A bunch of bananas to BBC1 controller Danny Cohen for getting down with the kids at the first live recording of The Voice at Elstree on Saturday night. Monkey spotted Cohen throwing some "dope" dance moves to a rendition of The Black Eyed Peas' I Gotta Feeling. It was a good night for the 1,000-strong audience, but not such a good following morning for the BBC when the news came that, as has happened in every other territory The Voice has aired, ratings had slipped, meaning rival Britain's Got Talent had edged ahead. Still, Monkey hears The Voice's popularity meant the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival wanted to open with a session involving the show's famous revolving chairs. Alas it is looking too expensive to use the coaches' chairs as they are now fixed and don't turn round any more. So any budding TV suits wanting to become The Voice will have to enter the second series' auditions in the summer instead. Go on Tim Hincks, Monkey knows you want to...
