How much difference can a simple rule change make in the outcome on The Voice? We’re about to find out in the week ahead. Prior to Season 15, The Voice awarded bonus points to any singer who landed in the Top 10 on the iTunes charts. For voting purposes, their iTunes downloads were multiplied…
Looking for a clue as to who might win Season 15 of The Voice based on social media stats? You might want to look elsewhere. Because the social media numbers for the Season 15 Top 4 of Chris Kroeze, Kennedy Holmes, Chevel Shepherd and Kirk Jay deliver all sorts of mixed messages. Kennedy Holmes is…
Kennedy Holmes is already the youngest singer to make it to The Voice finale. Tuesday night, the just-turned 14-year-old will try to usurp Brynn Cartelli as the youngest winner in the show’s 15 seasons. What has continually amazed the coaches on The Voice is the composure and maturity Kennedy has displayed at such a young…
By the time his blind audition ended, Kirk Jay had established himself as a front-runner on Season 15 of The Voice. Kirk, from Bay Minette, Ala., turned all four coaches’ chairs with his cover of “Bless the Broken Road.” And when Adam Levine sensed that he might have trouble landing the talented country singer for…
If Chris Kroeze seems perfectly at home on The Voice stage, there’s a good reason. Prior to the auditioning, he was performing 200 or more shows a year from his home base in Barron, Wisc. In recent years, that’s included trips oversees to perform for U.S. troops. Chris credits those trips for re-igniting his passion…
Chevel Shepherd looked like a sure member of Team Blake Shelton after turning three chairs in her blind audition. There was the adulation in her voice when Blake first spoke to her. There was the fact that she and Blake share the same birthday. Even her parents, watching from backstage, predicted she’d join Team Blake…
