The Voice Top 6 Results Recap: Chick Filleted
Maybe it’s time to stop saying The Voice does nothing to promote its alumni (even though none of ’em have achieved Carrie Underwood- or Kelly Clarkson- or even Chris Daughtry-level success).
Sure, Tuesday’s Top 6 results featured a random (and interminable) interview with the cast of the Entourage movie (did I hear The One With the Hair call it a “bigger, more epic, better… fantasy ride”?). But the one-hour telecast also made room for performances by four former contestants — Season 1’s Vicci Martinez, Season 3’s Avery Wilson, Season 5’s Jacquie Lee and Season 7 champ Craig Wayne Boyd.
So let’s say “thanks!” to Mark Burnett & Co. for giving us a tempting pu-pu platter of tunes from a wide variety of genres. (I won’t lie: Vicci’s “Bad News Breaker” was my fave, though the fascinating patterns carved into Avery Wilson’s hair were also rather memorable.)
And yes, while the result of this week’s Twitter Save was as painful as a baseball bat to the shin, let’s keep in mind that maybe a season or two from now, Season 8’s sixth-place finisher will be back on the stage rocking our faces off with a new single. So instead of “I’m never watching this blasted show again!” — I’m gonna take the path less traveled and offer gratitude for being introduced to a thrilling artist whose name I wouldn’t know without the help of NBC‘s reality singing competition.
OK, enough good vibrations! Let’s get to the results:
Sent to Safety (in Chronological Order)
Team Pharrell: Sawyer Fredericks
Team Blake: Meghan Linsey
Team Pharrell: Koryn Hawthorne
Team Adam: Joshua Davis
Singoff for the Twitter Save
Team Xtina: India Carney — Pink’s F—in’ Perfect” — Grade: B
Team Xtina: Kimberly Nichole — The White Stripes’ “Seven Nation Army” — Grade: A
Naturally, I did what I could with only 140 characters, as evidenced below:
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I'mma pop off #BadGirlsClub style on this week's #RealityCheck if you don't do the right thing and save @KimNicky. #voicesavekimberly
— Michael Slezak (@MichaelSlezakTV) May 6, 2015
Alas, it was all in vain.
Saved: India Carney
Eliminated: Kimberly Nichole (WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY???!!!!)
OK, your turn. What did you think of Top 6 results? Did America get it right with the Bottom 2? Was the right artist saved? If not, what would you have done differently? Sound off in the comments!
I’m upset with the outcome. Kimberly definitely won that sing-off and deserved to make it through. But good luck to India, she has a hard battle to fight.
Kimberly is an exciting performer. India is a boring pageant performer. India will be gone next week and Christina will have no representation in the finale. She blew it!
I hope India pulls it together and gives a great performance.
I wouldn’t’ exactly count on it. It’s funny how a month or two ago, almost everyone thought Xtina might finally win the Voice. Now she only has India left. Fat chance she’s going to win. If Xtina was a better coach–she probably wouldn’t find herself in this predicament. Hopefully she’ll learn that all that diva screaming does not win the Voice. And supporting stupid song choices like Take Me To Church, Creep and Dirty Diana aren’t going to help either. But I doubt she’ll learn from it.
I liked “Creep” and “Dirty Dianna, go figure, you didn’t. Sawyer sounds a lot like John Denver. The thing that sets him apart is his natural ability and the old school soul of the greats of another era. It’s the reason he has multi-generational and cultural support. That he will absolutely be the Voices’s first super-star is a given. Love this kid, but I also love other talents on the show, for very different reasons. I like the stage performer and the 16 year old with her own unique sound. What I can’t understand are the mostly supposedly moralistic adults who harass the other contestants, some of them teenagers. Just because million of people like ” cherry jelly beans” doesn’t make the other flavors bad. Other people like those other flavors no matter how unpopular.
I didn’t say I didn’t like them. I actually like the songs that were sung by the original artists. But I thought they were stupid song CHOICES.
You’re a hater. The songs from team Xtina were good till now.
And you’re talking nonsense about screaming, how do you explain Meghan? She screams more than everyone else this season.
Pressed housewives don’t like Xtina cause she’s an assertive woman who knows what she wants. The best example was at season 2, she said to Tony Lucca he was one dimensional (bland and repetitive week after week, the HONEST TRUTH), after that he stepped out his comfort zone singing Baby One More Time, but instead of being thankful, Tony and Adam resolved to paint Christina as a villain creating intrigues with her every week till the final episode. Tony was at the finals only because of this childish fight, because Katrina Parker was so much more worthy, America chose her, but Adam gave more points to Tony go on.
