He’s on breakfast radio in Sydney on 2Day FM and got a hot tip off about it and revealed it there.
A potential contest who says he was headhunted by The Voice has claimed he was guaranteed a spot in the semi-finals on last year’s season if he auditioned. He says he declined the offer. Nine has denied the claims.
I’d hazard a guess and say the ‘coaches’ would have been briefed on who is behind them prior to filming, and if anyone is to turn or not. Otherwise it screws up the whole schedule of the show. It’s all down to what the producers want not Kelly Roland! This show would be about as scripted as MAFS is.
Considering this show is on the verge of probably its last season they would be pulling all sorts of strings to add some form of controversy to it this year. As seen with MAFS and MKR, sadly the over the top scandals reel in the crowds.
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Is someone trying to undermine the show or is this a bot self made controversy to regain interest.
Nine has released four new promos for the upcoming season, one for each judge. Two are already up on social media.
And once again their promos make it evident who the show is really about. It has nothing to do with the contestants.
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Here are the other two promos.
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The Voice - Season 8
THE RETURN OF THE ALL STARS
In its eighth season in 2019, The Voice continues to unearth incredible singing talent and this year there is a new format shake up, with All Star artists coming back for another chance of victory.
In a world first for the competition, the most championed fan favourites who missed out on their chance to win The Voice will get a chance at redemption when they return as All Stars to compete against the new talent for a place on the teams of the four Coaches.
With more experience under their belt and the hunger for victory still burning, the All Stars will take everything they have learnt in and out of the competition to vie for a place on The Voice stage against the new-season talent.
“This year we are bringing back the All Stars,” says Nine’s Head of Content Production and Development, Adrian Swift. “Over the years brilliant singers have been knocked out of The Voice along the way. Sometimes they weren’t confident enough, sometimes it wasn’t their best performance the day they were on stage, so this year they’re coming back.
“We think this new dimension of the show will make it really interesting, seeing people you know and love from the past seven seasons of The Voice coming back to try and turn a chair again.”
Bringing an exciting and fresh lens to The Voice in season eight sees homegrown star Guy Sebastian in the famous spinning red chair, joining three Coaches from last year, Delta Goodrem, Kelly Rowland and Boy George.
With some of the biggest star power in the world, season eight of The Voice is set to ignite Australian audiences once again.
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Can’t find new contestants?
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8 seasons of the voice? That is quite impressive. Didn’t realise it had snuck into its 8th year.
Promos also seem like they couldn’t get Kelly Rowland in to do a proper shoot, seems disjointed compared to the other three.
Seven’s New Idea quoting a “very well-placed source” who “concede it will be final year” for Nine’s The Voice.
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With Lego Masters currently on air, it looks like the eighth season of The Voice won’t start until the week of May 19 at the earliest. But with State of Origin game 2 and Logie Awards on successive Sundays (June 23 and 30), Nine will have to spread out episodes of auditions, knockouts and battles in order to have live shows staying on Sunday nights.
Can’t say I’m surprised. I suspected it would probably be the last year given the negative publicity this year around auditions/battles, and the fact they are relying on returning finalists to prop up the competition. It’s great it has lasted this long though.
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Had 10 picked up the show in the first place, would it have lasted eight seasons?
Neither am I.
If anything, it’s surprising that there wasn’t speculation about The Voice Australia being axed sooner!
Not to mention the overall decline in ratings over the last few years…
Probably. Of their majory reality shows, they have Im a Celebrity which has lasted 6 seasons on Ten, Masterchef has lasted 11. And Bachelor and Bachelorette have lasted 7 and 5 seasons so far.
Season 8 - THE BEST VOICE EVER
The Voice Season Eight is back, bigger and better than ever!
Reigning queen Kelly Rowland , supreme champion Delta Goodrem , warrior icon Boy George and the new force on the coaching panel, Guy Sebastian , are our four superstar coaches, with Sonia Kruger returning as host.
“I’m really pumped to be a coach on the new season of The Voice ,” Sebastian said. “Being a musician over the last 15 years has been an extremely fulfilling time. I love that I can share my experience with new aspiring artists so we can inject some fresh talent into the music industry.”
This season of The Voice will present artists with voices that will give you goosebumps, in the most intense blind auditions ever. In a Voice world first, the blind auditions welcome the All Stars, championed fan favourites who missed out on a chance to win in previous seasons who return in season eight for redemption.
THE VOICE FORMAT IN 2019
Blind Auditions: Here we meet the hopefuls who will audition for our coaches for the chance to turn a chair and securing a place on one of the four teams.
Knockouts: The top 48 artists go head-to-head in groups of three as they perform a song their coach has chosen within a theme. There are two exciting “saves” for each coach to add artists to their team.
Battles: In this stage of the competition artists perform in pairs. One artist wins the battle and each coach gets a wildcard to take through from the unsuccessful artists on their team, resulting in four artists per team moving into the finals.
Finals: The top 16 artists battle it out for a place in the Grand Final where the Top 4 will compete to win The Voice Australia 2019.
The winner of The Voice will receive the grand prize of a recording contracting with EMI and $100,000 in prizemoney.
SEASON 8 FAST FACTS
COACHES & HOST
COACHES #teamdelta #teamgeorge #teamguy #teamkelly
- Kelly Rowland is the reigning champion (Sam Perry, Winner, Season 7). Kelly returns for her third season
- Boy George returns for his third season
- Delta Goodrem returns for her eighth season as a Coach on The Voice (NB: Season 3 Delta was a Coach on The Voice, Kids)
- Guy Sebastian joins The Voice, Australia, as a first-time coach
- Sonia Kruger returns to host, this is her fourth year of hosting
ARTISTS
- OLDEST FEMALE ARTIST: Age 53
- OLDEST MALE ARTIST: Age 56
- YOUNGEST MALE ARTIST: Age 14
- YOUNGEST FEMALE ARTIST: Age 13 *youngest artist ever
ARTIST STATE BREAKDOWN:
- ARTISTS FROM NSW: 42 artists
- ARTISTS FROM QLD: 17 artists
- ARTISTS FROM SA: 5 artists
- ARTISTS FROM VIC: 28 artists
- ARTISTS FROM WA: 9 artists
- ARTISTS FROM TAS: 2 artists
The producers changed the record company. In the past seven seasons, the winner received a recording contract with Universal Music.