The Voice UK

Ditto every part of that.

I think this just blows X Factor out of the water, and in comparison The Voice seems a very polished and very real. It just shows how contrived and how lacking in credibility X Factor is, also.

The interaction with the judges is more gentle banter, and you can actually like these guys.

I hope this will reach the heights of X Factor in the ratings, it deserves to.

My only concern about the format is, I suspect if it's successful ITV will pick it up after the two year contract is up.

Loved The Voice tonight. It seemed so more 'real' than The X Factor and no real sob stories to speak of and thankfully no 'novelty' acts aka Jedward!

Compared with other versions of The Voice globally, the BBC's take on it was just as good, if not excellent! Fresh, visually brilliant and the talent was really good!

The show seems to have nearly universal praise from people on here, DS and on Twitter. I think this could climb in the ratings.

The only thing it was missing was the titles. I kinda like the theme tune. It's catchy!

I can only echo what other people have said about this excellent show.

I watched Britain's Got Talent tonight and there were only three acts possessing any talent, and all of them were singing. And watching BGT has shown me how much the British public enjoy and praise an act with actual talent. They show lots of enthusiasm for those who are able, and the idea that ITV fills their show with joke acts is a big mistake. British audiences really do want people with ability and I think that The Voice will go a long way in showing how audiences should approach an act and how we regard their talent.

Love the coaches. Their chemistry, their differences in approach and viewpoint, and the absolute respect I have for their talent and their comments. I never find myself doubting what they have to say. I love the complete power shift to the act so they have complete control over who coaches them. I think that point is particularly significant, and shows the balance of power between the coach and artist and how the artist prevails.

Really good production as well, excellent studio space and it was employed very well. Live band really added to the credibility of the show, as well as the excellent performance at the beginning by the supergroup.

As for the films before each singer, I think they merely serve to underline the need for this show on British television. They aren't sob stories, they show why this show deserves to judge solely on the voice.

The BBC has definitely found itself a winner here, and it stands up taller already than Britain's Got Talent, and in particular, The X Factor. Overall talent was amazing, and shows the worth of every minute of the show. Watching BGT is just time wasted as far as I am concerned, especially by showing the complete futility of all of the X Factor judges, that whole show and Simon Cowell's idea of searching for and making a winner from his shows.

I deleted that post, just whilst I was checking that I hadn't skipped past it's use on iPlayer.

It is catchy, but it is also cheesy, very cheesy and some of the credible feel the show had would have been lost I feel with it's inclusion.

It's the sort of music that lends itself to parody and ridicule if you ask me.

Couldn't agree more!

Or just continue this one: http://www.tvforum.co.uk/forums/post711240/

Yes, it was a bit of a shock after The Voice seeing contestants who were just on TV because they 'made good telly' rather than actually having talent. The last act on BGT was probably a bad choice considering that The Voice started tonight, it was basically a Susan Boyle moment, If there's anything that shows up the difference between the two programmes then it was Cowell's comment to Amanda Holden when they walked on stage


Yep, what I particularly liked was the way they were shown during the singing - close ups showing them listening and thinking. Subtitling their interaction was a great touch too.


Yes, I don't think they were any where near the sort of 'sob stories' that the Cowell shows have. It's nice to know a bit of background behind the performers and if there's a particular aspect of the their background which is important to mention - alapecia for example - then it's mentioned but not dwelled on.

I'm afraid I disagree. Probably like quite a few other people, I only watched the first 30 minutes of The Voice[UK] as I turned over for Harry Hill's TV Burp after that. During that time, I saw someone using the currently very fashionable and unverifiable "I was bullied at school" sob story, she lost points in my mind for not being cyber-bullied (whatever that is) but the sob story was definitely there. I also saw a contestant (may have been the same contestant) doing the long pause thing, "I will choose.........." followed by a close up of each judge before continuing with ".......Tom Jones". I repeat, this was a contestant doing this. I can believe it when I see Bruce Forsyth, Ant and/or Dec or Phillip Schofield doing it because they are professionals and they have someone in their ear telling them how long to hold the pause. I actually hope that this was faked and we haven't got a generation of people who actually speak like that naturally.

I should confess, I am not a fan of this kind of programme. There is nothing I find more boring that watching people sing on television. but I was with other people on Saturday so as well as watching the first half hour of The Voice[UK] I also watched Britain's Got Talent. As someone who doesn't watch these shows regularly, the fake bits still jump out at me and are actually quite annoying because they seem to be trying to force a story rather than showing anything close to what really happened on the day. From the bits I saw, Britain's Got Talent seemed to have many more fake elements compared to The The Voice[UK] (at least the ones I could spot, maybe The Voice[UK] is just better at hiding them), but I don't think The Voice[UK] can ever be called 'real'. What this country needs now is another TV fakery scandal.

For what it is worth, one of the people I was with choose to watch Britain's Got Talent over The Voice[UK] because of the 'funny acts'.

I also hope we have heard the last of the promotional stuff for The Voice[UK] too. I don't mind these shows as long as they stick to their slot and don't ruin other programmes for me. I am sick of hearing that it is different from other shows in that the contestants aren't judged on looks and they don't have judges, especially when both things obviously aren't true. Would alophica girl really be on the show if it wasn't for her look? I think not.

With all the The Voice[UK] vs Britain's Got Talent hype, there has been no mention of Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards fantastic performance in Winter Wipeout Celebrity Special on Saturday. He did really well, winning all the rounds and then winning the final round by beating the other [younger] contestants by about 2 minutes. AND he was bullied at school (I assume).

tl;dr: I don't like The Voice[UK] but I quite liked Winter Wipeout Celebrity Special.

The one bit I don't get about The Voice. OK so the judges... sorry, coaches can't see them when they audition. After this point, they can see them. So from this point on I don't see the difference to any other show. They are still going to be judged on their looks and everything else by the people who phone in and vote. The thing about it just being about "the voice" only applies for the initial audition.

I watched about 45 minutes of it and, yeah, it was OK. It was very well presented, but it was just completely underwhelming. X Factor hasn't become such a hit because of the quality of the singers, it has done so because it is entertaining, and I don't think The Voice has the ability to become the talking point and must-see show that X Factor, rightly or wrongly, so often is.