Reid Umstattd was eliminated from The Voice during the live playoffs. But before departing, he accomplished something never before done on the show. His knockout round performance of Patty Griffin’s “Let Him Fly” was montaged, yet was the night’s most popular song on iTunes, hitting number two on the rock chart and number 125…
Drew Cole released music before The Voice, both under his real name (Drew Arcoleo) and his stage name. And he leaves no doubt that more original music will be coming now that his time on the show is over. Drew was eliminated from The Voice during Wednesday’s live playoff episode, but not before putting together…
Like many of his Season 14 The Voice colleagues, Gary Edwards plans to use his time on the show as a springboard to releasing original music. But he also has his sight set on another destination: Broadway. Gary, from Dallas, was 26 when he auditioned for The Voice and landed a spot on Team Adam…
Over 13 seasons, a handful of The Voice contestants had auditioned with a song performed completely or partly in Spanish. In Season 14, Johnny Bliss became the first contestant on the show to sing two entire performances in Spanish. Add that to an impressive list of other accomplishments for the young man from New York….
Dallas Caroline was just 17 when she auditioned for The Voice, going up against the most season cast in the show’s history, but made it all the way to the knockouts before being eliminated. Along the way she turned the maximum number of chairs available with a blind audition performance of “Always on My Mind,”…
Fans of The Voice didn’t get to see much of Jordyn Simone on Season 14 of The Voice. Both her blind audition and knockout round performance — her only two solos — were montaged, a fact she calls “disheartening.” The only time we saw a full performance from Jordyn was during a Team Alicia Keys…
You could say Jaron Strom was pretty busy musically prior to The Voice. A web designer by day, he had just released a debut solo album called “Feelz.” And the young man from Shelby, N.C., was also fronting the band “Minutes and Years,” which released an EP of its own in 2016. Jaron was bumped…
Back in 2016, Jorge Eduardo competed on Mexico’s version of The Voice and finished in the Top 4. He didn’t make it quite that far on Season 14, but he says he accomplished a major goal — exposure to a U.S. television audience. And Jorge says he plans to capitalize on that moving forward. Jorge,…
Viewers didn’t get to see a whole lot of Jamella on Season 14 of The Voice. Her blind audition performance of Ed Sheeran’s “Drive” was montaged, but landed her a spot on Team Kelly Clarkson. The same happened in the battle round when she and Teana Boston sang “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow.” Kelly…
We met Henry, Livia Faith’s ukulele, during her bio package on The Voice. Sounds like Henry’s been busy since Livia was bumped from the show in the battle round. Undeterred — more motivated than ever in fact — Livia says she’s been busy creating new music since leaving the show. After all, Livia went out…
