Where to begin? Well, first off, I really liked the US version
(Everything below is compared to the superior US version).
-The costumes are not up to par (though not too bad).
-The quality singers are far and few, and the ones who are worth the while are far too easy to recognize (Cee-Lo and the brilliant Kelis).
-The judges are mostly incompetent and/or poor liars and, being British myself, their lack of humour is dissappointing. I've seen the quite so charming Joel Dommett in other stuff but here he's atrocious. Instead of funny he just comes off as someone in need of attending a theatrical course or five (he seriously sounds like he's peeing his pants half the time).
-The staging is poor and the singers don't know whether to face the audience or the judges, looks very awkward most of the time.
-As mentioned Kelis was revealed to be one of the masked singers. How she was voted off when you compare her to many of the other acts is beyond me (but then again, the whole voting system is strange with the in-house studio audience voting except for one-on-one's where the judges decide)
I'll continue watching this simply for the cringe factor but for how long I'm not sure (Seen the first 6 eps so far). I suggest people look up the US version for quality entertainment (series/season 1 & 2, -and a new S3 of that production has just started)
-The costumes are not up to par (though not too bad).
-The quality singers are far and few, and the ones who are worth the while are far too easy to recognize (Cee-Lo and the brilliant Kelis).
-The judges are mostly incompetent and/or poor liars and, being British myself, their lack of humour is dissappointing. I've seen the quite so charming Joel Dommett in other stuff but here he's atrocious. Instead of funny he just comes off as someone in need of attending a theatrical course or five (he seriously sounds like he's peeing his pants half the time).
-The staging is poor and the singers don't know whether to face the audience or the judges, looks very awkward most of the time.
-As mentioned Kelis was revealed to be one of the masked singers. How she was voted off when you compare her to many of the other acts is beyond me (but then again, the whole voting system is strange with the in-house studio audience voting except for one-on-one's where the judges decide)
I'll continue watching this simply for the cringe factor but for how long I'm not sure (Seen the first 6 eps so far). I suggest people look up the US version for quality entertainment (series/season 1 & 2, -and a new S3 of that production has just started)