The Voice: Don't turn your back on this promising show

The Voice / Eliot Pollak / 27 March 2012 /

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Will.I.Am - the first winning judge on The Voice?

"Will.I.Am is already shaping up to be a great judge, with a nice blend of humour and straight talking. He is also the only judge with a proven track record when it comes to creating pop stars, and is certainly the value right now to be ‘Winning Coach’ at [3.3]."

Sure, it's gimmicky, but The Voice had an encouraging debut show and could make for quality betting fare, says Eliot Pollak

If we were a cynical bunch, we'd suggest that the appropriate reaction to BBC's innovative and exciting talent competition 'The Voice', where the judges swivel around, baring their back at the contestants to see if sheer voice alone turns them on, would be to turn our own backs to the screen, and see if we can turn the television off. But we're not like that. Oh no. And despite the gazillions of our bunce Auntie Beeb paid to plug the whole bloody thing, it actually wasn't that bad.

In truth, whilst it may be initially all about the voice, it will inevitably become about other things later on, such as how people look, how young they are, whether anyone would willingly sleep with them, and how much they want to be famous. Ultimately, the trend in these shows is for people in their early 20s to win. Remember, even Susan Boyle lost out to a bunch of young adult street dancers in the Britain's Got Talent final. And if anyone was solely about the voice, it was Boyle.

At this stage however, contestants sing to a row of judges who if they like what they hear, will press a button to spin their seats around dramatically. The act then chooses which judge to go with. Unless it was only Tom Jones who pressed his button in which case it is Tom or nothing. Some may end up wishing that they'd chosen nothing.

Jones could make for interesting viewing. Back in 2002 when Pete Waterman - another gent of a certain age - attempted to create a contemporary pop group in Popstars The Rivals, the distance between his finger and the pulse was revealed to be miles. He basically had his group singing sub-par Bee Gees numbers. Tom Jones and his acts could yet suffer a similar humiliation.

Not too sure yet about the Irish bloke on the end yet. Not too sure who he is or why he is there for example.

Jessie J is probably the most popular of the judges so far - this almost certainly has something to do with her being the most "very now" face on the panel. Yet Will.I.Am is already shaping up to be a great judge, with a nice blend of humour and straight talking. He is also the only judge with a proven track record when it comes to creating pop stars, and is certainly the value right now to be 'Winning Coach' at [3.3].

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