Kimberly made good song choices, and she was the best this season, but, unfortunately, another assertive woman that pressed housewives usually dislike. Sawyer is good, but he is also one dimensional, he sings the same way every week, again and again. I really don’t understand America choosing him as The Voice.
America blew it for her, because it can’t handle women of that caliber.
You hit the nail on the head! And I would have to add women of color to that – Amanda Brown, Judith Hill, Vicci Martinez, The list goes on and on. Tessanne managed to break that because she had a huge amount of support from Jamaica.
My boss, who is black, just said that black people don’t vote and that’s why it happens. Let’s face it, white people are more inclined to vote and hence why they make it above women of color. #facethefacts
@AR Vega: There’s no need to make it about race, especially considering your statement is some next level racism.
I could not care less what color skin a performer has, and I’m on a white viewer. This season, it’s been the complete other way if anything, as my favorites in the Top 6 were India, Kimberly and Koryn.
Please let’s not make this about colour. I was sick last night at Kimberly not being the first one saved and I was worried because she didn’t have a big week. I believe it is more to do with the judges popularity and the fact that a lot of Americans love country and western. We have one judge for c& w and three for the rest. xtina had two competitors and her votes got split. A real shame, I really respect and like xtina but Blake is popular and so is Farrel. As for talent Kimberly is the best of the bunch and I’m sure Farrel will be scooping her up as well as other big names. Please, please don’t think this is about colour. It is about the judges popularity only.
india won because of that celebrity who has like 3m followers. i forgot his name, it was ansel or something. stupid thirsty twitter fangirls. they need to be eliminated in this world.
IMO Kimberly got eliminated because of her constant diva screaming. And America was turned off by her Dirty Diana performance. Plain and simple. If Kimberly sang Amazing Grace–she would still be on the show. I guarantee it.
Don’t forget Sisaundra. That woman could BLOW!
Vicci Martinez just doesn’t have a very good voice.
Please don’t make this about color. No FEMALE “soul sing” has ever made top three.
I believe it was about song choice. Some songs don’t click. She really got everyone’s attention with What’s Up and Creep. Sawyer is the only contestant whose performance or song has no bearing on voters. His fans will vote for him no matter what. He has a sweet, mellow spirit that people are drawn to. I do admire his commitment to being true to who he is and I believe Pharrell helps him and Koryn grow in ways that the public does not see. Pharrell is a top producer right now and that takes good instincts, They can stop the competition now and give Sawyer his prize.
Sawyer is the only contestant whose performance or song has no bearing on voters. His fans will vote for him no matter what. He has a sweet, mellow spirit that people are drawn to. I do admire his commitment to being true to who he is and I believe Pharrell helps him and Koryn grow in ways that the public does not see. Pharrell is a top producer right now and that takes good instincts, They can stop the competition now and give Sawyer his prize.
I respectfully disagree. I love powerful women, but I did not find Kimberly likeable, and I would find her voice grating if I had to listen to an album of it. She has great stage presence, and does know how to perform. I just don’t find her voice pleasing at all, so the voting is a matter of taste.
My disagreement is not with the comment above mine. It’s with the one that said American blew it by not voting for Kimberly.
@Violet…..I agree with you. Kimberly is harsh and it gets old if you hear it a lot. Also, Free Falling was a poor choice for Kimberly. She already has a thin tone quality and it is made worse with a continual eeee vowel sound as in “Freeeee, free falling.” You must hide your weaknesses and accent your strengths!!
I tend to agree with you, Violet. I really liked a few of her performances, but week after week of the belting-it-out and theatrical performances got to be just too much. I could never listen to an entire album by her. It would wear me out. I could say the same of some of the other divas, too, so it’s just not her. And I think her choice of songs this week were very poor. It would have been nice to hear her dial it back and do some songs that required some subtlety. Does she not know how to do that? (Again, same could be said of others, including some who are gone now and a couple who remain.)
You are correct Violet. Plus she seemed to think that she was a diva and that is a complete turn-off.
Yes I got tired of hearing her voice. Everything the same. Same with Josh
Thanks, guys. I thought I was alone in my assessment. :-)
I agree. I’ve always felt that way about Celine Dion. I know she can sing, but I dislike her voice and every song she’s ever released. It’s obviously a matter of individual preference.
So you are saying that all the folks that liked her suddenly didn’t like her on that night. BS! Just like Sawyers fan would vote for him whatever he sang Kimberly’s would do the same.
I like “ROCKERS” and stage productions. This rock ballerina does it for me. been following her for years. You ain’t seen nothing, she toned it down quite a bit for the voice. You will probably never go to her shows. I tell ya’ her kind of music is suppose to be Ugly, Beautiful. You love it or you hate it. It is what it is. a couple of days off the Voice, and she was already back on stage.
