I was watching some shows on television last night. I am a huge fan of the Voice. I have been watching it since the start of
the season. I really admire the fact
that the show is based strictly on someone’s singing ability rather than their
appearance. The judges pick their team based on the person’s voice and from there
coach them to reach potential with their voice. I than came across the show X
Factor, in which I was so overwhelmed with the stage set-up that I nearly fast
forward through much of it. However, from what I noticed was it was much
different from The Voice. The
contestants on this show were made to put on an outrageous show, have unique outfits,
and be different than anyone else. I couldn’t help but noticed this girl who
was no more than 16 years old was wearing these sexy but trashy tights with a
lot of body revealing. Another girl who
was only 12 was wearing this punk rock outfit, which I found strange was when
they showed her video clip of her ‘before the show’ she was this happy smiling,
pretty in pink girl. Why did this show
want to change her? I believe that society has become much of the
problem. We promote people who are good
looking and put on a good show instead of their ability to sing, I guess this
is why it’s called the X Factor. It was
very different for me to see such difference in the shows. I mean both shows did coach; however, the
advice that the Voice gave was different than X Factor. For example, don’t quote me but pretty close was
from the Voice:
“Loved how you really hit that note”
“You really went out there with the song choice and it
worked for you”
“This was a different song for you but you really improved
in the areas of the song that we worked on “
“I am so proud of you “
Now, these are some of the advice the coaches/ judges were
giving to the contestants on the X Factor:
“You have a lot of sass on stage but when you get off stage
you become shy and timid, you need to step up your game”
“The outfit went perfect with that performance”
“The entire SHOW really made me drawn to you”
To me it’s simple as to what show I would want to watch and
let alone the show I would want my kids to be watching. The Voice shows that anyone who has an
amazing voice can become who they want to be.
X Factor to me shows that if you don’t have ‘the look, the show, or the
attitude then you don’t have anything. I
just think that our society should help out the world and not have such shows
like this or at least have an age limit.
What do you all think?
Reading through this post, I would have to agree on all of it. I love the fact that on the Voice, all four judges are faced the opposite way and cannot see what the performer looks like, how they dress, they facial appearance, anything physical really. All that matters on the voice is THE VOICE! There is no reason to have flashy outfits and crazy make up just to show that you are a good enough singer. The X-Factor, to me, is nothing important because it is not sending the right message to America.
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