The Voice

[miss_s_b]

So having watched all the episodes of this so far, I feel moved to make a couple of observations:

• The men are held to much lower standards than the women in terms of the range they are expected to have - range in terms of notes, and range in terms of style. Nobody seems to think this is odd. The most obvious example of this is the guy who sang a mediocre version of Rocket Man and got all four judges turning round, while the girl who sang Nessun Dorma and CANED IT got NONE of them, even though she was technically ten times better.


• Danny is annoying and has no mind of his own. I hadn't heard of him before this competition, and am not moved to find out any more about him or his band based on this.


• Jessie J, on the other hand, DOES have a mind of her own, and while she can make the odd bitchy comment when she thinks the cameras aren't listening, she has a lot of nous. For example totally did the right thing chucking Ben off last night - and the fact that will and Danny were slagging her off for it is an illustration of my first point.


• Sir Tom. He's Sir Tom. ♥


• If there's any justice Ruth will win. I would actually like to see Toni win, but Ruth is streets ahead of anybody left in the competition in terms of vocal ability.

We now return you to radio silence.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I was surprised Ruth went through in the blind auditions and las
Ben Kelley is far more quirky and more interesting to listen to than Ruth-Ann.

I was surprised Tom chose Sam Buttery over Aundrea(?). I was also surprised that Matt & Sueleen went through.

There is more to a voice than just the range it can cover. However impressive some of the high-notes are, its about the tone as well. Its also about the subjectiveness of what kind of voices you like to listen to and who can be an artist as well.

[miss_s_b]

You really think Ben is quirky and interesting? Even his haircut is dull and derivative IMHO. And he's so far up himself he has to open his mouth to see. Smug little git.

* shrug *

I can agree with your second paragraph, though your third seems patronising in the extreme... Of course there is more to a voice than the range it can cover. And of course there is a subjective element. My comment about Ruth deserving to win is not just about range; it's about her clean and natural tone, and the sheer length of time she can hold a note without even wavering.

Still, the fact that you thought from my entry that all I cared about was the high notes should teach me not to blog in haste... Past performance shows that it won't, though.