Her audition: Amy Vachal, 26, of Brooklyn, N.Y., auditioned with “Dream a Little Dream.” As she hit the chorus, all three coaches with spots left on their team — Pharrell Williams, Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton — turned their chairs. Adam Levine told her he thinks she could win the show; Blake called her a…
His audition: Chase Kerby, 30, of Oklahoma City, Okla., auditioned with “The Scientist” by Coldplay. Gwen Stefani turned around midway through the performance. She wound up being the only coach to do so. Gwen called his voice “special” and complimented him on the control he showed during the performance. His background: Chase works at a…
His audition: Dustin Christensen, 35, of Orem, Utah, auditioned with Rod Stewart’s “Downtown Train.” Three coaches turned around as soon as he hit the chorus. The lone holdout, Pharrell Williams, quickly followed. Blake Shelton said he heard some Neil Diamond in Dustin’s voice. He also had dozens of audience members hold up cut-outs of his…
Her audition: Summer Schappell, 21, of Redding, Calif., auditioned with “Strawberry Wine.” The only two coaches with spots remaining on their team — Pharrell Williams and Gwen Stefani — turned around for her performance. Gwen complimented her on a pretty and soothing voice. Summer decided to join Team Gwen. Her background: Summer says she realized…
NBC announced the coaching lineup for Season 10 of The Voice today. The great news: Blake Shelton and Adam Levine will be back, meaning we’ll be entertained by more of their delightful banter next spring. More great news: Pharrell Williams will return for a fourth straight season. The so-so news: Christina Aguilera will be back…
Andi and Alex Peot told The Voice they feared they’d have to quit singing together unless “something big happened.” Well, the young women from Green Bay wound up with the most successful blind audition song of Season 9. Their cover of Dido’s “Thank You” climbed to number 36 on the iTunes chart by noon the…
this week, I reported that Raquel Castro, a Season 1 contestant on The Voice, had released a new single. Today, she dropped the accompanying music video. And she clearly had fun converting her new song, “Young and Dumb,” to film. She also shows off plenty of dance moves over the course of its three and…
Fans sure must have liked what they heard on The Voice Monday night. By midnight, three songs from Monday’s show had already cracked the iTunes’ Top 200 singles chart. That’s the first time that’s happened in Season 9. As of noon EST Tuesday, when voting typically ends for The Voice’s live shows, Amy Vachal was…
Well, they did it. The Season 9 cast set The Voice record for four-chair turns in a single season with 14. Dustin Christensen and Shelby Brown turned the trick in Monday’s final blind audition episode before joining Team Blake and Team Adam, respectively. And the number might have gone higher than 14 if the very…
Just eight spots remain on Season 9 of The Voice, and we’ll meet the eight singers who will fill them tonight. Meanwhile, the Season 9 cast has already tied a Voice record for most four-chair turns in a season. There have been 12 so far, matching the previous high from Season 7 — a season…
