The Voice’s flaws have become so glaring, even Will.i.am made it obvious how useless he thought the the performances were – both by the contestants and his fellow mentors.
While Tom Jones, Ricky Wilson and Kylie Minogue were scrambling to build their teams by raining praise on the most mediocre singers, Will.i.am didn’t bothering buzzing for any of the first five contenders.
‘Does he just instinctively know something that the rest of us just don’t know?!’ gasped Kylie, still not getting the message. Yes, that most of the acts were terrible !
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Kylie Minogue, Tom Jones and Ricky Wilson wonder when Will.i.am is actually going to like one of the contestants on The Voice - the answer being when one of them was any good
Then, when two clearly promising young singers finally DID appear, even Will was astonished to find that he was the only one of the judges to recognise their talent.
‘I don’t know what they’re hearing - and what they’re not hearing,’ he said, virtually shaking his head in disbelief and shrugging as if he had given up on them. ‘Sophie has all the makings of a superstar and no-one turned !’
He was referring to Sophie May Williams, a 17 year-old jazz fan from Wakefield whose version of Cyndi Lauper's Time After Time was, if nothing else, different, much like Sophie herself. She also had a voice that was so incredibly ‘mature’ for a teenager if anything it lacked the energy of youth.
Will.i.am recognised an original talent when he saw it although, telling her she was 'fresh.'
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Will.i.am's attention begins to drift on to subjects he finds more entertaining such as aliens and pancakes while his fellow mentors are mesmerised by the dross on view
As the others dallied, Will snapped her up with one second to go – a tactic he then deployed for Jermain Jackman, a musically/politically unusual 18 year-old R&B singer from Hackney, and flagrantly the only other cool kid on the show.
If Kylie, Tom and Ricky didn’t respond to Jermain and Sophie May, you'd wondered - as Will obviously did - what they were doing there.
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Will.i.am acts the innocent, leaving it until the very last second before pressing his buzzer for the best singers on the show - Sophie May Williams and Jermain Jackman
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Will.i.am couldn't believe how easy it to snag the best singers- or how stupid the other mentors were
The answer in Kylie and Ricky’s case was constantly mouthing to each other things like: ‘shall I press it?’, ‘I might go’, and ‘you should buzz.’
They were so busy enjoying themselves doing this that they neglected to turn round and try to get Jermain and Sophie on their teams.
Given it’s poor ratings last year, it’s a pity the format for The Voice wasn’t changed so that the judges cannot see the others' reactions or know whether they've buzzed.
All the judges are too pally.
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Ricky Wilson and Kylie spent so long talking to each other rather than just make their own minds up, they neglected to buzz for the best two singers
When she’s not checking what to do with Ricky, Kylie spends most of her time continuing where Jessie J left off, ostentatiously dancing/grooving on down in her chair but then not buzzing, or promoting herself as the nation’s new People’s Princess, hugging children or going on stage to console singers she had herself just rejected. Cute - but not alot of use.
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'Attention-seeking ? Moi ?' Kylie's ostentatious grooving on down and singing along is worse than Jessie J's
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