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

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

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. 

The Voice Season 3: Finally we have a Winner!

The final three, Cassadee Pope, Terry McDermot and Nicholas David, performs 3 times before the vote.

Each reprise one of their favorite performances.

Then they perform a duet with their respective coaches. This is a new twist for this season.

Lastly, a solo performance to cap off their last campaign to solicit the votes for the win. It didn't say if the coaches pick this one or if its their own choice.

Nicholas David

Nicholas David, the one and only artist left that is not in Team Blake, gave his all in his final attempt to win with his solo performance of Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire." But it was not meant to be as Cee Lo Green's last man standing took 3rd place.

Terry McDermott

You can hear from Terry's voice that he is sick, but that didn't stop him to give all he's got to "Broken Wings" as his final performance. Terry you definitely rock!

Cassadee Pope

For her final solo performance, Cassadee can do no wrong with her cover of Faith Hill's "Cry." 

Yes, Finally its a girl!

Congratulations, Blake for the double win!

I love this is a heart tugging tribute to those little angels and their heroic teachers from Connecticut.

See you on March as we do it all again. Shakira and Usher steps in for Christina and Cee Lo.

The Voice #: Top 4 Perform Live (Semifinals)

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Wow! It is the semifinals. We are down to the top 4 performers where they performed 1 song each. I was expecting that we would see 2 or 3 performance per artist. I guess they just needed one song and one judgement, pass or fail, to determine the top 3.

And I think one song did it! Three rose to the expectation. The other one was superb but not as perfect and stellar as the three. But it is not a disappointing fourth because he proven his metal. He is a protege on the rise. 

Trevin Hunte

 

Brooklyn' Trev sings ballad with "Wind Beneath My Wings."
 Trevin sings big like fireworks. But like all fireworks, there be one or two stray crackers.  

I did notice 2 big off notes at the end. Bye bye Trev.

So who would it be? St Nick, Terry or Cassadee?  

 

Nicholas David

 

 Nicholas shines with Joe Cocker's "You Are So Beautiful."

 Nicholas sings this one with all the passion in his being. He makes you wanna sing this song to the one you love. But is it too late to catch up with Team Blake's awesome two?

 

Cassadee Pope

 

Cassadee takes on Keith Urban's "Stupid Boy"

Blake is such a proud papa when Cassadee sings. I never heard the original but this was so good that I didn't even care. She has the biggest chance to win and be the first ever girl to win The Voice.

Terry McDermott

 

Terry rocks on with The Beatles' "Let It Be."

 
Blake's number one guy seems to play second fiddle to Cassadee. But he sure is consistent. Who doesn't love this guy's high rocker voice. He just needs to choose wisely and bring it all the time. He needs to break the mic, seriously!

The Voice 3 Top 6 :Live and results shows

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The top 6 artists sings 2 songs - their own choice and their coach's choice. Christina has no artist remaining so she just sits this one out and comment on the performances from hereon in.

Poor Adam. He suffered the same fate as Christina when he lost his two prized champions this round. I do like both Amanda and Melanie. I think Amanda is a more solid performer Trevin. And being the last artist saved during the knockout rounds speaks volume of her talent. She also gave very surprising performances, most notable was her rendition of Aerosmith's "Dream On".

Melanie is one of my favorites because of her unique and personal interpretations. Her artistry is at a high maturity despite her young age. She is also the most vulnerable as you notice how she is almost teary eyed when critiqued by the judges. That vulnerability makes her like-able and fun to watchers. 
With the exit of these two fine singer, it won't be long now until someone is called 'The Voice'.

So who is your pick? Terry, Cassadee, Nicholas and Trevin. Who would win it all? If I can make a prediction at this point, I think Cassadee has strongest chance of winning. She's been in a good run since the start. However, both Terry and Nicholas has the strong chance to snatch the title from her. Trevin is such an amazing singer, but I think he reached his limit at this point.

Round 1

Nicholas David, Team Cee Lo

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Cee Lo picks Earth, Wind & Fire's "September." for St Nick.

St. Nick proves he got swag.

Cassadee Pope, Team Blake

Blake's choice for Cassadee is Rascal Flatts' "Stand."

Her confidence is up and that makes her unstoppable.

Amanda Brown, Team Adam

Amanda's song choice is Aretha Franklin's "Natural Woman."

