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#TheVoice (s2 Finale)


09 May

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Congratulations to Jermaine Paul, winner of season two of The Voice.

Since I have no beef with how the voting turned out, I want to talk about the show and differences from last year.

Both seasons have featured duets with the contestants and coaches. What I missed this year was the meaningful duets of contestants and other singers. Last year, Javier sang with Stevie Nicks, and it was amazing.

I also missed each of the contestants getting their own original song. It is nice to make a song your own, but it’s better when the song actually is your own.

#TheVoice (s2 ep20)


08 May

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I have to say, I think it’s anybody’s game except Chris Mann’s. I feel bad, because he has an amazing voice, but he honestly doesn’t have much range. He talked in the beginning on how he didn’t want to have to change himself, but he wanted to sing pop- well, he can’t sing pop without toning himself down or at least learning to loosen up.

Tony Lucca’s arrangement for 99 Problems was absolutely perfect. If they hadn’t told me it was a Jay-Z song, I would have thought it was the blues.

Jermaine and Juliet also had really great nights.

#TheVoice (s2 ep19)


02 May

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I went 50/50. I love Juliet Simms, so I was happy to see her go through. I was surprised by the Chris Mann vote. He definitely has a voice, no one can argue that, but his stated intention (back during the blind auditions) was to sing pop. He has been unable to let go enough to do that well. But maybe the experience will teach him that it’s okay to be an opera singer.

It was nice to see Adam and Cee Lo learn from the Nakia experience and assign their points in a way that was meaningful to them.

#TheVoice (s2 ep15)


18 Apr

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I have mixed feelings about Chris Mann. I will not argue that the boy has a voice- an amazing voice. But he has not been able to tone down the opera to sing pop. He needs to either sing some heavy metal (all the best metal singers had operatic training) or embrace who he is and look to Boccelli as a role model.

I was positive, absolutely positive, that Erin Willet was going home last night. I knew America wasn’t going to vote her through, and I was certain Blake would choose RaeLynn. I was thrilled to be proven wrong.

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