Until last night I never bothered to watch The Voice, now in its fourth season, based on The Voice of Holland (yes, from the Netherlands). There are four coaches (Shakira, Adam Levine, Blake Shelton and Usher, all pretty famous singers), and, if I heard correctly, they started with 40,000 entrants. The Coaches opened the program:
The finalists all had excellent voices, with The Swon Brothers harmonizing well:
Michelle Chamuel sang fine, if not great, but left me with an unfortunate impression of Groucho Marx:
Then there was Danielle Bradbery, all of 16 years old:
She and the Swon Brothers were coached by Shelton, while Usher was Michelle's tutor. Look, America voted last night, and the results will not be announced until tonight at 8PM (EST and Hawaii) on NBC, but I give Gidget, no, make that Danielle, a 95% chance of winning. [FOR THE RECORD, DANIELLE DID, INDEED, PREVAIL!] Shelton's student last year, Cassadee Pope, was the victor:
Hear her sing Cry. Nothing to do with Johnny Ray.
Okay, if Danielle will win, why should you watch this 2-hour program tonight? First, I could be wrong. Second, Cher will sing "Woman's World," the first single off her first album in 12 years of the same title. Sure, she's now 67, but she still looks terrific...well, not bad, anyway.
YES, THAT WAS CHER ON THE VOICE.
Plus, performing will also be Bruno Mars, Florida Georgia Line, Nelly, Pitbull and Christina Aguilera. And, oh, the winner will be announced. By the way, there will be a Season 5, when Shakira and Usher take sabbaticals, and CeeLo Green and Christina Aquilera will re-unite with Levine and Blake in their red chairs, with Carson Daly (right) continuing as host:
Finally, tonight is night two of America's Got Talent. There were several highlights last week:
- Travis Pratt (right), opera singer, who also at the end proposed to his girlfriend, who had coaxed him to compete.- Jonathan Allen (left), who does nothing, said he got kicked out of his home at the age of 18 and is unemployed, but did an incredible Pavarotti. The surprise factor for both is that you wouldn't have expected those voices from those faces.
- My favorite was 10 year old Anna Christine. The next Jackie Evancho? No, for she sang "House of the Rising Sun," and also accompanied herself on her electronic keyboard.At least the odds are high on this survival series that the winner won't sing Country and Western, and could well do magic or boss around dogs.
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