It was alright performance from Amanda. She has done better in the past.

Terry McDermott, Team Blake 

Terry takes on Foreigner's "I Want to Know What Love Is."

A perfect song choice. Terry shines in this performance.

Trevin Hunte, Team Cee Lo

Cee Lo gives Trevin the Katrina and the Waves' "Walking on Sunshine." to sing.

A little old-ish and glee-ish, I think.

Melanie Martinez, Team Adam

Melanie confesses with Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy."

Haunting! Her half blue, half black hair reflects her eccentric vibe.

Round 2

Terry McDermott, Team Blake 

Blake choose the Faces' "Stay with Me." for Terry to sing.

Love Terry when he goes high with his voice.

Trevin Hunte, Team Cee Lo

Trevin Hunte take on Jennifer Hudson's "And I'm Telling You."

Trevin totally nailed this song.

Amanda Brown, Team Adam

Adam picks and Amanda sings Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again."

Amanda sings this song to a crisp.

Melanie Martinez, Team Adam

Melanie Martinez sings coach's pick: Lenka's "The Show."

This is kid's stuff and I hope the young ones are allowed to vote.

Cassadee Pope, Team Blake

Cassadee picks Avril Lavigne's "I'm with You." to sing. 

Love, love, love!

Nicholas David, Team Cee Lo

Nicholas chooses "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" from "The Wizard of Oz."

Nick shows his heart to win.

The Voice 3: Top 8 Performs Live and Results

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Another voting first at The Voice. If the studio version of the song reached iTunes top 10, the corresponding artist will get their iTunes vote multiplied by 10.

Last week. Melanie Martinez's "Seven Nation Army" and Cassadee Pope's "Over You" reached that peak thus was saved from elimination. It does pay to be popular at iTunes.





Amanda Brown, Team Adam

                                      

Amanda rocks to Adele's "Someone Like You."

Amanda sang the Adele song very well and I like the rock element to it. It's new and fun to watch her on stage like a season pro. Her story as a background singer has already been sold last season and Jermaine Paul won because of it. Would she be more popular if she was associated with a well-known artist? Probably so. However, Amanda's style transformation is amazing. Sexy, sassy and chic.

Results: Advance to Top 6

Cody Belew, Team Cee Lo

Cody Belew emulates Queen's "Somebody to Love."

It is about time Belew does a Queen song. However, I would have loved it if he took it to a rock direction rather than going to church. He seems better if he is at that element because his personality shines more. Bam bam didn't come to the forefront this week so he got a bye bye instead.

Results: Eliminated

Terry McDermott, Team Blake 

Terry sings a Blake original - "Over".

Oh no, Blake giving his song for Terry to sing has a not so good vibe to it. It seems a bit self promoting on the part of the giver. Besides, the song was more country and Terry did it enough to make it rock. Or the song didn't allow him to shine. It was alright performance but it did took him to the next round.

Results: Advance to Top 6

Melanie Martinez, Team Adam

Melanie tops Alex Clare's "Too Close."

Another hit for Melanie. This was a very hear warming performance from Melanie. I guess that is what heartbreaks do. You deserve better, Ms. Martinez. Enjoy the success you have at the moment. Enjoy reaching the iTunes Top 10 for the second time in a row.

Results: iTunes Top 10 and advance to Top 6

Dez Duron, Team Christina 

Dez takes on Justin Bieber's "You Smile."

Dez, the last man standing in team Christina. Dez made this song old. I guess the Buble vibe didn't work. He is a cream but the top 6 is the cream of the creams. So no more Team Christina from hereon in. 

Results: Eliminated

Trevin Hunte, Team Cee Lo

Trevin goes big with Whitney Houston's "Greatest Love of All."

Trevin goes back to what he do best. Awesome performance from Trevin. His voice does shine through when he sings. But is he still the top dog in Cee Lo's team. He better watch out because the man next to him is making grounds and I think he is on top right now.

Results: Advance to Top 6

Nicholas David, Team Cee Lo

Nicholas David vibes to Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On."

"Are you blind?" ask Blake. LOL! I did also ask myself that question. Whether the look was bad or a sign of idol worship, St. Nick was striking in all cylinders. He hit the iTunes 10 with this performance. Great job Nick. Now bright back the golden locks next week.

