I watched it too...I thought the last contestant...Judith...was amazing (the one who has performed with Michael Jackson). She is very talented. I know it's only the first night but I think she will go very far. I also thought the 16 yr old country singer was really good and so sweet and has a lot of potential.

As for the judges, I LOVE the judges. It's so refreshing that they get along and they joke with eachother. I enjoy the interaction of all 4 of them. I think Shakira is hilarious...I love her little comments. And Usher...I guess I didn't realize what a cutie he is!!

I turned on the Voice too. I'll see how it goes. Usually I like some in the beginning but those end up to be the ones that go early. This year might be different because I'm so bored with the other show..

Is anyone going to try to keep up with the Voice this season? I find it interesting that they put it up against AI so early in the season. I will watch just to see how Shakira and Usher do, but it will depend on the contestants they choose as to whether I watch the full season or not. I'm trying to watch DWTS as long as Kelly Pickler is on so the two hour shows make for a very long Monday night.

lo_wee, I do think Cassadee was the best choice and I was okay with either her or Terry winning. i would have loved for Bryan to be in the finale as he did have a very good voice. I thought Nicholas was unique and entertaining to watch, and he does have a good voice. I just didn't think he would be very marketable in today's climate.

I enjoyed this season way more than I have the seasons before it.

I don't think anyone is watching but me at this point, or at least no one is talking but I wanted to mention something about tonight's show that I thought was incredibly sweet, even though it was heartbreaking. At the very beginning of the show, the 4 judges, the 3 finalists, the host, and many of the contestants from this year did a beautiful rendition of Hallelujah, each holding a different plaque with the name and age on it of one of the victims of the school shooting in CT. It had me out and out bawling like a baby, but it was a beautiful thing to do.

Out of the 3 finalists, any one of them could win. I am hoping it is Terry or Cassadee. Nick is good enough I suppose, but his genre is just not my cuppah. Of it is Terry or Cassadee that takes top billing I will be happy with the winner for the 1st year.

I guess noone even cares about The Voice this season. I'm going to chime in here anyway, just in case someone is watching and wants to talk about it.

I did not like that they each got 16 on their original team and then cut it in half in one week. I enjoyed the judges steal that was new this year. That brought up another issue though. We got to see the 10 per team sing one time, and the judges cut their teams in half. Then out of the 5 per team, 2 from each team was eliminated by the judges, with one performance, and two were saved by the audience votes. It seems that from this week on, 2 a week will be eliminated according to public votes only.

Of the contestants remaining, the top 10, I like all 3 on CeeLo's team, Bryan is my favorite, but Nickolas and Cody are good. Nickolas is very different, but I like how invested he gets in each performance. Cody has just an okay voice, but he is entertaining and he always gets me to smile. Adam has 3 left, Melanie, Amanda, And Bryan. I like Bryan the most, but Amanda can really sing. She just did a terrible job of it this week. Melanie is a very confused young lady. She doesn't really know what genre of music she should be doing, and she can't figure out if she wants to be a blonde or a brunette,so half of her hair is blonde and the other half brunette. I kind of like the unique tone in her voice, but the jury is still out as to whether I like her or not. On XTina's team, I like Dez, just because he is so cute, but until this week I liked his performances okay. This week it was a bad song choice I thought. I do not like Sylvia at all and I wish Adrianna had stayed on and she left. I like both of Blake's remaining team members. Cassidee has a very nice tone in her voice but she needs more confidence. I left Terry for last. He is my favorite and has been from day one. He is a Scottosh rocker that does songs that are classic rock. I am rooting for him to win. I think that Blake made a mistake when he kept Michaela last week instead of either of the other two. I thought she should have gone and the country girl should have been the one he kept. Well, they're both gone now so it doesn't matter any more.

I really have liked the changes this year over all. I just didn't like having them cut from 16 to 8 with one performance done.

It seems funny that I was the last to post on here last season and the first to post this season. Is anyone even watching? I like the blind auditions I think, better than the other singing competition shows, but after that I really don't like the elimination format.

I do like Blake and Adam as judges and mentors, but not so much Xtina and C-Lo. The first 2 are more about voices and the latter are about production and staging.

3 shows this week was overkill. And why would they put their show on the exact same week as X-Faxctor?

Thanks, Karen, yeah, I thought it might upset people. If it happened on Idol, people would be screaming and yelling that it was unfair. I think it was.

So, saw this last night. Does anyone know what the reason for the special elimination was? Isn't that akin to AI saying, well, the judges want to get rid of the competition for their favorite, so they're gonna kick off people the audience has been voting for? I don't get it. Has it made voters angry; does anyone know?

Same problem with me Karen. I can't keepany of the contestants straight yet except Tony Lucca. He was the ex Mousekateer with CA. I am enjoying the show though. Next week will be the end of battle rounds and then we move on to the next stage. I just don't remember what comes next.

