Carmen booted out of The Voice. What's up?

BY EM RUSCIANO

I am calling shenanigans on The Voice producers after their decision to axe Carmen from the competition on the basis she has an unfair advantage being linked to Guy Sebastian. Carmen apparently has a starring role in his new film clip and has been one of his backing singers for years, oh no! Someone call the fair police because I know HEAPS of people who have been in video clips that have gone onto HUGE singing careers.

SERIOUSLY?! What about the dude who came out of the same womb as Guy? What about him producers of The Voice? You know the one … the one you have basically renamed “Trying to make his own mark” Sebastian. You don’t think he has an unfair advantage? The fact that he is related to, looks and sounds pretty much identical to Australia’s premier RnB/pop male singer? What a bunch of balls. So many other singers in that competition are professionals who have had public exposure. Sam Ludeman was the lead in Xanadu the musical and Laura Bunting played Elphaba in the Australian version of Wicked. Prinnie was also one of Guy’s backing singers, was on Idol and has an EP. Something stinks here and it’s not Joel’s rotting pile of manky half-chewed tooth picks. I’m sure it will come to light and you can bet your sweet bippy I’ll let you all know the second I know what it is.

My OUTRAGE aside, as Carmen was my favourite in the competition, who will now step up? Twitter is calling for Mahalia Barnes to be instantly re-instated however wouldn’t it be fairer to go with Michelle Surret-Cursio who Carmen beat in the battle rounds? Putting Mahalia back in would please the public (including me) but why does that make her more worthy than the other contestants? Wouldn’t that put her at an unfair advantage over the other contestants, having such public support? Oh, that and the fact SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF JIMMY BARNES! The producers are in VERY murky water here and I will be very interested to see how they resolve this.

Here’s the clip:

Who would you like to see re-instated? Do you think they have made the right decision? Let us vent here together friends.

Em Rusciano appears on Network Ten’s ’The Project’, she also  regularly hosts The Circle. You should follow her on Twitter here (she is Mamamia’s official The Voice tweeter) and take a look at her website here.