I think that’s baloney. And I’m a woman.
I really loved CWB’s song tonight. And it’s already charting on I-Tunes. Maybe the Voice has their first big star…
Fat chance.
Such a kind, considerate your lady you are.
Anyone else find it weird that none of the judges stood up for Craig, but they all did for the kid who signed with Clive? I was a bit surprised.
I noticed that as well … a bit annoyed by that.
Ditto.
I missed that. Not even Blake? All I noticed was that probably more than eight consecutive bars of Craig’s song sounded like Faith Hill’s When the Lights Go Down.
Disappointing. I yelled at my tv. It should have been Sawyer and Joshua in bottom two. I also wondered why no one stood for CWB. Loved Avery Wilson’s performance!! Kim has waaay too much talent to worry about not winning this competition. I hope Meghan wins it now. I just can’t understand why Sawyer and Joshua keep moving forward. Sawyer’s fan base would be 12-16 yr olds and so far, he’s shown no stage presence. Joshua….*sigh*….ok he has a good voice but what demographic would he appeal to? The Michael Buble crowd? Either way I’ll be looking for Meghan and Kim’s albums or singles.
I noticed and it was inconsiderate!
@ Becky: Maybe Joshua and Sawyer keep moving forward because they don’t scream when they sing.
Meghan and Kimberly are harsh and have no sense of musicality !!! Neither of them can sing a soft beautiful song successfully. Even Amazing Grace was hash, with Meghan’s hollering technique!!! The public does not get it anymore!!
@ Becky, maybe Joshua and Sawyer moved on because they have true talent and not an inflated ego like Kimberly. Kimberly is at best a lounge singer and nothing more.
Yes I noticed and it was rude
He has added a lot of swagger. Has he earned it?
Haha…that’s the funniest thing I have heard all morning. CWB sucks.
Hahaha, that is the funniest thing I have heard all morning.
Me too. I bought it
Boyd was awful — he looked like something the ’80s dragged in. How in the world did he win last year?
He was better last year. Last night bad song choice
He was released from his record label after 5 months.
Well cat-flackety, hush naw!!! Really?
Christina herself did not blow it, America did. I guarantee she wanted Kimberly to win the save and expected her to. India is very talented, but she has been very weak the last few weeks and will not win. She is almost guaranteed to be gone next week, unless she has a standout performance and Joshua goes home. Regardless Christina just lost her last chance at winning this season, which is a shame. She had a very good team this year, but America loves Sawyer and he will win.
I agree, Sawyer is going to win. He’s really a remarkable talent.
Sawyer is a sweet breath of fresh air in this competition. His voice has more purity and power than that of the late John Denver. He is not jaded. He is entirely the total package as he stands there with his guitar. When he sings……………..everyone listens.
Yes he reminds me of John Denver but John Denver could sing. Had a better voice. Sawyer is really warbbly and no range what so ever
I’m not saying Sawyer isn’t good, but he’s no John Denver! Denver had range; this kid has no range whatsoever! He sings in monotone, no highs, no lows. He may win because he’s popular on social media, etc. To me, this should be about talent and Sawyer is just ok, nothing more. To me, he doesn’t sound like John Denver, PERIOD! I just don’t understand how on the blinds the chairs turned in 1 second. That is comical! He’s good but not worthy of WINNING THE VOICE….NO WAY! But it is a popularity contest, not a true talent contest. At least as a winner he is 1,000 times better than JAX A$$, who may win AI! That would be a joke. At least Sawyer basically, can sing. It wouldn’t bother me if Sawyer won!
I just don’t see the love for Sawyer or Megan. Sawyer is talented but not that talented, Megan …. wow…she’s not in it to win it.
With Megan it’s non-stop head voice which is really annoying. It’s also upsetting because she probably has as much range and dynamic as anyone in the competition, but she just won’t use it because she’s learned, or been coached, that loud = better. Nevermind the fact that you get no meaning or feel from her songs.
She is a screamer and every song sounds the same
MEGHAN IS TERRIBLE. She, I still say would be better to play Frankenstein’s Monster’s Bride in the remake of THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN! But, producers may feel she
isn’t pretty enough to plat the role!
You’re right about Kimberly being an exciting performer, but the performance should not take precedence over the singing voice. I really don’t see how anyone can think that Kimberly showed a better singing voice than India Monday and Tuesday nights.
Alas, Kimberly chose a song that made it sound like she was shouting, not singing; and that did her in. As soon as I heard her, I knew India was going to make it through. I predict a knockout performance by India and India vs. Sawyer in the finals, with Sawyer taking the trophy.
