The Voice Season 4

[Outcast]

I watched tonight.One girl sang House Of The Rising Sun and another one sang Wild Horses.All I can say about the perfomances is that it made me realize that Haley has ruined it for me with these kinds of shows.

Sarah who sang Wild Horses is my fave girl this season but her audition is still her best performance at this point which isn't good IMO. I knew it was a mistake for her to pick Adam as her coach, he's not helping her grow. Amy Whitcomb who sang House of the Rising Sun has been fodder from day 1, both her audition and battle round performance were montaged, there was no way she was gonna make it. And I agree, neither girl measured up to Haley on those songs. Likewise Shawana P's rendition of Maybe I'm Amazed doesn't hold a candle to James' cover on Idol S10.

[kaypea]

I've watched the show before but never a full show before last night.There's some things to like-the chemistry and the friendly rivalry between the judges.And Shakira is a breath of fresh air when it comes to celebrity judges.I don't know though-to me having things like battle rounds or knockout rounds seems to lend itself too easily to overstatement or maybe call it trying too much.There are some strong voices on there but to my ears there was no shortage of "oversinging" on the part of alot of the contestants.

[Outcast]

Usher is a very visual coach, love his style and I quite like his team now.

[mercfan3]

There are a lot of things I like about the voice.

But Idol still wins talent wise, IMO.

Not one of those singers is as good as Candice or Kree.
Nor are they as good as Jessica or Joshua, or Haley and Pia.

I wouldn't be surprised if that changes though, after this season. But I think the Voice needs to actually have a superstar for it to fully change.

That said, I have a suspicion that a lot of idol viewers left idol to watch the voice. And if I'm correct...Usher has the winner. (coughWGWGcough)

I also love seeing the mentoring. It's light years different than XFactor or Jimmy's. You could see them all giving actual (and correct) critiques and really helping in different facets of their performance.

[Outcast]

That said, I have a suspicion that a lot of idol viewers left idol to watch the voice. And if I'm correct...Usher has the winner. (coughWGWGcough)

Josiah's not the only WGWG though, he has competition from Shakira's WGWG (Garrett) and Blake's WGWG (Justin). Sure he's the hottest WGWG, like ever, but he's having trouble in the "artistry" department so far, and "artistry" is what the WGWG fans are really attracted to. I like him and he has potential but I'm noticing that he hasn't been able to really connect with deeper songs, at least not yet. His best performance was Sunday Morning, which is substance free fluff compared to Roxanne and Back to Black. Also with his modeling background I've noticed that he can't seem to ignore the camera, he could eventually be perceived as vain or arrogant by viewers.

[kaypea]

There are a lot of things I like about the voice.

But Idol still wins talent wise, IMO.

Not one of those singers is as good as Candice or Kree.
Nor are they as good as Jessica or Joshua, or Haley and Pia.

I wouldn't be surprised if that changes though, after this season. But I think the Voice needs to actually have a superstar for it to fully change.

That said, I have a suspicion that a lot of idol viewers left idol to watch the voice. And if I'm correct...Usher has the winner. (coughWGWGcough)

I also love seeing the mentoring. It's light years different than XFactor or Jimmy's. You could see them all giving actual (and correct) critiques and really helping in different facets of their performance.

I agree with the talent level.Even this year on Idol with a not very deep talent pool emerging there still is Candice who IMO shows more overall maturity and artistry and technique,for that matter than anyone on The Voice.

Idol keeps losing viewers and undoubtedly many of those are going over to watch The Voice.I think that the judges are a big part of the reason.

[Outcast]

The judges are one of the reasons but not the only reason. On The Voice we see real mentoring, God I wish the Idol contestants could get real mentoring like that. There is also more diversity on The Voice, not only in music style but also in vocal style. Not everyone likes singers with crazy ranges who belt or croon. And lastly there is much more current music on The Voice, which is why they have higher ratings than Idol in the coveted 18-49 demo. The plain truth is the majority of people under the age of 40 don't want to hear music that's dated 50s-80s.

[mercfan3]

There also doesn't appear to be the heavy manipulation on the voice. Which is not surprising. It's not like they can pick a "chosen one" when you have four celebrities gunning for their own people.

I mean sure, there are performers that are better than the rest, and the judges let you know that. (Hello..their job. )

In terms of song choice. Here's the problem, a lot of current music..isn't applicable to singing shows. It's heavily digitized.

I also appreciate older music. There's nothing wrong with singing the Beatles, Standards, Michael Jackson songs.

To me, it's more about song choice. Only Candice has really picked great songs on idol this season. (Although, Angie, IMO, has done a decent job.) Most of the song picks are boring. They're mostly ballads. Ballads are fine..but not all the time.

I don't think people care much about old or newer music. I do think people care about great songs versus poor songs and boring songs.

[Himm2]

Sasha Allen closed tonight's Voice show singing "Oh Darlin'" by Haley Reinhart...oops, I mean the Beatles.

[Tusk]

Sasha Allen closed tonight's Voice show singing "Oh Darlin'" by Haley Reinhart...oops, I mean the Beatles.

I watched a full episode for the first time last night......

It's possible Haley's season has spoiled me for all these singing competitions, but I could barely stand any of the performances. To my ear there seemed to be a lot of 'wonky' notes, a ton of melisma and that performance of "Oh Darling"?

Don't get me started on how poor the cover of "Imagine" was, and not a word was said by the judges other than how exceptional the contestant was. The closest I got to enjoying a song was the 16 yr old girl....those brothers were ridiculous, the R&B guy wasn't bad, but very typical... very 'unspecial' over all IMO.

I read on TVLine a lot of people went OTT gaga over that Sasha(?)'s "Oh Darling", but IMO that was one of the more ridiculously overdramatic piece of indulgence I have heard as a cover of that song, not once during that performance did I believe what she was singing. That scream, it wasn't believable, it was is if it was inserted because Shakira told her to, it didn't feel natural to the song at all.... Sure I'm a Beatles'/Reinhart 'snob' for that song, but WTF was I missing so many people luved that performance. Reading the comments, I was expecting ... I don't know? A good performance, at least, but .... I agree with Slezak's take on it

The problem with her “Oh! Darling,” though, was that it read like she was playing the role of passionate rocker rather than actually being one. Well, and that screaming final note which was definitely more American Horror Story than American Idol.

Furthermore, where was the critique? This felt like the final four of AI, where the judges stopped being negative with their observations and throw platitudes on the contestants (since they made it this far and there is no reason left to throw shade...except for in Haley's case )

There was plenty they could have pointed out, IMO, with these performances that should have been said, but all they could say was how thankful they got to hear such a great performance, and how fantastic everyone was (if everyone wins, no one wins IMO).... It was as if they were saying it was an honor to get to listen to these contestants....

If these guys were THAT remarkable...where are their Kelly or Carrie or Adam? .....

I just don't get what makes this show so much better than AI..... The coaching was interesting, but there would be no surprise at the execution because we are told what to look for in the performance, so when it came about ? meh....

I guess this is what I get for deciding to watch in the middle of the season. I thought not being invested might give me a more objective opinion, but all it did was make me wonder what all the talk is about this show in the first place.

(PS...even though I'm not a fan of Shakira's voice or tone...she's definitely easier to watch/listen to than Xtina.... although the length of time she took to find more platitudes to heap on every contestant reminded me of an abridged version of a Mariah 'critique' )

There are some strong voices on there but to my ears there was no shortage of "oversinging" on the part of alot of the contestants.

I agree... I heard that too. Yet, here are the judges, so grateful to be there to hear such great performances