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Prepare To Party: Former Contestants From “The Voice” Staging Special Show

Ted Efron — Fri, 04 May 2012 23:36:37 +0000

The Voice comes to an end next week with either Jermaine Paul (Team Blake), Tony Lucca (Team Adam), Juliet Simms (Team Cee Lo) or Chris Mann (Team Christina) walking away as the winner.

We’re well aware of what the final four are up to. But what about some of our favorite second season singers who have come and gone? On Wednesday (May 9) we’ll all get the chance to catch up with a big bunch of them.

More than a dozen former contestants from this season are coming together for what’s being billed as “The After Party” show. The singers will be taking to the stage for a special show at Saint Rocke, just outside of Los Angeles.

The event will not only allow fans to reconnect with some of their favorites, it will also allow the performers to keep building the bonds they formed while on the show.

“The show is just another extension of our love for each other as artists and friends,” says former Team Adam member Nicolle Galyon. “That’s one thing that really wasn’t shown on the show – how deeply connected we all became. This is just proof that we all can’t get enough of each other.”

Expect things to be a lot looser, as the artists will have more freedom than they had on The Voice. This time they’ll be able to perform from their own playlists – including original songs.

Naturally, they understand that not everybody will be able to be in the L.A. area, so there will be a special online version of the event. A backstage version of “The After Party” will also be available on STAGEIT, where fans will be able to chat with the artists, make requests and even be treated to special acoustic performances.

Artists scheduled to appear include:

Pip Arnold (Team Adam), Monique Benabou (Team Christina), Anthony Evans (Team Christina), Nicolle Galyon (Team Adam), Justin Hopkins (Team Cee Lo), Naia Kete (Team Blake), Jamie Lono (Team Cee Lo), Orlando Napier Band (Team Adam), Nathan Parrett (Team Adam), Charlotte Sometimes (Team Blake), Hailey Steele (of The Line and Team Christina), Angel Taylor (Team Adam), Jordis Unga (Team Blake) and Tony Vincent (Team Cee Lo).

The show at Saint Rocke is scheduled to get underway at 7:45pm PT. Guests must be at least 21 to attend the show in-person. Tickets for the show at Saint Rocke are available HERE. The special STAGEIT show is scheduled to begin at 7pm PT with tickets available HERE

The Voice: Team Blake Recap – Week 9

Jeanna D. — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:29:01 +0000

The Voice kicked off their live shows last night!

The competition is now in full force with the fate of the contestants placed in America’s hands.

Each of the six members from Team Blake and Team Christina took the stage for a solo performance. Tonight, the votes will provide a bottom three from each team. Then, Blake and Christina will each save one contestant and two people from each team will be sent home.

Team Blake did a great job, and came out ready to win.

Continue reading for a recap and videos of their performances…

Jermaine Paul

Jermaine started the night with a rockin’ performance of Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ On A Prayer.” Jermaine is a top-notched performer and he surely knows how to grab an audience. I loved how he started the song rising from the floor in the audience and then was able to cover the whole room without missing a beat.

RaeLynn

Next up for Team Blake was seventeen-year-old, RaeLynn. She took on Maroon 5′s “Wake Up Call” and gave it a country spin. I always enjoy when artists change up a hit song and give it a cool, new twist. It is especially great when the cover crosses genres. RaeLynn is currently the highest Team Blake members on the iTunes chart for her version of “Wake Up Call.”

Naia Kete

Naia performed Adele’s “Turning Tables.” There was question about whether she should have done a reggae version of the song, but I thought Naia sounded great and I really liked her version. She has such a cool sounding and unique voice, and I thought she had one of the better performances last night.

Jordis Unga

Joris was next for Team Blake, and she performed “Alone” by Heart. I have been a fan of Jordis since Rockstar: INXS, and “Alone” is one of my favorite songs. I thought Jordis and that song were the perfect match, and her vocals sounded back in full force. She definitely gave one of my favorite performances of the night.

Erin Willett

For Erin’s performance, she sang Stevie Wonder’s “Living For The City” and she killed it. Blake said it was the best vocal of the night, and I agree with him. Erin has a natural, big voice and I love it. She was another one of my favorite performances.