Agree
I predict either Sawyer and Koryn for the top 2 or EEEEK! Megan(who I dont like and Sawyer in the top 2. Just because Blake has tons of voters! But I hope its India or Koryn in the top with Sawyer!
So true about Kimberly, George Baldwin. This week and many weeks before. Sawyer is my #1 pick to win, and India #2. Not sure she’ll make it to the finals, but Sawyer will!
I sure hope not. Just not feeling it with Sawyer or Josh.
I agree Megan needs to go. It is not a sign of talent if all you can do is scream through every single song you sing even something as beautiful as “Amazing Grace” could have been without the screaming. She has no diversity and she really is too old for this competition. Blake goofed because she is a friend of his and if for some reason she wins that will be why not because she is the most talented. I would never buy her music and mute my tv when she on because i can’t stand to listen to her.
It’s too bad that Kimberly sang “Seven Nation Army” as her save song. She should’ve sang it Monday night.
She shouldn’t have sung it at all!
Meant *PLAY* the role!
it baffles me why people blindly worship sawyer like he is a vocal god or something. are they liking him because everyone else is? they seriously need to get their ears checked. SAWYER has half an octave range, he has no stage presence, he is always predictable, and HE CANT SING. all he has is a beautiful (yet goaty, nasal) tone. america is full of stupid people who bash people for their looks (meghan and kim for example) while they are THE VOICE. this world is full of judgemental people who criticise people WAAAAY more talented than them. what a shame.
did you realize when you were writing this you were in fact bashing a simple child of 16 from upstate NY. Who where I come from would be picked on for his looks. The kid is amazing and if you can’t see that you do not know music. You criticized Sawyer just like others would criticize Meghan or Kim. The real reason ppl are disappointed is because all 6 singers are impeccable and it is coming down to preference now. ps. Meg is only on the show because of Blake’s popularity
Fuego Thank you I could not have said it better!
UBSD was criticizing Sawyer’s VOICE, not looks, on a show called THE VOICE, and I do think it’s valid to discuss our feelings about their voices.
Personally, I don’t think any of these singers warrant really harsh criticism, and Sawyer can, in fact, sing. That said, is he a wee bit overrated? Yep.
Very True!
“they seriously need to get their ears checked. SAWYER has half an octave range, he has no stage presence, he is always predictable, and HE CANT SING.”
“this world is full of judgemental people who criticise people WAAAAY more talented than them. what a shame.”
Hmmmm….
I agree with that about her being boring heck Corey Kent White was better then her and so was Kimberly but yet both of them got voted off.
Christina didn’t blow it. She had the best singer on the show in Kimberly. The show and tenny boppers blew it. There is NO WAY India sang better than Kimberly and that tweet save is a joke! How can you say the “fans” saved India when only people on the East coast who have twitter can vote. I don’t have twitter and the West coast fans don’t even get to vote to save. Unless ALL fans can vote they need to do away with the save. Kimberly should not have even been in the bottom. How do we know where her songs fell on itunes, we only know what they tell us. She was eliminated for the sole reason to remove compitition cause NONE of those 5 left can outsing her. How does a person go from never being in the bottom 3 all season to being voted off. FIXED, YES.
There is seriously no reason to watch the season anymore. And typical. Every year talented women lay it on the line and get stepped on. Ugh. I hate you twitter idiots.
I thought Kimberly would win in a landslide. There was all kinds of wrong with India’s vocal tonight. I wonder if the whole rocker thing didn’t feel current enough. #annoyed
I am in total agreement with you. Kimberly’s performance rocked, Indira’s was bland in comparison. I’m wishing Kimberly future success.
Oops! India!
They love goaty voices.
Which would explain why Sawyer hits the top 10 on iTunes each and every week!
Sawyer has that teen following that you can’t really beat. Two weeks ago he really messed up a song and it became an instant top 10!! It is what it is. I simply hoped to see a really good singer like Kimberly Nichole make it to the finals. There ‘s no way that anybody will beat Sawyer (I’m happy for Pharrell!)
Thats the thing where tweens and teens witht theit obsession over Bieber, 1D and the likes prioritise looks and adorableness over pure raw amazing talent
I, too am not a teen but a silver fox and don’t have a twitter account. BUT Sawyer is awesome and a shoe-in for Season 8.
Not a teen and love Sawyer’s songs!!
sorry newsdee, but Sawyer’s fanbase is made up of people of all ages. My 70 something parents love him, my friend’s 10 year old adores him and my work colleagues (most in their 30’s and 40’s) vote for him. He appeals to all ages…..
newsdee: Sawyer hasn’t sang any current songs. Have you missed how well mannered and how old his soul is throughout this whole show. I don’t think he messed up any songs, but even if he did lets remember that he is 16.
