie J's final acts finishing fourth, Kylie's final act finishing fourth too, and none of Rita Ora's or Paloma Faith's acts reaching the final. Had the show still been on the Beeb, I'd almost certainly have been pretty excited about Jennifer finally breaking the curse, and Pixie consigning it to history altogether - but instead, I found myself reacting with a shrug of the shoulders...

And so it is that I probably won't be following the 2018 adult series, the second Kids series later in the year, or any series thereafter (the show will almost certainly remain on ITV for the rest of its life, now that ITV Studios owns the format). I probably won't be following any threads for these series, either.

Take it away, Roxette:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2C5TjS2sh4

I will, however, continue to remember the BBC years with fondness.

I'll think of Tom, Will, the spinning chairs and the high level of talent, of course - but I'll think of Jessie and Kylie in particular, as well as Andrea Begley and the shock nature of her victory in 2013:

As for the viewing figures always falling after the blind auditions, and the winners drifting back into obscurity fairly quickly, I certainly won't be derisive like the tabloids and gossip sites - I'll simply say "Que sera sera."

The Voice is undoubtedly one of the biggest global talent show formats of the 2010s. And, like the Idol and Got Talent formats, it'll be remembered, fondly or not so fondly, in many parts of the world - including the UK - long after it stops being a phenomenon.

Finis.

_Kaiser_ · 06-01-2018 8:11pm

It's one of those shows that I'll watch if I stumble on it and there's nothing else I want to see - just as how I have it on here now because I was watching Take Me Out (cheesy and scripted but still entertaining

).

As for the judges.. Olly Murs? Ok... and I've no idea who this Jennifer one is?

ads20101 · 06-01-2018 9:23pm

Damn

Jennifer and Tom weren't pissing around there

That was some singing

Go Harvey Go · 06-01-2018 10:02pm

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

As for the judges.. Olly Murs? Ok... and I've no idea who this Jennifer one is?

She rose to fame on American Idol before winning an Oscar for her part in Dreamgirls.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvclyTi6UcA

Perhaps unsurprisingly, she was also a judge on the most recent season of the US Voice:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrZET3pfXxQ

Eyepatch · 06-01-2018 10:17pm

i only saw a little of the show and most of it was taken over by Jennifer Hudson. Were they short of competitors - or what! Seems like she was just showing off, when she doesn't have to.

Autosport · 06-01-2018 10:54pm

I completely forgot this stared tonight, I may go watch it on catch up as I simply love Olly

J-hud has some powerful voice

JP Liz V1 · 20-01-2018 11:56pm

No one wants to go with Olly :P always Tom and JHud

dubstarr · 24-01-2018 8:54am

Well im a recent convert,never watched it before.But im loving Olly and his quirky contestants.I cant believe i never watched it before.

krustydoyle · 27-01-2018 8:08pm

Love this show but hate when the judges make up excuses for not turning.. Like the first chap tonight was so out of tune and had to start his crap dancing to get the crowd more on his side..

anewme · 24-02-2018 9:03pm

There is a song tonight played between contestants ...sounds like that techno song Infiniti is in it...anyone any ideas. It must be out at the moment...