Reasons Why The Voice Is Totally Fake

#1 Coaching For The Cameras

The Voice has a revolving door of superstar celebrity sing coaches who come in and give the finalists advice on their songs. Isn't that surprising that they took time off from their busy touring schedules to help these up and coming performers? You should be surprised because it doesn't happen. Season 6 contestant, Ddendyl Hoyt, revealed to the Washington Post that the stars are only there for a few minutes for the taped performance seen on TV. She claimed that the only "coaching" came from stagehands and producers. She was on Team Shakira and claims she only saw the Latin Songstress two times through her stint on the show, and that was for the taped segments. There was no coaching whatsoever.

#2 Stealing Material

That brilliant cover of Radiohead's "Creep" bu Season 8's Kimberly Nichole was a ripoff of the band Postmodern Jukebox, who covered the song and rearranged it and switched up the style. They had posted their version to YouTube just weeks before producers had Nichole perform it EXACTLY as the Postmodern Jukebox version. Of course, that version featured American Idol loser, Haley Reinhart, which critics claim is her launching pad song. And this is not the first time this has happened. During Season 5 and 6, the show was accused of stealing arrangements from several other YouTube performers.

#3 Judgy Judges

Everybody loves the funny, witty, and competitive banter between the judges on the show. However, according to several sources, they actually hate each other off camera and have jealousy issues. The Voice judge Adam Levine reportedly had a long-running feud with former judge Christina Aguilera, and rumor has it Aguilera quit the show over an alleged tiff with Gwen Stefani.

#4 Nobody Gets Along

Adam apparently has an issue with new judge Miley Cyrus that began when she was a guest mentor on the show. The two never hit it off, and according to sources on the show, they are too much alike. When Miley joined the judges table for season 11, Levine was threatening to leave the show but they offered him more money to stay. "They both have short attention spans," the insider said, "They find each other annoying. Adam would get agitated when Miley would interrupt him, and she enjoyed getting under his skin."

#5 Television Roots

On the surface, the Voice seems very similar to other television singing shows like American Idol and The X Factor. However, both of those shows have roots in music, with producers & creators Simon Cowell and Simon Fuller having worked in the industry for decades. The winners are rewarded with a recording contract. But The Voice has no ties to the music industry, and the producers are only known for creating reality TV. This could help explain why even the winning contestants have had trouble forging successful careers.

#6 Winning Means Nothing

Five years of broadcasts and 11 seasons, yet The Voice has produced no superstars. The series hasn't even produced a flash-in-the-pan or a one-hit wonder. For all The Voice's early boasts about what separated it from similar talent shows, the one defining factor to date is its lack of lasting musical careers. So that 'be heard and not judged on looks' thing isn't working that well for singing hopefuls.

#7 Not One Career Has Been Made

Every winning contestant has faded like a falling star quickly after the season has ended. While there are still starry-eyed hopefuls competing on The Voice, desperate to make something happen, the trend thus far has been a short stint in the spotlight, followed by an unceremonious fade into obscurity. Heck, a person has a better chance of blowing up via YouTube than The Voice. Just ask Justin Bieber.

#8 The Votes Don't Count

Don't waste your time voting for the contestant you believe has the most promising career ahead of them because they don't even count the votes. According to the New York Daily News, contestants and audience members actually have very little power. And their investigation revealed that the votes that come in are never even calculated or tabulated to assist any contestant.

#9 The Producers Pick The Winners

The iron-clad contracts that Voice contestants eagerly sign in pursuit of stardom put the power entirely in the hands of Voice producers. They can decide to eliminate a contestant whenever it pleases them, even if they're "winning with the public." They also have the option to make someone who is appealing to the public appear even more likable and sometimes make them the winner. That revelation makes the need to phone in to save so-and-so rather pointless, doesn't it? How do you know if a contestant survived due to the will of faithful viewers or the whim of Voice producers? It takes the real out of "reality."

#10 Contestants Are An Afterthought

After 11 seasons, this may seem kind of obvious, but what we have here is a show that purports to be about finding "the voice," yet devotes most of its time and energy to advancing the fame and fortune of people who already have both. The contestants? Forgotten. Yes, hardcore Voice fans can tell you about all the amazing talents that blew them away season after season, but the big headlines are nabbed by the mentors: Levine's evolvingÂ hairstyles, Stefani and Shelton's romance, backstage battles, and on-stage collaborations.

#11

According to Billboard, "the show's greatest use" has been "taking established artists and making them biggermuch biggerwhile showcasing a celebrity chemistry using high-caliber names that usually don't tread in prime-time reality." So viewer beware: while the show manipulates you with contestants' sob stories to lure you in week after week, it will inevitably toss these bright-eyed individuals in the trash heap to make room for the next batch of suckers who think this is their ticket to the top while promoting the judges and already famous "coaches".

#12 Viewers Are Catching On

In 2011, the show premiered with 11 million viewers and rose steadily aft that for 3 seasons. But after nobody became famous, and the judges seemed to be rotated out continuously, viewers began tuning out for other shows. While the latest season premiered to similar numbers, the network fears it has reached its peak. The Season 10 finale was a disappointment ratings-wise, being the lowest rated show the series has ever had. It's largest audience was when if followed the Super Bowl in Season 2 when viewership soared to 37.6 million. The Season 11 episodes, though started off okay, have dropped drastically every episode and some are blaming the addition of Miley Cyrus. But everyone knows the real reason is the shows lack of authenticity.

#13 Blondes Are Better Judges

Miley is the first female brunette judge though she has died her hair blonde for the show. For several seasons, The VoiceÂ switched up its female judges by simply swapping one blonde woman for another: Christina Aquilera, Shakira, and Gwen Stefani. When asked about its seemingly formulaic judging panel, "There was no even thought about it," Executive Producer Mark Burnett told XFINITY. As critics slammed the program for its lack of female diversity, the series finally took a chance on Alicia Keys, the first black woman to serve as a season-long mentor. It also added Miley Cyrus as a coach. Her locks are ever-changing but were decidedly blonde when she joined the cast. Seriously, a show that seems this hung up on the hue of its women judges' hair can't be for real.

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