It’s def the season of the goaty voices!
Im not a teen and i love sawyet
Exactly — a goaty voice = a thin veneer of vocal pyrotechniques that masquerades as talent. Versus a deep reservoir of power, charisma, artistry generated by soul + intelligence. Aka: Kimberly. Does Sawyer have soul? A sense of artistry? Apparently America prefers the blank stare of a blue-eyed boy who, week after week, looks exactly the same and performs by standing still, mouth open wide.
I am NOT a “tween/teen” but a musical fan in my 40’s… Sawyer carries a deep presence and level of maturity of an old soul. I don’t care for the “howling” sameness of others… I don’t care for Indias nor Koryns voice AT ALL? I couldn’t sit through an album and that is what I seek… a talent. Have you ever been to a LIVE PERFORMANCE of any type? performers “mess us”all the time–I love that Sawyer isn’t performing “karaoke” but PERFORMING
That’s why they call the show “The Voice!”
You sound like an idiot. The kid has only just begun his musical career. By the way I am well into my 50’s.
sawyer’s worshippers need a huge slap in the face. that might make them wake up and see and hear better.
Everyone who thinks Sawyer can’t sing or has no soul or has no voice needs to ask themselves why, EVERY SINGLE WEEK, Sawyer is in the top ten of itune downloads. This week his two songs were numbers 2 and 10 on iTunes!!! No one else was in the top ten !!! He has a wonderful magnetic voice and can put as much true soul and feeling into a song as one of the greats, like an Adele. If you can’t see and hear what he has, you are not musical enough to even comment on here…but go ahead and show your stupidity!!
You lost it with “AKA Kimberly.” She is a performer like many many others. Years of honing her stage presence, but without a truly distinctive sound!! And this show is called “THE VOICE.” That’s why she is GONE and Sawyer was the first saved last night!!
And a child who is capable of the soul, charisma and artistry that he has is very very rare.
Sorry you cannot see what is right there in front of you. You have no fine ear for music, but so do most people. Listen the next time people sing “Happy Birthday” and you will find that most people (like you probably) cannot sing !!!!
@Steve Brister. I do love your passionate response. But … don’t speculate about what you don’t know. (i.e., whether or not I have an ear for music or an ability to sing. You just might find that I’m a working professional in the music industry.) The cliche applies here: people have different tastes. Every week, Kimberly was different and differently amazing. Sawyer bores me. He merely opens his mouth. Sounds come out. People like you happen to be mesmerized. I am not. I, instead, would like to give him a haircut.
Kimberly Nichole is soooooooo head and shoulders above any of the rest of the contestants. She has the voice of a legend, the swagger of Jagger, the style of a panther, the soul of an artist. Really, I am so disappointed with America’s lack of taste and vision. Hopefully Clive Davis was pulling her aside after the show and offering her a mulitmillion dollar contract.
+1
You said it all.
I don’t mean to burst your bubbles, but I don’t think anyone in this era gets a multimillion dollar contract anymore. Also, Kim’s age and genre preferences these days probably prevent that from happening even more.
I don’t even think JHud can get a song on the radio without singing with a “rapper”. I use that term loosely for Iggy.
CHB: Someone needs to sign her and quick.
That would be amazing!
many yeses to this
Don’t know about shady Clive Davis, BUT you said it all …. Kimberly is incredible and seems like a beautiful soul on the inside as well. I thought it was tough when Mia Z left. This one hurt so much more.
NR,
You’ve got marble mouth Mia Z and the screamer Kimberly….what a combination! These 2 are going NOWHERE….maybe to singing in bars!
Kimberly Nicole has been making a pretty good living.,”Singing in bars”. Some of the Top Clubs in NYC. European tours, all that. A week after the Voice, she was back on stage in a SRO house with a Famous rock band. Go figure, she must really stink, “huh”?
@ CHB, you need to immediately seek medical help for your inability to hear correctly also a trip to a good psychiatrist seems to be in order as you have lost touch with reality.
Even the great Jagger knows how to tone it down and be soft, soulful, and touching when the lyrics and music call for it. Kimberly seemed to go full blast, all out, most of the time. Where’s her versatility?
2nd, notthe head and shoulders part, but all the rest yes!!!!!
The problem is a lot of people dont do twitter or want it or have it, so it doesnt help all the votes! So I think a huge fraction of people arent involved in twitter so its almost like incomplete voting!
so – what I don’t get is when I watch the Voice on the west coast – it already says the voting in closed. How does that work ? how are people in Pacific time zone supposed to vote ?
