CARSON DALY ANNOUNCES CHANGES FOR THE VOICE SEASON TWO

Because of it's popularity, The Voice as you know is already gearing up for season two. All four judges: Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, Cee-Lo Green, and Christina Aguilera, will be judging/mentoring again this second time around.

But there will be a few changes to this singing competition in regards to the blind auditions:

"[We're] expanding, but not too much. With success in network TV, often they overdo it once they’ve got a hit. They tend to just sort of whore it out, if you will. We’re going to have longer blind auditions. We only had 2 episodes of it this season and all of a sudden we were into the battle rounds. I think there will be at least four weeks of our blind auditions so that people can really sink their teeth into that discovery process."

In regards to the relationship between mentor and contestant:

"We hang our hat on the fact that our coaches are mentoring these artists and not judging them. The relationship between them was something that was really cool. I mean, Blake put Dia and Xenia on his private jet. In season two, you’ll set that relationship much more in depth and with a little more quality time than we got to do it in season one."

Maybe the other judges will take a hint from Blake Shelton on how to mentor the contestants who are completely different than their genre. Seeing his relationship with his team and how invested he was in all of them, really made me admire him more as an artist but a person as well.



You Just Do You, Imma Do Me

Camille

THE VOICE FINALE!!! AND THE WINNER IS...

The Voice finale was last night and I didn't know what to expect. With the show finally coming to a close, I have to say this singing competition was very different to others we have become accustomed to.

Performing live was Pitbull and Ne-Yo singing their dance hit "Give Me Everything" as well as country superstar Brad Paisley. But the performances that stole the show were from the four remaining contestants and their mentors.

Beverly McClellan is the bold rocker with a strong voice and crazy charisma. She debut her original song "Lovesick" and sang "Beautiful" with Christina Aguilera. I love Beverly's confidence on-stage, but I feel for the duet, Christina should've picked something more upbeat to showcase her voice and her stage persona that we all are rooting for.

LOVESICK:

BEAUTIFUL:

Vicci Martinez is the petite rocker girl with the booming voice that commands presence. She sang her original song "Afraid to Sleep" and performed "Love is a Battlefield" by Pat Benatar with mentor Cee-Lo Green. Their performance was very memorable and theatrical taking inspiration from the song's video. Best duet performance of the night!

AFRAID TO SLEEP:

LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD:

Javier Colon is the family man with the smooth, velvety voice that croons America with his sweet and romantic song choices. His original song was called "Stitch by Stitch" and he performed "Man in the Mirror" by Michael Jackson with mentor Adam Levine. No one can deny his perfect voice that suits every song well and makes it his own.

STITCH BY STITCH:

MAN IN THE MIRROR:

Dia Frampton is the shy, multi-talented soulful artist who amazes you when you hear her voice. She debut her original song "Inventing Shadows" and performed "I Won't Back Down" by Tom Petty with mentor Blake Shelton. The duet was cute because it took a Blues Brothers theme with matching suits and Ray Bans. Throughout the season, she was the definite frontrunner with all her songs and performances ranking to #1 on iTunes.

INVENTING SHADOWS:

I WON'T BACK DOWN:


TODAY for the results show, the contestants took to the stage again but with their musical inspirations. Beverly McClellan and Ryan Tedder from One Republic sang "Good Life"; Vicci Martinez and Pat Monahan from Train sang "Drops of Jupiter"; Dia Frampton and Miranda Lambert sang "The House That Built Me"; and Javier Colon sang "Landslide" with the icon Stevie Nicks.

When the four remaining contestants took the stage together one last time for the final results, the two left standing were Javier Colon and Dia Frampton. From their original songs performed on the finale, Javier Colon's song "Stitch by Stitch" reached #2 on iTunes and Dia Frampton's original song "Inventing Shadows" landed the #1 spot on iTunes. Carson Daly then announced JAVIER COLON as the winner of The Voice awarding him #100,000 and a recording contract.

Though it was expected that Dia Frampton and Javier Colon would be the last ones standing, I seriously thought that Dia would win because every week her performances reached #1 on iTunes. Not to mention Javier Colon won by a mere 2% over fellow contestant Dia Frampton!!! SSO0O0 CLOSE!!! But it's great to see the family guy win. I'm sure all the other contestants will have no problem launching their musical careers after this show.



You Just Do You, Imma Do Me

Camille

MAROON 5 & CHRISTINA'S "MOVES LIKE JAGGER"

Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera, judges from The Voice, have teamed up to collaborate on the song "Moves Like Jagger" which I can tell will already be a hit. Combining both their soulful voices, the harmony between the two is very catchy. Adam Levine can never do wrong on any song, but tell me why Christina sounds a bit different...?

