‘The Voice’ is my favorite singing competition show aired on NBC. For the first three seasons the line up of coaches were: Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton. With Carson Daily as the host and Christina Millian as "backstage online and social media correspondent." The line up changed for the forth season, Shakira and Usher replaced Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green so they could take time off to focus on their careers.
There are many reality singing shows out there right now such as; American Idol, The Next and X Factor. What sets ‘The Voice’ apart is how they choose the contestants solely on the sound of their voice.
Break Down of how the show works:
The “Blind Auditions” starts the season off with contestants singing to get a spot on a coaches team. Coaches sit in a big red chair facing the audience if they what they hear they turn their chair around. If one coach turns around then by default that is the coach they have for a mentor. If more than one coach turns around then the contestant has the choice of who they want to mentor them. In the forth season each coach has eight spots to fill with two steal positions open (later discussed).
After the eight spots are filled the coaches pair two contestants together on their individual teams to go head to head in the “Battle Rounds” signing a song the coach chooses. During the preparation for the “Battle Rounds” the coaches along with celebrity mentors, help prepare the contestants. During the “Battle Rounds” the coaches choose one of the two contestants to advance. During this round the other coaches have a chance to steal the contestant that the original coach did not chose. The “Knock Rounds” are a sudden death approach, where contestants are paired up again with another teammate, this time they have their chose of song. The coaches then chose one to advance to the live show.
The “Live Show” is the final live performance phase of the competition, contestants perform in weekly shows, where public voting narrows to a final group of contestants and eventually declares a winner. Each week the public gets to vote through; text, purchasing songs of their favorite contestant through iTunes, and calling in. The public has 50% and the coaches have the other 50% to save contestants. This process happens until the there are only three contestants left, and they perform in the finale where a winner is chosen. The winning contestant gets a $100,000 and a record deal with Universal Music Group.
Did NBC make the right chose filling in the coaches’ slots with Shakira and Usher?
According to TV by the Numbers, a network TV Press Release, for the week of April 23, 2013.
From 8-10:01 p.m. ET, "The Voice" (4.8 rating, 13 share in adults 18-49, 13.9 million viewers overall) delivered the #1 results of the night in 18-49 and total viewers. "The Voice" finished within 8 percent of last week's 5.2, the show's highest rating in more than a year (since March 12, 2012), and was within 6 percent of last week's 5.1 in these prelim fast-affiliate ratings. In total viewers, "The Voice" is within 4 percent of last week's 14.4 million.
"The Voice" won last night's time period in every key ratings category among ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox and beat the combined result of ABC and Fox, who tied for #2 among those network in the slot (4.8 vs. a combined 4.2). From its first half-hour to its fourth, "The Voice" grew by 1.0 rating points or 24 percent in 18-49 (to a 5.1 from a 4.1).
"The Voice" matched the 18-49 rating of the fifth Monday telecast of the prior cycle (4.8 on October 8, 2012) and was up 26 percent versus the same night last year (3.8 on April 23, 2012). In total viewers, the increases are 8 percent versus the prior cycle (13.867 million vs. 12.888 million) and 34 percent versus the same night last year (13.867 million vs. 10.314 million).
I do believe that Shakira and Usher make great coaches and according to the numbers so do many viewers. I am excited to see how the rest of this season plays out.
