Looking to social media for a hint as to who will be crowned The Voice’s Season 17 champ? Well, the trends haven’t changed much. Katie Kadan remains the show’s leader in support on Instagram and Twitter. Ditto for Jake Hoot on Facebook. And Rose Short continues to lag behind the other finalists on all three…
Unless The Voice throws an unexpected curve at us, each of the Season 17 finalists will perform three times Monday night. That will include two solo performances, both of which will be on Apple Music and count as votes when fans stream them. One will be a duet by each contestant and his or…
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…
Okay, lesson time. Here’s why it would be so helpful to showcase the new music from past Voice contestants on the show. An hour before tonight’s episode aired, I checked the iTunes charts. I couldn’t find Kaleb Lee’s “I Dream Southern” on the Top 200 overall singles chart or the Top 200 country singles…
Whew, Voice voters came through. I must admit, I was worried there for a while. Worried when Rose Short was the final artist announced as competing for the instant save. Worried again when the instant save votes started coming in. Because while to my ears, Rose should have won that save by a landslide,…
The Voice fans will pick a final four tonight. And while three singers will advance based on overnight fan voting, one will be determined by an end-of-show instant save. We’ll also see performances from Blake Shelton and Trace Adkins, Tones & I and former Voice contestant Kaleb Lee and Kelly Clarkson. Go ahead and listen…
The Top 8 on The Voice performed last night in hopes of landing one of four spots in the Season 17 finale. Here’s how tonight will work. The top three vote-getters will automatically advance to next week. The bottom two in the voting will automatically be eliminated. The three in the middle will compete…
