Singer Mick Hucknall approached bosses at the BBC to launch his own TV talent show, but his concept was turned down in favour of 'The Voice'. The f...

"Georgie Best. Superstar, Wears frilly knickers and a Playtex bra!" I was amongst thousands of kids in the 70s who sang that, oblivious as to the original, and I still sing it whenever the credits come on to Superstar.

Simon Cowell has sunk his claws into The Voice again, branding the contest a "rip-off" of The X Factor. Britain's Got Talent may have wrapped up, b...

So the 'blind' auditions are over at last. They may have been about as blind as the 'all-seeing-eye' but more on that later.

Do you ever get the feeling that the world has cocked a formerly deaf ear in your direction? I'm starting to suspect that those savvy telly types at The Voice are listening to tutting head shakers like me and chucking in a few tweaks, albeit too late.

This week we saw The Voice settle into its boots a bit more and start to look, to me, more like the program it isn't, but at least a program I can get into.

After the sad death of Frank Carson, the TV schedules were rightly festooned with tribute shows and features to a genuine entertainment legend. But one of the surprising things that the retrospectives revealed was that Frank got a big break from Opportunity Knocks, the premier talent show of its day.

This is our first chance to check out the space-age set for BBC One's The Voice, which is set to hit our screens in the coming weeks. The picture ...

Regardless of Ceri Rees's own mental health, this is not the first time that concerns have been raised about the mental wellbeing of contestants on the show, and whether it is appropriate for vulnerable people to take part in these programmes.