THE VOICE starts tonight- need to dust the spinning chairs! Sat 8pm!

[Raahh]

But we have a dilemma- since this is up again 'The Greatest Dancer' on BBC , at the same time.

The judges for this year are the same as last (yes, they let Olly come back), J-Hud, S'Tom, and Will.

To be honest, I'm full of a cold, and will be lucky to watch either without nodding off, so I'm armed with lemsip.

So- whether it's Chezza and dancing, or S'Tom and warbling that takes your fancy, Saturday nights are back to what they do best- with dollops of fake emotion

Wonder how the Voice will hold up against Chezza dn co? I'll stick with The Voice.

On Tenable yesterday the final round was all The Voice Coaches. I got them all except Boy George! What an oversight!

Hi guys! I've lurked on your Voice threads for years but I think it's high time I joined the party. Absolutely love the early rounds (no contest for Chezza), always a smorgasbord, always highly entertaining but rarely for the right reasons. Looking forward to catching you at 8pm.

Hi, I bet dh wants to watch the cheryl thing.
I'd rather check in with you ladies!
Who won it last year?
I can't recall a single one.

Happy New Year all! I also have a cold, but hey at least it's come after the festivities. I will be medicating it with wine

Seems like only 5 minutes since X Factor ended!

I'm in! (despite posting about the dancing prog.!) I shall look over at it and marvel at the wonder that is Cheryl's frozen face but I am a Voice person at heart really! (as long as JHud doesn't shout or squeal too much as I am short of fuse because of Dry January )

it does feel like 5 minutes since X Factor finished. I had high hopes for the Dalton single, and it really didnt do well. I didn't hear it once on the radio, either. I thought the combination of James Arthur and the song choice would make it a big hit. Shows what I know!

Roussette

I'm recording the dance thing. Might watch it tomorrow whilst I iron.

I also cannot recall who won last year!

roussette are you not a bit worried you'll get Strictly emigrees posting on your Dancing thread and so you will have to be very sensible whilst bitching about any attractive and overly accomplished female ?

it was Ruti who won last year, she was on Tom's team.

But I only remember because I googled it during the X Factor threads

Rou; I'm doing ' dryuary' too.
Dh is quaffing a Sainsbury's white wine special while I'm on the tea! Grr
(I know it's only a few days but I miss a drink on the weekend)
Anyway, agree that Dalton's song should have done a bit better. I think heart radio were more interested in playing the Greatest showman ones than his song.
The voice is all about the judges really though! I'm sure s'tom throws in extra people ' who he has sung with' to see if we're still listening! Bless him.

Evening all & Happy New Year!

I’m shocked this is on so soon but thank god it’s saved me from watching Chezza!

Dd saw Dalton at the jingle bell ball, she said him & pin head were really not bad (although Dalton did wear the worst outfit known to man)

I have a feeling 'The Voice' will be the best of the two shows but I am going to watch the first episode of 'The Greatest Dancer' because I very much like all the presenters and the judges. Will watch 'The Voice' on catch up.

'The Voice' is marvellous, I look forward to that and 'Strictly' every year.

To be fair to the X factor , it's produced more memorable acts than the voice had or ever will do! Even if it's gone downhill recently.

Yo @Raahh we were correspondents on X Factor thread but I have name changed since. As The Voice is pointless and it's contestants vanish without trace, I am obviously only here for the mockery.

I refused to watch it last year because I hate Olly Murs

Remember when Olly Murs was frightened by a noise in a shop and tweeted that he was running for his life from terrorists

evening Barton!

Hi Nancy! Fresh from Eastenders hell we now have weeks of this to look forward now! Lol

80’s, this is far less stupid than EE, at least we know what’s going on

True : It is a bit more straightforwards than our fav soap! No silly gun touting and j hud won't be running amok in a wedding dress!
Not this week anyway!

Apparently J-Hud has been throwing shoes at contestants , but I didn't read the rest of the article to find out why

Ready to rock!! Am sincerely hoping l don't get the level of annoyance that the judges gave me last year....

Nancy FAR less stupid? Are you sure?
Fewer people rising from the 'dead' I suppose

Piggywaspushed I am very concerned about my bitchy comments and dancing people! I can't be sensible about these daft programmes!

80s Saturday night is the one night we cook and eat together without fail, if we're not out, DH and me. And we've barely spoken a word to each other as there's no involved!!

Barton I love how you call us all XF correspondents, makes me feel well posh

Noisy we occasionally get people trying to resurrect 'dead' careers.

Like Bernie Clifton.

And Kevin Simm- I mean, the poor bloke won and it got him nowhere. Probably just more miserable than he was before.