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Mark Burnett's singing competition takes away everything about music... except the voice. Recaps by Chico Alexander, GSNN
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Auditions #1 Round 1 of the search for the season 2 Voice is in the books, and so far, reigning champion Adam has come up with ONE. Blake and Cee-Lo also have one, but Christina has two. That can and will change in the next two hours of television, but the question... Who will come up with their team of eight first? We'll find out in a moment, but first, we begin with an all-coach jam on Prince's "1999". Cee-Lo likes shiny get-ups, doesn't he? First down the line is The Line (composed of Hailey Steele and Leland Grant, both of Nashville). If Leland looks familiar, he should. He was on a VH1 series called "In Search of the Partridge Family", where he won the role of Keith (C-Note: Emma Stone won the role of Laurie. Wonder what she's up to now...). The pilot that resulted was not picked up for series, but maybe a coach will pick him and Hailey up with their rendition of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers' "American Girl". Not bad for something that started out with Leland offering a shot of Jack. Blake calls dibs... and the other coaches follow suit... "Not nice!" No, Blake, but SMART. Now the choice is on the group. They pick... CHRISTINA. Next up, Jamar Rogers, who is delivered his invite from Carson personally. When he's not singing, he's feeding the less fortunate with God's Love We Deliver. He's gotten clean off of crystal meth, but it came at a high cost. Because of his drug use, he was HIV-positive. Should be known that he was actually on the VERY FIRST season of "American Idol" back in 2002. He sang "Careless Whisper" and choked. Hopefully he won't do the same with "Seven Nation Army" by the White Stripes. This time.... CEE LO hits it... and he's the only one, so the choice is locked. Neal Middleton (33, SLC, UT) is a rock'n'roll family man. He doesn't have health insurance, and he's hoping that this show will be his ticket to overcoming an accident he had a few years ago. He beat death off then. Will he do so again with "Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye? He gives a textbook rocker performance... but the tone is a little bit overreaching. And he has the emotion of a stump. Give the coaches credit, they're not dumb. And so Neal will have to settle for a "thanks, but no." Joining him on the loser train: TJ Gibson, Aly Jados (who was on Idol LAST YEAR, for cripes sake), and Sam Jones. Gwen Sebastian (37, Hebron, ND, don'tcha know) grew up around her musician family, and she's currently dating her drummer. They want to have some little musicians of their own, but know that it'll have to be on the backburner for her career. Her choice, "Stay" by Sugarland. And.... Blake's in. And so is Cee-Lo. "Dammit, Cee-Lo!" And so is Adam. ... "Damn it!" Blake's taking it very personal. Maybe Gwen should choose him and shut him up... That seems to work, you betcha. Time is running out for Kim Yarbrough (50, LA), or so she says. She has had almost every job up to and including security detail with Dave Matthews. People say "50?" She says "Whatever". This could be the outlet she's looking for. ON THE OTHER HAND, here comes Pamela Rose (28, Cooper City, FL), a polar opposite whose mother had to do ... almost every job up to and including security detail with Dave Matthews. So whose voice comes out with "Already Gone" by Kelly Clarkson? That would be ... Pamela's. She sounds dramatic, almost cloyingly so. She's trying... but the coaches are not biting. She has all the star elements, but she doesn't have star quality. Will the same be said for Kim Yarbrough? She delivers "Tell Me Something Good" by Rufus & Chaka Khan. She thinks she's killing it... and ADAM agrees, as if to say, I gotta see this chick. Christina... makes it a race. Kim makes her choice... and Team ADAM is +1. Now we're going to war with SSG Angie Johnson, USAF (31, St. Louis), a veteran of the United States Air Force Band. I would've guessed Tops in Blue. She's been on seven tours, one of which resulted in a YouTube video that got 11,000,000 hits. That led to Facebook friend requests... and eventually Carson's Twitter page. Which lead her to this stage... and "Heartbreaker" by Pat Benatar. After Carson Daly shows the most emotion he's ever shown on 20 years of television, Cee Lo hits it... and he's the only one, though Adam's a little tempted. And Christina... is kicking herself. Dez Duron (21, Shreveport, LA) is hoping to trade his Yale football coach for a "Voice" coach. And Mr. Duron... 1988 called, they want their feathery haircut back. His dad did likewise, signing to the Redskins, quitting, then winning a Grammy for a gospel song. He goes the boy-band route with "I Want It That Way". Unfortunately, too many runs and not a strong vocal lead the panel to say "we don't want it that way." Lindsey Pavao (22, Sacramento) wanted to be an inventor as a kid. Now she wants to invent tunes, having listened to a lot of Radiohead as a kid. She cut her teeth at coffee shops, but now she wants the judges to "Say Aah" like Trey Songz. She's REALLY experimental, singing a male-oriented song as less of a club banger and more of a subdued trance music. Good enough for Christina. Good enough for Cee-Lo. Good enough for Blake?! Seriously? Well, good enough for me. Anyway, Lindsey goes with CHRISTINA, who was the first to hit her magic button. Jermaine Paul (33, Orange County, NY) sang for Alicia Keys, who ended up asking him to be a back up singer. He wants to sing in the spotlight, though. The thanks goes for that to... his daughter. AND Alicia Keys happened to record a good-luck charm for him. We'll hear from him later. Meanwhile, Hoja Lopez (25, Houston) hopes to translate being hyper into being vocal with "Teenage Dream". That.... sounded... like a nightmare. Back to Jermaine, who will try to turn a chair with "Complicated" by Avril Lavigne. It sounds a little complicated for me, here's this big bulky singer with the man physique and out comes the voice of a little girl. Cee Lo doesn't think like I do... and neither does Blake. And to make this even MORE complicated... Jermaine goes with BLAKE. Hey, this could be the seed of some really big fruit. Finally, we end up with Angel Taylor (23, Los Angeles), who would be filed under "singers who didn't quite make it the first time around". She sees this as "moving forward" from a tumultuous childhood. What better way to describe that than with Adele's "Someone Like You". Sounds a little pitchy dawg. But Adam's willing to take a chance. Blake joins in, and Cee-Lo thinks a bit... and makes it a triple. And Angel ends up taking a chance on... ADAM. Let's review the teams SO FAR. ADAM CEE-LO CHRISTINA BLAKE Okay, we wrap this one up, and get you ready for the next one. Next week, more of the same. Meanwhile, you can download the full versions of auditions on iTunes. he search for the Voice continues... To see this episode in its entirety, go to nbc.com/thevoice. |
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