'The Voice' Series Premiere Recap

Well, it's nice to see that Carson Daily is working, I guess. Good for him. He just seems tired, though doesn't he? Like he's just stuck in the memory that was the heyday of TRL and going through the motions is all he has left. He's the poor man's Seacrest, now. Bummer.

So last night we had the over promoted premiere of 'The Voice' on NBC, and well...it's pretty good. Nothing really to complain about there. Except maybe the dreaded hosebeast they call Xtina... wow. What in the world is she so cranky about? I seriously thought Adam Levine was going to choke her out halfway through the show. She's a mean one, that Aguilera, and also seems to have an irrational hate for the one from Maroon 5. Wonder why that is?

Anyway, I did like that the judges opened the show. Kind of putting their money where their mouth is. If someone's going to coach me? Give me the goods upfront, I say! They all did Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" and I liked it. But I didn't like how sexy Adam Levine was playing drums. I don't want to love him. I must resist.

The premise itself is a good one... each judge picks a team of eight. Then they must get that team of eight down to four vis a vis Jello wrestling or something, and then those final peeps duke it out for the $100,000 recording contract.

I did also like that the contestants were pre-screened and we didn't have to watch any delusional people get their hearts broken.. ahem...Idol. I was a little disappointed with the quality of the singers the first night out. Sure there were the few standouts like the duo of married couple Josh and Nicole, and Jeff Jenkins. Oh and Frenchie Davis. Remember Frenchie? The big voiced lady from season two of Idol that got the boot because of 'something stupid I did when I was 19?' Yeah... now you remember the nudie pics for a 'big 'uns' fetish site?

So Frenchie, now a Broadway vet, came back and sang a HORRIBLE rendition of "I Kissed a Girl"...oh LAWD, Aguilera looked like she had a producer's gun to her head to pick her, didn't she? But on Xtina's team Frenchie went, and well...whatever. I don't get the lure of Reality TV once you've been on Broadway, but whatever validates you, I guess.

There was only one annoying fool and that was the girl that was SO HAPPY that she finally, FINALLY didn't get judged on being "pretty". Ain't that the worst? Seriously, it just has to suck that you get things for being pretty. I know...happens to be all the time. Man, she was hilarious.

The other lame thing was the Twitter feed on the screen. Quit Frontin'. Some intern is updating all of that. Please.

I'll go ahead and give this the Reality Zen Stamp of Awesomeness©, I say bring on 'X-Factor' already, but if this will break up the Idol monotony, I'm all for it. Mostly to see how long it takes Adam Levine to kill Christina Aguilera...

What did you think of the premiere? Did you like it? Did you like the Dr. Evil chairs, too?

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