The Voice Season 4 Blind Auditions recap

Now that we are done with the blind auditions, I will make my assumptions on who will stay longer on the competition for each team, my basis would be their auditions plus their charisma and stage presence. I will also include which team is the strongest and weakest. Let's see if we have the same picks.

STRONGEST TEAM:

#TeamADAM @adamlevine

I chose Team Adam as the strongest team because of Judith Hill. 90% of my decision was simply because of her. She can win this. No doubt that she is the person to beat this season. I just hope she sustains her intensity and improve every week!

Members of Team Adam that I think will also do well in the competition:

- Sarah Simmons, MidasWhale, Sasha Allen and Duncan Kamakana. 

Not behind by far, #TeamUSHER @UsherRaymondIV . His team is my 2nd team to beat, although  he wasn't able to get Judith Hill(which I still think would be the perfect fit for her) he was still able to form a very strong team!

Save the best for the last! I think Usher got two-three singers who could be with him until the end. And that is a good thing for him! 

In my opinion, any of Vedo, Ryan Innes and Jessica Childress can totally be with him until the end and win The Voice!

Usher has a deep team, probably the most talented team this season, he still has Josiah Hawley, Michelle Chamuel and Jeff Lewis!

Third team, #TeamBlake @BlakeShelton

Definitely Blake has come up to win this one for the third straight time, and I was right about him getting Cassadee all the way to end and she eventually won! I think his team is not that strong this year, but definitely two talented great singers are on his team!

Danielle Bradbery and Christian Porter will be his main guns for me.

He still has the Morgan Twins and the Swon Brothers to back him up.

#TeamSHAKIRA @Shakira

I'm still having second thoughts about her team, but she definitely has one of my favorites, and she is very lucky because he might bring her until the end!

Kris Thomas will be her main guy, and I am confident that he will be the last guy standing on Team Shakira. But the likes of Cathia and Monique Abbadie, the Latina singers are also forces to be reckoned with! Luke Edgemon is also good!

I can't wait for the battle rounds!! :]

Do you agree with me? Who are your favorites?

(Photo credits: Google, Facebook and NBC The Voice Page)

Keep the Faith.

Paolo

The Voice Season 4 Episode 04

After catching the latest episode of The Voice, I can't help but wonder where are those great talents that we've been looking for? This episode felt flat for me. The only thing that made me finish this episode was the judges. It is really damn good to have this kind of really great judges.

I can't really say anything that much about this episode, I just hope they'll do good in the competition. However, I would like to point out some things, Shakira should really choose wisely. I felt that she filled up the slots easily without really thinking about the right decision to do. And the last one would be for country artists who will be joining The Voice, I don't have anything against Blake Shelton but it would be really great to surprise the world, like choose Usher, Shakira and Adam. You don't want to be on the same boat with people singing the same style as yours. You want to standout, do a bold choice.

I still envy every single contestant that will be mentored by Usher! Like man, USHER! THE USHER! 

I still have to download their studio versions, but I'm sure it's really good! 

Photo credit: NBC The Voice FanPage

Keep the Faith.

Paolo

The Voice Season4 Episode 03

Just heads up, I'm still stuck on the audition of Judith Hill that's why I'll be more critical about this episode. I still think no one came close to her audition and the judges seem to choose the wrong singers to join the competition. 

Here are the 11 contestants who made it on the 3rd episode:

Swon Brothers - they're good but not great enough to last on this competition. They're country artists so the obvious choice is to choose Blake Shelton.

Taylor Beckham - another normal performance. She's really lucky that Usher pushed his button. I don't see her surviving the first knockout round.

Karina Iglesias - one the better auditions of the night. Rocker-chic / Latina singer. She is good. And she even hit the crazy high notes at the end! She is on team Adam.

Garrett Gardner - Shakira was the only one who was interested on him. Raspy voice but its not that spectacular. Great story but another spot wasted for a  better singer.

Holly Tucker - She made judges push all their buttons. Yes, her voice is really good, but with the star quality. I'm not sure about that. Another country artist, I hope the other country artists chose another coach, so that they won't have a lot of competition on Blake's team.

Michelle Chamuel - I honestly did not expect her to sound this good! Talent is really a special thing! You will not expect the shy looking girl to sound and rock this good! Interesting addition to Team Usher.

Monique Abbadie - Definitely the best performance of the night! This is a match made in heaven. No doubt that she will choose Shakira! I want to see more of her!

Warren Stone - I don't know what the judges heard but it's a normal country sound for me. Nothing extraordinary.

