X Factor boss Simon Cowell has complained that The Voice UK is just a rip off of his show.
The music mogul even suggested that if it were really about the voice, it would’ve been broadcast on the radio!
“That show puzzles me because it starts off and ‘it’s all about the voice’,” Simon said this week.
He revealed: “So my first thought is, ‘Why isn’t this on radio?’ because what’s the point in looking at them. Then suddenly I’m watching it a week or two weeks ago and it’s the same as The X Factor.
“They’ve got dancers behind them, graphics, lights. Same show.”
Simon added: “I see a lot of shows trying to rip us off. If you try and rip somebody off it always looks like a bad copy.
“You’ve got to find a different way of doing things.”
But Simon confessed that he was nervous at first about how well the show would do in the ratings, although he was left smiling when Britain’s Got Talent ended up beating it on Saturday nights!
Speaking to Radio 4, he said: “When The Voice came along it was like, ‘Roll your sleeves up, we’re in for a bit of a punch-up.’ I’m smiling now.”
