He spent most of his childhood in the Dominican Republic. He turned just one chair during the Season 17 blind auditions. Yep, folks, that’s part of the background of country singer Jake Hoot, who’s now on the cusp of becoming The Voice’s Season 17 champ. If he completes that mission, he’ll become the first one-chair…
Katie Kadan was the very first contestant viewers met on Season 17 of The Voice. And two minutes after viewers met her, she became a Season 17 favorite with a superb cover of “Baby I Love You” that turned the chairs of all four coaches. But Katie also entered the show with more experience —…
Ricky Duran dedicated his blind audition performance of “River” to his late parents. His dad committed suicide; he lost his mother to breast cancer. One of Ricky’s first singles — “Tattoo Tears” (2017) — was written about a friend who committed suicide. Ricky was supposed to be the best man at his wedding. But Ricky…
We’ve heard a lot on The Voice about Rose Short being a former corrections officer at a male maximum security prison. But she left that job of eight years back in 2016 to focus on music. And prior to auditioning for The Voice, she was performing full time in the central Texas area. It showed…
