The Voice

Just finished watching the results for The Voice. Enjoyed most of the show - could have done without the Justin Bieber sort of rap song, but was blown away by Lady Antebellum - seems all they can do is write and perform hits. Jermaine Paul was definitely the best performer on the show throughout, although Chris Mann may have had the best voice. It seems that at the end of every show my wife and I watched, we ended up talking about the judges, either the rambling from CeeLo, the pausing from Adam, the team support from Blake or the outfits of Christina. Much like the judges on American Idol, the personalities get caught up in their own egos and tend to distract from the show. At least on The Voice we avoid the words "dude" and "pitchy" and advice about the song not mattering and yet the song was "the wrong choice."


On Idol, we are drawn to Steven Tyler's androgynous outfits and J-Lo's skirt length and Randy's dedication to a lack of fashion. On The Voice the main distraction is Chrisitna Aguilera's wardrobe or lack-there-of. Tonight was the most amazing - from the waist up, Aguilera looks out of sorts - plenty of cake, but a white shirt buttoned up to hide her amazing and usually exposed cleavage. Then, she struts to the stage to console her artist and reveals her bottom, clad in some very expensive looking set of designer Depends. From that moment on, the show became anticlimactic - and there were still the other three contestants left. I just couldn't wait for the cameras to focus back on her butt. I mean, I wanted Jermaine to win and thought I would be excited about the finish, but I just kept hoping to get another long look at that underwear.

What was she thinking? Didn't any of the other judges care enough about her to tell her - OMG! What are you wearing? Do you know we're on television? Do you know this is a singing contest? At least J-Lo keeps her trunk junk mostly covered.

How sad that Jermain was upstaged on his big night by a fanny pack. I hope he goes on to record wonderful songs and is a great success. I'm not sure the producers were thinking straight when they asked him to perform again at the end of the show while crying with and hugging his family members who were brought on stage. Juliett Simms seemed surprised that she didn't win. I was surprised she made it that far. Each of her performances has moments of brilliance combined with moments of flatness. If she can control her pitch problems, she may have a future in the industry. Chris was technically the best voice, but limited in his song selection. Tony Luca shined and has a future in the business with the right band and songs.

I still feel Idol has a better selection of singers this year. I believe Phillip will go on to a magical mystery tour, Jessica will hit the cabaret, Holly will receive a Tony in her future and Joshua will win the Idol finale. Hopefully, he will record and revive a bunch of James Brown tunes. maybe someone will take one of those too-tight jackets off of him while he performs before it is over.
Peace - Ho'oponopono . . .