I'm not familiar with OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder or Fallout Boy's Patrick Stump, I wonder if they'd ever considered a Brit artist on the show, like we have will.i.am.

I personally would love to see Adam on our Voice.

For Blake's replacement I would opt with Hilary Scott.

Shakira's Colombian originally. So getting a Brit artist wouldn't be a surprise.

You should see the Aussie Version, the panel only includes one Aussie (Delta Goodram), the others are American (Seal, Joel Madden (Good Charlotte the band he sings for is huge over there so it's like he's a Aussie basically), Ricky Martin)

Also Danielle Bradberry has been signed to Taylor Swift's Label that she works for. It's called Big Machine Record. Great choice in my opinion.

We should learn who Michelle signed with soon as well. I'm sure since she didn't win, she actually gets to negotiate a contract.

Season 5's Launch Date has been announced as Sep. 23rd. as well.

Also I'm expecting The Voice to get renewed for at least Series 7 and 8, the show this season had it's highest finale ratings yet.

They're airing commercials over here for Series 5,

They show off Xtina and Ceelo returning to the chairs. A bit of banter including Blake with 3 Voice trophies and Blake kissing Adam on the cheek, and A couple blind auditions. Motto is We're back

There's also a shorter one where spotlights come on in a dark room and they're focused on the red chairs. Then goes to the logo and We're Back. Kinda like a BB Eye flash ad.

Christina Millian is not returning this season. Ironically she's rumored to join the US version of Strictly as a contestant. (The Lineup sounds pretty good) It's on at the same time as the Voice usually is

A newer commercial has showed up with Blake and Adam fishing in a mountainous region talking about how they miss Xtina and Ceelo. Then they start singing "Reunited and it feels so good" and then Xtina comes in from the forest looking beautiful and joining in, then Ceelo pops out of the water like king Neptune and joins in. then at the end of the commercial Carson shows up in a boat and says "Hey Coaches!" and then Ceelo says "Now that's insane"

Also in a bit of somber news, Jamar Rodgers a semifinalist from Team Ceelo in Season 2, is in the intensive care unit of a hospital because of a lung infection. He does have AIDS, which probably had something to do with it. Ceelo has tried to contact him along with friends and family.

the 5th Series starts tomorrow. There's a guy that sings a song called Cold Syrup and he gets all four with the first few words.

The Show won the Emmy for Best outstanding Reality Competition too

interesting rumor for this year's knockouts.

The Steal is added to the knockouts, each coach can steal one more act meaning There's a top 20 this year for the Playoffs.

This week's Semi will be one hour. They're bringing back The Sing Off for a short run (It's Pitch Perfect as a TV Singing Competition. It's where Pentatonix got their start) and it's being produced this time by the Voice Producers. Which is why they sacrificed the voice back an hour.

Season 6 is starting soon, they've had ads for it already. Looks like they have a new blind audtion set guessing by the ads.

Starts Feb 24th due to the olympics being on NBC. They are using Danielle Bradberry as the artist performing the song for NBC's Olympics coverage called "My Day"

With Ceelo sorta distracted last year by the drug charges he was facing, I wonder if he'll come back for the fall one?

:dance:

Usher/Shakira series was my absolute fave. Michelle Chamuel, Sarah Simmons, Midas Whale :love:

Definitely checking it out.

I loved last season, the two things that were wrong with it were the fact that Midas Whale didn't make the liveshows (In Season 5 they added another steal to the Knockouts, Midas Whale could've needed that :( ) and Danielle Bradberry winning.

Pharell Williams has been tapped to replace Ceelo on Series 7. (It was so obivious that he would)

Also Series 6 is in it's final week before the liveshows. Knockouts have been thrown out in favor for a 2nd round of battles, Two major differences from the first time are that there's only one key advisor that is shared among the four teams (Who's Chris Martin.) and the pairs get to choose their song from a predetermined list made by their coach.

The top 20 show will not be "Live" this year. It's being prerecorded. But same rules as always. Top 2 choices by America per team go through automatically, then the team's coach chooses the third.

The twitter save is back for the Top 12 on and they're adding a singoff to it.
There's one less liveshow as well so it's likely that 4 artists will be in the final.

Appearantly Gwen Stefani is subbing in for Xtina next season. No official word from the twitter account yet.

oh no gwen needs to be on the UK show :(

US version is better anyway, since they got rid of the requirement that the finale must have an artist from each team in the final.

Now if only they'd get rid of Blake and Adam for just one series.

I really hate Blake's acts in every year that I've watched The Voice USA.

Dia was on his team in series 1, you do realize that right?

They're bringing back the Voice Tour this year, 8 artists are supposed to be on it.
Dia is on it.
The final 3 from Series 5 (Tessane Chin, Jaquie Lee, Will Champlin
The final 3 from this series
and a fan favorite from 1-4 that will be chosen by the public.

My opinion on the performances of week 1

1. Christina Grimmie
2. T.J Wilkins
3. Josh Kaufman
4. Kat Perkins
5. Delvin Choice
6. Sisaundra Lewis
7. Kristen Merlin
8. Bria Kelly
9. Tess Boyer
10. Audra McLaughlin
11. Dani Moz
12. Jake Worthington (just for the fact that he bored me the most)

Jake got the Top 10 iTunes bonus. :laugh: EDIT: Jake did, not Josh. The closest to him was Kristen.

