The Voice Recap: Promises, Promises

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   Lizbot
   Posted September 30, 2012 at 7:16 am

   Thanks for the recap, Pollyanna. A funeral is a complete acceptable reason to skip a week of recaps, so the fact that you made an effort to catchup is doubly appreciated (unless Flipit has started paying you or something….)

   Why is it that I find Ceelo’s weird self-indulgent pet accessories to be tolerable, and if I admit it to myself, even slightly charming, but I find Christina’s weird self-indulgent cleavage accessory to be down-right obnoxious? I think it wouldn’t be so bad if she didn’t have to show them every damn week! But then, the girl is not known for subtlety, in her vocals or in her fashion choices. The sad thing is, she’s not really that old (I say that because she’s younger than me!) but she makes herself appear to be older by desperately trying to clinging to her youth. Much like Madonna. Someone needs to do an intervention on them both.

   And speaking of Christina’s ego, I think she was relieved when Terisa Grifffin (big sassy black lady) wound up picking Blake. I don’t think Christina’s ego could have handled trying to corral that much confidence. She had such a sour face on when Terisa was doing her schtick, like “Bitch! I’m the only diva allowed in here! You should be licking my boots.” I think Blake will have fun with her though — assuming he doesn’t dump her in the battle rounds…although I suspect that he might be too afraid of her to do that!

   I also suspect that the judges get a preview of the singers before the blind auditions. Like maybe they get to watch at least some of the audition tapes and so they may have a clue to who they’re listening to before they turn around. Sometimes it seems as though they all turn around for pretty but mediocre contestants, and then there are other contestants who are obviously amazing but turn out to be big fans of one of the judges (like Jamar from last year) but only get that one judge to turn around for them. And like the Disney chick from this year. She wasn’t amazing, but I find it interesting that Christina was the only one to turn around for her and then called her by name and commented “I’ve been waiting for you”. Of course, it could be that some connection from Disney or the girl herself gave Christina the headsup, but it seems to me like Christina turned for due to the prior connection rather than the girl’s actual talent. In any case, that Christina will hold onto her as long as she can, but she won’t win the audience votes (unless she can drop the bland Disney-style of musical performance, or the voting audience is stacked with tweens and teens who are familiar with her).

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   kloewent
   Posted October 1, 2012 at 2:02 pm

   Did anyone catch the look from Blake when Christina said her patronizing “how cute” about the pig farm, it was total “You are a complete asshole thinking there is anything cute about a pig farm!!” What a twit. I bet that guy could do the pig call really good with that high voice!