The Voice is AMAZING!!!

I was really skeptical when I first heard of this new singing competition called the Voice. However, I must admit that I was VERY pleasantly surprised with the premiere episode. The premise is, basically 3 parts to the show. Part 1 is the blind auditions. In this part, the judges/mentors sit in high backed chairs facing the audience with their backs to the stage. The contestants come out once at a time and sing their song. If one of the judges/mentors like's what he/she is hearing, they press the button on their chair which then turns around and on the base "I Want You" lights up. The judges/mentors are Christina Aquilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton.. They have THE most amazing chemistry! All are very quick witted and so hilarious! And Adam and Christina seem to have a "special" thing going. I absolutely LOVE this show. I think it is going to BLOW American Idol out of the water. In Part 1, the judge/mentors must pick 8 contestants to form a team. They will then take those 8 contestants aside and work with them on their next performance, which is for Part 2. In Part 2 2 of the contestants will battle head to head and sing the same song. The judges will then pick 1 contestant from each grouping to continue in the competition. The winners of these groupings will continue on to Part 3 of the competition. In Part 3 the 4 remaining contestants from each of the judges will perform again and this time American will call in and vote for who they like best. I'm not sure how many times this will happen. But I am down for the count!

So in Part 1, only 2 contestants weren't picked by the judges/mentors. And after turning around at the end of the songs, only one of the judges regretted that. Cee Lo Green wanted to change his mind because the contestant he passed on turned out to be a very beautiful Indian chick. But her voice was a 5 but her face was a 10. LOL And in that moment, we saw one example of the purity of this show. A singing competition show should be all about the singing. It shouldn't matter how pretty or slim or handsome or muscled one is. It should be all about THE VOICE. Thank you Mark Burnett for coming up with this show! I am a fan for life.

The Maloofs are SCAMMING Sacramento!!!

The Maloofs are the owners of the Sacramento Kings' Basketball Team. The King's are the WORST team in the NBA, possibly of all time. hahahaha Well, the Maloofs were having financial problems recently. Now fast forward to the end of Jan 2011 and all of a sudden the Maloofs let it leak out that they might be moving the Kings down to Anaheim because Sacramento refuses to build the team a new stadium. I think this was all a big ruse to get the people of Sacramento who are loyal to the Kings to step up and start attending the games. Because they are the worst team, they haven't been drawing in the crowds like they were say back in 2005. I think this is just reprehensible. The Maloofs must get permission from the NBA and other team owners to move the team and I think that's not going to happen. Anaheim already has 2 other teams in the area...LA Lakers and LA Clippers. So I dont see a move to Anaheim being a good fit for anyone. Why would you put 3 teams in the same area, when you have one team, the LA Lakers who are a Championship Winning Team and draw huge crowds. If you lived in Anaheim and you had money to spend on basketball tickets, would you pay to see the Kings,who suck (on Thur 31 March 2011, the Kings' record was 21 wins and 53 losses). Or would you pay to see the LA Lakers who always play GREAT basketball?

I think that by threatening to leave Sacramento, the Maloofs have guaranteed that their bottom line will increase by an outpouring of support by the people of Sacramento. Because everyone knows, the real money that is made at sporting events is not from ticket sales, but it is from the concessions.And just maybe, maybe the Kings will finally get a stadium out of all of this too. Since so many stadium deals have fallen apart over the last 5yrs.

I say, fuck the Maloofs and fuck the Kings, let them leave and everyone should STOP going to their home games and buying beer and foods. hahahahahaha  It's not like they are really doing anything for the City of Sacramento anyway.