Her audition: Meghan Linsey, 28, of Nashville, Tenn., auditioned with a country version of the Nazareth rock classic “Love Hurts” and sounded great doing it. But no one turned their chairs until late in the performance when Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera and Pharrell did so almost simultaneously. Meghan decided to join Team Pharrell. Her background:…
His audition: Blaze Johnson, 23, of Columbus, Ohio, auditioned with The Fray’s “How to Save a Life.” A strong opening prompted Adam Levine to turn around. Blake Shelton joined him at the song’s midway point. Blaze finished with a flourish, but couldn’t entice the other two coaches to follow. Adam called him an “astounding” singer…
Her audition: Tonya Boyd-Cannon, 35, of New Orleans, La., sang Pharrell’s own “Happy” in a very nice match of singer and song. Adam Levine realized it and turned around quickly during her performance. He was eventually joined by Christina Aguilera and Pharrell Williams. Tonya decided to join Team Adam. Her background: Tonya told The Voice…
His audition: Joe Tolo, 21, Sacramento, Calif., sang the Bee Gees’ “To Love Somebody.” An excellent opening got Christina Aguilera to turn her chair around in a heartbeat. Near the end of the song, Joe threw in some very nice vocal wrinkles, including a glory note that showed off his range, prompting Blake Shelton to…
Her audition: Sarah Potenza, 34, of Nashville, Tenn., was the first contestant we met in Season 8 and auditioned with the classic rock hit, “Stay With Me.” She displayed a bit or rasp in her big voice and earned early chair turns from Adam Levine and Pharrell Williams. By the time she finished singing, Christina…
Hey, congrats, American Idol. You’ve rounded up some truly impressive talent for Season 14. And when the ladies took the stage Thursday night, no one was more impressive than Jax and Sarina-Joi Crowe. Though Joey Cook sure was original. And Shi Scott did much better than the judges gave her credit for. To check out…
Hey, congrats to American Idol for coming up with a more sensible semifinal format for Season 14. Of course, it couldn’t have been more of a mess than last year. Remember last year? Idol had the contestants sit backstage, then called them to sing in random order. Some semifinalists never got the chance to sing;…
Quentin Alexander and Qassim Middleton were the stars when the Top 12 American Idol guys took the stage for the semifinals Wednesday night. For a recap, with song by song grades from Wednesday’s show, go here. And check back Thursday for song-by-song grades as the Idol ladies take the stage. Meanwhile, here’s a photo gallery…
They’ve earned their golden tickets. They’ve survived American Idol’s grueling Hollywood Week. They’ve shown their performance chops during a new House of Blues round. And now they’re part of the Top 24. The semifinals begin tonight on American Idol, with the guys performing tonight and the gals performing Thursday night. I’ll be grading each performance…
A returning contestant who failed to make the show in Season 5 got all four coaches to turn around during her performance on the second night of The Voice Season 8 blind auditions. Deanna Johnson was the contestant who accomplished that feat. She joined Team Adam Levine. Meanwhile, Pharrell Williams picked up Anthony Riley, the…
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