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Still Not Sure What The Four Is All About? "It's Like Game of Thrones," Teases Sean "Diddy" Combs
On paper, Foxs new music competition event series The Four seems, well, complicated. When the show premieres on Thursday, Jan. 4, the producers will have already narrowed down their titular four finalists, the cream of the crop.
From that point, those four vocalists will be tasked with the challenge of defending their seats against a barrage of viewers like you at home who sit back and think, I can sing better than that. Filming in real time, those challengers will be brought into the Colosseum to put their money where their tweets mouths are.
Battles will ensure, favorites will fall, and a new approach to an aged genre of reality TV will rise. Or so the illustrious panel of judges and host Fox has gathered from the music industry hopes.
But will fans of the music competition genre connect with The Four? Or even understand it? Producer and panelist Sean Diddy Combs sure hopes so.
Because theres always a dream and thats what drove me to be a part of this show. Theres always a dream.
I did it back in the days with Making the Band, he told journalists during the shows panel at the Fox day for the 2018 Winter TCA Press Tour when asked what drove him to the show.
This show is different. In the drop of a second, you could just lose your seat.
The other shows dont really have that personal combative nature…Another thing this show doesnt have, as far as from a business standpoint, that they really focused on was what happens the day after you win.
Fox has done a great job making sure that they day after you win, youre in the right hands to move forward. Thats right--when the shows six weeks are up and a winner is announced, that lucky individual will have their new career put into the hands of Diddy and his fellow panelists, Meghan Trainor, DJ Khaled and Republic Records president Charlie Walk, with that group of music royalty tasked with making sure the winner becomes a star.
And with the backing of iHeartRadio, who will spotlight the winner after theyre crowned, thats certainly more than The Fours competitors are offering.
Addressing concern that viewers have gotten music competition fatigue over the years, the talent admitted that theyre not too worried. As long as theres music, this genre can continue to grow, Diddy said.
Were coming with a rambunctious, captivating…energy. You cant put a cap on success in talent. Theres new talent thats coming out every day, DJ Khaled added.
This is music were talking about. its forever. The biggest thing I think is that you start off with these four and they have something to lose.
They already have that seat, host Fergie said, pointing to why The Four stands out. Theyre the best of the best and they have to defend that seat…The stakes make it that much higher.
With each week delivering a mix of The Voices battle rounds and American Idols nerve-wracking fan voting process, along with some borrowed elements from the other music competitions that have come and gone, The Four sounds both like something of a Frankenstein series and something wholly original.
But for Diddy, its pretty easy. Its kind of simple.
Its like Game of Thrones, he said. You get the challenge and if you want to chop somebodys head off to get the seat… Get ready, aspiring superstars, because winter, it seems, is here. The Four premieres tonight at 8 p.m.