The Voice UK Winner Leanne Mitchell and coach Tom Jones
The Voice UK winner, Leanne Mitchell won’t be belting out the big notes in front of live audiences any time soon. According to the Daily Mail, The Voice UK tour has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales.
“Unfortunately, The Voice UK Live has been cancelled due to lack of ticket sales – customers are advised to contact their point of purchase for ticket refunds,” said a spokesperson for the BBC, the network that airs The Voice in the UK.
Daily Mail pitches the Story as a Voice vs X Factor, with Simon Cowell winning this particular battle. Although I’m not sure why–last year’s BGT tour was cancelled. This year, no tour is planned. Although there was no US tour, Simon’s X Factor UK contestants did tour recently.
Britain’s Got Talent is the show that went head to head with the Voice this spring, losing the ratings battle early on. But just like the US version, once the gimmicky auditions were over, The Voice UK lost ratings momentum. It went from 11 million viewers to less than 5 million by the semi final stage.
The Voice winner UK Leanne only got to number 45 on the iTunes chart.
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