by Alexa Duplisea
The Voice
If it’s Monday or Tuesday night, check out The Voice on NBC. Most people are skeptical about reality shows, but The Voice is a highly rated show. Different from X Factor, American Idol and other talent\singing shows, the singers on this show get coached throughout the season on how to become great singers on stage.
Each celebrity judge at the beginning of the season chooses a group of auditioning singers to mentor. Throughout the show the celebrity running their group teaches them how to better their performances. Every singer is unique, and the artists always say for the singer to find themselves in the music and become more confident singing on stage.
The celebrity singers on this show – Adam Levine, Shakira, Usher, and Blake Shelton – are all talented singers. Each artist has had a singing career for a while, and they have all had great singles like Usher with “Scream” and Shelton with “Honey Bee.” They know how to capture an audience and fans with their voice. Also since they have been in the business for at least 3 years each, they know what songs people are capable of singing, what works for each singer and how to really show your audience yourself in the music.
At the beginning of the show when Shakira and her team sang “Stand by You,” Shakira sounded amazing. This show chose the right celebrity singers. They are diverse, from country to pop, and from hometown boy Shelton to international sensation Shakira.
On this week’s elimination episode each celebrity singer performed with their teammates. Sasha Allen and Kris Thomas sang with Shakira, and they made it sound like they have sung together for years. It was absolutely my favorite performance of the night.
By the end of the show the Swon Brothers and Josiah Howley were eliminated.
This show is worth watching again. Overall I give it 4 stars and plan to keep on watching and staying up to date on who stays on the show and who gets eliminated.
