Why The Voice could scale back for American Idol reboot at NBC
As for why specifically NBC may want it, one of the biggest reasons seems to be a mere interest in scaling back on their own series The Voice from two seasons a year down to one. There are reports that at least one of their longstanding coaches would like to scale back, and based on what reality chief Paul Telegdy told The Hollywood Reporter recently, this is something that the network is also considering:
“The Voice has been a phenomenon that nourishes this place in a big, big way. And at the same time, everyone involved in it — people that work 52 weeks a year on The Voice — have been on a treadmill, and we can’t let them off. I’d love to alleviate that at some point.”
We do think that a network will have American Idol season 16 on the air by 2018 at the latest. However, we’re not denying that this is a risky proposition for NBC. While we do personally find The Voice as a show with significant shortcomings, in between its difficult middle rounds and its inability to date to find a significant star after the fact, they do have devoted fans and not all of them will be happy with the show going down to one a year, especially so that a show that they may not like can return. Personally, we’re a little more okay with it given that American Idol is the only reason why The Voice exists, since everyone wanted to replicate this success. Plus, there’s enough of a track record to think that American Idol could still produce a big star, though we’d argue that the last one the show helped to foster was Adam Lambert back on season 4. He, Jennifer Hudson, Carrie Underwood, and Kelly Clarkson are in retrospect the big four talents to emerge from that show and have consistent stardom after the fact.
With that said, we do think there are other artists from the show, such as Clay Aiken, David Archuleta, Scotty McCreery, and Fantasia, who have all probably found more success than almost every other Voice alum, as well.
Do you think that NBC or Fox is the right home for a new American Idol season? Share now in the comments! (Photo: NBC.)
Cookie
April 2, 2017 @ 11:19 am
Adam Lambert is an old maid. Queen is an oldies act with a bunch of 70 yr old white guys. Fame hungry Lambert is ranked an embarrassingly #13 in CD sales among Idol alums. He was fired from the Demi Lovato tour and replaced with someone more younger and popular. X-Factor Australia was ax because of bad ratings after he became a judge. His fan base is a bunch of old lady spinsters.
rtland
April 2, 2017 @ 2:21 pm
LOL. This post is sad. The fact that you are here, let me guess is that your idol is irrelevant otherwise you wouldn’t be so bitter.
Queen is an oldies act with a bunch of 70 yr old white guys.
Adam Lambert has his own band but having a side gig being the lead singer for a band that is Rock royalty that has sold over 300 million albums still selling out arenas and stadiums around the world making millions is not to shabby.
Lambert is ranked an embarrassingly #13 in CD sales among Idol alums.
No one outside your Idol bubble cares about how many CDs Idols sold who are no longer even relevant today. If that CD list just for the U.S. sales mattered Clay Aiken would be one of the biggest Idols still today ever. lol. Please try to stay in the present which was the authors whole point. Idols who have consistent stardom after the fact and after the confetti has been swept off the floor.
He was fired from the Demi Lovato tour and replaced with someone more younger and popular.
There was no final contract signed. Being fired means he would had to have been hired which was not the case. Deals fall through everyday. It’s all part of the business. The deal was just for the US and Adam Lambert went on and headlined his own successful sold out tour in the US while Demi Lovato’s ended up being an epic mess and flop. Adam also earned $10 million the same year. He’s not crying in his cheerios.
X-Factor Australia was ax because of bad ratings after he became a judge.
LOL. OK. I’m sure Iggy Azalea was also hired to save the show. Oh wait… Meanwhile Adam and his $1M+ paycheck is laughing all the way to the bank.
His fan base is a bunch of old lady spinsters.
You trolls need to make up your minds. Either his fan base is all gays or a bunch of old ladies. lol. Neither is true btw even Queen fan base are all in their 20s and 30s but shout out to the old ladies who helped streamed( which is geared to younger pop fans) Adam Lambert’s last album to over 200 million streams. Instead of trolling Adam’s career maybe you should worry about your Idol’s career because I know darn well that Kelly, Carrie, JHud and Daughtry fans aren’t doing the trolling. Only Idol fans of the flop and irrelevant waste their time on Adam Lambert.
jennastjohns
April 1, 2017 @ 8:28 pm
Phillip Phillips (season 11) is a much bigger more successful star than Adam Lambert. He can’t even sell his own music but he can sing karaoke with Queen. Not exactly Idol success.
Carrington
April 2, 2017 @ 1:45 am
Adam has a successful global career with solo certifications of albums/ singles and awards in the US and multiple other countries. He has had several headlining sold-out solo world tours without needing to open for others or latching on to others with co-tours. His additional/separate frontman duties with Queen have him rocking arenas and stadiums worldwide. He was a judge on XFactor Australia, acting gigs and endorsements. There is a reason he is considered one of the most successful by people who are in the know. He has a very lucrative solo career and with Queen. And people actually know who he is.
rtland
April 2, 2017 @ 2:25 am
In what reality world?. Phillip Phillips has done well for himself but where is he now 5 years later. He’s had one good debut era and like most winners have fallen off the radar. Adam Lambert had a successful career before Queen and he’ll continue to have one. No one cares what you think so I would concentrate on keeping Phillip Phillips career from dying.
Sherry
April 1, 2017 @ 7:12 pm
I don’t watch the Voice and never have. It’s completely about the judges all the time. Can’t stand Levine or Shelton. But would love to see AI return to TV only time I watched entire season was S8 when Adam Lambert was on. Hope AI has two male and two female judges. Adam, Jennifer, Kelly and maybe Chris Daughtry.
Diana
April 1, 2017 @ 7:09 pm
Definitely Adam Lambert has the most amazing, most magnificent voice I’ve ever heard.There is no one that even comes close to him…
luvmymusik
April 1, 2017 @ 6:35 pm
I don’t watch The Voice but if they want to bring back American Idol I think a different network might give it a different perspective. BTW, could be a typo but Adam Lambert was on Season 8 not 4. Good article.