And I haven't seen the first show but I heard that the mic derped during Kristen's performance.

Fully expecting for her next week to somehow get montaged during a live show.

She got montaged twice, there's no way in hell the producers want to see her win. I bet that was placed there on purpose.

I think that they wanted Kristen to get some sympathy by doing that to her tbh.

I can't believe T.J went, he was better than a lot of the others on the night I thought.

Looking at the performance, I think that was the case. She did handle that like a pro.

Agreed, I'm really looking forward to week 2 and I seriously hope that Christina can at least come half way to her Dark Horse performance.

Any news on the song choices?

Yep, they're on ITunes

Audra- You Lie (No idea who sang it originally
Bria- I'm with you by Avril
Christina- Hold on We're Going Home by Drake
Delvin- Bright Lights (Not Ceelo)
Jake- Run (No Idea)
Josh- This it Idea (no Idea)
Kat- Landslide No Idea
Kristen- Let Her Go by Passenger
Sissandra- Oh Sherrie No Idea
Tess- Ain't It Fun by Paramore

Thanks BBfanUSA.

My opinion on who was the best and worst of week 2

1. Christina Grimmie
2. Delvin Choice
3. Sisaundra Lewis
4. Kristen Merlin
5. Tess Boyer
6. Josh Kaufman
7. Kat Perkins
8. Bria Kelly
9. Jake Worthington
10. Audra Mclaughlin

Christina's got the x5 vote on ITunes.

I'm hoping for another good week for Christina.

What I want for all the acts to sing this week.

Christina Grimmie - Zombie by The Cranberries
Delvin Choice - The Scientist by Coldplay (yes I think he could do really well with this)
Sisaundra Lewis - Halo by Beyonce
Kristen Merlin - Someone Like You by Adele
Jake Worthington - Sex On Fire by Kings Of Leon (something daring for him)
Audra McLaughlin - Don't You Worry Child by Swedish House Mafia
Josh Kaufman - Sexyback by Justin Timberlake
Kat Perkins - Wires by The Athlete

I'm hoping that this would make some of the more duller acts more interesting on the night.

Some minor rumors going around on Twitter saying that these are the song choices for The Voice contestants this week.

Christina Grimmie - White Lies by Mr Hudson
Delvin Choice - Higher Ground by Stevie Wonder
Kat Perkins - City With No Children by Arcade Fire
Audra McLaughlin - Living In A House Divided by Cher
Jake Worthington - Future Love Paradise by Seal
Sisaundra Lewis - Listen by Beyonce
Kristen Merlin - Who I Am by Jessica Matthews
Josh Kaufman - Born To Die by Lana Del Rey

This is the real list
Kristen Merlin -- I Drive Your Truck by Lee Brice
Josh Kaufman -- I Can't Make You Love Me by Bonnie Raitt
Kat Perkins -- Get Lucky by Daft Punk
Christina Grimmie -- How to Love by Lil' Wayne
Delvin Choice -- I Believe I Can Fly by R Kelly
Audra McLaughlin -- Forgive by Rebecca Lynn Howard
Jake Worthington -- Hillbilly Deluxe by Brooks & Dunn
Sisaundra Lewis -- River Deep Mountain High by Tina Turner

Thanks BBfanUSA.

I'm struggling to get links for the last three performances, do you know if there's any site that might have them please?

This is my opinion of the week 3 performances, there was only two performances I liked this week, and my number 3 I'm gonna have to listen to again as he got a harsh Youtube video.

1. Christina Grimmie
2. Kat Perkins
3. Delvin Choice
4. Josh Kaufman (please can he do a performance with some life in it?)
5. Jake Worthington
6. Sisaundra Lewis
7. Audra McLaughlin
8. Kristen Merlin

My opinion of this weeks performances.

1. Josh Kaufman - Love Runs Out
2. Christina Grimmie - Some Nights
3. Christina Grimmie - Hide And Seek
4. Josh Kaufman - All Of Me
5. Jake Worthington - Heaven
6. Kat Perkins - Chandelier
7. Kat Perkins - Let It Go
8. Jake Worthington - Good Ol Boys
9. Kristen Merlin - Foolish Games
10. Kristen Merlin - Gunpowder & Lead

My opinion of everybody's performances on the night.

1. Christina Grimmie - Wrecking Ball
2. Josh Kaufman - Set Fire To Rain
3. Christina Grimmie & Adam Levine - Somebody That I Used To Know
4. Christina Grimmie - Can't Help Falling In Love
5. Josh Kaufman - Signed, Sealed, Delivered
6. Josh Kaufman & Usher Raymond - Every Breath You Take
7. Jake Worthington & Blake Shelton - A Country Boy Can Survive
8. Jake Worthington - Don't Close Your Eyes
9. Jake Worthington - Right Here Waiting

There's some bitter Josh & Jake fans on BuddyTV right now lol.

Oh well Christina came 3rd, I think she'll do the best out of this years crop anyway so it's not much of an issue, I just wish that she had of beaten Jake.

I was worried that Josh wasn't going to win when they said that they took the iTunes votes from this week out and it didn't the winner of the show anyway.

Good for him.

Still think they shouldn't of had a singoff at Top 5.

I think what edged Josh past Jake was that even though I think Jake had more general public support, I think Josh had both Internet and a good chunk of the general public support so it spared us a Jake win.

I can't believe that they pushed Jake so much in those last couple of weeks that he ended up beating Christina.