Her audition: Lexi Luca, 17, of Wellington, Fla., auditioned with “Wasting All These Tears,” the first single released by Season 4 Voice winner Cassadee Pope. Lexi said she felt honored to sing the song because she looks up to Cassadee. One coach, Blake, turned for her performance. Lexi admits she skipped the last note of…
Her audition: Ayesha “Music Box” Brooks, 28, of Seattle, auditioned with “You Gotta Be.” She said she chose the song “because every day I wake up as a single mother and I have to tell myself: ‘You can do it. You’re strong enough.’” The performance prompted Shakira to turn around, earning Music Box a spot…
On making the finals: “Lives add an entirely new element of excitement,” says Dani Mox of Delmar, N.Y. “Plus it’s a game changer. You have to step up each performance, knowing the vote lies solely in the hands of America. You’ve got to put your best foot forward. No more relying on your coach connection…
His audition: Joshua Howard of Philadelphia, Pa., performed “This is What It Feels Like” for his blind audition. He says Adam Levine and Shakira turned around early in the performance. He wound up joining Team Adam, saying he went into the audition thinking he’d want either Adam or Usher should all four chairs turn around….
Her audition: Lindsay Pagano, 27, of Philadelphia, Pa., auditioned with “Lady Marmalade” and describes it as a pretty tense, nerve-wracking experience. “I had all these moments in my song where I thought, ‘Oh, maybe somebody will turn around on this point or this point,’” she said in a conference call with the media. “By the…
His audition: Tanner James, 19, of Provo, Utah, sang “Heaven” for his audition and says Usher turned around on the second note of the song. “I was just blown away. In fact, I kind of ruined the rest of my song, because I was trying to hold it all together. But it was great when…
