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Your lack of compassion is staggering.

Because it was. We got some background on all the acts.

Re: The Voice or BGT
 

Thanks :)

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Don't remember getting the medical history of any other acts. ;)

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Even for sarcasm that wasn't particularly amusing :D

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This is what irritates me about all these talent contests. The fact that this woman has alopecia has little or no bearing on her ability to sing. Unless we are being manipulated into feeling sorry for her, then the information is irrelevant.

If we are being manipulated into feeling sorry for her, the contest itself stops being about the singing. For a talent contest supposedly based on people's ability to sing, that that is not a good thing.

I am not picking on this woman in particular, or any of the contestants, actually. Just the cynical, manipulative (both the constestants and the viewers are, IMO, manipulated) way these contests are run.

Re: The Voice or BGT
 

It's more about motivation than bearing. Gives us a little insight and allows us to make a connection with the person.

As far as I know, the judges have not been told anything about the contestants at this stage (something I assumed anyway) so....

... it's not a problem.

Re: The Voice or BGT
 

I'll admit that my comments, while they used a contestant from The Voice as an example, were aimed primarily at the various talent contest run by Cowell.

However, it seems that the selections for The Voice are at least partially controlled by the public. The public are often more likely to vote for someone percieved as an underdog. The Cowell shows play this up, and it seems that The Voice may start doing this as well.

Hence my comments about cynically manipulating the public.

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I watch Bouth Show but miss the First 20 mis of B G T cat be bouthd to record it to Sand I TV a Massger B G t shod Start @8.30 affre The Vice

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Fair enough. The Voice is so different there's nothing to compare it to.

Impossible because the public don't get a say (ie a vote) in "The Voice" until the third and final stage of the competition :)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00k96j4/features/about

Which do not apply in this case.

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Oh for goodness sake. ALL talent shows on TV are exploitative.They always have been all the way back to Opportunity Knocks and New Faces.

Don't kid yourselves that the latest crop are anything different.

Saturday evenings consequently have been boring for the last 40+ years. :zzz:

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I thought it was Simon Fuller, not Cowell that was responsible for Popstars and Idol? Cowell was only a judge on Idol.

Re: The Voice or BGT
 

True, it was. However, Simon Cowell has repeated the format.

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I personally rather BGT, simply because it offers variety and laughs
the voice is a knock off from the x factor I think, oh without the famous Mr Cowell!!

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Somewhat like trying to compare a Variety Show with a Concert.

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I dunno... Multiple singers auditioning in front of a group of people who get to coach them, then decide if they go through to the next round. Sounds like any number of talent shows to me, with or without Cowell..
All that means is the production team get longer to manipulate the public.
They do. See reason above.

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BGT wins by a mile for me, The Voice will end up like Fame Academy, the BBC won't lavish any money on these types of shows like BGT or The X Factor.

I watched the the Voice once and turned it over, fancy listening to the acts with your backs to them.

No Simon Cowell might think he is god, but when he puts on show's he makes it entertainment.