Gary Carpentier snagged the very last spot on Season 13 of The Voice, earning a spot on Team Adam Levine. He joked in interviews that being the last contestant picked for Season 13 might be a good omen. After all, the contestant in the same position in Season 12 — Chris Blue — wound…
Though Ilianna Viramontes has been singing quite a while, she always preferred doing it in a group setting, like a school choir. A successful audition for the Berklee College of Music gave the 18-year-old from Albuquerque, N.M., the confidence to try out for The Voice. And she says her experience on the show has…
Just call Stephan Marcellus the guy who broke up hers-tory. Stephan lost his Team Jennifer Hudson battle round match against Shi’Ann Jones during The Voice episode that aired Monday night. But the coaches were so impressed with their performance of “I Wish It Would Rain” by the Temptations that Miley Cyrus swooped in and stole…
As The Voice proudly announced Tuesday night, we won’t have to wait until Season 14 to witness Kelly Clarkson’s coaching skills on the show. The original American Idol will serve as key adviser for all the teams during the knockout round, which begins next week. And judging from her guest stint as a judge on…
The performance of “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” by Karli Webster and Addison Agen was pretty magical, right? Fans of The Voice sure thought so. As of noon eastern time, their version of the Cyndi Lauper hit was number 37 on the iTunes Top 200 singles chart. Let’s put that in perspective. That’s the…
Three more artists dodged elimination Tuesday night as the battles continued on The Voice. Jennifer Hudson used a steal to pick up Katrina Rose from Team Miley Cyrus. And Miley no longer has an all-female team after adding Stephan Marcellus. But the “steal” of the night might have belonged to Adam Levine, who picked up…
Eight singers were eliminated during the first week of the Season 13 battle rounds on The Voice. We’ll say farewell to the same number this week as the battles conclude. Here are six things to look for during week two of the battle round. 1. Six singers turned four chairs during the blind auditions in…
The ultimate goal of any battle round on The Voice is for both singers to survive to sing for at least one more round on the show. Mitchell Lee and Dennis Drummond accomplished that and then some when they performing “Mr. Jones” by Counting Crows during the episode that aired Tuesday night. Mitchell advanced…
If you hadn’t heard, three former American Idol standouts are touring together and have a number of dates scheduled in the mid-Atlantic region. I’m talking about Mandisa’s “Out of the Dark Tour,” which also includes Danny Gokey and Jasmine Murray. That tour is already underway and will include two dates in Pennsylvania — Nov. 11…
Apparently, a digital download isn’t enough for lots of David Archuleta fans who had waited for years for a new album from the Season 7 American Idol favorite. A day after David released “Postcards in the Sky,” Amazon.com was already sold out of physical copies of the new 16-track CD. It was listed as…