Charlotte Sometimes

Charlotte Sometimes was the last member of Team Blake to take the stage. She performed Paramore’s “Misery Business” and she brought the house down. I thought she was awesome, and she just has such a cool sound to her voice. I would say that she and Erin were my top two from last night.

Awesome job, Team Blake!

What did you think of The Voice last night? What were your favorite performances?

Tune in to NBC tonight at 9/8c to find out the results of the votes.

Good luck to all of the contestants and go Team Blake!!

The Voice: Team Blake Recap – Week 8

Jeanna D. — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 07:12:44 +0000

And there you have it…

The Voice‘s battle rounds are now complete, and six members from each team are moving on to the live shows.

As we already know, Team Blake consists of RaeLynn, Jordis, Charlotte Sometimes, Erin Willett, Jermaine Paul… and tonight Naia Kete was added to the group!

Coach Blake Shelton paired Naia up against country boy, Jordan Rager. The amazingly talented Kelly Clarkson and Miranda Lambert were there once again to help mentor the team.

For the battle, Naia and Jordan performed Jason Mraz’s “I’m Yours.” As the coaches pointed out, we have seen better from both contestants and their full skills were not on display this round. When it was time for Blake to make a decision, he decided to advance Naia to the live shows.

Continue reading to check out video of the battle…

Naia vs. Jordan

Naia is very unique and we are sure she will shine next week! We are looking forward to seeing her perform again. We will miss Jordan with his country rasp and charm, but we wish him the best of luck and know we will be seeing great things from him.

And we are so excited for Team Blake! They definitely are a strong group of artists, and now it’s time to take on the competition.

@Blakeshelton: Now the battles are over, the war shall now begin…. #TEAMBLAKE!!!!

The Voice is about to really heat up!

Tune in next Monday on NBC at 8/7c to catch the first live episode of the season! You won’t want to miss it.

To check out behind the scenes videos, interviews, blogs, photos, and all things The Voice… visit http://www.nbc.com/the-voice/. Also, you can purchase full length recordings of the audition and battle round songs on iTunes!

Go Team Blake!

The Voice: Team Blake Recap – Week 6

Jeanna D. — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:18:33 +0000

On Monday night, the battle rounds continued on The Voice. This week’s recap is relatively short since there was only one Team Blake battle.

This past episode, we had Charlotte Sometimes up against Lex Land. Team Blake’s awesome mentors (I’m pretty jealous, to be honest), Kelly Clarkson and Miranda Lambert, were back. Kelly worked with Charlotte (read more about their mentor session), while Miranda helped out Lex.

Blake chose Foster The People’s “Pumped Up Kicks” for the girls’ battle. Charlotte and Lex gave it their all on performance night, and Blake ended up choosing Charlotte to advance in the competition.

Charlotte vs. Lex Battle:

Charlotte gave a great performance, and we are happy to see her continue with Team Blake. And we didn’t know beforehand, but Charlotte is also pretty funny and has a great sense of humor.

Congratulations to Charlotte! We are looking forward to seeing her again next round.

We also want to wish good luck to Lex. We are sure more good things will come her way.

Catch The Voice on Monday nights at 8/7c on NBC.

Did you miss last week’s recap? Check it out here.

The mentors:

Blake: @blakeshelton
Miranda: @miranda_lambert
Kelly: @kelly_clarkson

Kelly & Blake:

Miranda & Blake:

Kelly Clarkson & Charlotte Sometimes Cried During The Voice

Lydia Picknell — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:43:09 +0000

In one of the segments not shown on television this week during the Battle Rounds, Kelly Clarkson and Team Blake contestant Charlotte Sometimes shared a moment together. In a telephone call yesterday, Charlotte admitted that her and the pop superstar were crying as they spoke about how other people’s opinions effected them:

“I’m such a big fan of Kelly Clarkson. I think she’s so awesome, so she really just taught me like, you know, when we had our moment together when it wasn’t shown on TV — we had this moment where we both crying and talking about like just people’s opinions about us.”

Charlotte explains a bit further as the pair talked about body image. Charlotte admits that she was anorexic growing up, and she bonded with Kelly over this fact:

“And our bodies and completely way that, you know, didn’t know I went through. But I was anorexic all growing up and when I first — my first record came out everyone was kind of like trashing me and calling me fat and all these things.”

