Oooh. Yay. Another gimmicky singing show to cover! Rising Star comes from ABC and will air next summer. The new show is making ratings inroads on Israeli TV and is set to launch in France, Germany, Italy and Russia. A deal is pending with UK’s ITV (which also airs the X Factor).
Rising Star’s gimmick is real time voting and live shows from start to finish. Deadline reports:
The live talent show for the first time incorporates real-time voting by viewers via an App that is fully integrated into the show. Unlike traditional talent competition series that start off with taped auditions, Rising Star is live from the very beginning, with contestants auditioning with live performances. In every round, viewers vote via the show’s App in real time during the performance, along with the judges, to determine if the singer will advance, which happens if he/she reaches a voting threshold, 70% in Israel. In a twist, the performer is separated from the studio audience and the judges by a translucent floor-to-ceiling LED screen where images of voters at home, taken from their Facebook pages, appear live facing the singer (picture above) who can see how fast the vote tally is growing during the performance for an immediate feedback, making result shows feel “antiquated,” as a person close to Rising Star put it. You can watch how this works below in the performance of one of Rising Star‘s breakout acts, viral stars The Amazing Rabbis.
So what do you think? Will you watch Rising Star next summer?
Via Deadline
