THE VOICE will be bringing in some more changes to season 28 after fans complain that the show’s current format is ‘unwatchable,’ The U.S. Sun can exclusively reveal.

Many viewers feel the way the singing competition is currently set up gives too much room for error of the season’s top talents slipping through the cracks and being eliminated “too soon.”

An example of this occurred on Tuesday night’s season 27 finale, when the Top 11 took to the stage to sing the Bastille hit, Pompeii.

The top 5 kicked off the performance before they were joined by their six former competitors – and a lot of fans said the talent was noticeably better once the others took the stage with the finalists.

That’s just one of many examples of fans feeling like the “most talented” singers are forced out of the show prematurely due to The Voice’s format.

“The show’s format is by far the show’s biggest obstacle,” a production insider claimed.

“It’s a tough recipe to follow. The blind auditions, nothing gets better than that. That’s the show’s bread and butter and what put the show on the map.

“Now everything after that? The show is still figuring it out as they go even 27 seasons in.

“Next season won’t be exactly the same, changes are underway and changes will always come and evolve. No two seasons have ever been the exact same.

“The show hears the complaints loud and clear. The people who make the show also want the best talent possible to make it to the finale but some of that is not in their control.

“They do the best they can,” the source explained.

MUSIC IS A BATTLEFIELD

For season 27 of The Voice, the setup started with the show’s famous blind auditions for coaches Kelsea Ballerini, Adam Levine, John Legend and Michael Buble.

Each needed to fill 12 slots on their team – often times having to fight their fellow coaches to snag the talent.

To make things more complex, each coach was given flashy show advantages such as the blind audition “block.”
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After the blind auditions, the show moved onto the battle round where the coaches pair two of their team members to sing a duet of the same song and a decision has to be made of only sending one of them through.

Again, this round is also given advantages as each coach has one “steal” and one “save” so they can either keep a team member they would’ve otherwise have lost or take an eliminated contestant from another coaches team.

The show then moves on to the Knockouts, where two artists from the same team perform against each other, but this time with different songs.

The heavily-produced show continues onto the Playoffs, where each coach is forced to choose just two of their remaining contestant to move onto the live shows.

Unlike other singing competitions, such as American Idol, The Voice contestants only perform live shows for two weeks.

Live shows then begin at the end of the season and the remaining contestants perform in front of a live studio audience at the NBC Universal lot in Los Angeles.

SAVED BY THE BELL?

Another advantage was introduced this year – a “super save” which allowed each coach to bring back one eliminated former contestant.

The live shows then lead to the finale – which ultimately crowns a winner.

The Voice Season 27 Coaches

The Voice has gone through many coaches in its various seasons. Some stay on for a while, while others only stay for one season. Here is who will be coaching Season 27 in 2025.

Adam Levine – Season 1 to 16, 27

John Legend – 16 to 22, 24 to 25, 27

Kelsea Ballerini – 15, Comeback Stage, 20, 27

Michael Buble – 26 and 27

This year, Adam David, who was on Team Buble, ended up taking home The Voice season 27 trophy – leaving fans shocked.

Fans have expressed their disapproval for how the series handles the competition now, with one saying: “I think what’s been disappointing about these recent seasons is that we barely get any episodes of live shows. To have a live show last week and the finale this week it seems so extremely rushed. I miss the older format honestly.”

“The Voice – worst format ever. Instead of all these auditions, battle rounds, knockouts… how about 3 audition ep., 2 battle/2 knockout ep. & the rest of the shows live. This way you get more than 2 performances out these ppl & you get ppl caring about the contestants,” another said.

While a third voiced earlier this month during the semi-finals: “12 people in the semi finals means SEVEN people go home tomorrow… Im sorry but The Voice really needs to tweak their format. 7 eliminations on the first night of live shows is ridiculous and insulting to these contestants.”

Season 28 of The Voice returns this Fall on NBC with judges Snoop Dogg, Reba McEntire, Niall Horan and Michael Buble.