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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

The Voice Season 4: And the winner is...

Danielle Bradbery!

The Voice Season 4 Winner:
Daniell Bradbery #TeamBlake

2nd Place: Michelle Chamuel, #TeamUsher

3rd Place: The Swon Brothers, #TeamBlake

The Voice Final Top 3 Who Will It be?

The Voice Final Top 3

The Voice Top 3: Danielle Bradbery, Michelle Chamuel
and the Swon Brothers

Song choices:

Duets

The Swon Brothers with Blake Shelton - Celebrity, Brad Paisely (2003)

Michelle Chamuel with Usher - One, U2 (1992)

Danielle Bradbery with Blake Shelton - Timber, I Am Falling In Love, Patty Loveless (1989)

Reprise

The Swon Brothers - Danny's Song, Kenny Loggins (1988)

Michelle Chamuel - I Knew You Were Trouble, Taylor Swift (2012)

Danielle Bradbery - Maybe It Was Memphis, Pam Tillis (1991)

Solos

The Swon Brothers - I Can't Tell You Why, Eagles (1979)

Michelle Chamuel - Why, Annie Lennox (1992)

Danielle Bradbery - Born To Fly, Sara Evans (2000)

Who will it be?

Electronic Pop or Country?

My prediction:

3rd Place: The Swon Brothers, Team Blake

2nd Place: Michelle Chamuel, Team Usher

Winner: Danielle Bradbery, Team Blake

Thursday, May 16, 2013

American Idol Season 12: Candice Glover Your American Idol Winner!

American Idol Season 12 Winner: Candice Glover

May 16, 2013. In a said tight race to the finish, Candice Glover edge out fellow finalist, Kree Harrison, to win the American Idol trophy live at the Los Angeles Nokia Theater Thursday Night. This was the third attempt for the soul diva and it proves that persistent does win.

Here are the songs that made Candice a winner this season:

Charlotte Auditions: Syrup and Honey, Duffy

Hollywood Week: "Girl on Fire", Alicia Keys

Vegas Rounds:

"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", Aretha Franklin

"Ordinary People", John Legend

Victory Song: "I'm Going Down", Rose Royce

Finals Top 10 - Music of the American Idols: "I (Who Have Nothing)", Ben E. King

Finals Top 9 - Songs of The Beatles: "Come Together", The Beatles

Finals Top 8 – Music of Motor (Detroit) City: "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", The Miracles

Finals Top 7 – Rock: "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", The Rolling Stones

Finals Top 6 – Burt Bacharach and Hal David and Songs They Wish They'd Written:

"Don't Make Me Over", Dionne Warwick

"Lovesong", The Cure

Finals Top 5 – Year They Were Born and Diva Songs:

"Straight Up", Paula Abdul (1989)

"When You Believe", Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston

Finals Top 4 (1) – Contestant's Choice and One-Hit Wonders:

"Find Your Love", Drake

"Emotion", Samantha Sang

Finals Top 4 (2) – Songs of Now and Then:

"When I Was Your Man", Bruno Mars

"You've Changed", Harry James

Finals Top 3 – Jimmy Iovine's Choice, the Judges' Choice and the Producers' Choice:

"One",U2

"Next to Me", Emeli Sandé

"Somewhere", Reri Grist

Finale – Simon Fuller's Choice, the Winner's Single and Favorite Performance:

"Chasing Pavements", Adele

"I Am Beautiful", Candice Glover

"I (Who Have Nothing)", Ben E. King

Congrats Candice!

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

The Voice Season 4: Teams for the Live Shows

Team Adam

The Voice Season 4 Team Adam:
Sarah Simmons, Judith Hill and Amber Carrington

Team Blake

The Voice Season 4 Team Blake:
Danielle Bradbery, Holly Tucker and The Swon Brothers

Team Shakira

The Voice Season 4 Team Shakira:
Sasha Allen, Kris Thomas and Garrett Gardner

Team Usher

The Voice Season 4 Team Usher:
Michelle Chamuel, VEDO and Josial Hawley

Who's gonna win this season? Choose your team!

