His blind audition: Tate Brusa, 16, Salt Lake City, Utah, auditioned with “Perfect” by Ed Sheeran. None of the coaches budged for the first 80 seconds of his performance. Then Tate hit a big note near the end of the song that prompted chair turns from Nick Jonas and Blake Shelton. Blake called his performance…
Her audition: Megan Danielle, 17, of Douglasville, Ga., performed “Remedy” by Adele. She showed off a nice little growl in her voice during the opening. She also performed with lots of emotion. Kelly Clarkson turned midway through the performance. She says she heard a bit of Adele and a bit of country in Megan’s voice….
Joanna Serenko’s delightfully different version of The Beatles’ “All My Loving” got all four coaches to turn their chairs on The Voice. And new coach Nick Jonas was so determined to land Joanna for his team that he interrupted the proceedings to make a second pitch when it was her turn to pick a coach….
Nelson Cade III established himself as an early front-runner on The Voice this week. The Cali-based artist turned four chairs with his blind audition cover of “Pride and Joy” by Stevie Ray Vaughan. And coach John Legend was so impressed with his performance that he used his only block to help land Nelson for his…
Five more artists earned spots on Season 18 of The Voice Tuesday night. Blake Shelton snagged his second four-chair turn so far in Toneisha Harris and also landed the night’s youngest singer, 14-year-old Levi Watkins. Also joining the cast were Arei Moon of Team Nick Jonas, Zach Day of Team John Legend and Chelle of…
The Voice kicked off Season 18 in fine fashion Monday night. Teenager Tate Brusa became the first-ever member of Team Nick Jonas. Late in the show, The Voice’s newest coach landed his first four-chair turn, Joanna Serenko, another talented teen. But Nick wasn’t alone in that regard. Nelson Cade and Todd Tilghman turned four chairs…
American Idol introduced fans to nine more Hollywood bound singers Sunday night. But it was Jovin Webb, Julia Gargano and Jonny West who seemed to impress the judges the most. Here’s a recap of Sunday’s show. At the bottom of the blog, I’ve provided links to profiles of singers who have made Hollywood so far….
The Voice Season 18 opens Monday night at 8 p.m. And, sorry to say, there are some ominous signs. Judging from the schedule NBC announced back in November, Tuesday episodes will disappear after the blind auditions. Judging from the same release, the live finals could last just three weeks. Sound familiar? Yep, the same happened…
American Idol will introduce us to a new set of Hollywood bound contestants tonight when it airs its second audition episode. The show has already leaked the auditions of two contestants — Kay Genyse, a 19-year-old from High Point, N.C.; and Jovin Webb, a 28-year-old lead singer from Gonzalez, La. Idol judge Katy Perry…
[metaslider id=”96228″] New post-Voice music out this week includes pop singles from Riley Biederer, Gigi Rich and Mark Isaiah. Here’s a bit about those releases. The links take you to the songs on Apple Music. Or you can check out the Spotify snippets below. * Riley Biederer from Season 9 released the catchy pop…
