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'The Voice' Carson Daly: 'We're a different, family show'

Carson Daly has insisted that The Voice is different from other reality singing competitions like American Idol and The X Factor USA.

In an interview with Parade, the Voice host revealed his thoughts on the show's success as well as what convinced him to join the project alongside coaches Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton.

Carson Daly in The Voice

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The Voice US judges. Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Blake Shelton and Adam Levine

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"I had never really watched any of those competition shows but I noticed in the past ten years they've gotten better. Amazing Race is pretty well done and I like the way they do So You Think You Can Dance," Daly recalled.

"So when they came to me [about The Voice], they said, 'We're not trying to make fun of people's singing and we're getting four people who are Grammy winners as coaches'. I just liked the idea and it finally felt that it could be a reality competition that could be good, clean family TV."

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He continued: "Three things point to the show's success, from my perspective. One is the blind auditions. When people saw big, red chairs with their backs to these people singing, it made people realize it was something different and separated it from the other shows.

"The second thing is having these judges be the four biggest names in music. They are the right people to be making comments and remarks. The third thing is the level of talent we came out of the box with. We start with really good singers and our journey is finding someone who is great."

Daly added that the coaches have a good rapport despite competing with one another, saying: "There is a healthy amount of trash talking. It usually ends with a hug or a high-five. They're always questioning each other's moves or song selections. Or how jealous they are of each other's team members."

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