Her audition: Valerie Ponzio, 32, of El Paso, Texas, auditioned with Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire.” You might say it went well. By the end of the chorus, Gwen Stefani was facing in her direction. By the end of the song, all the other Voice coaches were facing Valerie as well. Gwen was so obsessed…
His audition: TSoul, 29, of Richmond, Va., auditioned with Al Green’s “Take Me to the River.” A superb opening prompted an almost immediate chair turn from Adam Levine. By the time TSoul finished, Blake Shelton was facing in his direction too. Blake loved the experience in TSoul’s voice. The singer opted to join Team Blake….
Her audition: Andrea Thomas, 31, of Nashville, auditioned with “Baby, Now That I’ve Found You” by Allison Krauss. She was well into her performance when Blake Shelton turned around. Gwen Stefani came teasingly close to turning as well, but decided not to at the last moment, meaning country singer Andrea joined Team Blake. Blake called…
His audition: Kenny P., 30, of Nashville, auditioned with “Hello, It’s Me” by Todd Rundgren. As the performance neared its end, both Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton turned around. Despite Blake’s praise of his hat, his mustache and his vocal firepower, Kenny opted to join Team Gwen. His background: He says he comes from a…
Her audition: Hanna Eyre, 15, of Laguna Niguel, Calif., auditioned with Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space.” She got a quick chair turn from Adam Levine, who called her “miraculously talented.” By the time the song ended, Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton had turned as well. Blake praised her charisma. But Hanna opted to join Team Adam….
Chris Blue nailed down the final spot on Season 12 of The Voice during the blind audition episode that aired Tuesday. Now he’s become just the second Season 12 cast member to crack the Top 200 on iTunes overall singles chart during the show’s normal voting window. At 11:30 a.m., Chris’ cover of ““Tracks of…
Just five spots remain on Season 12 of The Voice, and tonight we’ll meet the singers who claim those spots. There’s just one spot left on Team Blake, Team Gwen and Team Adam. Alicia Keys needs two more artists to complete her team. Meanwhile, if you’d like to learn more about the contestants from the…
Four songs from Monday’s episode of The Voice had cracked the Top 200 on a genre chart by 8 a.m. eastern time Tuesday. Those accomplishing the feat include TSoul, RJ Collins, Sammie Zonana and Valerie Ponzio, who also earned the night’s only four-chair turn. TSoul, the 29-year-old from Richmond who shocked the coaching panel by…
I won’t stop scolding The Voice for montaging blind audition performances until the show finally stops montaging blind audition performances. I thought Season 12 might be the season the show finally wised up and played fair for all contestants. Nope, they were back at it Monday night, montaging performances by Andrea Thomas, who wound up…
Thanks to iTunes, we know we’ll meet 11 new Season 12 contestants this evening on The Voice. Thanks to The Voice’s habit of leaking performance videos, we know Valeriez Ponzio, 32, of El Paso, will turn four chairs with her rendition of “Ring of Fire.” If you’re keeping track, you know six singers have turned…
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