Vote for Waterfords Vanessa Whelan on The Voice of Ireland

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ziedth

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I actually like the little fella from Waterford Richie is it? It's a seriously flawed show though in all fairness. I have only kept an eye on while the Wife watches it but at least it's not as obviously rigged as the x-factor is.

looksee

Why would you vote for someone based on where they live, its supposed to be a voice competition, isn't it?

ziedth

looksee wrote: »

Why would you vote for someone based on where they live, its supposed to be a voice competition, isn't it?

Support locals I guess. I can understand it TBH, Remember the whole county got behind Chris Dorans poor Debacle of a eurovison outing. Before it all went tits up there was a bit of a buzz around.

There is only one winner in that show in any event, I can't think of his name but he sang the river in his audition and is with Bressie. He's very good in fairness.

molby

Bit of a MILF thing going on with Vanessa.I would

Sully

Probably would be fairer if we had one thread for both local acts!

devil01

I'll vote for the talent, she gave a great performance with time to say goodbye. wonderful singer imho.

wellboy76

That hot pretzel girl on it last week was good. Ritchie has my local vote though

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Finnbar01

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Town! Town!... you mean city!

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Funfair

Best of luck to Vanessa tomorrow night. She is an amazing singer and deserves to win it out.

Funfair

I honestly believe Vanessa Whelan will surpass the likes of Brendan Bowyer and Gilbert O Sullivan and become the biggest International singer this City/County has ever produced.

The least we could do is give her a vote next Sunday evening when she performs at the semi-final stage on the Voice of Ireland RTE1 6.30pm.

She’s 3/1 to win it out with Paddypower for anyone interested in making a few quid.

letsbet

I hope so as I couldn't convince Gilbert to sing at my wedding but at least I'll be able to say that Vanessa sang at it. Hope she wins, she's a lovely girl too.

AdMMM

We have two great contestants left in the shape of Vanessa and Richie.

Vanessa's voice is really just out of this world and Richie has always been a great entertainer and I do admit to guiltily tuning in each week and perhaps even sending a few sneaky text votes in.

I wish them both the very best!

CardBordWindow

I haven't seen it in a few weeks. Are there many contestants left?

ziedth

As much as i would like to see one of the two Waterford contestants win I think it's terrible terrible show. The only thing i'll give it is they don't go down the x-factor route of sob stories or producers pushing certain acts over others.

MitchKoobski

I watched it for the first time last week and was blown away by how bad some of the contestants were.

Very impressed with Vanessa and Richie, and I too sent a few sneaky texts in.

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inlikeflynn86

Fair Play to the 2 of them...

Heres to next week!!!

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Pat Byrne - Team Bressie 11/10
Vanessa Whelan - Team Sharon 11/10
Richie Hayes - Team Brian 6/1
Jim Devine - Team Kian 18/1

Would have loved to got on Vanessa last week... on paddypower.com

inlikeflynn86

AdMMM wrote: »

Pat Byrne - Team Bressie 11/10
Vanessa Whelan - Team Sharon 11/10
Richie Hayes - Team Brian 6/1
Jim Devine - Team Kian 18/1

Would have loved to got on Vanessa last week... on paddypower.com

Interesting.....;)

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ziedth

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You should lay that off man.

anyway, fair play to the two of them. Richie in particular seems like a nice fella.

Have to say though that from the little bit i have seen that chap Pat is brilliantly. he really reminds me of Bruce Springsteen when he sings.

STIG83

Is this show the replacement for the All Ireland Talent show?

ziedth

STIG83 wrote: »

Is this show the replacement for the All Ireland Talent show?

No,

"The Voice" is an international brand for example they have the Voice UK,US and so on. Its pretty much the x factor with different rules and they don't have an novelty acts.

I have no idea is the all Ireland talent show coming back but id be very surprised if it did.

STIG83

ziedth wrote: »

STIG83 wrote: »

Is this show the replacement for the All Ireland Talent show?

