Millions Tune In To Watch The Voice, But Loads Of Viewers Claim It’s Actually Fake
The Voice is an extremely popular reality show and draws in millions of viewers each season. Its premise is simple: contestants perform and are judged on their singing talents. The winners then receive a large cash prize and a record deal. It’s all very appealing – but is it too good to be true? According to some, yes it is.
Not Like Other Shows
The blind auditions are the thing which sets The Voice apart from other shows. However, those might not be all that they seem. In 2016 five former participants spoke to Cosmopolitan magazine regarding their experiences, and they had some remarkable claims about what the audition process was actually like.
Extreme Persistence
For a start, there’s a lot that happens before anyone makes it in front of The Voice’s judging panel. The show’s producers apparently find people who they want to appear on the program and then get to work encouraging them. Indeed, Vicci Martinez from season one told Cosmopolitan that staffers from The Voice were “really persistent” with her.
Not Given A Fair Chance
Meanwhile, season one’s Frenchie Davis had a different story. She had been on American Idol back in 2003 but was disqualified when old topless photos of her resurfaced. She told Cosmopolitan that a casting director for The Voice said, “I don’t think you were given a fair chance on Idol” in order to get her to participate.
Piles Of Paperwork
Furthermore, there’s also paperwork to sign, and a clue to some of the details contained within were revealed in 2014 when a Voice contract was leaked onto the internet. It stated that for contestants the show “may be disparaging, defamatory, embarrassing and may expose them to public ridicule, humiliation or condemnation.” And even that wasn’t all.