Cathycmn, I am west coast also! I think you have to be near a computer around the time it airs there or follow on twitter. If it airs at 8 over there you have to be involved 3 hrs prior here on west coast, by computer voting or on twitter and vote at that time that carson says to vote! I Guess, but that is what I heard.
HEY BECCA,
I’ve always said I didn’t like Kim! To ME she had an irritating, screaming high pitched voice! She was to much with her crazy tone!
Because of you I watch the show! I only saw India when I said on the blog when she did her blind, that she is the winner! Well, if she doesn’t finish 2nd or better, my long standing streak of first or runnerup on all shows is over! I need Nick over on AI to finish the same way to keep streak alive!
I’m not a big fan of Sawyer! To me he sings in monotone, not much range and sounds the same on every song. Even when his performance isn’t very good, he sells well! I guess it’s a popularity contest anyway! I respect your opinion! Your 2 original picks you loved were Sawyer and Cody! Cody was very good and got robbed!
As for Megan and Josh, they are not very good! But, Joshua was good for awhile! Maghan, aka, THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN’S MONSTER, is just horrible! How is this terrible singer here! Michael gives her an A on one song! OUTRAGEOUS!
I also think when a singer talks when not necessary, or something else turns off voters (this underwear thing with Kim), the contestant gets eliminated! Had that not happened, I believe Kim would have got the save! I think Michael puts the wammy on the save situation LOL……he’s only won 1 save when he tweets….LOL!
So, we’ll see what happens on both shows! Idol is boring, BORING! That JAX A$$ is the worst ever! If she wins, AI will be the laughing stock of the industry! And I thought Fantasia was bad!
BECCA,
I’d like Sawyer better if he didn’t have that empty look on his face and to ME, his smile is unattractive! He’s a good kid! We can’t always agree but maybe 98% of the time! We even in the past have agreed on singers others dislike! Sawyer is popular, he’ll be hard to beat! I just hope India starts singing well again! It’s coming down to the finish line!
1) Stop yelling.
2) Stop crying about a television show. If you put this energy toward something production you could probably be on the 2016 Presidential Election ticket.
Jill Ughh! Yes idol is boring. I have never stopped watching before because of boredom. Everyone else says this top 4 is sooo great. I dont think so at all! Everyone interesting went home!
Seriously though…if you end EVERY SENTENCE with an exclamation point, they lose all meaning. You know that right? Mix it up once in a while. A few periods, maybe even a semi-colon if you want to get all fancy-pants on us. But for pete’s sake, enough with the !!!!!!!!!!
Or not, just a suggestion. k, bye.
Wait, really? You don’t like Jax? I never would have guessed!
When she ‘crotch rubbed’ approx 1 min into her performance last night… I thought immediately at the time… wow, she does not want to win… she is only using the show to inroad into a certain genre. This is primarily a family show and crotch rubbing does not go over very well.
Oh so that’s why her video isn’t up on youtube.
it is up.. have watched several times
KEVIN (and the rest of your name),
Why don’t you crawl back under the rock you came from? OR Perhaps you can marry JAX, the JAX A$$, JAX OFF! She can sing sweet nothings (which is what she sounds like) in your ear!
really? what a stupid thing to say. Is it maybe because most people have bad taste in vocal talent? Didn’t Michael Jackson start the whole crotch rubbing thing?
Gee, many have agreed with me today… so I wonder who is stupid. I liked her… but I also know who votes on this show.
Hello! That was an ode to Michael J!
Ode to a pedophile…. that always goes over great.
I too raised my eyebrow at the brazenness, but I was fine with it because it went with the essence of the song.
Wish Kim hadn’t decided to go tawdry last night, because she might still ne on the show. Interesting that the only flashes of personality that India has shown were after the twitter saves of the past two weeks. Will miss Kimberly.
Honestly thought Kim would win without breaking a sweat. I hate the Twitter sZve
What many of you naive folks fail to realize is that many of us use the Twitter save as a tool to eliminate the strongest competition. I and a huge group who have supported a certain contestant still in the running since the very beginning jump at the chance to make sure any minor roadblocks are removed as soon as possible. The two we wanted out starting Top 12 were Mia Z and Kimberly and we finally pulled it off!! Now there is no competition left and the deserving winner will be crowned here in a few weeks!
“The deserving winner” couldn’t win without trickery??? Now that’s sad. Obviously “the deserving winner” doesn’t deserve to win.
When there is a public vote, people are able to vote however they want, for whatever reason they want. Doesn’t matter who is more marketable or deserving, trickery happens.
The issue isn’t the trickery, but rather the claim that they are THE deserving winner, but needed trickery to win.