It looks like those few minutes with Kelly affected the singer, who says that Kelly gave her the confidence to be herself and be confident in who she was as a person before hitting the stage:

“She just kind of really made me feel comfortable in my skin. And just gave me confidence and just made me feel like it was okay to be myself and that was good enough. And I just – I’m just so thankful that I got to have that conversation with her.”

The Voice continues next Monday night at 8 pm EST. Kelly Clarkson and Miranda Lambert both return to help mentor members of Team Blake Shelton. See who else moves on to the live rounds next week and stay tuned to Keepin’ it Country for all your up-to-date and exclusive Team Blake news.

The Voice: Team Blake Recap – Week 3

Jeanna D. — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 08:21:42 +0000

With only one more show left of The Voice blind audition rounds, Team Blake is nearly complete!

In weeks one and two, we already met team members RaeLynn, Gwen Sebastian (interview), Jermaine Paul, Erin Willett, Jordis Unga, and Brian Fuente. This past week, Blake added four more members to his crew: Naia Kete, Charlotte Sometimes, ALyX, and Jordan Rager.

Naia Kete

Naia was born in Massachusetts and now hails from California. The twenty-one year old auditioned with a cool, unique version of Bruno Mars’ “The Lazy Song.” Blake and Cee Lo Green battled it out for her, but Naia chose Team Blake!

Via her blog on The Voice official website, Naia shared:

When I started singing, Blake turned around right away! I couldn’t believe it! I was in! Really? Then, towards the end of the song, Cee Lo turned also! TWO coaches!? AMAZING! I just felt so blessed and happy.

Follow Naia on Twitter: @naiakete

Naia’s Audition:

Continue reading to meet the rest of the newest members of Team Blake….

Charlotte Sometimes

Charlotte was born and raised in New Jersey, and moved to New York City after turning eighteen. She performed One Republic’s “Apologize” for the blind audition rounds and wowed the coaches. All four turned their chairs around, but Blake won out!

Charlotte had this to say on her blog:

SO…WOW!I couldn’t believe all four coaches turned around!! I was not expecting that! What surprised me the most was picking Blake! I had originally thought I would pick CeeLo if I had a choice. But in the moment I went with my gut and picked Blake. I am so excited and happy about my choice.

Follow Charlotte on Twitter: @4EverSometimes

Charlotte’s Audition:

ALyX

ALyX hails from Dallas, Texas and auditioned with a rockin’ performance of P!nk’s “Just Like A Pill.” The full performance did not air on television, but you can watch the complete audition below.

ALyX also took to her blog on the official website:

So…in the end, I guess I must have done a good job, because Blake turned around, and became my coach! Go #TEAMBLAKE! The journey begins… :)

Follow ALyX on Twitter: @FollowALyX

ALyX’s Audition:

Jordan Rager

Jordan Rager is a 17-year-old country boy from a small town in Georgia. Again, only part of Jordan’s audition aired on the live broadcast, but you can catch the full performance in the video below. He sang a great cover of Zac Brown Band‘s “Chicken Fried.” Blake turned his chair around and told Jordan, “You’re the first real, genuine country singer in two seasons of The Voice that stepped across this stage. And I’m the only one here that gets it.” We are glad Blake gets it.

Blake is one of Jordan’s biggest musical influences, and he was very excited to be a part of the team:

I got the coach I wanted! Thank you Blake!!!!!! Go Team Blake!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Follow Jordan on Twitter: @Jordan_Rager

Jordan’s Audition:

The pressure is on! There are only two more spots left on Team Blake. Tune in Monday night on NBC at 8/7c to see who claims the final spots.

The contestants are keeping blog and vlogs on The Voice official website. To check out these blogs, behind the scenes videos, interviews, photos, and all things The Voice… visit http://www.nbc.com/the-voice/. Also, full length recordings of the team members’ audition songs are available now on iTunes!

Follow Blake’s twitter: @blakeshelton, and Miranda’s too: @miranda_lambert

In a couple of weeks, Miranda Lambert and Kelly Clarkson (@kelly_clarkson) join Team Blake as mentors! Blake, Miranda, & Kelly?! It doesn’t get much better than that combination. Can I be on Team Blake?

If you missed our preview recaps, here is week 1 and week 2.

Thoughts? Do you have a favorite Team Blake member so far? Sound off in the comments section.