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The Voice: “Live Finale”
The Voice has passed its most important test this spring. With Christina Aguilera and Cee-Lo Green on the bench, Mark…
The Voice
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The Voice: “Blind Auditions Première”
It’s tempting to put The Voice on blast for the paint-by-numbers way this season opens. The montage of the judges—I’m…
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The Voice: "Live Finale"
On the one hand, this finale was a hell of a lot of fun, showcasing professional and amateur performers alike in a…
The Voice: “The Battles Continue, Part 3”/“The Battles Continue, Part 4”
Well, you know what they say: As go the battle rounds, so goes The A.V. Club coverage. It has been a thrill ride…
The Voice: “The Battles Continue, Part 3”/“The Battles Continue, Part 4”
We’re barely older and likely none the wiser, but here we are at the second round of battles. The first time around…
The Voice: “The Battle Premiere”
The beginning of the battle rounds makes it clear that even though we’re now well into the third season, The Voice…
The Voice: “Blind Auditions Continued, Part 5”
Pat yourselves on the back, Team A.V. Club. Twelve hours and roughly 10,000 stock shots of judges’ hands lingering over…
The Voice: “Blind Auditions Continued, Part 3”/“Blind Auditions Continued, Part 4”
If we have to have a glut of singing-competition shows on the air—and we do, apparently, a vote was taken while I was…
The Voice: “Blind Auditions Continued, Part 2”/“Blind Auditions Continued, Part 3”
It’s been a big week for The Voice.Not only did its ratings handily beat the premiere of the revamped X Factor (Mea…
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The Voice: “Blind Auditions Continued”
Let’s get this out of the way now: If you meant to click on The X Factor, you just did exactly what NBC was hoping…
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The Voice: “Blind Auditions Premiere, Part 2”
While last night’s premiere may have been more fun than anticipated, that by no stretch of the imagination means I…
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The Voice: “Blind Auditions Premiere”
We open on a montage about how awesome the judges are, set to voiceovers of the judges telling us how awesome the other…
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The Voice: “Live Finale”
I want to start off with an apology: I was in a funk last night. That’s my only explanation for my sourness and apathy…
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The Voice: “Live Final Performances”
Maybe we’re crazy, indeed, Juliet. If you’re emphatically not in the market for any of the music that the contestants…
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The Voice: “Live Semifinal Eliminations”
Every results show of The Voice should have felt as suspenseful as tonight’s did, and we really only have the judges to…
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The Voice: “Live Semifinal Performances”
In many ways tonight’s Voice performance show was a return to where we started. Remember how talented everyone seemed,…
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The Voice: “Live Eliminations, Week 2”
Now that we know how much the Voice voters hate women, the results and the saves in the Adam/Cee Lo week of the…
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The Voice: “Live Quarterfinal Performances, Week 2”
I learned something very important from The Voice tonight: It’s really good to clear the air before settling in for two…
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The Voice: “Live Quarterfinal Eliminations, Week 1”
Tonight the decibel level in the Voiceatorium rose by a few points as the show was taken over by a bunch of singing,…
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The Voice: “Live Quarterfinal Performances, Week 1”
Does any vote-based reality competition give its judges as much power as The Voice? This week we headed into the…