I am really enjoying this show a lot more this year than I did last year. Maybe because I missed the open auditions last year and only saw 1 episode of call backs before the Battle Rounds started.

I like them showing the mentoring/coaching sessions a lot and find the comments during these sessions interesting. I find myself talking to the judges on the TV telling them pick her or pick him, or yelling hit your button during the blind auditions, and yelling at the contestants that have a choice to pick this judge or that. I also think that each team has a few standouts but for me, Adam and Blake have the strongest teams so far. I find myself anxious for Monday nights now, just to watch the Voice. I don't have a favorite yet though. I will pick a couple if I can after the Battle Rounds next week I think.

Yes karen, time sure does fly by. I am really enjoying the blind auditions. Some of the people they have passed on I have been practically screaming at the tv for someone to hit their button, but they haven't.

OYY, they don't show any intentionally bad performances on the Voice. I think that is why it feels like a much kinder audition process. I like the playfullness between the judges. I like the way they try to talk each other into pressing their buttons too. KIk didn't watch from the beginning last year and I missed allof the blind auditions. I only saw one audition where they had call backs from some that had been rejected in the beginning. I guess it would be considered similar to the Idol Wild Cards. The way the judges teamsare filling uo this year, they may not need a call back show this year.

For now my heart still belongs to American Idol, but I like The Voice much better than the X Factor.

Wow, I can't believe the Voice is on again. They showed last week's show a couple of times over the weekend, it was on NBC on Sunday night, and I think E! on Saturday.

I'm liking the show this season, and seeing a lot of potential talent. I have also realized that I like The Voice and AI much more than X Factor, because they focus a lot more on vocals than the X Factor does. I might even end up liking the Voice more than Idol this season because there seem to be more doing the type of music I like. It seems like they are having a lot of singer songwriter types that AI seems to be getting away from. I actually thought this last year too, but the Voice season was too short to really get into them.

And probably because of this it doesn't seem as gimmicky with the chair turning as it did last year.

I totally missed the blind auditions last year, so this is a first for me. I have to say I am really enjoying them. I love that it is not about looks or performance, or what they do with their hands, but all about the vocals. So far I am impressed with the level of a lot of the talent,

I don't know if the show is gimmicky or not, but I am liking the interaction between the judges too. I like Adam Levine and Blake Sheldon the most. I tolerate Christina and Cee-Lo. I don't dislike them, but I don't really like them either. I guess indifference would be the correct term.

Thanks for starting this thread karenc3. I love this show. I will disagree about it being "gimmicky." I also saw that sentiment on twitter last night but I really like that the judges/coaches don't see the contestants until they've either picked or rejected them. By not watching the audition until they've made up their mind, they are also excluding the blasted "performance" that has taken center stage on both Idol and XFactor. They are all singing competitions with a recording contract as the prize, so personally, IDGAD if they "move around on stage" which became the mantra for Idol's season 10.

I also really like how dignified the coaches are with the contestants (not as much with each other LOL). The are no Simon-type insults. They don't laugh at contestants which we've also seen on both Idol and XFactor. For those who did not get picked, the coaches had only constructive feedback and polite adieus. Love this show.

Okay, on to the talent... First girl Raylinn (Hell on Heels) was okay. She seemed to rely too much on pushing the notes out instead of creating melody. She's very young though and she made the right choice with Blake Shelton. For as long as she lasts, she can learn so much from him since he is a star in her genre.

Jesse Campbell (A Song For You)... just wow! What a beautiful voice. Christina would not have been my first choice for him but after I thought about it, I actually think she's a good choice for the type of voice that he has. Cee Lo is more current with regards to radio play but Christina would sing the same types of songs as Jesse so I think she can bring more out of him. It will be interesting to see how far he goes, though, since he is definitely in the Javier Colon genre and just like Idol, do we really want the same guy winning this year (re: comment I made in Season 11 thread about the Scotty clone).

I liked Juliett (Oh Darling). She didn't have the best voice, but I liked how she worked it. Cee Lo made good choices with Vicci Martinez last year, so Juliett should do fine with Cee Lo even though I was pulling for Adam.

Chris Mann was very brave singing opera, but you can't deny the voice. Good choice in going with Christina. It will be interesting to see what she does with him, if they stay true to his big voice or try to "pop it."

And then there's Tony Lucca (Trouble), I'm always a sucker for a WGWG, IF he can sing and he could sing! Picked a great song and made the right choice for coach in Adam. It was interesting that Christina didn't seem to know who he was but then went and sought him out. I think she honestly didn't recognize him and then was clued in so went to find him to make good TV. Whatever, it was honest that she picked him without realizing that she knew him.

Overall, the guys were better tonight than the girls. Looking forward to tonight's show!