Gwen Stefani encouraged Ryan Sill to show a little more swag and a little less nerves during the knockout round on The Voice. So Ryan took the stage in a leather jacket, sang Ne-Yo’s “Miss Independent” and pranced all over the stage. The result: A knockout round victory over Beth Spangler that propelled the 20-year-old…
A singer-songwriter from Philadelphia took another step forward during the knockout round on The Voice Monday night. Matt McAndrew, 23, sang “Drops of Jupiter,” received praise for his performance from the judges and was declared the winner by Adam Levine. He now advances to the live playoffs, which begin Monday. Matt defeated Rebekah Samarin, who…
Twenty singers — five per team — advance to next week’s live playoffs on The Voice. We already know the identity of 12 of those singers. Tonight, we’ll learn the final eight as the knockout round concludes. Several top performers haven’t taken the stage yet, including Chris Jamison and Matt McAndrew of Team Adam, Anita…
On TV singing shows, lots of coaches, judges and mentors will advise against performing a song by Whitney Houston. Yet that’s just what DaNica Shirey of York did during her Voice Season 7 knockout round match, which aired last week. And Whitney proved no problem for the 25-year-old, the first York County contestant to qualify…
Under the category of striking while the iron is hot, Joe Kirk has released a new single. Yep, the same Joe Kirk who turned four chairs earlier this fall with his blind audition performance of “Lego House” during Season 7 of The Voice. Joe’s run on the show came to a surprisingly quick end when…
Madilyn Paige, a Season 6 standout on The Voice, has released her first single. The song is called “Irreplaceable,” and it hit iTunes Saturday. Madilyn, of Provo, Utah, was just 16 when she auditioned for The Voice. But she made a quick impression, cracking the Top 200 on the iTunes chart with her blind audition…
Lancaster’s James Wolpert chose Halloween as the day to release his first single since appearing on The Voice. Which is probably appropriate since the song is called “Bats.” And since it’s release follows spooky reports on his website that James had suddenly gone missing. But forget Halloween. This song is a raw rocker, guaranteed to…
Former Voice contestant RaeLynn will be one of the featured artists at this year’s Jingle Bell Jam in York. “Great Country” Radio, WGTY 107.7 made the announcement Friday morning. The bubbly blonde who rose to national notice on the hit NBC show will perform at the York Expo Center’s Utz Arena around 7 p.m. Friday,…
Halfway through Taylor John Williams’ performance on The Voice Tuesday night, I typed these words: “I smell an iTunes hit.” Well, within an hour of the show ending, that was already turning out to be true. The singer-songwriter from Portland, Oregon, was already sitting at number 83 on the iTunes Top 200, a better ranking…
Taylor John Williams caught a break in the battle round, when Gwen Stefani allowed him to advance despite a so-so performance of “Jolene.” He didn’t need a break in the knockout round. Singing “Mad World,” he turned in a performance that Pharrell Williams called “hypnotic” and that Gwen said had “the whole room in a…
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