Meet Grace Askew of Team Blake on The Voice
Her audition: Grace Askew, 26, of Memphis, Tenn., sang “These Boots Are Made for Walking.” Blake Shelton turned around a couple of lines into the song, followed quickly by Shakira. Grace picked Team Blake.
Her audition: Grace Askew, 26, of Memphis, Tenn., sang “These Boots Are Made for Walking.” Blake Shelton turned around a couple of lines into the song, followed quickly by Shakira. Grace picked Team Blake.
Her audition: Shawna P., 45, of Orange Beach, Ala., auditioned with The Black Crowes’ “She Talks to Angels” and enticed Adam Levine and Shakira to spin their chairs. Though Adam compared her rasp to Janis Joplin, Shawna decided to join Team Shakira.
His audition: Michael Austin, 43, of Norco, Calif., auditioned with Keith Urban’s “Somebody Like You,” prompting Adam and Shakira to turn around, but not country judge Blake Shelton. Michael decided to join Team Adam.
The audition: Mary Miranda, 17, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, auditioned with Selena’s “Como La Flor” and enticed three judges to spin their chairs — Blake Shelton, Usher and Shakira. She chose to join Team Shakira.
Her audition: Jamila Thompson of Atlanta, Ga., performed Beyonce’s “Halo” and got Usher to turn around at the very last moment. As fortune would have it, he’s the coach she wanted.
Her audition: Michelle Raitzin, 21, of Great Neck, N.Y., auditioned with “God Bless the Broken Road” and got Blake Shelton to turn his chair. Apparently he was the only one, though he proclaimed “how do you not push your button” after landing Michelle.
We only saw a couple seconds of Chelsea M’s blind audition for Season 4 of The Voice. But the gal from Springfield, Va., admits she was a bundle of nerves before it began.
You could certainly say 20-year-old Holly Tucker has found a variety of outlets for her love of music. She plays alto saxophone in Baylor University marching band.
Garrett Gardner had plenty of reasons to be a little anxious about his blind audition for The Voice Season 4. After all, he’d auditioned for Season 3 and failed to turn a chair with his performance of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Have You Ever Seen the Rain.”
Karina Iglesias is the 35-year-old from Miami who took her grandmother along to her blind audition. It was fitting that she attend. After all, Karina said she discovered her love for music by singing alongside her grandmother in church when she was a young girl.
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Laci Kaye Booth, Top 5 on American Idol Season 17, recently dropped a new single. And if you somehow missed her 2024 album, "Loneliest Girl in the World," do yourself a favor and check it out!
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