Celia Babini says she always thought about auditioning for The Voice, but the timing never seemed right. “I wanted to be 100 percent ready,” Celia told Voice Views. “The stars aligned this year. I felt confident, strong, and prepared.” And then the stars turned. All four of them. For Celia’s blind audition performance of “idontwannabeyouanymore”…
We only saw about 10 seconds of Oliv Blu’s blind audition on The Voice episode that aired Monday night. But the 20-year-old neo-soul artist from the Chicago area was more than happy to detail how it all went down when the auditions were filmed last October. That’s especially true since her performance of “On and…
Jej Vinson had a strategy in mind when he stepped onto The Voice stage to perform Drake’s “Passionfruit.” It worked. He’s one of just six singers so far from Season 16 to turn four chairs during his blind audition. “I chose ‘Passionfruit’ because it shows that I could bring something different to the table by…
For a 14 year old, Mikaela Astel seemed remarkably calm as she performed BØRNS “Electric Love” and earned a spot on Season 16 of The Voice in a blind audition that aired Monday. Mikaela admits that wasn’t necessarily the case. “I may have seemed calm on The Voice stage, but I was not at all,”…
Seconds after Maelyn Jarmon started singing “Fields of Gold” on The Voice, coaches’ chairs starting turning. Forty seconds in, she’d become the first singer in Season 16 to earn a four-chair. But Mealyn admits it took her just a bit longer to process what had happened. “I honestly didn’t even realize they had turned right…
Chris Kroeze kicks off a series of four sold-out shows in his hometown of Barron, Wisc., tonight. And just in the nick of time, the Season 15 Voice runner-up has a new album — his first ever — available. The album features mostly original tunes plus a couple of long-requested covers, like Led Zeppelin’s “Whole…
RADHA made an immediate impression on The Voice Season 15 with her bold cover of Jessie J’s “Mamma Knows Best.” She’s determined to do the same with her first post-Voice single, “Wrong Woman,” which dropped midnight Friday along with the accompanying music video. And you’d have to think her powerful, passionate vocal is going to…
Reagan Strange says some of the biggest life lessons she learned on The Voice came from the night she couldn’t sing and its aftermath. Voice fans surely remember the results night when Reagan couldn’t perform. She nevertheless wound up winning the instant save and advancing to the Top 8. And the #FireAdamLevine hashtag exploded…
Just eliminated from The Voice this week, Sarah Grace has already released a debut single. In fact, “What I Came For” by Sarah Grace and The Soul landed on iTunes back in mid-November. And it’s already enjoyed a stint at number one on the iTunes blues chart. “‘What I Came For’ is a song…
Dave Fenley took his second shot at a television reality competition on Season 15 of The Voice. You might say he made the most of it, earning a spot on Team Blake Shelton and advancing all the way to the Top 10 with a series of solid performances. Dave, 39 when he auditioned for…
