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Post by Admin on Nov 9, 2019 18:07:58 GMT
Ranking favorite judges on a reality competition show like NBC’s The Voice is always a subjective experience since personal preference for the artist is usually at play. We like all the judges on the show just fine, but fans often try to scope out which one they dislike over the others.
For some, Gwen Stefani may be an iconic pop star, yet doesn’t always gel as a judge on the reality series. Perhaps it’s because the cover was blown she and Blake Shelton were told to deliberately fight with one another as a reality show tactic. Even then, we haven’t seen much of any bickering from them.
Stefani’s judging techniques are definitely different, with some thinking it’s a good strategy and others thinking she’s just mimicking what the other judges like in a contestant.
A lot of people would be surprised if Stefani wins this year since she’s not competitive unless she surprises everyone purely by happenstance. So far, she’s doing a good job, if also upholding one thing many people noticed in her past appearances: Looking out for a pop image.
It seems she focuses more on what a contestant does in their movements and their wardrobe over how well they sing. Perhaps you can argue this makes up the description of Stefani herself since she created a compelling pop “image” everyone still loves without worrying about how good she sounds.
At least she does have a good voice on most things, albeit a distinctive one not obsessing over hitting high C’s or vocal tone. Because of this focus on an image, it makes us wonder if it’s why she waits to press her button until the other judges do.
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Post by Admin on Nov 11, 2019 18:19:28 GMT
Two-time coaching champ Kelly Clarkson is looking for her third win on Season 17 of “The Voice.” After blind auditions, battles and knockout rounds the powerhouse vocalist and talk show host has winnowed her team down to five artists she believes can win. But which of them has the best chance? See our best-to-worst rankings for Team Kelly below. Next Monday and Tuesday “The Voice” will transition from its pre-taped rounds to live shows where the audience has a say in who stays and who goes. In these Live Playoffs, each of the four teams of five coached by Clarkson, Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani and John Legend will compete for just three spots in the following round. Two of those spots will be determined by the audience votes and the last one by coach’s choice. Then, the remaining artists from each team with the highest votes will have a chance to compete for a special Wildcard slot to round out the Top 13.
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Post by Admin on Nov 28, 2019 21:12:53 GMT
The teams on The Voice are only getting smaller. It’s that point in the competition where fans vote on who moves on and the bottom singers have to sing to win them over to stay. http://instagram.com/p/B5aWTQVH2zs Gwen Stefani shared her disappointment over an elimination. Find out what Blake Shelton had to say and more. Warning spoilers for Live Top 11 Eliminations! Shane Q performed “Jealous” and Myracle Holloway performed “You Are So Beautiful” to win over voters in the Live Top 11 Eliminations. The judges had a lot say about about their performances and the fact that they were in the bottom at all. “It’s incredible to just watch you just use your gift in front of everyone and just be so calm and just so creative in everything that you do,” said Stefani after Holloway’s performance. “And I hope America can see that you deserve to be here. You deserve to sing again.”
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Post by Admin on Dec 4, 2019 18:27:17 GMT
Tuesday’s top 10 The Voice results show stirred up a lot of outrage in the Twitterverse, but not for the usual elimination-night reasons. It wasn’t particularly shocking who was in the bottom three, or which two contestants eventually went home. No one sat out the show in a bathrobe. Adam Levine wasn’t around to throw anyone under the bus.
Nope, the reason for all the online commotion was the TV debut of coaches Kelly Clarkson and John Legend’s #MeToo-era makeover of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” a classic holiday duet that in recent years has been scrutinized and criticized for having date-rapey overtones. In this woke 2019 version, John’s character is hardly barricading the exit door or plying the innocent, feebly protesting Kelly with secretly spiked cider. Instead, John respects Kelly’s agency, grasps the concept of consent, and books her an Uber as he uncomplainingly sends her on her way.
I’ve always thought it was pretty obvious John and Kelly’s remake was meant to be cheeky. Even if the problematic, archaic original probably did need some updating, this version always seemed like a clever parody to me, almost like an SNL skit, delivered with a nudge and a wink. I mean, a dual line like “My daddy will be pacing the floor/Wait, what are you still livin' home for?” is funny enough to make me spit out my egg nog from laughter. But some Scroogey, Grinchy, lump-of-coal-hearted viewers didn’t seem in on the joke.
“Really sorry you and John have bent to political correctness,” one fan tweeted Kelly. "That was the most horrendous retooling of a song I've ever heard,” another viewer posted. Another tweeter griped that the song “shouldn't be messed with." Still, other viewers called the performance “brave and awesome” and said it made them “smile from beginning to end.”
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Post by Admin on Dec 18, 2019 18:27:36 GMT
On Tuesday’s Season 17 finale, Team Kelly’s country crooner Jake Hoot made The Voice history, becoming the first true one-chair contestant to win the show. (Season 12 champ Chris Blue was technically a one-chair turn, but he auditioned last, when Alicia Keys was the only coach with an open spot left on her team, so that doesn’t really count.) However, many Voice viewers seemed to focus more on who didn’t win — namely Team Legend’s dynamite show-woman Katie Kadan, who surprisingly placed third. Katie’s fellow diva, Team Gwen’s Rose Short, came in fourth.
Some fans may have been shocked by this outcome, and spectators in the studio audience seemed deflated when Carson Daly read Katie’s results. Katie was the star of Season 17, and she definitely had the strongest and most consistent run — from the moment she cold-opened the premiere as the first auditioner, right up through Monday’s final competitive performances. Rose also got the “pimp spot” Monday and closed the show in spectacular fashion, thus seemingly having some advantage.
Perhaps on Wednesday there will be multiple angry thinkpieces in the blogosphere about the fact that two plus-sized, thirtysomething women — one of color — lost out to two everymen. But really, Voice viewers should never underestimate the power of the country music genre... or the power of a popular country music superstar like Blake Shelton, who coached second-place rocker Ricky Duran. And Jake is an extremely marketable and recordable singer — it’s still surprising to me that only Kelly Clarkson turned for him in the first place — so it’s understandable why he connected with mainstream viewers. Once the season got to the voting round, Jake almost always was the most-streamed contestant on Apple Music... so, perhaps his victory was no surprise after all. The numbers don’t lie.
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