Brooke Adee classifies herself as an indie-alternative style performer. Bay Brooks classified herself as a indie-folk singer-songwriter. Blake Shelton forced both of them out of their comfort zone during the battle round on The Voice, asking them to perform Taylor Swift’s “Style.” When the singing ended, Blake declared Brooke the winner, meaning she advances to…
Many contestants on The Voice say one of the most difficult aspects of the battle round is learning to perform with a partner. Lexi Davila of Team Adam said having a battle partner actually helped her. As a result, the 17-year-old from Lorain, Ohio, said she was able to open up on stage, move around…
American Idol’s Top 11 take the stage in a special Thursday night episode at 8 p.m. on FOX. Of course, only 10 of the singers will be performing for America’s vote. One will be singing for a save at the very end of Thursday’s show. Here’s how I’d rank the Top 11 after we got…
Looking for an early favorite on Season 8 of The Voice? Look no further than Sawyer Fredericks, the 15-year-old from Fultonville, N.Y. During the blind audition round, Sawyer scored the biggest hit on iTunes, cracking the Top 40 with his cover of “Man of Constant Sorrow.” Tuesday night, Sawyer appeared on the show a second…
The Voice entered night four of the battle round with just one steal remaining, and it belonged to Pharrell Williams. Pharrell wound up using that steal on Jacob Rummell, an 18-year-old pop singer from Ohio who stepped out of his comfort zone in admirable fashion when Blake Shelton asked him to sing Hunter Hayes’ “I…
The Voice will wrap up its Season 8 battle round tonight, and only one steal remains. It belongs to Pharrell, who has seen three of his singers — Meghan Linsey, Travis Ewing and Kimberly Nichole — swiped by other coaches in the past two weeks. Among the contestants we still haven’t heard from in the…
The coaches on The Voice had only three steals between them heading into Monday’s third battle round episode. And they used two of those steals on Kimberly Nichole and Clinton Washington in a pair of surprises. Kimberly was so good in her “Hound Dog” match with Lowell Oakley, that it was a surprise she needed…
On The Voice, battle round contestants always talk about how they work together to ensure the contestant who loses the battle gets stolen. Well, that’s not going to work for many of the 24 singers whose battles have yet to be shown. If you’ve been counting, you know only three saves remain. Blake Shelton has…
Lily Elise, a Season 1 standout on The Voice, has released the title track from her upcoming EP, “Taken.” It’s the third song she’s released to iTunes from the EP, which she described back in November as ” a story of a past relationship, from beginning to end.” The previously released songs were “Suitcases” and…
The Voice introduced us to its final five contestants last week, and three promptly advanced to the knockout round. That would include Paul Pfau and Nathan Hermida, who won battle round matches for Team Pharrell and Team Adam, respectively; and Hannah Kirby, who lost a brilliant Team Blake battle match with Sarah Potenza, but nabbed…