If they really thought they were deserving, why wouldn’t just voting for them suffice?
Boom. Totally agree.
Don’t hate the players, hate the game, darling. I would of course vote to save my favorite had he ended up in the bottom but since that hasn’t happened it’s all about strategizing in the meantime! I am just giving everyone a head’s up so they know in the future that the SAVE isn’t always about saving someone. It is used for other reasons by many. Now with Mia Z and Kim gone the Top 5 is just how I wanted it. Four dull contestants who form a big lump of plain vanilla ice cream and my favorite (and clearly the best!) being the chocolate swirl running through it that gives it real flavor.
Golf claps for you, Bobbie Jo.
Oh, you love Koryn too? Awesome!
I have never once perceived Koryn as a real threat. For starters, she has always been second banana to the real star on Pharrell’s team. Second, she is repetitive and people are tiring of her wobbly voice, depressed looking pout face and seizures every single performance. Third, she served a temporary purpose in the greater good by snatching some of the “diva” vote away from Kimberly. Now that Kimberly is gone and Koryn is no longer of any use, she is welcome to go at any time.
By clearly the best are you talking about the long haired singer who performs as if the he were the winning exhibit in a robotics”create a soulless singer” competition. Sorry but if he is as you say the “deserving” winner then you shouldn’t have to resort to twitter rigging(although this boast that you have a large enough group to effect the vote seems bogus to me anyhow) but you shouldn’t have to resort to trying to get rid of the stronger contestants anyhow. But lets be clear about something, his TMTTR last night was one of the worse and cheesiest performance by any contestant this entire season, he completely sucked every ounce of soul out of a classic. Children of the Corn sings Al Green, sorry not entertaining.
Hahahaha!
Koryn is repetitive, but you’re supporting Sawyer? You do realize Sawyer has given the same exact performance each and every stage of the game, right?
For starters BOB, I never said there was a large group. There are a little over 300 of us and we had about 200 last season pulling for Craig Wayne Boyd. We have an email list, develop a plan early on and follow protocol from there. It’s quite easy and apparently effective since we helped to clinch the victory for Craig last season with our thousands of votes and tweets per week plus iTunes purchases. People kept wondering how Ryan Sill made it so far. Well guess what? We tweeted like crazy to keep him around as long as possible. This year has been much easier though. The only singers we actively tried to get rid of were Mia Z and Kimberly and they ended up easier to eliminate than we ever imagined! India has worked perfectly as a pawn this year. Actually she should get down on her knees and thank us personally because we are the ONLY reason she is still in the competition. Last week she won by 2 tweets and we sent her hundreds knowing with Corey gone, most of his votes would transfer to our favorite (i.e. the Season 8 The Voice Champion!). Now victory is totally 100 percent assured.
I love Sawyer & am glad to see Kim gone, but this whole ‘plan’ seems a little much to me. Why do you think that you should be able to engineer a strategy to ensure a win for your favorite? And if it were true, why would you give away your plan before the end? Smh
wow imagine what you and your merry little band of insaniacs could accomplish if you put all that time and energy into something useful like solving world hunger, or finding a good group rate for the psychiatric help you all obviously need. I don’t know too much about this but I am told if you line the bottom of your doors and windows with tin foil, it stops the voices from coming in, you should give it a try.
You people can say whatever silly gibberish you want but our thousands of votes, tweets and iTunes purchases make a huge difference. If we hadn’t gotten together to mass vote for India the first time she was in the bottom, Corey would have lasted another week and then Kimberly would have easily beat him in votes. We made sure that scenario did not happen and I couldn’t be happier about it!! India and her fans should bow down and personally thank us for what we did for them! Though no one can stop our boy at this point (WE made sure of that!), the icing on the cake would be for India to inherit Kim’s votes and then knock Koryn right out of the competition. I don’t like the idea of Pharrell having to waste his time praising Koryn on finale night when ALL attention should be on the rightful and deserving winner of Season 8 of The Voice!
Wow…wow…you are making my case for me. The Voice needs to get rid of two things for next season: the twitter save is one of them. Just my opinion, but votes should be based on merit. Yes, it is a popularity contest, but that is sort of the point. If you want to say that Kimberly should go home because of her style of singing, or poor song choice, I get that. Just to weigh in, I support Sawyer too. I just don’t agree with manipulating the vote in this way.
