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<\/a>Javier Colon--the best contestant, by far. But his name sounds more like a major league baseball player than a singer!<\/p><\/div>\n
This is the stupidest one ever! It’s called The Voice <\/em>because they wanted to make it about the voice only, and not about looks, style, or personality. It’s supposed to be just blind judging of voices, like we all did pre-MTV. (People really<\/em> did that before TV, period. Can you just imagine?)<\/p>\n But only the very first auditions were blind, and even then, just for the judges. The audience never got to experience that at all. I guess they think that we really do need visuals, so the whole premise is bogus.<\/p>\n As soon as the judges turned their chairs around and saw the contestants, that was it!!! No more \u201cthe voice.\u201d Sheer stupidity, if you ask me, which you did by reading my rants.<\/p>\n And the judges are definitely going by personality! Blake Shelton had to decide between Serabee, an older woman, (well, in her forties,) who can sing her ass off but appears to be a tad arrogant about her talent, and obnoxious to boot, and a nerdy younger girl, Dia something-or-other, who, at least in that particular \u201cbattle,\u201d was dreadful. But he had told the former to hold back, and when she sang full-out, which was one of the best performances on the show to date, he chose the other girl. So, in that case, it had nothing to do with \u201cthe voice.\u201d It’s just another contest show with mediocre singers.<\/p>\n And the judges keep telling everyone how great they are, no matter how awful we, the audience, perceive them to be. They haven’t told anyone <\/em>that they missed yet. They act like they’re judging Special Olympics, where, rightfully so, kindness is the order of the day. But that shouldn’t be the case here. Last week, they told some strange-looking young girl, Raquel Castro, that she was \u201cawesome,\u201d \u201cincredible,\u201d and \u201camazing,\u201d when all she did was stomp around the stage and scream-out the word \u201cblow,\u201d (or something like it\u2014I couldn’t even make out that one word!,) while professional dancers danced around her. Pathetic.<\/p>\n And the four judges, Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine, and the aforementioned Blake Shelton, keep making like it’s really a competition among them<\/em>, because that’s supposed to be part of the basis of the show to begin with. But it’s so phony! I’m sure they really care about it, and not just there for publicity and big bucks. Not.<\/p>\n And they keep saying things like, \u201cMy team is going to win. They’re amazing!,\u201d when there are no real \u201cteams,\u201d per se. Team members are pitted against each other all the time, which is the opposite definition of the word \u201cteam.\u201d It’s hard to accept such absolute stupidity.<\/p>\n But I watch, just in case. Or because nothing else is on at the time, and I need to just veg-out on the couch for awhile, and try to give my over-active mind a rest. But the show actually has the opposite effect. I have to keep commenting on the silliness of it all.<\/p>\n Fortunately, there is<\/em> some real talent so far, mainly from bald people\u2014two women and two men. The best, by far, is Javier Colon, from Adam’s so-called \u201cteam.\u201d If he <\/em>wins, the show will have been worth it. And they do give us almost a week to vote, which is good for those who feel compelled to but are just too tired that night, (like I do and am,) or who don’t watch what they DVRed until several days later.<\/p>\n