The Voice Season 4: Team Usher Artists in the Playoffs

The Voice Season 4 Team Usher:
Michelle Chamuel, VEDO, Josiah Hawley and Cathia

Michelle Chamuel (26 from Amherst, Massachusetts) is a returning contestant to The Voice. She is an indie/pop artist

She had a breakthrough moment during the playoffs with her own rendition of Cyndi Lauper's True Colors.

VEDO (19 from Atlanta, Georgia) is an R&B singer. From his The Voice journey, he hopes to launch a successful career that will help him take care of his mom, who is battling cancer.

In the playoffs, he gave a heart-felt performance with Phil Collin's Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now).

While pursuing a career in music, Josiah Hawley (27 from Forth Smith, Arkansas) is a model. He performed Muse's Starlight during the playoffs.

Stolen by Usher during the battle rounds, Cathia (19 from New York, New York) was originally one of three Latin artists on Team Shakira. She performed Whitney Houston's I have Nothing during the playoffs. She and Josiah ended up in the bottom two. Usher choose Josiah to move forward to the Live Shows.

Do you think Team Usher has what it takes to win The Voice?

The Voice Season 4: Team Shakira for the Playoffs

The Voice Season 4 Team Shakira:
Sasha Allen, Kris Thomas, Garrett Gardner and Karina Iglesias

Sasha Allen (30 from New York, New York) is a mother of two. She sings songs of any genre. She's been delivering stellar performances when she connects emotion or mood with power of her voice. Originally from Team Adam, Shakira stole her during an awesome battle with Amber Carrington in the battle rounds.

Her outstanding rendition of The Beatles' Oh! Darling propelled her to move forward. Sasha is is the only stolen artist left in the Live Show.

Kris Thomas (27 from Memphis, Tennessee) gave one of the most surprising auditions on The Voice. His wide range voice allows him to sing any Whitney, Bruno Mars or Adele song with ease.

Kris sang Bruno Mars' When I was Your Man during the playoffs and through to the Live Shows.

Garrett Gardner (17 from Ringwood, New Jersey) is a returning contestant to The Voice. He is one of the most surprising artist this season. Garrett sang John Lennon's iconic song, Imagine in the playoffs. However, he landed at the bottom two with Karina in Team Shakira.

Karina Iglesias (35 from Miami, Florida) is another stolen artist from Team Adam. She lost to an epic battle against Judith Hill in the earlier round. She sang Let's Stay Together, a single by Al Green, in the playoffs. However, she was eliminated when Shakira favored Garrett to move forward to the next round.

Do you think that Team Shakira has a fighting chance to win this season?

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

The Voice Season 4: Team Blake Artists Through to the Playoffs

The Voice Season 4: Team Blake's Artists Through to the Playoffs

The Voice Season 4 Team Blake:
Danielle Bradbery, Holly Tucker,
Justin Rivers and The Swon Brothers

Danielle Bradbery (16 from Cypress, Texas) never had a vocal lesson prior to joining. But her voice and stage presence greatly compensate her youth and lack of experience. She is definitely a country protege with a potential to win The Voice.

In the playoffs, she sang Maybe It Was Memphis by Pam Tullis which gave her the much needed public votes to boost her to the Live Shows.

Holly Tucker (19 from Waco, Texas) is a student and a member of the marching band at Baylor University. She definitely can sing and her big booming voice gives her performances moments to shine and impress. In the knocout rounds, she fought an awesome battle with Luke Edgemon. The coaches were split over the pair, but Blake chose her as the winner of the battle. In the playoffs, Holly gave a wonderful rendition of How Do I Live by LeAnne Rimes (or Trisha Yearwood) which rewards her a seat in the next round of The Voice.

Justin Rivers (28 from Bowling Green, Kentucky) surprises everybody when he won over early favorite Savanna Berry in the knockout rounds. He sang Meet In The Middle by Diamond Rio in the playoffs. However, his luck ended here when Blake choose The Swon Brothers to move forward to the Live Shows.

The Swon Brothers (24 and 27 from Muskogee, Oklahoma) are the last of the duos to have reach this far. The brothers stick to their country roots and deliver amazing harmonies and energy in their performances. In the playoffs, they chose to sing The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Fishin' In The Dark.

In this season, Blake is sticking to his roots by building an all country team. Would he be able to win three in a row?