Here are some of the artists who also made it but their audition was not shown:

Recap:

This is just my opinion, but clearly if we would be basing it from the 3 episodes, #TeamAdam clearly has this on his bag! No doubt, hands down. Judith Hill. Here are my Coach Rankings:

1. Team Adam 

Why?

I can see Judith Hill on the end with him. He also got the Dez Duron of this season, with Duncan Kamakana. He also has a good chance with Midas and Whale

2. Team Shakira

Why?

So far, I can see Kris Thomas' being her main weapon. Then Cathia, and Monique next. Hopefully she can get more good singers because I think some are not deserving to be there. Hopefully Jay-son whom we did not see his audition will be surprisingly good.

3-4. Team Blake / Team Usher

Blake scored jackpot with Danielle Bradberry and Usher got Vedo and Josiah Hawley. I still think they have yet to form a stronger team.

Excited for the 4th episode.

What are your thoughts?

Credits: The Voice for the photos.

Keep the Faith.

Paolo

The Voice Season4 Episode 02

 The Voice continues to soar and now they are on their second night of finding new artists. I must say, this combination of judges might be better than they are with Cee Lo and Christina. No hate though. I mean, Usher is Usher. He can really make someone famous, that is why he always use his #BieberCard. Who doesn't want to be as famous as Justin Bieber? Maybe not like him, but the popularity that he has, i'm sure everybody'd dying to be one. And with Shakira, the very beautiful and sexy singer, boy she can kick the hell out of these three judges! 

I still see some glimpses of adjustment from Usher and Shakira, but I am excited for them throughout this season. In my opinion, Adam and Blake really has the advantage on the early stage, but as the episode progresses, Shakira and Usher are giving them a good fight and even got some really good singers.

In this episode, I was not really amazed but there is one who did stand out for me. Cathia, who is on #TeamShakira. She was really good even though we don't understand what she is saying. She is also very pretty!

Here are some of the singers who made it:

Josiah Hawley: #TeamUsher

Usher and Blake trying to guess what Cathia is saying.

Sarah Simmons: #TeamAdam

Cathia. :) <3 

Photos are from : NBC The Voice Page

Which team are you on? I'm on #TeamUsher.

I can't wait for the next episode, the trailer showed another promising and entertaining episode!

Share your thoughts. :]

Keep the Faith
Paolo

The Voice Season4 Episode 01

Since my favorite singing competition show is back, I will try my best do do an update every episode. In this season, Cee Lo Green and Christina Aguilera won't be back, but they are replaced by equally talented artists. The new judges are Shakira and Usher. If there is someone who is really happy that Usher is a part of The Voice it is definitely me. I am a huge Usher fan, even tried to do sound just like him. He is really my music icon! The two recurring judges are 1-time Voice champ Adam Levine and 2-time champ Blake Shelton! I am sure that this season will be one hell of a show!

The Voice started with the 4 judges singing Come Together. The chemistry among the four of them are indeniable even on this early stage of the show.

So far, I am rooting for Vedo, Kris Thomas(which is a shame that only one pushed their button for him) and definitely the early front runner Judith Hill!

I really like what Usher said: "YOU WANT TO LAST FOREVER? THEN ROCK WITH ME"  damn!!
Here are some of the contestants of The Voice Season4: Photo credits to their Facebook Fanpage.
The Voice:

So for the first night, this is where each team stands:

#TEAMBLAKE - Morgan Twins, Danielle, Christian Porter
#TEAMUSHER - Vedo, Jess Kelner
#TEAMSHAKIRA - Kris Thomas
#TEAMADAM - Judith Hill

So far so good, the humor is still there for Blake and Adam. Usher and Shakira are surprisingly entertaining! This episode is very promising. This show is much better than Idol with the coaches fighting over to get the vote of the artist!

My early predictions: Judith and Kris Thomas will be here for a long time!

Can't wait for the next one!

Who's your favorite so far?

Keep the Faith.

Paolo

Youtube Singer of the Week: The Avantism

This will be one of my weekly features. I give credit and shoutout to those talented Youtube Artists. There are a lot but I will try to really pick the best from the best.

For now, I will start with an Filipino acoustic group which really deserves to be on the mainstream. They've joined a talent search: Talentadong Pinoy (Talented Filipinos) and unfortunately they did not win. But I believe the future is bright for this amazing group. They just need the right break at the right time.

I discovered them when I was searching for covers of the song "Just Once" and "On Bended Knees" for those two songs are my most favorite Karaoke songs. :] I was really amazed by the guitarist and most especially with the vocals of the singer. It's effortless, calm & soothing.

Check their Youtube Page: The Avantism

Here are some of their great renditions:

Just Once:

On Bended Knees:

I'd Rather:

They're really good! Hope to see them live one of this days!

Keep the Faith!

Paolo

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