Exactly! The Australian musos who make it big internationally usually then stay over there and focus more on the international market (eg 5SOS, Sia and Kylie Minogue), but the ones who rule the Aus charts but don’t translate internationally fade away - our market is so full of international artists that it’s hard to make a long-lasting career here just in Australia. Aus artists suffer from the tall poppy syndrome - just like you said, Triple J is a great place to breakthrough new artists, however once you’ve had success it’s almost like they (and the public) turn on you. Radio stations play all the international hits - it’s so rare to hear Aus music unless it’s a big hit (Tones & I).
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Lots of the AI, XF and AGT graduates have gone on to have varied entertainment careers, not so much popular chart music.
I’m thinking of the likes of Paulini, Anthony Callea, Rob Mills, Casey Donovan,
Johnny Ruffo, Samantha Jade, Ricki Lee etc.
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There’s something about The Voice that makes its contestants so forgettable - I can’t name many who have had any kind of entertainment career after they left the show. Perhaps singing reality shows are a tired format - but somehow still rates well!!? - and maybe it’s because there’s so little screentime for the contestants that you don’t really get to see their personality and character shine through.
It certainly seems to be a career-boost for the coaches rather than contestants - when you think of X Factor and Australian Idol, not many of their judges still had careers in music. Dannii Minogue/Mel B didn’t use X Factor as a platform for new music, and obviously some judges were highly influential in the music industry as executives or radio personalities (eg Kyle Sandilands) but weren’t singers so didn’t have anything to promote.
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With the public not allowed to attend the filming of playoffs and live shows, the producers invited fans to be part of the “virtual audience” by sending in videos of themselves cheering, clapping and celebrating their favourite coaches or contestants. The following was posted on Wednesday with entries closing yesterday, so fans had only four nights to send in the videos.
They could just set up the studio with screens with viewers watching live from home and cheering along. Also have the production staff in the studio to join in like DWTS.
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Q+A have done a small socially distanced audience so you’d think they could do something similar to that
The Voice is probably doing something similar to DWTS - I can imagine the production crew and perhaps even contestants’/coaches’ families and friends would be allowed in the studio, it’s just the general public that won’t be able to watch in-studio.
I think I heard Darren McMullen a few weeks back talking about how the crew have taken out the audience seats and done something special with the studio.
I’ve got to add that this is probably one of the trickiest shows to film during the pandemic - 2 coaches overseas (in different countries as well!). I’m guessing they’ll be doing something similar to last year and won’t be doing any live shows except for the grand finale.
It sucks for the contestants - they’ve probably only had 1-on-1 time with the coaches for the battles, and even that is usually 3 contestants mentored at the same time.
I hope they have some mentors in-person as well as via satellite for George and Kelly’s teams.
Q+A has been able to achieve that because its studio is very small. The set where The Voice is filmed can house hundreds of fans so even having a small socially distanced distance will create a lot of empty space, not a good look on TV.
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A great example of the biggest problem of the show:
Read further.
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Exactly.
Great article.
The audition was actually a really good one (probably one of the best in recent years) but the best in history? Not sure how they can go past Karise Eden’s audition in Season 1.
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I honestly hate the block button.
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As has been said many times here, The Voice is as much about the judges as the contestants. Especially in the Blind’s portion of the show.
Sad but true - and the reason why this formula won’t change is because the blinds always rate the highest. When you look back at the ratings, blinds can reach the 1 mil mark most of the time and then by the time it’s the finals they lose around 200,000 viewers. The most interest part of the show is seeing which of the coaches will turn and who the contestants choose.
George and Rowland will be participating in the new episodes via video from London and LA respectively.
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Well we knew that would be the promo on the night BB premieres…
From the article, it looks like The Veronicas will be guest mentor for Team George and Marcia Hines guest mentor for Team Kelly.
The time difference will be a nightmare as London is 9 hours behind Sydney, and LA is 17 hours behind Sydney (both cities are in daylight savings). So depending on the time the shows are filmed, either George or Kelly will have to stay up to see contestants perform.
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So interesting! The Veronica’s have filled in for the Madden brothers previously on the show, so they were an easy choice. From the article, I wonder if they and Marcia Hines are the only guest mentors, or will they be introducing more?
This is quoted from the article: “this year’s season will also draw on guest mentors including pop duo The Veronicas and Marcia Hines”
Marcia Hines confirmed this afternoon via Twitter that she and The Veronicas would be guest mentors for the playoffs round.
The Voice website has also published an article regarding guest mentors and Boy George and Kelly Rowland judging via satellite, expanding on the SMH report posted above. Supervising EP Leigh Aramberri said more Australian musicians will be guest mentors for Team George and Team Kelly for the live shows.