Bucky Covington finished just eighth on American Idol. But after the show he released one of the most successful country albums by a former contestant not named Carrie Underwood. The year was 2007 and three Bucky Covington singles — “A Different World,” “It’s Good to Be Us” and “I’ll Walk” — wound up at number…
Brian Scartocci told The Voice he was trying to teach his children a lesson by trying out for the show. The 26-year-old from Austin, Texas, said he married his high school sweetheart and they had two children. But, by 2010, he says his marriage was crumbling because they’d gotten married too young. And it sounds…
Duos don’t have a history of success on The Voice. The husband and wife team named Beat Frequency hopes to change that. The husband is 35-year-old Shawn Lewis, veteran of a Christian rock band. The wife is Natasha Neuschwander, 28, who has worked as a studio vocalist and professional sports dancer. They met in church…
No, JR Aquino doesn’t live in an igloo. Nor does he ice fish nor travel by dog sled. He does hail from Anchorage, Alaska, though, and the music scene up there isn’t exactly bustling. “When I was younger, there was no way to be heard,” he says. That’s why the 24-year-old turned to YouTube as…
Liz Davis is from Madison, Mississippi. She has a touch of southern twang when she talks. She says she likes fishing. She likes riding four-wheelers for no reason. “I might be a fireball,” the 25-year-old says. On The Voice, you know what’s coming. A female country artist who’s likely to land on Team Blake. Liz…
This lovely 17-year-old from Brooklyn, N.Y., attends Laguardia High School, known as “The Fame School.” Alessandra Guercio told The Voice her teachers push their students hard to prepare them for the real world. She also said she was anxious and nervous about the performance and decided not to jinx herself by telling her classmates. She’s…
Nicholas David says he used to be a member of an outlaw country band, and the 31-year-old from Eagan, Minn., looks the part. Problem was, the band, which he joined after college, was known for its drinking ability.
This 26-year-old dynamo from Bronx, N.Y., has worked as a professional hip-hop dancer for seven years. And the young woman who calls herself Domo certainly isn’t timid. “You’re looking at the next superstar,” she told The Voice, explaining that she can dance like Janet and Michael and sing like Whitney, Celine and Mariah. “Together, it’s…
Avery Wilson, 16, of Hamden, Conn., told The Voice he came from a family of dancers and danced himself when he was young. But he’d sing, in his room. Then, one day, his father proclaimed: “You aren’t a dancer; you are a singer.” Avery has been pursuing music ever since and says he considers himself…
A 17-year-old from Baldwin, N.Y., Melanie Martinez is skilled in photography as well as music and tells The Voice she’s always been the one who didn’t look like everyone else. With her two-toned hair adorned by a big red bow, she still doesn’t.