Results: iTunes Top 10 and advance to Top 6

Cassadee Pope, Team Blake

Cassadee digs Michelle Branch's "Are You Happy Now?"

Cassadee' star is rising. She hit her second top 10 ranking in iTunes with this rocking rendition. IMHO, she is the one to beat. Blake would surely have the biggest grin that would connect both of his ears. Adam would surely be pissed.

Results: iTunes Top 10 and advance to Top 6

The Voice 3: Top 10 Performs and "Who's In and Who's Out!"

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We are now closing in on the top 4. Amazing performances this round and the elimination is really getting tougher. It was a great idea not to favor coaches and teams this season because I think the artists deserve more the recognition. With regards to the results of the past two rounds, did you notice that the one who performed first got eliminated first. In the top 12, Michaela performed first and she got one of the least votes and was eliminated. Sylvia suffered the same fate this round. It seems there is a trend here. Sylvia and Bryan were also the first two whose names were announced as save artists in the last elimination round. Anyway, off to my individual assessments.

Cassadee Pope,  Team Blake

Cassadee stellar performance of Miranda Lambert's "Over You."

Cassadee brought the house down with her rendition of "Over You" which is a Miranda Lambert original. Blake, who happens to penned this song together with Miranda, was so star struck as if he just heard the song for the first time. I guess everyone had the same reaction. It was my first time to hear this song and I think it fit Cassadee to a tee. I think Cassadee can win it if she builds this momentum over the next crucial rounds.

Melanie Martinez,  Team Adam

Melanie makes her own twist of  White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army".

I am glad Melanie brought her guitar back. She brings that singer-songwriter vibe which is a perfect picture for her. I heard this song before and I think she did better. She makes the listener experience the material in another light and that is where she is the strongest.

Amanda Brown,  Team Adam

Amanda shines with Grace Potter and the Nocturnals' "Stars."

Amanda can sing any song. But for any artist here, song choice is the key to a successful performance. This is another song I have not heard before and Amanda run with it. She made us believe that it is her own. This was way much better than her last showing. Welcome back to the top Amanda.

Nicholas David,  Team Cee Lo

St. Nick jives with Bill Withers' "Lean on Me."

St, Nick took us to church and it was sensational. He is so consistent and his performances is so defined. He looks every inch a pro with new locks and the fine suit.   The formula still works for him but he still needs to open up more.

Dez Duron, Team Christina

Dez's "Feeling Good" moment.

Dez is a crooner with a lot of charisma  This was one of his better performance. However, could he charm his way to the top?

Cody Belew,  Team Cee Lo

Cody is doing a show to Beyonce's  "Crazy in Love."

Crazy Cody picks up a Beyonce song and the outfit was out there. His performance has visual impact although he seems to be mumbling the lyrics in some parts.


Terry McDermott, Team Blake

Terry rocks to Bryan Adams' "Summer of '69."

Terry sounds and looks rock definitely but this performance seems to be lacking. I think he could have done much better with a different song.

Trevin Hunte,  Team Cee Lo

Trevin with his take on Usher's "Scream."

Trevin decided to change it up a bit with an upbeat song. The idea was good but the execution was not that good. The screams wasn't eardrum friendly at all. I think he needs to stick to what he sings best. Perhaps he can do a Donna Summer and turn ballad songs to disco.

Bryan Keith, Team Adam

Bryan takes on Billy Joel's "New York State of Mind."

Bryan was always consistent and delivers all the time. But why was he out? Well, he makes it look everything so easy. The way he sings make you at ease. I think, Bryan wasn't innovative as some of the other artist. Sometimes you have to exude a certain degree of aggression to show you wanted something really bad.

Sylvia Yacoub, Team Christina

Sylvia puts her all into Alicia Keys' "Girl on Fire."

Sylvia sound a bit like Christina. She also brings that fire when she performs. But, I guess, it isn't enough to  be Christina's 'mini me' to win The Voice. 

The Voice 3: Top 12 Performance and Results

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It is the live rounds and a lot of rule changes taking place this season. From hereon in, the power shifts completely to the public. The coaches lost the power to save their favored artists.  After the votes are casts, two artist will be eliminated irregardless of any team whatsoever. So it is a possibility of a coach or two having no artist represent him or her in the final four. That would surely be a bummer for any of the coaches if none in the their team reach the finals. Let's wait and see how they would take this ego crushing scenario. So with this, I am choosing my top 4 artist each week. Here is my take on the performances and results of this round.

