Personally, I think the format for The Voice is genius - blind auditions where it really is The Voice that matters. If a judge - or coach as they're called to sound less mean - likes what they hear, they slam their big red button and they turn round to see who is singing. If only one coach is turned at the end of the audition, that coach gets the contestant. If more than one coach turns round, the contestant gets to choose which coach they want.
However, each coach can only pick ten people so they have to be really careful who they pick. You can see the indecision on their faces as they try and decide whether they want this person, just by the sound of their voice.
As for the judges themselves, I think they've got a good mix going on there. Will.i.am - I'm still trying to decide if he actually cares or if he's just in it for the money the act might bring him; Jessie J - a new act on the block as it were, with a very individual style of music. Then there's Danny O'Donoghue, lead singer of The Script - now I think he's a really good judge to have because he will represent all the Indie acts out there, the ones that aren't all poppy like Will.i.am and Jessie. I think that's what Janet Devlin needed on X Factor last year, Kelly never picked the right songs for her and styled her all wrong.
Then of course there's the infamous Tom Jones, who I think will bring something special to the competition as he's from a totally different generation and has different views on singing and performing. In an interview he had, he said he was still getting used to all the modern music that the contestats are coming out with - it may be why he was often the last one to turn round on Saturday Night
As for BGT, it was the same old stuff really, mostly singing acts with the odd loony thrown in
...I think I'll stick with The Voice thanks.
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