June 19th, 2013 by TV Writer Lynn.
If there wasn’t enough controversy over how much ailing BBC show The Voice is costing licence fee payers – which is around £22million apparently – it’s been revealed today that Aunty Beeb forked out £15,000 so that coach Sir Tom Jones could live in luxury at the Savoy Hotel in London.
At a cost of around £700 per night, Sir Tom stays at the plush hotel while he’s in the UK filming for the show, as his home is in Los Angeles. Read more & comment »
June 7th, 2013 by TV Writer Lynn.
Earlier today, we reported that The Voice coach Will.i.am claimed that winning the show is no guarantee of having a career in the music industry, and Leanne Mitchell – who of course won the show’s first UK series last year – is living proof that that is in fact the case…
However, one might expect that Leanne could’ve relied on her The Voice coach and mentor Sir Tom Jones to show some interest in her post-show career, but he’s confessed that he hasn’t even listened to her album! Read more & comment »
June 2nd, 2013 by TV Writer Lynn.
Fans of The Voice will of course know that Leanne Mitchell won the show in its first series last year, but sadly – and surprisingly, given how beautiful her voice is – Leanne’s post-Voice career has been less than spectacular…
And while opinions differ as to why that is – coach Will.i.am blames the delay between Leanne winning the show and releasing her first track – Leanne is hoping that her newly released second album will do better. Read more & comment »
April 19th, 2013 by TV Writer Lynn.
There are of course hundreds of people in the UK who make a living impersonating famous celebrities, but in tomorrow night’s The Voice, Sir Tom Jones will come face to face with singer David Kidd, who is a Tom Jones tribute act!
However, though David makes his living as a lookalike and soundalike, he’ll audition as himself and sing in his own voice during tomorrow’s blind audition.
The Daily Star reports that following his audition, David reveals to the coaches – who, as well as Tom are Jessie J, Will.i.am and The Script front man Danny O’Donoghue – that he works as a Tom Jones tribute act. Read more & comment »
April 5th, 2013 by TV Writer Lynn.
Some of the 20 finalists of this year’s series of The Voice have accused coaches Sir Tom Jones, Danny O’Donoghue, Will.i.am and Jessie J of “abandoning” them ahead of the live shows as they jet around the globe to focus on their own careers.
The Script singer Danny is on tour in Australia, Sir Tom is touring the US this month and Will.i.am was at a music festival in Japan last weekend. This week, he’s been tweeting about having lunch in Los Angeles with Britney Spears.
Meanwhile, Jessie J has just returned to the UK after celebrating her birthday in Marrakech, Morocco, and is now reportedly focusing on her second album. Read more & comment »
April 1st, 2013 by TV Writer Lynn.
This Easter weekend has of course seen BBC talent quest The Voice returning for a second outing, complete with a somewhat revamped format and of course, ever more imaginative ways for the coaches Jessie J, will.i.am, Tom Jones and Danny O’Donoghue to spin those chairs!
And that issue of how to spin a chair is among a host of questions that viewers put to the coaches, and which they answered in a two-part video.
We have part one for you after the jump, and part two is promised for tomorrow, so without further ado, let’s go… Read more & comment »
April 1st, 2013 by TV Writer Lynn.
Fans of The Voice will of course know that the show returned to the BBC on Saturday night – and was beaten in the viewer ratings by ITV’s Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway – with an extra-long edition…
However, irate viewers have taken to internet forums to complain that the 100 minutes of the show was more about the coaches, Jessie J, Danny O’Donoghue, Sir Tom Jones and Will.i.am, than it was about the singing talent auditioning.
Remarking on Jessie J specifically, one fan said, “Points lost for the awful Jessie J who is insistant on stealing the limelight, even in the middle of someone singing.” (sic) Read more & comment »
March 31st, 2013 by TV Writer Lynn.
Fans of The Voice coach Sir Tom Jones will know that at the peak of his fame, Tom was never short of female admirers, and has admitted that he had affairs…
However, one of those affairs resulted in a son, Jonathan – whose surname is Berkery though he chooses to be known as Jon Jones – who is now 24 years old.
Jon was born after what The Sun describes as Tom’s “three-day fling” with Jon’s mum Katherine Berkery in 1987. Read more & comment »
March 26th, 2013 by TV Writer Lynn.
Legendary heartthrob and The Voice coach Sir Tom Jones has revealed that during last year’s first series of the show, he and his fellow coaches Jessie J, Will.i.am and Danny O’Donoghue were given “lines” to say if they “got stuck…”
However, while speaking about the forthcoming second series – which launches on Saturday at 7pm on BBC1 – Tom revealed that this time around, his words are all his own.
Speaking to the Radio Times, Tom said, “I feel like I know what I am doing this time and it feels more natural.
“Last year we were given suggested lines just in case we got stuck, which I tried to work in on a few occasions… Read more & comment »
March 24th, 2013 by TV Writer Lynn.
As we reported yesterday, The Voice coach Jessie J has warned her acts that she’s going to hard on them and that she simply doesn’t have the time, or the inclination, to “hand-hold.”
And in today’s Sun, she’s gone on to criticize her fellow coaches, Will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones and Danny O’Donoghue for “lying” to hopefuls who just don’t have what it takes to make it on the show.
She said, “It’s not about being not nice. It’s about being honest and constructive… Read more & comment »
