'The Voice' Season 2 on NBC HD - Page 10

Bingo!

And to my original observations I also add "improvements in choice of lipstick color".

She'd really gotten crazy with the bleached blond hair and fire-engine red lipstick. I mean this was AWFUL, and only made here look old and haggard (and further exacerbated by her huge weight gain which was genuinely embarrassing).

Her (or her new hair/makeup team) new lipstick choices are just perfect and complement the eye work magnificently. She's looking like the recent Drew Barrymore print ads in magazines for Covergirl mascara, where Drew has honestly never looked better.

Just goes to show ya'... hair and makeup money is well worth the cost, if you get a talented team. And she had TWO different color-based looks on Monday and Tuesday, with matching clothing that flattered her whole upper-body and face greatly. I thought the orange dress look was the "overall winner" of the two.

(I wanted to post some screenshots of C.A. from Monday and Tuesday night's show, but had already deleted my WTV recordings). Maybe next week, if she once again looks great.

She's obviously lost weight (can see it in her face), but she's still heavier than she's been in the past, but I think she carries it well. The most dramatic changes that make her look amazing is the lack of self-tanner, the improved clothing decisions, the smokey makeup on her eyes, and the blown-out hair.

What I love about her as a judge is that you can tell what she really thinks just by looking at her face and body language.

I think Cee-lo's team has the deepest talent.

Also, what a pleasure that the plastic water cups are just that... and not outrageous product placement advertisements (like on several other shows)!

It was kinda off that Adam and Blake chastised the sing-for-your-life singers for not bringing it on the main night, but aren't the judges the ones picking the songs and adjusting the arrangements? Some of Ceelo's choices of song and staging were just stupid (Tony Vincent).Ceelo has a pretty solid team, but Adam's team proved to be incredibly weak.

Christina once again looked amazing both nights.

The problem I had with her was that she hit the big note, but seemed to miss almost every other note.

I was disappointed that Tony Vincent didn't make it through but not terribly surprised. Tony is very theatrical, which you would expect given his Broadway experience. He has been trained to project his presentation to the max and probably can't dial it back enough to fit this show. Even with that, Celo hurt his chances badly with the song choice and ridiculous floor show on Monday night. Blake was correct about the distractions created by that nonsense. Of the three from Celo's team singing last night, there was no comparison. Tony showed a glimpse of how wide his vocal range is. According to my daughter, people in the theatre world have nothing but great things to say about him. Maybe if he hadn't sported the bald look he would have done better. Cheesa is a one trick pony who can hit a big note and that's about it. Erin was God awful. Celo seemed to really want to go with Tony but went with the safe choice. At least he didn't pick model girl. If he had, it would have been obvious that it was her looks that played because it sure wasn't her voice (she has already said that she's glad that she was bounced because the show couldn't nurture her voice...HAH!).

Aguilera was a real bitch last night. Her comments to Tony Luca went way beyond the pale and seemed to be personally motivated, perhaps going back to their Disney days? Adam was clearly displeased by her attitude. Then she seemingly didn't remember Tony V's name. That was real low rent move, insulting and quite unprofessional.

I think it's great that people are into this show; it's much needed competition for Idol.

That said, I'm having a hard time getting into it. I think the singers are mediocre and the song choices seem to accentuate their weaknesses. I get none of the rush I experience from a good performance on the Fox show. Even the band isn't as good and the backup singers are terrible. The major bright spot are the judges, MUCH better than Idol's. I thought last year that this show had better singing talent, but I don't think that's true this year. All in all, just not holding my interest.

I had the opposite reaction to his performances this week ...his voice is terrible. The staging and theatrics did a good job of distracting viewers from the sound of his voice, but creepy and threatening is not going to win you votes. Listen to him with the picture off and you will see what I mean.

Still, a major problem with the show this season is just too many contestants. It seems like typically these shows (A.I., X-Factor, AGT) really only have about 5 good acts a season. The Voice started the battle rounds with 48. At this point, they still have to lose 11 more people before the real talent competition begins.

My point isn't that they should have only had 5 contestants, but that it would be better if they narrowed it down to 10 or 12 quicker, then lost just 1 per week in order to let the audience get invested in these people.

I disagree about the bands. I think The Voice's band is far superior to Idol's, which often to me sounds way too campy and cheesy. Idol's band isnt awful by any means, but I don't think it matches Voice's. Both are superior to X Factor's often canned music though.

