Look at executive producer, Mark Burnett, going all smug in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter after The Voice was nominated for Outstanding Competitive Reality series today, and American Idol was not:
“If only you knew the amount of people who said to us, ‘You’re crazy making another music competition show. America’s got enough of them and no one is going to watch another one with spinning chairs,’ “ he recalls of the general skepticism surrounding The Voice before its launch, adding: “But my instincts with NBC were that this would work, and I think that it did because this show plays on an idea of making ordinary people feel powerful.”
As he sees it, The Voice’s recognition marks a new era: “For the Academy to have made the only nominee for a music competition show be The Voice was a big statement that says, ‘You guys are fresh, you guys are relevant, and it’s good programming,’” explains Burnett, a former Emmys producer who is no stranger to accolades.
“Idol has had lots of nominations, but I feel like there’s been a shift. Today is a new era.”
Seriously duuuude. I’d wait to see how your 3rd cycle of The Voice pans out so soon after it aired in the Spring. Ya’ll couldn’t beat American Idol in the ratings, even after that phony assist from the Superbowl.
And mark my words. Mark Burnett is a guy who is an expert on idiots willing to eat bugs for fame, but knows nothing about the music business. I’ll eat my arm if The Voice EVER produces a star of the caliber of a Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson, Daughtry etc. They’ll be lucky to produce a William Hung.