No,

"The Voice" is an international brand for example they have the Voice UK,US and so on. Its pretty much the x factor with different rules and they don't have an novelty acts.

I have no idea is the all Ireland talent show coming back but id be very surprised if it did.

I hope not, I think there an Aussie version too, saw it on tv earlier.

batm!ke

Great advert for Waterford talent that two acts are in the final...

although I will say I find it strange the way it's 'seeded' if you like, which means every mentor has to have an act in the final so that you don't end up with what I like to call 'Louis Walsh Syndrome' ie. a judge has no particular interest in who wins the thing as they have no acts left. If talent is that obvious then you should make it to the final regardless.

Sully

As it stands, Vanessa is holding steady in no.9 in the iTunes chart. Its been that way since most of yesterday. Richie is moving a bit having jumped to 6th but as of now, he is 7th.

No.1 in the iTunes chart is Pat Byrne and he has remained their all day yesterday.

Richie / Vanessa need to catch up on downloads or pull a lucky one and get a huge amount of votes for the Sunday show!

TrendyWendy

Think Vanessa is amazing saw Pavorotti and Paul Potts and would definitely pay to see Vanessa.

Luckycharms_74

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Pat Byrne - Team Bressie 11/10 8/11
Vanessa Whelan - Team Sharon 11/10 6/5
Richie Hayes - Team Brian 6/1 10/1
Jim Devine - Team Kian 18/1

Would have loved to got on Vanessa last week... on paddypower.com

Current Odds

ziedth

I'll have a few a quid on Richie at 10/1 TBH, you'd never know what way voting on the night will go. He's definitely worth €10.

Max Powers

is there no text voting in next show or is it all downloading songs??

Luckycharms_74

Max Powers wrote: »

is there no text voting in next show or is it all downloading songs??

http://www.rte.ie/tv/thevoice/

Call and text voting is not currently open, however you can still vote for your favourite act(s), and here's how:
Each of the 4 Voice of Ireland finalists have recorded the song they performed during the semi-final, and each single is now available for download from iTunes. Each download between 9pm on Sunday (22/04/12) and midnight next Saturday (28/04/12) will count as one vote for that act during next week's Voice of Ireland final (29/04/12). Each download from iTunes costs €1.29.
As usual, you will have the opportunity to vote for your favourite act(s) by call or text during the live final on Sunday, 29th April. Please tune into The Voice of Ireland from 6.30pm on RTÉ One for further voting details.

Its just a money racket for RTE

Sully

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I'll have a few a quid on Richie at 10/1 TBH, you'd never know what way voting on the night will go. He's definitely worth €10.

He would need a serious amount of votes to overturn Pats downloads and votes on the night. Richie is very unsteady in the charts the past two days, and is currently 8th a drop of two places since yesterday. Pat is staying firm at no.1 atm.

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The sheer volatility in the charts tells us that there's a very small number of downloads so it would be easy enough (and not even that expensive) to manipulate in your favour.

Luckycharms_74

Sully wrote: »

As it stands, Vanessa is holding steady in no.9 in the iTunes chart. Its been that way since most of yesterday. Richie is moving a bit having jumped to 6th but as of now, he is 7th.

No.1 in the iTunes chart is Pat Byrne and he has remained their all day yesterday.

Richie / Vanessa need to catch up on downloads or pull a lucky one and get a huge amount of votes for the Sunday show!

AdMMM wrote: »

The sheer volatility in the charts tells us that there's a very small number of downloads so it would be easy enough (and not even that expensive) to manipulate in your favour.

I wonder how many downloads would someone have to buy to climb to the top of the charts. I think between 750-1000 downloads would get you close to the top spot. Maybe Adam would have a better insight. Anyhow here is the current chart.

Sully

Pat has dropped to no.2, overtaken by Fun "We are Young".

Strange to see Pat jump to the lead so quickly and hold so firm (until today) while the others were more gradual and are much more unsteady (which would make sense). I still wonder though, is it even possible for Vanessa or Richie to overtake Pat if he remains strong in the downloads? He is going to get votes on Sunday combined with the downloads.

