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 contestants to stardom.
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 is 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 this year are Boy George, Kelly Rowland, Delta Goodrem and Guy Sebastian.
‘We had little to no access to the judges,’ the contestant said. ‘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, a former star from this year’s season revealed all communication between contestants and their coach needs to be passed through producers
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, the contestant claimed, and key points were brought up in their recorded ‘mentoring’ sessions.
During taping of the Knockouts and Battle rounds, the singers were reportedly given just 45 minutes with the coaches for a group catch-up.
Pass the message: The recently ousted singer claims contestants were not given any direct telephone numbers or email address for their star coaches. In fact, contestants are required to vent everything from their preferred song choice, to meanings of any tattoos to producers
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! After a 45 minute briefing with their contestants, coach are escorted to their green rooms by producers leaving no time for contestants to speak to them