Idol Chatter & Voice Views

His audition: Connor Closs, 23, Middletown, N.J., “Too Sweet” by Hozier: As soon as Connor hit the chorus, he earned a chair turn from Adam Levine. He showed off nice range and eventually earned a chair turn from Riley Green as well. Adam said he loved the way Connor navigated the song’s difficult transition from verse to chorus and called his voice unique. He said he doesn’t understand why everyone didn’t turn. Riley said he has lots of country artists on his team, but no one with Connor’s sound and soul. Connor opted to join Team Adam. (Watch his audition below)

Here’s more about Connor:

* He’s a singer and actor in his 20s from Middletown, N.J.

* Since March, he’s been a lead vocalist with the Jersey Shore cover band The Cliffs. Their website says they cover the hits from the 1960s to today.

* The band maintains a busy schedule, with 14 dates in September alone, including performances in clubs and at weddings.

* In 2023, he performed on the Hits The Musical Tour, a show that featured 29 young performers ages 10 to 22 in a tour of 48 cities around the U.S.

* According to his bio on The Hits Tour website, Connor’s focus was on sports — basketball and track — when he started high school. He didn’t start singing until he was junior.

* He feel in love with performing and attended Catholic University in D.C. to study musical theater.

* He has also performed on the Coral Princess cruise line.

* And he’s put together an impressing following on his TikTok where he has nearly 12,000 followers and more than 175,000 likes. His cover of Sienna Spiro’s “A Visitor” has more than 750.00 views. Check it out below.

* He covers on Instagram show his versatility as he covers a broad range of artists, from Aerosmith to Sam Cooke and Jazmine Sullivan to Adele.

Connor on social media:
Instagram
TikTok
Facebook
YouTube

@connor_closs can’t wait for this one to come out @SIENNA SPIRO #fyp #siennaspiro #thevisitor #singer #cover ♬ original sound – connor