Meet C. Perkins of Team Usher on The Voice
His audition: C. Perkins, 19, of New Orleans, auditioned with “Because of You” by Ne-Yo. As he was singing a run in the chorus, Shakira turned around. She turned out to be the only coach to do so.
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Season 4, The Voice Meet Ryan Innes of Team Usher on The Voice
His audition: Ryan Innes, 31, of Provo, Utah, took The Voice stage proclaiming, “I might be late to the party, but I’m going to make the most noise.” He sang John Mayer’s “Gravity,” and Adam Levine turned around after the first word. Blake Shelton soon followed, and Ryan wound up with a four-chair turn-around. He…
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Janelle Arthur, Season 12 Janelle Arthur wants to make traditional country music
When Janelle Arthur releases a debut album, don’t expect the country-pop you so often hear on country radio stations today. The afternoon after her ouster from American Idol, the 23-year-old from Oliver Springs, Tenn., said her goal will be to make a more “root-sy” record.
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Season 4, The Voice Meet Vedo of Team Usher on The Voice
His audition: Vedo, 20, of Atlanta, Ga., chose to sing Justin Beiber’s “Boyfriend” for his audition, knowing it was a major hit for an artist Usher discovered. Early in the song, Usher turned his chair. As it turned out, he was the only artist to do so.
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Season 4, The Voice Meet Midas Whale of Team Adam on The Voice
Their audition: Midas Whale — Jon Peter Lewis, 32, on guitar, and Ryan Hayes, 26, on accordion — auditioned with Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues.” Usher was the first judge to turn around, followed by all the rest. In the end, Midas Whale decided to team up with Team Adam.
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Season 4, The Voice Meet Sarah Simmons of Team Adam on The Voice
Her audition: Sarah Simmons, 22, of Memphis, Tenn., sang Joan Osborne’s “One of Us” and dazzled the judges, getting all four to turn around. After hearing praise from all four, she decided to join Team Adam. After all, Adam Levine told her “you, 150 percent, can win this show.”
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Janelle Arthur, Season 12, Season 12 finals American Idol bids farewell to its sweetheart, Janelle Arthur
That was one heck of a vocal Janelle Arthur delivered on her save-me song Thursday night. But it wasn’t enough. The Idol judges deadlocked 2-2 on whether to save Janelle. And since the save must be unanimous, Janelle wound up heading home in fifth place on Season 12.
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Season 12, Season 12 finals Amber Holcomb finishes in front of Kree Harrison in an Idol stunner
Well, the insistent support for Amber Holcomb finally paid off on American Idol. Somehow, some way, she finished in the top three and ahead of Kree Harrison in the Idol voting this week. Folks, this favoritism toward Amber on Idol is out of control.
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Season 12, Season 12 finals American Idol Top 5 results: Janelle Arthur goes home
When the biggest complaint about an American Idol episode is a bad song choice by one contestant — I’m going to resist any dumb blonde jokes — you’ve just witnessed a pretty good night of music. A Top 5 made up of all ladies delivered 10 performances ranging from good to very good to better…
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Season 12, Season 12 finals American Idol Top 5 recap: Who should stay, who should go
For three years, I’ve been begging for Jimmy Iovine critiques on show night. I mean, what good does it do for us to find out what he thought of a performance after all the votes are in. Lo and behold, Wednesday night, there he was, standing backstage, telling us what he thought of each performance…
