The Voice EXCLUSIVE: Contestants have ‘little to NO access’ to their celebrity coaches outside of the show
The celebrity coaches on The Voice promise to guide their protégés to fame and fortune.
But the young stars on Channel Nine’s talent show allegedly have ‘little to no access’ to their mentors when the cameras aren’t rolling.
Speaking to Daily Mail Australia on the condition of anonymity, an eliminated singer from this year’s season claimed that all communication between the contestants and coaches was done via the producers.
Shock claims: Contestants on The Voice allegedly have ‘little to no access’ to their celebrity mentors when the cameras aren’t rolling. Pictured: former contestant Natalie Gauci
The coaches on The Voice Australia this year are Boy George, Kelly Rowland, Delta Goodrem and Guy Sebastian.
‘We had little to no access to the judges,’ the contestant claimed. ‘Everything was screened and it was up to the producers [to pass it on].’
The recently-ousted singer further claimed that the contestants were not given any direct telephone numbers or email addresses for their mentors.
‘We had little to no access to the judges’: Speaking to Daily Mail Australia on the condition of anonymity, an eliminated singer from this year’s season claimed that all communication between the contestants and coaches was done via the producers. Pictured: Kelly Rowland
Instead of one-to-one meetings with their mentors, the singers allegedly had to discuss their song choices and personal troubles with producers.
These conversations were then relayed to the coaches, and key points were brought up in their recorded ‘mentoring’ sessions.
During taping of the Knockouts and Battle rounds, the contestants were reportedly given just 45 minutes with the coaches for a group catch-up.
Impersonal: Instead of one-to-one meetings with their mentors, the singers allegedly had to discuss their song choices and personal troubles with producers. These conversations were then relayed to the coaches, and key points were brought up in recorded ‘mentoring’ sessions
According to the source, the singers then posed for publicity photos with the coaches, before being separated by staff and whisked off to separate rooms.
Mongolian throat singer Bukhu Ganburged confirmed these claims after he was sent home from the competition last month.
Speaking to Daily Mail Australia, Bukhu revealed he did not get a chance to speak to his coach, Guy Sebastian, after his elimination.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Channel Nine and ITV for comment.
Off limits! During taping of the Knockouts and Battle rounds, the contestants were reportedly given just 45 minutes with the coaches for a group catch-up. The singers then posed for publicity photos with the coaches, before being separated and whisked off to separate rooms