Kayla Nevarez credits her dad with her musical influences. He introduced her to soul, R&B, blues and doo-wops, she tells The Voice. Unfortunately, he couldn’t be at her audition because he’s been diagnosed with a liver disease. “He used to be so strong. Now he’s like the weakest person in the world,” Kayla said, tearing…
Jermaine Paul proved background singers don’t have to stay in the background by winning Season 2 of The Voice. Now, Chevonne, a 26-year-old from Little Falls, N.J., is trying to follow his lead. We met Chevonne on the final blind audition episode of The Voice and discovered she sang background on one of the biggest…
Little wonder Celica Westbrook has aspirations of making it in music. She says her grandparents were singers and her parents were singers. Now she’s a member of Team Christina on a national TV stage. And though she’s just 16, the resident of Franklin, Tenn., has been performing for years. “I’ve gotten very close to making…
Only two spots remained by the time Rudy Parris took the stage during the blind auditions on The Voice. But the guy who started playing music in 1976 because he liked the rock band Kiss was hoping this was his chance to “go national.” Seems as though Rudy had chances to broaden his musical horizons…
After last week’s episode of The Voice, Cody Belew is likely to be remembered more for his reaction to making a team than his performance. For the record, he sang “Hard to Handle.”
At age 35, Nicole Nelson admitted to The Voice that she’s “a bit of a hippy.” For instance, she lives in a former factory with a “beautiful blend of talented and eclectic artists.” Of course, her art is music, something she decided to pursue as a profession after she went to an open mic night…
Carson Daly has visited lots of places to deliver invites to the blind auditions on The Voice. Season 3’s seventh episode saw him make his first trip to a smog shop. He went there because that’s where Charlie Rey, 20, of Long Beach, Calif., works. He works there with his dad. In fact, he says…
In the spring, a former background singer trying to make it into the spotlight won Season 2 of The Voice. Now Amanda Brown is trying to follow in Jermaine Paul’s footsteps.
Nicole Johnson had Blake at “thang.” Now Blake has another strong country voice on his team on The Voice. Nicole is the 18-year-old Louisiana gal we met on the final blind audition episode. Her mother explains that Nicole showed musical ability at a young age, so Nicole’s parents bought her a guitar. By age 7,…
Caitlin Michele is another of The Voice contestants who has relied on music to get through some sort of difficulty in life. In her case, it was a case of extreme panic disorder. “When I have a panic attack, I stop breathing,” the 20-year-old from Boston told The Voice. “My heart starts beating fast. I usually…
