Re - ups Christina Aguilera for "The Voice".

LOS ANGELES, February 7 (TheWrap.com) - "The Voice" Christina Aguilera has signed for a third season that NBC considers launches this season in the fall rather than wait until 2013, he learned of TheWrap.

This programming decision would have the show, now a mid-season hit, released in the same period of the year: Fox "X" Factor.

Aguilera is the first of the four "Voice" of his contract re - up judges, who TheWrap last week reported amounted to a costly 10 million, far more than earn judges "X Factor" on Fox.

But a close series leader said Aguilera contract for less than 10 million.

Aguilera was signed to record shows from September to December, according to a person close to the negotiations.

A spokesman NBC said that no decision has been made on whether the show would air in the fall. But the initiated NBC said the network is "studying" broadcast "The Voice" then.

An insider said that NBC hoped back panel of judges set - Aguilera, Adam Levine, Cee Lo Green, and Blake Shelton.

"We are really happy with the whole cast," the person said. "You look at the ratings and it is not a coincidence."

The show has been hit for NBC in April workshops when he he precipitates in the air and got the jump on the beginnings of the singing of fall of Fox show, "X" Factor. NBC considered diffusion current, second season of "The Voice", the season 2011-12, but decided that the time would be too fast.

"The voice" became the show greater of NBC and the NFL emissions.

In its first season two Sunday after the Super Bowl, he received higher ratings for NBC for a program of entertainment in six years. The Monday episode won best ratings of the network in its niche in nearly eight years, excluding the Olympic Games.

In his first season, "X Factor" marked a part of rating/12 4.3 to advertiser's desired 18-49 demographic and averaged 12.6 million viewers, compared to a 8.5/23 and 25.2 million for "Idol" last year.

After only two episodes, "The Voice" was actually rating average more than "Idol" this season, but his ratings are severely biased by its post-Super Bowl creation. Episode of "The Voice" Monday marked a 6.6 rating in the demo and 17.7 million viewers; Sunday scored a rating of 16.3 and 36.7 million.

(Editing by Zorianna Kit)

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