I did too! After the blind auditions (where only one judge turned around), I thought he would really tap into his extensive experience and blow the competition away. It just never materialized.

I really thought Tony (that's his name right, Tony? ) had a good shot to make it near the finals. I personally thought Chessa did well, but IMO she shouldn't have even made it past the battle round against Angie.

I gotta say, I really do not understand this James Massone (sp?) love. His voice sucks to me and I just don't get the praise. He has no real range, it just stays in one spot the whole song.
Let me guess though, he was either #1 or #2 on iTunes this week.

While I liked Juliet's version of "Roxanne" I did feel like she yelled too much in spots that didn't require it. Jamar though knocked it out of the park! Best performance of the whole show IMO.

So, for those that do check those iTunes rankings, do you know who the #1 and #2 performers were that Carson alluded to?

Juliet and Tony Lucha.

Jamar Rogers sounds a lot like Corey Glover, lead singer of Living Colour (they sang "Cult of Personality") and I've always thought he had a great, powerful, unique voice.

You guys have hit on most of my points. Jamar clearly left everyone else behind with his performance. It was the only really great one of the evening. I can understand why many liked Juliet's performance, but her yelling turned me off so badly I shut down on her and just ffwd through most of the performance (there were a few I ffwd through). Geez, Tony V even looked like Annie Lennox when he sang!!!

And yeah, the house bands rocks so much better than that other show! But, it still seems like the mix is off, or the singers just aren't putting their full vocal power forth, as many times the band drowned out the singer (on my end at least).

I was absolutely shocked at his choice of Chessa - she absolutely sucked. All I heard other than her one note was her breathing heavily into the microphone. If you still have it on the DVR, go rewatch it - in the early parts, you can hear every time she takes a breath.

Good call by Adam to chastise them for not bringing the A game earlier, but (1) it was too late and (2) the judges have to bear responsibility for screwing them with song selection.

Completely agree. His performance was so good that it wasn't overshadowed by the insanity of the guitarists on those ridiculous stilts.

Monday, the four remaining artists on Teams Blake and Christina will fight for survival and sing like it's their last opportunity. Coaches Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton must then decide who among the artists on their respective teams will be dismissed.

On The Voice Elimination Show Tuesday,the competition comes to an end for two more artists. In the third of six Elimination Shows, the artist who receives the most viewer votes on Teams Blake and Christina from the previous night's Quarterfinal Performance Show, will be saved and guaranteed a spot in the Semifinals. Meanwhile, the bottom two artists on both teams must each perform an additional last chance song. Coaches Christina and Blake will then be put on the spot to save one more member of their team to advance into the Semifinals, thereby eliminating the other artist. By night's end, Blake and Christina will each have their top two artists.

Whoah, that ending was rough. Was not expecting Christina's pick, but I liked the rationale that Blake used. Not really a fan of that stunt-move of creating the drama, but it definitely created some drama. I enjoyed many of the performances.

Loved:

Raelynn - favorite performance of the night. Moved ahead of Skylar from Idol.

Jermaine - best voice during the Blake-Team number, and a great vocal on his song. Adam was right though that less effort goes a long way sometimes.

Ashley - This girl gets better every week. Shined on her own song and held her own with Christina.

Maroon 5's performance

Hated:
Jesse's rendition of Halo was crap. Pure and utter crap. Unpleasant to my ears from start to finish.

Lindsey - what the hell was that? She's become boring to me now. She sucked on the Team-Christina number too and got blown off the stage by Christina and Ashley.

Erin - Stop with the Adele. I think we've now seen on every singing show in the world that no one can handle Adele's songs. The only chance someone has is to change the arrangement completely and make it their own.

Jordis - boo, lame. Too emotional too. Keep it together when you're performing.

I love how this show flows and how I never get the urge to skip any of the conversations with the judges. They're all interesting people to me and avoid a reliance upon cliches and practiced responses (Steven Tyler, Randy, J-GOOSIES-LO).

I liked the pretty funny inside-moment when Christina sent her male strippers to dance around Blake at the start of her group number. Clearly, it was payback for all his comments the last few weeks.

Christina is playing this season very smart. She has her eye on the final 2 this week with Ashley and Lindsey. Although Jesse probably would not have had the audience save tomorrow, the last thing she needed was him to perform a great song tomorrow and make her final cut even more uncomfortable.

Blake will obviously cut Erin tomorrow.

Adam rambles.