The Four: Battle for Stardom

As a talent/singing show fanatic, the moment I heard of this show I was excited to say the least. I thought the concept was good, despite a couple of flaws such as the unfairness towards the contestants who start early. However, that definitely wasn't the worst part. Where should I start? The horrible judges, the horrible contestants, the drama or just everything in-between? P. Diddy is an awful judge, he doesn't see talent even if it was shoved in his face. It's so infuriating to see him let go good artists just for the sake of the worse ones sitting on one of those chairs. He tries too hard to be Simon Cowell, yet it just isn't working. Meghan Trainor is even a worse judge. I don't think she does anything at all, to be honest. She just sits there, looks at them, claps or cries. That's literally all that she does, no exaggeration. Now I had no idea who Charlie Walk was. However, he was nearly the only sane person on the table of the judges. He's the only one that knows when someone is a bad singer, the other judges are oblivious. DJ Khaled adds humor and entertainment to the show. Although he doesn't make such a great judge, he still is quite entertaining to watch. On the other hand, the contestants are absolutely horrendous themself. They are average AT BEST. As a reviewer said, they wouldn't last 1 second in another singing show. I thought the crowd would be smarter than the judges. Yet, the crowd decision half of the time is bad. This show is an absolute joke.

I did not like this show at all. That is saying a lot because I like most singing shows. This one does not connect with me at all. The show opens with the four contestants already in their chairs, so I don't care about them from the beginning because I don't know them. When the judges don't choose the singer who want to challenge one of the four, it is a piss off to us watching because we just enjoyed them and want to see what the four have to offer. The viewer really doesn't care what these judges think of the four. We want to judge them for ourselves. I did not like the judges at all except for Mehgan. There really is no connection to the contestants. Idol, Xfactor, Voice are shows which get the viewer invested. This show did the total opposite.

Despite telling us how different this show is from the others, The Four is just a rip-off of all the other singing shows, despite what might seem like an intriguing premise. It has very polished contestants like The Voice, but, unlike The Voice, the judges are unlikable (except for Meagan) and they have no chemistry. Diddy is a downright D-bag. He thinks he's channeling Simon Cowell, but he's just a poor man's dick head. The major problem with the show is that it's disjointed, and you can't get invested in the contestants, especially "The Four" that start out in the coveted seats. We are constantly told how great they are, but frankly, we just don't see/hear it for ourselves. The show is bad enough on its own, but Diddy makes it unwatchable.

This show is unbearable to watch. It's just so awful; everything and everyone on it is just worst than the next.

Between Diddy's temper tantrums and Walk trying too hard to be the "Simon" truth speaker of the show, the show was just weird. There really wasn't anything constructive said to any of the contestants; the only comments from Diddy was either you blew it or I like it. Fergie was ok as a host, but not great. Megan and Khalid were ok to watch but still not much advice for anyone and Walk seemed to be acting out a scripted role. I just don't see how this show can last.