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Move over 'The Voice,' there’s a new show headed to NBC
Published: 5/30/2012 9:41 AM
Last Modified: 5/30/2012 11:31 AM


"The Voice" returns for a third season - for the first time in the fall - on NBC, channel 2, cable 9. Pictured are, from left, Cee Lo Green, Carson Daly, Christina Aguilera, Oklahoma's Blake Shelton and Adam Levine. ART STREIBER/NBC

NBC plans to try for a repeat of its huge success with the reality singing competition series "The Voice" by greenlighting a similar singing game show.

The network has ordered "The Winner Is," a show from the co-producers of the "The Voice."

In the new competition, singers - all ages, soloists, groups, amateurs and professionals - will compete head to head in duels which will be judged by a panel led by a celebrity judge.

After each duel round, the contestants will be able to negotiate a deal before finding out whether or not they had the winning performance.

If they feel they were beaten by their opponent, they can leave the show with a cash prize. Or, they can wait to hear the results from the judging panel. The amount of money each duel is worth increases with each round, according to deadline.com.

For the finale, eight singers will duel and then negotiate until there are two contestants remaining. Following the final performances, each will have a chance to walk away with $100,000 or wait to hear how the jury and the public voted. The ultimate winner will earn a $1 million prize.

John de Mol, co-creator of "The Voice" and creator of "Big Brother," will be the executive producer.

No air date has been announced but the show will most likely debut in midseason or next summer, possibly between the two cycles of "The Voice," reported the entertainment website.

For the first time, "The Voice" will air in the fall, competing for ratings with Simon Cowell's "The X Factor," featuring judges Britney Spears and Demi Lovato.



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Rita Sherrow grew up with TV. Yes, it was the ever-present “sister” from another techno mother. At first look, it was instant "Like." From then on, the TV had to be on in every room while she studied, elementary school through college. An Air Force brat, she attended school in three states (Oklahoma, Montana and Georgia) and two foreign countries (Germany and Bermuda) and graduated from Broken Arrow High School and the University of Tulsa with a degree in journalism/advertising. She first interned in the advertising world but, when a J-School professor (who also covered politics for the Tulsa World) offered her an internship at the newspaper, she took him up on it. The rest is history. She has served as bridal editor, senior features writer for the women’s section, food editor and is television editor of the Tulsa World. In addition to writing about TV shows and interviewing the stars for “Scene” stories, she also writes a TV column for Weekend and produces the Sunday TV World listings magazine.

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