Delta fans were delighted when Ellen and then Tash were eliminated, as it meant Delta would be guaranteed as the winning coach. It capped off a great weekend for her after Wings of the Wild debuted at #1 on ARIA charts.
Alfie’s debut single received mixed reactions on social media after release, according to TV Tonight.
Congrats to Alfie. Out of the final four he would be the most marketable one in the long run, but yes the song is rather ordinary.
Universal need to get more involved (not that I have any idea how involved they are) because the acts just don’t connect with the buying public. The winner’s single gets one performance and then released, there is not even a winner’s performance. Sadly the song has only made it to No. 42 on the iTunes chart whereas all the X Factors winners singles were No 1 by now. Even Good Charlotte and Fifth Harmony haven’t made it to the Top 10 with their performance songs either.
Continuing from the July 10 ratings thread. SydneyCityTV asked:
The biggest selling point of The Voice has been blind auditions and the battles. If the show is to be relaunched without either format (or both) it will be just like The X Factor. Also any change will require the approval of ITV Studios which now owns the franchise outside the Netherlands.
I do wonder how the show would have fared on Ten had it outbid Nine back in 2011 for the rights? Could it have generated huge ratings like it did on Nine in 2012? Had Ten’s bid been successful James Warburton would still be the network’s CEO today.
As if.
The Voice Australia 2016 finale ratings slump: Is Channel 9 losing its Voice?
Sydney Morning Herald
The Voice closes with lowest grand final audience ever
The Australian
Could this spell the end for The Voice? Show pulls in lowest finale audience EVER… but still beats MasterChef in ratings war
Daily Mail
Interesting headline comparison to Media Spy’s
Ratings: 1.5 million for The Voice final, lowest ever audience
The biggest downfall of The Voice is that none of the contestants seem to have any real level of success post the show, which is bizarre to me because often the guests who perform on the show then see an instant boost on the itunes charts. E.g. The Veronicas In My Blood debut was pretty weak on ARIA charts and then straight after The Voice performance went to #1 on itunes (where it has remained since). Even Delta’s performance last week saw Enough go into the top 10 and her album to #1. So it will be interesting to see where the winner lands.
Sadly it isn’t looking good for Alfie, His single has only made it no 23 so far on iTunes, as a bit of a guide, Ellie Drennan’s performance of Hard Love a couple of weeks ago made it as high as no 4 on iTunes but only got to no 41 on Aria for that week. There is a good chance that if nothing improves he won’t even make the ARIA top 50 which will bring even worse headlines for the show.
The news ended up being as bad as it could be as Cruel only managed to debut at no 89 this week. There are going to be some vicious headlines in the morning.
Yikes!
Meanwhile The Veronicas stayed at number one with their single and Delta just dropped to number two with her album.
It only sold 1458 copies which is horrendous considering the launch it received.
Comparing that to Cyrus with Stone last year which sold just under 17,000 copies in three days to Cruel’s four.
That is just embarrassing and makes you wonder why anyone would waste their time trying out for the show next year. The Voice just does not seem to really boost anyone’s career post show (Karise Edens minor success is a small exception). At least every X Factor winner had a hit after the show, and you still hear of names like Dami Im and Samantha Jade years on. The Voice audience is clearly much older and just do not listen to pop music. Delta still seems to manage to use the show as a good platform to launch new singles and albums (and it works) and guests seem to get a boost in sales. So it just shows the format of The Voice doesn’t work where this such limited time to get to know contestants enough.
ITV Studios Australia and Paul Franklin’s Eureka Productions will take over production of The Voice from 2017, ITV now having the ownership of the franchise after buying Talpa in March last year.
Alfie Arcuri’s first album Zenith did better in the ARIA charts than his debut single. Zenith entered the albums chart at #5 this week.
Interesting interview with former host Darren McMullen on TV Tonight. He says one of the reasons he quit The Voice after four seasons was:
I couldn’t watch any more kids getting their heart broken because they thought their dreams were over. It’s not the kind of television I watch.
Yet in it’s second week dropped to #24 and third week #37. In comparison Delta Goodrem’s album is still int he top 10 after 2 months.
That’s the problem with so many talent shows. It gives people false hope and very few have any sort of success in the long run. I genuinely feel sorry for winners of The Voice these days because they seem to have close to zero impact after the show.
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McMullen must be a slow learner - it only took him 4 years to realise that the Voice was exploitative.
He back-tracks a lot in that interview when he is reminded that his new show, which looks crap BTW, is produced by Shine Endemol.
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If you were a past contestant on The Voice that got a least same name recognition you would be pissed that Channel Nine are using Nat Conway’s Everybody’s Free in the ads promoting their line up for the rest of the year. She was a contestant on The X Factor last year and came sixth. It is even one of those ads which acknowledges the song.
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News Corp reports Delta Goodrem will return as judge next year to defend her title (she actually confirmed it on Jono and Ben on TV3 New Zealand last week), but the Madden Brothers and Ronan Keating are unlikely to join her.