Is it just me or does anyone else think that the supposed
The Voice of the Philippines: The Battles doesn’t actually involve any battle
at all but is an arranged elimination?
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I feel like the judges chose the first pair of
contestants within their team based on a predefined biased pairing system where
they have already preselected who to eliminate and who to save prior to the
actual battle. They may have weighed the contenders and paired a weak singer
with an outstanding one in order to remove a contender battle in their roster that
they deem will not contribute much or won’t last long once live shows and
audience voting begin. It was pretty obvious whom they will choose before the
actual singing even started just by watching the interviews. It isn’t a real battle
at all.
Battle Winners
First Round
Tristhan Perfecto, Morissete Amon, and Mitoy deserve to
be selected against the co-team member they were paired against but I disagree
with Bamboo for choosing Lee Grane. Her talent is undeniable as an artist but
the show is about singers and voices where she lacks the power and vocal range
needed to win the show or even last a day during live voting. Even guest mentor
Joey Ayala thinks so.
Speaking of guest mentors, each judge brought along
popular musical icons to help them out mentoring and coaching the contestants
within their team. It’s Arnel Pineda for Apl.de.ap. although he wasn’t around
during The Battles; Joey Ayala for Bamboo and his team Kawayan; Gary V. for
Sarah Geronimo; and Gerald Salonga for Leah Salonga. Yes, the renowned
composer/musician is her brother who deserves recognition although I was
expecting Ms. Lea to get Mr. Ryan Cayabyab at least.
Other Issues
Apart from the missed battles, another noteworthy problem
was during the blind auditions. Some auditionees deserved a slot but no one
turned a chair for them yet many were selected who are quite lacking for any
red button to be pushed and the judges hastily picked them. Also, the entire
blind auditions episodes which were shown on TV for several weeks were most
likely recorded for a whole day only. You will notice that the judges’ outfits
were the same throughout the duration of the audition episodes. I’m wondering
if The Battles segment which will likely last for a few weeks again on television
was shot for one day only. We’ll soon see.
For now, I’ll be looking forward to the next round and
will guess who gets eliminated amongst paired contestants before the actual
battle begins.
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