You have no clue how happy I was when episode 2 was back to the regular format. The live format was unbelievably horrible. For the first time since the series premiered, I almost couldn't make it through the entire episode.
Polling the audience was a mess and so obviously staged. Half the time, you couldn't hear the Sharks. It was chaos from the word go and all pretense of professionalism went out the back door when the audience came in the front. My biggest fear was that this was going to be the format for the entire season. This would have killed the show. Looking over the other reviews, it's clear I'm not alone in this assessment.
Please please please NEVER do that again.
Polling the audience was a mess and so obviously staged. Half the time, you couldn't hear the Sharks. It was chaos from the word go and all pretense of professionalism went out the back door when the audience came in the front. My biggest fear was that this was going to be the format for the entire season. This would have killed the show. Looking over the other reviews, it's clear I'm not alone in this assessment.
Please please please NEVER do that again.