The Voice executive producer, Mark Burnett announced at at press conference on Friday that the show’s post-Super Bowl premiere on February 5 will go straight to the blind auditions. Actually, that’s also how Season 1 began, but the big news is that instead of 8 contestants on each of the coaches’ teams, there will be 12 with more weeks of blind audition rounds.
Burnett says that’s what fans really responded to in season 1, and it’s the thing that sets The Voice apart from other competition reality shows like American Idol and X Factor.
Christina Augilera says the premiere will begin with a “kick ass” performance from her and fellow coaches, Cee Lo Green, Blake Shelton and Adam Levine. Host, Cason Daly now has a producer credit on the show. (Via The Hollywood Reporter)
Christina revealed that she has an opera singer on her team!
Other tidbits from my twitter feed:
The top four from last season all have albums coming out. Some of the coaches plan on collaborating with their artists on those.
“I’m an advocate of honesty and directness. Tough love is necessary every now and again.” – @CeeLoGreen on his coaching style.
Each coach made it clear that they would NOT sign on if the show was going to bring out weak singers to humiliate them.
All of #thevoice coaches say they still keep in touch with their team’s finalists from last season
Via @TVGuideMagazine, @NBCTheVoice