Luckycharms_74

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Pat has dropped to no.2, overtaken by Fun "We are Young".

Strange to see Pat jump to the lead so quickly and hold so firm (until today) while the others were more gradual and are much more unsteady (which would make sense). I still wonder though, is it even possible for Vanessa or Richie to overtake Pat if he remains strong in the downloads? He is going to get votes on Sunday combined with the downloads.

Its not updated on iTunes Charts


The Irish Sun article

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THE Voice of Ireland was thrown into chaos with a voting scandal last night — just days before the grand final.

Westlife star Kian Egan is raging after discovering Northern Ireland voters can’t download his act Jim Devine’s single on iTunes.

Kian, 31, has demanded show bosses rectify the situation as he fears the loss of home support has ruined Jim’s chances.

The four finalists’ singles are available on the music site and every download counts as a vote for them.

Coach Kian raged: “Jim hasn’t a hope of winning now, I’m fuming and he is gutted.

“Jim is from Tyrone and that would be at least 1,000 downloads from family and friends and so many more from fans.

“How could he win it now? All of the other finalists have support from home.” Kian only found out about the voting glitch yesterday and pleaded with producers ShinAwil and record company Universal to fix it.

But last night he said: “Nothing can be done they say.

“If you’re outside the Republic you can’t download the Irish charts so Jim has lost God knows how many votes.”

Show producer Larry Bass told the Irish Sun: “We don’t have control over iTunes or the music industry.

“The downloads are only a very small percentage of the overall vote on Sunday.

“The majority of the votes will come from that night and I would like to think that viewers will vote for the person with the best voice, not because of where they are from.

“If anyone feels that what happened to Jim is unfair, I would urge them to pick up the phone and vote.”

However, father-of-one Kian reckons that contestants from Northern Ireland should have been warned about this before auditioning.

Jim reached No18 on the Irish iTunes charts yesterday, with fellow finalist Pat Byrne at No1.

Kian added: “Imagine where he would be if people in the North could vote for him.

“He is a great guy and happy to be in the finals and says he is going to go out on Sunday and give it his best anyway.

“I’m delighted for Pat that he’s No1 but everyone should have a fair shot.”

Sligo lad Kian has now called on Westlife fans to download Jim’s cover of Garth Brooks’ hit The Dance.

Noelly

Love that that happened to Jim, he shouldn't be in it if he's from the north tbf..

Think at this stage Pat has it in the bag, but you never know with Vanessa, she might just take it!

Sully

Seems a bit silly not taking downloads at face value - people are spending money on votes and if there not all going to be considered, than it seems a bit silly.

CardBordWindow

Sully wrote: »

Seems a bit silly not taking downloads at face value - people are spending money on votes and if there not all going to be considered, than it seems a bit silly.

Only silly for the public. It's even more money for the company behind the competition. Win Win for them.

Sully

The final votes are in and counted. The iTunes votes were the making and breaking for the contestants.

Jim came last, Vanessa third, Richie second and Pat came first.

Unlike other talent shows from time to time, I think each contestant were excellent and had a lot on offer. Pat got the landslide thanks to iTunes, but both Richie & Vanessa here in Waterford might be gone from the show but there not forgotten and can move onwards and upwards from here, not backwards.

Jim should go after RTE for the balls they made and for basically shutting him out of the competition.

Green Hornet

Why, what happened?

bradknowell

Pat was the best, well in my opinion he was anyways. Richie and Vanessa will do fine outta the show in the future I imagine.

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Why, what happened?

No votes from people in the north

KevIRL

Green Hornet wrote: »

Why, what happened?

Disappointing for Richie, great run but he came up short in the end

Green Hornet

KevIRL wrote: »

Green Hornet wrote: »

Why, what happened?

Disappointing for Richie, great run but he came up short in the end

What happened that RTE messed up though?

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