The original version of American Idol ran for 15 years before being cancelled by FOX, and now it’s coming back — but to ABC instead. Meanwhile, NBC has The Voice, which continues to be a Nielsen ratings darling. Not one to suffer in silence, FOX has introduced The Four: Battle for Stardom TV show — yet another competitive reality TV series for singers. Does it have a large enough range to hit all the high notes, or will it fall flat? Will The Four: Battle for Stardom be cancelled or renewed for season two? Stay tuned.
Solo artist and Black Eyed Peas vocalist Fergie hosts The Four: Battle for Stardom, in which singers face off in hopes of winning a promotional deal with iHeartRadio. During the FOX competition, the contestants are advised by industry pros Sean Combs, DJ Khaled, Meghan Trainor, and Charlie Walk. In addition to the IHeartRadio promotion, the winner will also benefit by having Combs, Khaled, Trainor, and Walk join their team and guide them toward stardom.
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What do you think? Do you like The Four: Battle for Stardom TV series? Should it be cancelled or renewed for a second season on FOX?
2/8/18 update: FOX has renewed The Four for a second season. Details here.
I love singing competition shows. The four is a fresh concept. However, the criteria for the seat needs to be more qualified. There were some talented people let go for mediocre talent. There is talent on the final four that have no “wow” factor. It is talent we’ve seen before. As far as PDIDDY, I commend him for giving people a chance to make it as a accomplished singer.
Cancel!!!!!!!!!!
The Four is aggressive, dumb and narcissistic ☝️
This show is a joke.
Daaang these comments are hard on the talent. Haha Singing is subjective. I think there’s more talent here than with a lot of old American Idol Finalists but that’s just me. It’s hilarious watching Fergie-Ferg do a full spin when the circle lights change but she’s loveable. I fully agree Diddy is hard to watch. The minute someone cuts off .1 second of his speech he gets loud and says “Hey, it’s still Diddy”. I wish someone would play Kendrick Lemar in that instant “Be humble, sit down”. With Charlie leaving, hopefully the replacement judge changes the chemistry but they… Read more »
What a waste if time. And they aren’t showing Orville for this crud.
The concept of the show isn’t bad, but the way contestants are let through and judged is horrible. The more confident and foolish the challenger acts, the more likely they are to get a chair. Sorry, but nothing is based on real talent anymore. If you have extreme talent and you aren’t arrogant don’t go on this show. The judges are so full of ****, all they do is preach about how emotions are more important then raw talent.
Worst show on TV..
Worst show ever, the ego of pdiddy is hard to watch. The glares, smart butt comments, and the ego… Two of the judges want to be seen as thugs, one wants to be Simon, and Megan is the only one who rates any class. You can see what is going to happen before anyone sings. The other shows may be set up as well, but at least they try to pretend better! I told my wife what was going to happen to the third singer during the commercial before they came out. Classless show! Should be moved to MTV, but… Read more »
It was AWFUL! Megan looked out of place, Walk looked like he was acting out a scripted Simon Cowell spoof, the only comments from Diddy seem to be I liked it or you didn’t do your best. There basically was little to no constructive criticism from the panel and no real chemistry among the panel members. The anticipation for lighted rings on the floor to determine the singer’s fate was cheesy. It was just bad, bad, bad. After this the first episode, I deleted all future scheduled recordings.
Mediocre at best. Judges are conceited and also mediocre. Music is unoriginal. No. No. No.
It looks like they’re trying too hard just end it now it’s embarrassing. Not even joking
bring back the orville
Pompous judges, conceited contestants, mediocre talent…whats there not to like? NOT! After the first hour I deleted it and all future episodes. Got much better things to do with my time.
this show is awful, so disappointed, Cancel it