Matt Johnson had been trying to make it onto The Voice for years. He accomplished that goal in Season 15, in about the most dramatic fashion possible. Auditioning at age 26, Matt unleashed a big glory note near the end of his blind audition performance of “Never Too Much” by Luther Vandross. It prompted…
A West Virginia native, Mikele Buck was already a music veteran when he showed up on The Voice stage. Auditioning at age 39, he turned two chairs with his performance of “She Used to Be Mine” by Brooks and Dunn and opted to join Team Kelly. He also got to share the story of…
Jarred Matthew arrived on The Voice stage with an unusual background for a contestant on the show. For instance, on Facebook, he introduces himself as Dr. Jarred Matthew Roberts. That’s because holds a PhD in astrophysics, an endeavor that took him to Hawaii for his studies and included doing experiments on a NASA project…
Natasia Greycloud had already been saved by a steal once on Season 15 of The Voice. She wasn’t at all sure she’d be rescued a second time following her Team Kelly Clarkson knockout round match. Forced into a three-way knockout because Cody Ray Raymond left the show, Natasia turned in a highly praised performance…
During the knockout round matches that aired last week on The Voice, Radha wound up rehearsing a Mariah Carey song in front of Mariah Carey. It wasn’t planned that way. At least not by Radha. The first-generation Filipino-American from Jersey City said Mariah’s “I’ll Be There” was actually at the top of her suggested song…
Among the most surprising song choices we’ve seen in the knockout round so far on The Voice was the one from Kymberlie Joye. A worship leader, Kymberli has spent most of her music career as a background singer for gospel artists. But for her three-way showdown with Natasia Greycloud and Zaxai, she decided to take…
Just 17 when she auditioned for The Voice, Claire Dejean turned two chairs with her performance of “Hurt Somebody” and joined Team Kelly Clarkson. She wound up making it all the way to the knockout round with Team Kelly. Kelly declared Claire the winner following her battle round performance of “All This Love” with…
Kirk Jay says he learned a simple lesson from the battle round on The Voice. “I learned to not get complacent and continue to work hard so that I can come out on top,” he told Voice Views. “Competing against other great artists is challenging, but you learn something about yourself throughout the process….
DeAndre Nico and Funsho were one of the last duos to perform during The Voice battle rounds. So when DeAndre was announced as thee winner by coach Adam Levine, Funsho wasn’t even certain a steal was a possibility. As it turned out, he was saved from elimination by the final battle round steal of…
Tyshawn Colquitt and Zaxai faced a special challenge during The Voice battle round. Not only did they have to duet, they had to duet with “Love Lies,” a song normally performed by a male and a female. But they made it work. In fact, it worked so well, both made it to the show’s…
