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to think that if you are going to be a judge/coach on The Voice you should at least have a decent singing voice?

53 replies

MardyBra · 14/05/2012 20:02

Most of the contestants are better singers than the judges imo.

Yes, I'm looking at you Will.i.am with your ridiculous full stops. You are a great musician and rapper but you can't sing for toffee.

I've always thought Tom Jones is over-rated. He can belt out a tune OK but there's no range there, is there.

Jessie J is competent, but not to my taste.

And as for the other one. Well if he was any good, surely I would have heard of him before he was signed up for the programme.

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Olympia2012 · 14/05/2012 20:03

Danny from the script..... There, you've heard of him now!

mycatsaysach · 14/05/2012 20:04

love the show but don't rate the contestants much either

PickledFanjoCat · 14/05/2012 20:05

Nooooooooooooooooooooooo! Leave Tom alone!

YABU! YABU!

PrematurelyAirconditioned · 14/05/2012 20:09

I think Will.i.am is fair enough, because he has been a hugely successful producer even though he sings like a

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PickledFanjoCat · 14/05/2012 20:10

I love Will.i.am. I forgive him EVERYTHING even the full stops. I want to dress like him, I want soul on a pole, I want to be mad fresh and dope (times three)

NoWayNoHow · 14/05/2012 20:10

I won't have any Jessie naysayers! is more than competence.

Danny is okay, and he can actually sing, and he's a great songwriter. But Will.I.Am's strengths clearly lie in production and in bringing out the best in an artist and choosing clever and relevant material for them to sing which pushed them - surely that's still coaching?

Tom is a legend. Fact.

PickledFanjoCat · 14/05/2012 20:11

I want to be wowsers in my trousers.

LeQueen · 14/05/2012 20:13

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MardyBra · 14/05/2012 20:14

Will.i.am = love child of Rex Harrison imo.

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Frontpaw · 14/05/2012 20:15

Can't hold a tune myself 'but I knows what I likes'.

PickledFanjoCat · 14/05/2012 20:15

Not Tom. He is very articulate and does that cute little sniffing thing before he talks. The man is a legend.

catinboots · 14/05/2012 20:16

Will.I.Am has unusually small teeth

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WeShouldOpenABar · 14/05/2012 20:23

danny is a good singer he's done his time in all the clubs in ireland and slowly worked his way up , the reason you dont know him is the band agreed no one person should be known over the group , the plan was get known for the music before anyone became famous

holmesgirl · 14/05/2012 20:26

Danny has a really great voice - I have seen him live.

MardyBra · 14/05/2012 20:30

Just tried to name change to Mar.dy.Bra - my voice judge name - but it won't let me put the full stops in.

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stuffitunderthebed · 14/05/2012 20:33

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PrematurelyAirconditioned · 14/05/2012 20:34

Yes, that'll do stuff Grin

jaquelinehyde · 14/05/2012 20:42

I love Will.i.am.

gafhyb · 14/05/2012 20:45

Jessie J really can sing, I've heard her. Will.i.am is more or a producer, isn't he?

As an aside, Please can someone agree with me that Ruth (who I love) did a very very odd rendition of Next to Me with some strange pronunciation and facial contortions. I found it peculiar that no-one mentioned it.

IME she needs to work on her phrasing, and her rhythm's off too

BillyBollyBandy · 14/05/2012 20:46

Tom Jones should be in a home for the bewildered.

JessieJ cannot string a sentance together.

Will.i.am is great and would be good to talk to I think on a one to one, but doesn't come across well on tv.

Danny is alright but speaks generally in cliches.

MardyBra · 14/05/2012 20:46

I loved Tom Jones in Mars Attacks. Actually the dubbing adds something. I like the bit where the aliens go "Somos vuestros amigos".

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FreudianSlipper · 14/05/2012 20:52

Sir Tom Jones is a legend

Will.i.am is a genius, may not have a great voice but he is so creative his group act was fantastic. both Tom and Will.i.am have a lot of experience in the music industry. what more do you want from programme that is finding a singer/artist to go into the music industry

not too fussed by the other two, Jessie seems to know every song word for word and I am not sure Danny knows much about other music apart from rock, comparing Ruth to Mariah serioulsy Hmm

and just to add I want Ruth to win, she is just amazing so soulful love Tyler too

MardyBra · 14/05/2012 20:54

Ruth has an amazing voice, but she needs to sack the stylist who put her in a trouser suit made out of a Laura Ashley curtain (circa 1983).

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