I never watched the original series, mainly because I think the idea of women being in a choir simply because their husbands are soldiers is too tenuous to be interesting, and the hype that came with it was hard to avoid.
So I won't watch this one either, but it will be very popular, and that's all good.
I enjoyed the earlier ones where he got schoolchildren from schools with no tradition of music to take part in a choir....it was a pleasure to watch the kids blossom....especially the boys....But then I love anyone who enthuses children.