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Donny Von Slee of The Voice Season 25

The Voice returns to NBC on Monday, Sept. 26 with John Legend, Reba McEntire, Chance the Rapper and Dan + Shay as coaches.

Here’s more about Donny:

* He’s a chiropractor and songwriter/musician. And he has some big plans for around the time of The Voice premiere.

* He’s already released a handful of singles, but his first album — “31” — will drop on Feb. 23, three days before that premiere. And, yep, Donny recently celebrated his 31st birthday.

* And three days after the premiere, the Nashville-based musician will launch a series of five shows in Texas. It’ll be his first ever road tour, he says on social media.

* Donny told Canvas Rebel he had every intention of opening a chiropractic office in his home-state of Florida after graduating.

* His plans changed on a trip to Colorado, where he was heading to start an chiropractic internship. His GPS routed him through the heart of Nashville.

* He eventually wound up auditioning at Tootsies Orchid Lounge and was hired to perform three to five days a week. So that’s what he’s been doing while working as an associate in someone else’s chiropractic office.

* Donny also told Canvas Rebel that his influences range from country artists like Tyler Childers and Zach Bryan to “Islander-beachy artists like Jack Johnson. So you’ll hear a mix” of those two styles in his music.

* As for that music, Donny has nine singles out, including three from 2023 — “God Too,” “Until Then” and “Country Girl in You.” And while “31” will be his debut album, he released a five-song EP called “Sip on Me” in 2022. Check out a really impressive acoustic version of “God Too” below.

* Donny says his interest in music started young. He and his siblings would sing together while traveling in their grandparents’ car. He started taking music more seriously in sixth grade when he got a guitar for Christmas.

* In terms of performing experience, well, he’s been doing it quite a while. He grew up along the west coast of Florida and started performing at local breweries, restaurants and tiki huts after graduating high school in 2011.

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