Adam Levine's disgusting act of throwing DeAndre Nico under the bus on The Voice

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Coaches are supposed to help make their charges be better persons and show them how to excel at their chosen career. However, The Voice coach Adam Levine gave coaching a bad name when he publicly choose sides between two of his singers, DeAndre Nico and Reagan Strange. It was an appalling display of favoritism as Adam Levine spent most of his time pleading with viewers to vote for Reagan over DeAndre

The three artists in the bottom 3 on the December 4 episode of The Voice had one last chance to sing for an instant save. Only one could go through and two would have to go home. Reagan couldn't sing due to illness, even though she was present, but she remained as a contestant for votes. The other two singers, DeAndre and Blake Slelton's Dave Fenley, sang their hearts out but in a close vote, the one who didn't sing was the winner.

It is a sad night for The Voice and one in which both Adam Levine and The Voice have lost credibility with the viewers. Fans wasted no time slamming and expressing their shock and disdain at Adam Levine's behavior and the fact that a show that is based on “the voice” allowed someone who couldn't sing to compete with those who did. Many fans have stated that they would no longer be watching the voice and who can blame them?

USHER AND SHAKIRA JOIN THE VOICE

Usher and Shakira will be replacing Ceelo Green and Christina Aguilara on the VOICE for it 4th season in Spring of 2013. In its ongoing battle with American Idol, the VOICE, the popular NBC music show is pulling out all the stops in its quest for dominancy in the ratings game. American Idol revealed the addition of three heavy hitting musicians, Maria Carey, Nikki Minaj and Keith Urban, a move that the VOICE has obviously not taken sitting down.

But the addition of Usher and Shakira to the judging panel on the VOICE is as pratical as well as strategic move. Since the VOICE is moving to back to back seasons; one in fall and one in Spring, it is forseeable that  some judges may need to take a break to work on their own projects as is the case with Ceelo and Christina. Having a replacement cache of judges may become a permanent feature of the VOICE. Christina and Ceelo are expected to return for the Fall 2013 season and who knows, perhaps Blake Shelton and Adam Levine will take some time off then to work on their projects.