What happened: Fans voted Ali Caldwell and Aaron Gibson into the Top 12. That left Belle Jewel, Darby Walker and Sophia Urista on the verge of elimination. Miley Cyrus saved Darby Walker. What should have happened: I’m thrilled fans recognized Ali’s talent and voted her through; her iTunes rankings to date have been surprising lackluster…
press release is full of hyperbole about how The Voice is making history with live-time voting and creating an intense experience for viewers and participants. Intense, perhaps. Also downright stupid. It’s live playoff time on Season 11 of The Voice. Usually, that means three nights of The Voice. Two teams sing Monday night. Two teams…
If you haven’t heard, The Voice has decided to squeeze its typical three-night live playoff event into one two-hour show in Season 11. Blame Election 2016. And plenty of folly on The Voice’s part. More on that here. But the end result is that the field of 20 contestants will be whittled down to the…
Josh Halverson needed a steal to make it to the live playoffs on The Voice. Nevertheless, he scored the biggest hit on iTunes during the knockout round. His cover of Chris Stapleton’s “Whiskey and You” was sitting at number 22 on iTunes overall singles chart at noon the day after it aired on the show….
Kelly Clarkson is back on the iTunes charts today. That’s because her song, “It’s Quiet Uptown,” is available from “The Hamilton Mixtape,” though the album won’t be available until Dec. 2. “It’s Quiet Uptown” was already number 25 on the iTunes singles chart as of noon Friday. The song was number six on the iTunes…
7 American Idol fan favorite David Archuleta has been quite quiet musically since returning from a mission trip to Chile. That’s about to change. On Friday, David released “Numb,” his first single since releasing a duet of “The Prayer” with Nathan Pacheco last December and his first non-Christmas single in much longer than that. David…
Attention country music fans of The Voice: Lots of new music will be coming your way over the next month. First up is Barrett Baber, third-place finisher on Season 9 of The Voice. Earlier this year, he released an impressive first post-show single, “Kiss Me Hello.” On Friday, his first post-Voice album — “A Room…
Carrie Underwood was named female vocalist of the year for the first time since 2008 at the 50th annual CMA Awards Wednesday night. But she missed out on the night’s big prize — Entertainer of the Year — after being nominated for that honor for the first time ever. That award went to Garth Brooks….
Josh Halverson needed a steal to advance to the live playoffs on The Voice. But he scored the biggest hit on iTunes from Monday’s episode. His cover of Chris Stapleton’s “Whiskey and You” was sitting at number 22 on the iTunes Top 200 singles chart at noon Tuesday. And it was number three on the…
If you were hoping an already eliminated favorite would get a second chance on The Voice in Season 11 via the comeback artist route … well, too bad. It apparently won’t happen. After having comeback artists in the live playoffs the past two seasons, The Voice has apparently decided to ditch that aspect of the…
