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

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!

The Voice Season 4: Teams for the Live Shows

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 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 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?

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?

The Voice Season 4: Team Adam Line Up for the Playoffs

The Voice: Coaches' Teams for the Live Playoffs
Team Adam

Team Adam:
Sarah Simmons, Judith Hill,
Amber Carrington and  Caroline Glaser

Sarah Simmons (22 from Memphis, Tennessee) sang Angel by Sarah McLachlan. Sarah is my favorite to win this season of The Voice. During the blind auditions, Sarah received a four chair turn with her powerful rendition of Joan Osborne's One of Us. This round, however, we find her at the bottom two of Adam's team. Adam save her to move forward to the Live Finals.

Judith Hill (29 from Los Angeles, California) is an equally powerful singer. Her music credentials include working with Michael Jackson in his This Is It  documentary. She is another strong contender for the title of The Voice. In the playoffs, she sang Feeling Good, a song first heard in 1964 by artist Cy Grant. She got one of the higher votes in Adam's team thereby advancing to the Live Shows of The Voice.

Amber Carrington (19 from Rockwall, Texas) is one of the few country artist that slip away from the grasps of country guru Blake Shelton. Amber can transcend any genre with her voice. She sang Stay by Rihanna. She advance to the Live Show by receiving one of the highest public votes in Team Adam.

Caroline Glaser is a 19 years old indie/folk singer from Chesterfield, Missouri. Adam saved Caroline from Blake's team in the Knockout rounds. In this round, she sang Ed Sheeran's The A Team. An odd song choice by Caroline but with her unique sounding voice, she made the song her own. However, she got one of the lowest votes in Adam's team. She was eliminated when Adam favored Sarah to move forward to the Live Rounds.

Team Adam is the team to beat this season. 

American Idol Season 12 Top 2: Who's gonna win, Candice or Kree?

American Idol Season 12 Top 2: Who's gonna win, Candice or Kree?

Candice Glover

American Idol Season 12 Finalist: Candice Glover

Kree Harrison

American Idol Season 12 Finalist: Kree Harrison

My pick is Candice for the win! 

Who are you rooting for?

American Idol Season 12: Top 4 Performance Round 2

American Idol Top 4 sings the standards

American Idol Top 4 Performance, the second time around

Round 1: Songs of 2013

Angie Miller
Diamonds, Rihanna

It was not good at all. It was a bland arrangement. The piano magic is gone. 

Amber Holcomb
Just Give Me A Reason, Pink

Amber's performance is a bit unsure. She seem to be in a trance -- singing while trying to remember the words or struggling not to forget the lyrics.

Candice Glover
When I Was Your Man, Bruno Mars

I love the way Candice handled the song. She showed her of vocal power and prowess very well.

Kree Harrison
See You Again, Carrie Underwood

Superb! Kree is in her element.

Round 2: Standards

Angie Miller
Someone To Watch Over Me

Great. She redeem herself in this round. It was much better than the first performance. 

Amber Holcomb
My Funny Valentine

Amber definitely has the voice and it twist and it turns like a Balerina.

Candice Glover
You've Changed

I like the classic side of Candice. So pure and powerful.

Kree Harrison
Stormy Weather

Very bluesy. That is the standard way of singing. It was a bit boring. I would have wish she puts her stamp into it to make it more appealing to the present crowd. That's how you get votes. I need my runs, HCJ.

My ranking: 

Top 2 for me are Candice and Kree 

Bottom 2: Amber and Angie

Who I want to go home: Angie

Who I predict going home: Amber