Check out the song and the lyrics right below!!! Not to mention their first ever performance performing this song on The Voice! By the way, does anyone else sense a bit of tension between the two while performing that carried on from their conflict as judges on the show?!






Just shoot for the stars,
If it feels right,
And then from my heart,
If you feel like,
You take me away,
You make it okay,
I swear I’ll behave.

You wanted control,
So we waited.
I put on a show,
Now we’re naked.
You say I’m a kid,
My ego is bare,
I don’t give a shit!
….And it goes like this.

Take my by the tongue,
And I’ll know you,
Kiss me til you’re drunk and I’ll show you,
You wanna move like jagger,
I got the moves like jagger,
I got the moo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo ves like jagger

I don’t need to try and control you,
Look into my eyes and I’ll hold you,
With the moves like jagger,
I got the moves like jagger,
I got the moo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo ves like jagger

Well maybe it’s hard,
When you feel like,
You’re broken and scarred,
It feels right,
When you’re with me,
I’ll make you believe,
I’ve got the key.

Oh, so get in the car,
You can ride it,
Wherever you want,
You decide it.
If you wanna steer
I’m shifting gears,
I’ll take it from here.
Oh! And it goes like this…

Take my by the tongue,
And I’ll know you,
Kiss me till you’re drunk and I’ll show you,
You wanna move like jagger,
I got the moves like jagger,
I got the moo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo ves like jagger

I don’t need to try and control you,
Look into my eyes and I’ll hold you,
With the moves like jagger,
http://www.elyricsworld.com/moves_like_jagger_lyrics_christina_aguilera.html
I got the moves like jagger,
I got the moo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo ves like jagger

(Christina’s Part)
You wanna know,
How to make me smile?
Take control on me just for the night.
When I share my secret,
You’re gonna have to keep it.
Nobody else can see this.

So won’t cha learn?
I won’t show you twice.
Head to toe,
Oooo baby rub it right.
If I share my secret,
You’re gonna have to keep it.
Nobody else can see this.

Oh! And it goes like this…

Take my by the tongue,
And I’ll know you,
Kiss me till you’re drunk and I’ll show you,
You wanna move like jagger,
I got the moves like jagger,
I got the moo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo ves like jagger

I don’t need to try and control you,
Look into my eyes and I’ll hold you,
With the moves like jagger,
I got the moves like jagger,
I got the moo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo ves like jagger

You Just Do You, Imma Do Me

Camille

Mon, 13 December 2010 at 10:50 am

Adam Levine & Anne Vyalitsyna: 'The Fighter' Premiere Pair

Adam Levine and his girlfriend, model Anne Vyalitsyna, attend the Cinema Society and Men’s Health screening of The Fighter on Friday (December 10) at NYC’s SVA Theater.

Earlier in the week, the Maroon 5 frontman, 31, was in Washington, D.C., for the National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony with President Obama.

“Just met BB King, the President, the First Lady, and an adorable ten year old with the voice of an angel,” Adam tweeted.

Maroon 5’s song “Misery” will be getting the Glee treatment sometime next year!

The cast will cover the track in a spring episode, a show rep recently confirmed. http://justjared.buzznet.com/2010/12/13/adam-levine-anne-vyalitsyna-the-fighter-premiere-pair/

BATTLE OF THE SINGING COMPETITIONS::AMERICAN IDOL VS. THE VOICE

Of course this was inevitable, two singing competitions on different networks, both reality, yet very different...While American Idol is on it's tenth season with FOX, The Voice is on it's first season on NBC and is getting rave reviews.

Musician and judge Adam Levine was the first to throw a low blow saying, "The people that we're not turning our chairs around for could win American Idol."

The 'dawg' Randy Jackson quickly responded firing back, "It's a great thing when talent can be simple, honest and revered as opposed to spinning around with gimmicky chairs. Maybe Simon Cowell should have people opening doors. Like, 'Knock, knock; Who's singing? I can't see you!'Look, none of these other shows could exist without somebody forging the path before them. I'm happy to say that Idol did that and paved the way."

So which one do you like better? I honestly prefer American Idol over The Voice because it's a pretty simple competition that can be molded into so many different challenges. The talent on American Idol is way better than The Voice, hands down. The only thing great about that show is seeing Adam Levine and Blake Shelton.

With X Factor about to make it's American debut soon, what is the future for reality singing competitions? Randy Jackson comments, "My only fear is that with all these shows coming is that people don't tire of the format. I don't know how much singing at you the public can take." True that dawg! You can't have so many of the same kinds of shows that have the same foundation, because in actuality it's a SINGING SHOW! There seriously needs to be more ideas for reality shows out there.



You Just Do You, Imma Do Me

Camille