Blake Shelton squared off two of his youngest singers during the battle round on The Voice Tuesday night. He pitted Tanner Linford, 17, of Kaysville, Utah, against Justin Johnes, 15, of Massapequa, N.Y. The teen pop singers were asked to sing One Direction’s “You and I.” And the victory went to Tanner, a returning contestant…
Grant Ganzer, 16, of Johnston, Iowa, was one of two Team Blake Shelton members to advance during the battle round Tuesday night on The Voice. The teen was squared off against John Martin, 25, of Chicago, Ill., who had turned two more chairs than Grant during the blind auditions. But Grant prevailed when Blake asked…
Among Tuesday night’s battle round winners on The Voice was Rebekah Samarin, 20, of Marrieta, Calif. The Berklee College of Music student prevailed in a Team Adam Levine match against Clara Hong. They were asked to sing “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” in a performance that wasn’t shown on the show. For more about…
Alessandra Castronovo, 21, of Milestown Township, N.J., scored one of the battle round’s biggest upsets on Season 7 of The Voice Tuesday night. A two-chair turn recipient in the blind audition, she won a Team Adam Levine match against Joe Kirk. Adam asked them to sing Rihanna’s “Stay.” Joe, 17, of Nashville, had turned four…
The battle round continues tonight on The Voice during a one-hour episode in which we’re likely to see three full match-ups and get small snippets of three others. First, some musings on what we witnessed last night. Robbed: I understand Gwen Stefani’s decision to keep John Taylor Williams; his blind audition cover of “Heartless” was…
Which battle round song from Monday’s episode of The Voice is most popular on iTunes this morning? The answer is the show-closing performance by Luke Wade and Griffin, by a comfortable margin. As of 8 a.m., their version of “Maybe I’m Amazed” was sitting at number four on iTunes rock chart. And it was number…
Only three contestants were eliminated on the first night of the battle round on The Voice, and two of those were singers who had turned four chairs during the blind audition. In fact, as many contestants were saved as eliminated on night one. Those getting a second chance on the show include Griffin, picked up…
The battle rounds begin tonight on The Voice. By the time the dust settles two weeks from now, the Season 7 cast of 48 will have been whittled to 32. Half of the contestants will be in jeopardy of going home in this round. But eight will be saved and find themselves under the tutelage…
Thanks to teaser videos posted on the official site of The Voice, we already know most of the pairings for the battle rounds, which begin tonight. In this round, two team members are paired off for a duet. Their coach decides which singer advances. The loser goes home, unless stolen by one of the other…
Sometime over the next two weeks, DaNica Shirey of York will return to the national spotlight as a contestant on The Voice. DaNica, 25, made a splash about three weeks ago when she was featured on the second blind audition episode in Season 7 of the NBC hit show. She sang Jessie J’s “Big White…
