‘The Super Save in on,’ proclaims The Voice host Carson Daly at the end of Monday’s show. (NBC Photo)
And now we have the latest gimmick on The Voice.
Not a save, but a Super Save. A super silly Super Save.
After John Legend and Michael Buble made their choices for the live playoffs Monday night, keeping two singers while cutting three, host Carson Daly dropped the surprise twist in a backstage meeting with the show’s coaches.
Each coach will get to invite one additional singer back to the show, presumably someone cut during the playoffs.
The other twist: Fans won’t get to know the identity of the returning singers until next Monday night’s semifinals show.
The coaches acted as though this was news to them. As though they’d fretted over cuts they didn’t need to fret over.
I call bullshit.
Total bullshit.
The coaches knew this was coming.
Why else would Kelsea Ballerini cut Jaelen Johnston?
Why else would Adam Levine cut all three of his four-chair turn males in favor of a singer he’d just stolen?
What baffles me is why> Why the twist? Why not allow each coach to chose three singers to advance from the start?
Why piss off fans? Why have them vow to quit watching the show after their favorite has gotten cut?
And why in the world would you keep the identity of the returning contestants secret until next Monday night?
So they’ll be at a disadvantage when their fans don’t tune in, thinking they’ve been eliminated?
None of this makes any sense. But, hey, this is The Voice.
The show is probably hoping to pry back eyeballs. It’s getting its butt kicked by American Idol in the Monday night ratings battle.
Personally, I hope it blows up in The Voice’s face. I hope Idol continues to dominate the ratings this coming Monday. I hope ratings for The Voice season finale dip to a disastrous all-time low.
It would be what the show deserves.
Season 27 has been an abysmal disaster. Not from a talent standpoint, but from a formatting standpoint.
The show has dragged on for 14 weeks now.
Do you know how many times we’ve seen the Top 8 perform?
Four times. Just four. And one of those was a duet.
Do you know how many times the Top 8 on American Idol performed in the past two weeks alone.
Five.
Do you know how often Voice fans have been allowed to vote for their favorites this season.
A big fat zero. And they’ll get to do it just twice all season.
Fans on American Idol voted Sunday and Monday. They’ve voted seven times already. They vote three more times before the season ends.
Wow, 10 chances to vote compared to two.
Gee, let me think, which is better?
Gee, let me think, which show should I be watching when Super Save contestants are revealed Monday?
American Idol, of course.
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3 Comments
You have every right to be angry.
Viewers are right to feel manipulated and cheated.
The semifinalists have every reason to feel they are being used as pawns.
It’s all a ploy.
“The Voice” could have really challenged “American Idol”
Wasn’t that part of the show’s original purpose?
In its prime, “American Idol” turned aspiring singers into stars.
“The Voice” turned the coaches into household names.
What a blown opportunity.
The problem is, I’ve watched The Voice since the start. I remember when it was good. When I preferred it to American Idol. When the playoffs were live and fans voted. When there was a full slate of live shows. When it wasn’t gimmick heaped upon gimmick heaped again gimmick amid a season so short you had to wonder, ‘Why even bother?’
I wish the show would just have one season per year instead of two.