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Her audition: Jacquelyn George, 27, Franklin, Tenn., “I Have Nothing” by Whitney Houston: Wow, Jacquelyn picked an ambitious audition song, but sounded fabulous on her opening. Her first glory note got a chair turn from John Legend. She delivered a very nice ending too, finally getting another chair turn from Adam Levine. Honestly, that deserved more chairs. John loved the way she handled the modulation in the song. Adam said the performance was very impressive, especially considering the difficulty of the song. Upon learning that Jacquelyn sang “Ordinary People” at her wedding, John approached the stage and sang a snippet of the song with her. That sealed the deal. Jacquelyn joined Team Legend.

Here’s more about Jacquelyn:

* She’s a singer-songwriter and entrepreneur based in Nashville, Tenn.

* Originally from Lakeland, Fla., she’s released music as Jacquelyn Walters and Jacquelyn George and has about a dozen singles on streaming sites — a mix of covers and originals — dating back to 2017.

* Her most recent releases have been collaborations, including teaming up with Joey Stamper for a cover of the Camila Cabello-Ed Sheeran hit “Bam Bam.” Jacquelyn and Joey’s acoustic version has been streamed more than 400,000 times on Spotify alone.

* That’s one of five tracks Jacquelyn sings on that have more than 100,000 sreams on the site. Another is a 2001 mashup of Justin Bieber’s “Lifetime” and “Unchained Melody” with Anthem Lights.

* As for Jacquelyn the entrepreneur …. she’s runs a social media company called JBird, designed to help businesses use social media to help “their brand take flight.”

* Jacquelyn’s clearly been singing for quite a while. Her YouTube channel includes videos of her tackling songs like Beyonce’s “Listen” and Jessie J.’s “Big White Room” in her mid-teens.

* In a 22-question Q&A video, Jacquelyn says her favorite number is 11 because that’s how old she was when she knew for certain that she wanted to be a singer.

* According to her Spotify bio, she also landed her first singing gig at age 11, as a backup singer and dancer touring with Christian artist Nicole C. Mullen.

* Jacquelyn hasn’t released her own music in a while, but features an original called “Broken” on her Instagram. It’s a song she wrote a day after “things broke off with my boyfriend.” She calls it one of her favorite songs she’s written.

* Funny thing: She’s now been married to the guy in the song for three years. Writes Jacquelyn: “This is your reminder that redemption and restoration is on the other side of heartbreak.” Check out a snippet of the song below.

Update: Jacquelyn has released covers of her blind audition song and “Ordinary People” to streaming sites.

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