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His audition: Bryan Jaymes, 39, Baton Rogue, La., “Every Time You Go Away” by Paul Young: Bryan shows off an emotive tone, a nice stage presence and plenty of range. He earned a quick chair turn from Adam Levine. Queen Latifah quickly followed. Riley Green eventually turned too. Queen called his performance “beautiful and amazing.” Riley said if he continues performing like that, he’ll do well regardless of who he picks as a coach. Adam compared Bryan and his approach to the song to Season 1 champion Javier Colon. Bryan decided to join Team Latifah. (Watch his audition below)

Here’s more about Bryan:

* He’s Bryan Jaymes Windom, an R&B and pop artist from Baton Rouge, La., who is now based in Los Angeles.

* He’s singer and song leader at Woodland Hills Community Church in California and shows off his gospel skills on social media in a series called Worship Wednesday. Check out his silky smooth vocals on “Goodness of God” below.

* Along with Matt Gradnigo, he’s also been part of a music production team known as the DaKarPENters.

* Both men are from Louisiana and share a love for 1990s/2000s R&B. They co-wrote the song “Heaven on Earth” for R&B/soul artist Roann. The song was featured on VH1’s “Basketball Wives” and has 2.4 million streams on Spotify.

* Bryan has five songs on streaming sites, including a 2025 single called “Cool” and a 2020 single called “Proof” that he promoted heavily on social media.

* He got his start in music around age 10, singing with the East Baton Rouge Parish Boys Choir.

* According to a July bio on Voyage LA, he signed a publishing and production deal with Warner Music group at age 21 and spent time performing in the Dallas area. He relocated to L.A. in 2017.

* In the Voyage LA article, he says: “I believe what sets me a part is that I am a ‘song first’ guy. It always has been and will continue to be about the song in terms of how all the elements (vocals, production, mix) come together to tell the story in a compelling way. That is key.”

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