“The Voice” VOTING RIOT! Outraged Fans DEMAND Heads Roll After SHOCKING Injustice! The beloved singing competition “The Voice” is facing an unprecedented fan revolt as viewers erupt in fury over the allegedly rigged and unfair voting system. Accusations of favoritism and manipulated results are flooding social media, with enraged fans threatening to abandon the show en masse unless drastic changes are implemented NOW

“The Voice” VOTING RIOT! Outraged Fans DEMAND Heads Roll After SHOCKING Injustice! The beloved singing competition “The Voice” is facing an unprecedented fan revolt as viewers erupt in fury over the allegedly rigged and unfair voting system. Accusations of favoritism and manipulated results are flooding social media, with enraged fans threatening to abandon the show en masse unless drastic changes are implemented NOW

‘The Voice’ Fans Frustrated With Voting, Want Change Now

When it comes to competition series, a lot of responsibility is placed on the judges. However, fans often forget that they themselves are often the ones determining the winner through their votes. That said, there are times when fans think changes need to be made in the way their favorite competition shows tally their votes. Recently, The Voice has gotten some flak for a change to its own format.

Fans Have Already Seen A Few Changes To The Voice‘s Format Over The Years

The Voice is an American adaptation of the original Dutch series, The Voice of Holland. Its U.S. counterpart premiered back in 2011 on NBC.

In a twist on the typical competition series “judges,” celebrity coaches are brought onto the show to critique the contestants and form their own teams. As with many competition series, public voting determines who ends up the season’s winner.
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As noted by NJ.com, viewers are only allowed to vote as the competition reaches eight contestants. This has been the case since Season 26. Prior to this, voting took place much sooner, when the contestants were in the Top 12 or 13.

As the publication mused, “Not only does the new format give fans fewer opportunities to weigh in, it also leads to some pretty dramatic eliminations.” For instance, through the Playoffs round, coaches must cut down on the contestants. This means the lineup goes from Top 20 to Top 8 within a span of only two episodes.

On social media, fans have been sharing a similar sentiment. While watching a video of contestant Conor James on YouTube, one fan wrote, “I don’t like how they go from top 20 to top 8. Bring back top 12, top 10, top 8, top 5 & Finale.”

Another fan shared, “Agreed. Cutting each [team] down from 5 to 2 [contestants] is brutal. They should have saves or steals available in the playoffs.” A third fan also admitted, “I hate it. It gives such little time for the live rounds and barely allows the audience to get involved in the process.”

Some Fans Suggested Other Ways The Voice Could Use To Improve Its Format

This is a sentiment The Voice fans have shared throughout social media. Another fan recently shared, “They do change the format fairly regularly. This season I am especially disappointed because so many great singers went home before the live shows.”

The fan then asked for suggestions and other commenters were happy to oblige. One fan shared a list of possible changes, from “Cut the sob stories” to “Let Canadians vote.” However, they also shared that, “Slow down the amount of eliminations. It’s such a drastic cut in such a short time. It’s hard to get connected to artists when they’re gone so quickly.”

Other fans shared their own thoughts on the issue. A few agreed the eliminations happened all too suddenly. Some also suggested other ideas to change up the voting. These comments included:

“And to make it worse, eliminating more than one person and go from 8 to 5? It just seems random.”
“What’s the difference between the battles and the knockouts? Almost nothing. Find different ways to eliminate if you aren’t going to do live shows.”
“The first immediate fix that jumps to mind is instead of having the top 8, have a top 12 (3 per team) as it gives extra opportunities to great artists. This does require extending the lives by a week and maybe cutting them marginally like 3 week one, 3 for week 2, and have a 6 person finale.”
“I agree, I think they should format the lives more like American Idol where only one person goes home each week.”

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