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Contestant slaps The Voice format

Nicholas Roy from Team Seal discovers Reality TV isn't all it's cracked up to be.

2013-07-01_1400One of the acts in The Voice has turned on the show, spilling on his experience on the show and it’s not good.

I’m not really sure what he hopes to gain from this, unless he feels especially aggrieved?

Nicholas Roy who was on Team Seal has told news.com.au he was just “a side character” and that “I didn’t have a tragic story or whatever.”

“We would have to be there at six in the morning and not perform until 10pm at night, and then it would only be half a minute of a song,” he claimed.

 

He claims the show brushed him aside quickly after he was eliminated and that:

Contestants must sign contracts for publishing, recording, touring and merchandising;

Rejected hopefuls are blocked from releasing songs until three months after the grand final show so it doesn’t distract from the winner and runners-up;

Singers cannot argue over songs the judges pick for them;

Producers prefer contestants whose story can be told in one word like “tragic”, “rocker” or “hippy”;

Seal spent very limited time with his team.

“Seal was this omnipotent dude with whom I had very limited interaction,” he told the newspaper. “That was very frustrating.”

We know that being on a reality show is never all it’s cracked up to be.

But this genre have been around for long enough now so one really has to weigh up the bad with the good before they step into an audition room.

15 Responses

  1. I’m surprised we don’t hear more from contestants as to what they really go through for their 15 minutes – Masterchef / MKR/ any talent show. Maybe they have to sign away more than 3 months of their lives.

  2. *sigh* Here we go again, another disgruntled contestant complaining about a reality singing show. How long have these shows been on air, a decade? One final time for those contestants who don’t get it. Unless you have either a heartstring tugging backstory such as a chronically sick family member, a history of bullying, a shattering abandonment, etc, or a non-threatening physical anomaly such as semi-blindness, speech impediment, dowdiness a la Susan Boyle, etc, you will not win. It’s that simple. These shows require backstories that can be exploited and wrung out for sympathy from the audience. The one with the most popular backstory usually always wins.

  3. Yes these shows are tough but the flip side is that he got to sing on a massive stage to millions of people. The show owes him nothing. I have heard this same story many times over the years. They expect someone else to risk thousands of dollars to provide them with a recording contract.

  4. I’d assume this guy has conceded he hasn’t got what it takes and so here is his way of getting 5 minutes of attention. Unfortunately it has become the prime prerequisite of this show that you have a sob story otherwise don’t bother. Harrison won’t last

  5. Gee, join the queue!!!! Every time one of these reality shows wraps up, up pop the disgruntled contestants complaining about their experiences. They either turn up on Today Tonight or A Current Affair, depending on which channel they appeared on.

  6. I had to laugh during the week when Channel 9 made a big deal about the final 4 signing recording contracts. Of course that guarantee’s a long and successful career….right??? :-/
    What did this bloke expect?

  7. This just in, a reality show contestant isn’t happy with the show they didn’t win.

    Big whoop. To win, you need a story, and you need the jailbait vote. If 14 year old girls aren’t voting for you, you won’t win.

    Every show, every year these idiots pop up and whinge about their 15 minutes.

    Please.

    If you think you’re good enough, do the hard yards. Don’t shortcut to game with these shows.

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