Look down the list of battle round song choices, and this one is perhaps most startling. Blake Shelton asked Cole Criske, a folk singer who plays the ukulele, and Nadjah Nicole, who performs soul with a pop twist, to take on Britney Spears’ “Baby, One More Time.” “It was surprising because, not only was…
Darius Scott says he had to come out of his “shell” a little to survive the battle round on The Voice. Singing for Team Pharrell, Darius was pitted against Daria Jazmin, who has performed for years as part of a R&B/pop group called The Jazmin Sisters. Darius, 23, of Dallas, Texas, and Daria were…
Singer-songwriter Amy Vachal turned in one of the most highly praised blind audition performances during the Season 9 blind auditions for The Voice. In the battle round, she found herself matched against two powerful singers — the duet of Jubal and Amanda. And though their musical styles are quite different, Amy said they embraced…
In a pre-battle round interview, we heard Riley Biederer say Evan McKeel is the one person she didn’t want to go against “because he is such a talent” — not to mention a guy who turned four chairs to her one in the blind auditions. Her road to the knockout round only got tougher…
Blaine Mitchell and Blind Joe Bommersbach admit they had some obstacles to overcome as they prepared for their battle round match on The Voice. For one thing, Blind Joe’s lack of sight means he’s pretty much immobile on stage. Blaine, whose preferred style of music is alternative rock, likes to move a lot as…
Braiden Sunshine is the youngest contestant on Season 9 of The Voice. He’s also bound for the knockout round as a representative of Team Gwen Stefani. But he certainly had to earn that right. Gwen made him face off against Lyndsey Elm in the battle round. And Lyndsey was the only singer on Team…