The best from all the rest...

Trevin Hunte #TeamCeeLo

Trevin Hunte: "When a Man Loves a Woman" - The Voice

Cee Lo's top dogg  is back! Trevin Hunte is just spectacular. He took everyone to church from beginning to end. Way to go, Trevin!

Melanie Martinez #TeamAdam

Melanie haunts us with Young the Giant's "Cough Syrup."

This is the Melanie Martinez that I like. I love Melanie when she takes on weird and poetic songs. Her voice and her take on songs like this makes her unique. That makes her interesting to listen and I would listen to her singing this song all day long.

Sylvia Yacoub #TeamChristina

Sylvia does a stellar rendition of Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On."

Sylvia is showing she is the top female vocalist on Christina's team. A stellar performance on a very difficult to sing Celine Dion song. She did really really well. She even sounded a bit like her mentor. Christina must be so proud of her apprentice. 

Terry McDermott #TeamBlake

Terry rocks on Boston's "More Than a Feeling."

This is a perfect song choice for Terry. I like Terry's voice when its way up there. However, there are some bullets that missed the mark. His voice seem to struggled to hit some of the high notes. Nevertheless, he was so amazing to watch. Yes to more rock and to more Terry in the coming rounds.

It's alright, it's okay; they made it anyway...

Cassadee Pope #TeamBlake

Cassadee sings her heart out with Kelly Clarkson's "Behind These Hazel Eyes."

I like Cassadee when she is rocking with a guitar. It makes you feel you are on a concert. Well, she's been there before. Her rock influence shines through. She has a natural shakiness in her voice that I like. And that high note near the end, sensational! I wish she did hold it, though, all through out. Nevertheless, a very good performance from her.

Nicholas David #TeamCeeLo

St Nick grooves to Huey Lewis' "The Power of Love."

Nicholas is giving us a lesson in old school music. He performs like a man possessed with music and that makes him contagious. His moves are a bit in a quirky side but very entertaining. However, I wish St. Nick could open his eyes when he sings and interact more with the audience.

Cody Belew #TeamCeeLo

Cody slows things down with a Tina Turner classic, "The Best."

This is a very subdued performance from Cody. He sings good his voice inaudible or drown in the lower parts of the song. It was not a perfect fit, however, his enigmatic stage presence does shines through for him all the time. I think he delivers more 'bam bam' when he sings up tempo songs. 

Amanda Brown #TeamAdam

Amanda takes on Florence + the Machine's "Spectrum."

Oh Amanda what went wrong. I was a bit of a disaster. First, she started very low. Then her voice sounds strained and she couldn't reach the higher notes. She did a lot of arm swaying as well, kinda like a jellyfish swimming in the deep blue sea. But she looked great and sexy in her dress. I hope we get a more stellar Amanda next week.

Bryan Keith #TeamAdam

Bryan puts a soulful touch to Amy Winehouse's "Back to Black."

Way to go Keith! I like his soulful rendition of this song. He makes singing look so easy. However, no matter how pleasing it was to the ears, I can't help myself from inhaling some air and stretching my eardrums. Boredom starts creeping in. I wish he could do more than sing slow rock or ballad songs. He needs to do something different next time. 

Dez Duron #TeamChristina

Dez on stage with "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You."

Dez is becoming quite the consummate balladeer . He never fails to make the ladies in the audience scream. He did his own thing with this song so it was kinda alright for me.

The one that got away...

Michaela Page #TeamBlake

Michaela's take on Pink's "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)."

Michaela started low and shaky, however, she brought out that sassy punk rock chick and delivered a solid performance at the end. This girl is a trooper. Too bad she didn't get the votes she needed to cross over to the next round. I would have liked to see more of her. I am gonna miss her Mohawk and all.

A definitely bye bye...

Adriana Louise #TeamChristina

Adriana sings her twist to Carrie Underwood's "Good Girl."

Adriana was one of my favorites at the blinds. However, she seem to have lost her magic moving forward in the competition. I think she can sing any song she likes and make good run with it. The problem, however, is that she doesn't seem to make us stand up in awe. Yeah, it is time to say goodbye.