I also don’t have any desire to get sucked into yet another talent/reality show having been a devoted follower of all things American Idol for the past too many years and a sometime watcher of America’s Got Talent – now that Howie Mandel has replaced the laughably lame David Hasselhoff, the show is actually mildly entertaining at times.
Having said that – the first ever live!! (except on the west coast, of course) episode of The Voice happened to come on at my house last night and nobody in the room was interested or energetic enough to reach for the remote to change the channel to something less mind-numbing. Pathetic, right?
So through the process of digital osmosis, I wound up half-watching most of an episode. Unfortunately.
Last night’s show opened with the four celebrity coaches “singing” a mashup of Queen’s “We Will Rock You” and “We Are The Champions.” I put that verb in quotes because – in all honesty, and with the possible exception of the non-rocker of the group, country star, Blake Shelton – having sung as poorly as they did on last night’s show, I can’t imagine any of the four celebri-singers making it past initial auditions for The Voice, Idol, America’s Got Talent or even the old Star Search show with Ed McMahon.
I mean, seriously? They forgot lyrics, mumbled, sang off-mike and were at least a half-step below most of the late great Freddie Mercury’s high notes. Talk about pitchy. It was painful. As in, dawg, I’m just not feelin’ it. Watching these supposed pros stumble and struggle through the opening number, I could only hope that the live show wouldn’t be the death of their careers. Then again …
What night is Glee on?
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