I completely agree with you. I miss Mia Z like crazy, and it really upsets me that people think that she might have one if not for jealous haters purposely kicking her off. No wonder Koryn stayed longer on Team Pharrell than she did. I love Sawyer, don’t get me wrong, but if people purposely voted Koryn through instead of Mia Z, just to insure that Sawyer wouldn’t have intense competition to face, that is extremely upsetting to me. I really hoped for top 3 to be Mia Z, Hannah, and Sawyer. But since the elimination of two of those contestants, I have started pulling for India more and more. She or Sawyer should win. If y’all think voting India through means an instant win, for Sawyer, think again. I love them both, but I feel like the more times India ends up in the bottom, the more passionate she gets and the fight in their eyes her fans get, and that may be the very thing that kills the chances of your precious Sawyer, which is not necessarily something I’m happy about bc I do like Sawyer, as previously mentioned, but it would teach y’all jealous haters out there a good lesson if India takes home the prize! And those of us who love an underdog, especially one with a killer voice and stage presence and oodles of creativity like her, will throw our own private party, no haters allowed!
ALLY.
Even Reba told Mia Z (ZOMBIE) that her words one can’t understand. She sounded like she had a mouth full of marbles MARBLE MOUTH). So get over it….she’s gone and we won’t be hearing from this ug mug!
Wow, wasn’t even thinking of that, a sorta vote for the worst via twitter. Indias win certainly helps the other teams and hurts XTinas team.
Kimberly was obviously a bigger threat to pull off a showstopper than India. Now Xtina has a 0% chance of winning and will be extremely lucky to even get India into the finale. I know some people may get mad at this, but I will admit that I voted for India (who I don’t like at all) specifically because I wanted Kim out of the competition just like I voted for Deanna specifically to eliminate Mia Z. Like it or not, it’s time to come out in the open and admit this is actually a big part of the entire “save” process.
Wow, Bobbie Jo…are you for real? Your rants sound like the dialogue of some moustache-twirly villain on a children’s sitcom.
BobbieJo, You sound like someone who gets up early, says “I wish it was light out” and then thinks she is responsible for the sunrise.
Your favorite Sawyer is the overwhelming favorite. He’s going to win. There is no need for shenanigans.
Choir Girl and Amy Beth, green is not a very good color on you! And of course Sawyer is going to win! I hope the other contestants realize how fortunate they are to be sharing the same stage with a him as he will be the most successful person ever to come from this show!!
I could be wrong (I am not wrong), but I’m pretty sure no one is sitting around being envious of you, Bobbie Jo. Worried for your sanity, perhaps.
BOBBIEJOE.
BEST EVER????STOP SMOKIN’! He has no range and sings in monotone!
Ooo, you tricky naive devil..that’s the oldest trick in the playbook.What you don’tknow is many of us have been aware of this since Season 1 of Idol.
BobbieJo…..you do know there will be a wildcard vote again this season don’t you??? Don’t get too cocky. Kimberly will more than likely be back. Sawyer will win regardless, not because of you and your band of merry morons but because of I-Tunes. I love Pharrell so I’ll be happy for HIM but Sawyer is boring. Talented but boring and predictable. You know he’s gonna wear a hat. You know he’s gonna play the guitar and you know he’s gonna sing something folksey. And yet he will still win as it ALWAYS goes with these types of shows.
There is no Wild Card round this year actually. They got rid of it.
You forgot “you know he’s gonna make the top 10 on iTunes sales.
I Am naive! I didn’t have a clue. Even though sawyer is my favorite I still voted for Kimberly and still would. She is amazing
Ditto! I love Kimberly and never really factored in the deviousness of others … wow, still smh on that revelation!
Well, good for you, but I don’t think most voters care so deeply that they would concoct and execute a season-long plot. Kimberly could have won this save if she’d picked a different song.
Apparently they care enough to come here and whine around when their favorites get cut though, don’t they? Their lack of commitment to their “favorites” are what’s sending them home early.
Wow I never really thought of the strategy of the twitter thing like Bobby Jo is explaining! But it totally makes sense almost like” vote for the worst” to get rid of all competition! I still think these shows should not have a twitter save and go back to just normal voting! sawyer is still my favorite, but I also like Koryn! Remember the old days when we could only vote 10 votes over the phone? The old days of AI. Also very shocked Megan is around and Kimberly isnt! Never would have guessed that would happen!
Commitment? hmmm maybe something you should start to consider. I work in a hospital that has an excellent psych program, I think you should check into it because I get the feeling that if somehow Sawyer doesn’t win, you might just launch yourself off the Tallahatchie Bridge Bobbie Jo.
YEP. ^^
A contestant in the bottom 2/3 has basically zero chance of winning the season …
Do you master manipulators think that Sawyer is going to get the Kimberly votes? Or do you think those people just won’t vote anymore?
I think that India is going to receive the bulk of Kimberly’s voters and that will boost her into the final 4.
You are sad for even posting that. You say you help eliminate the “strongest” competition, but that a “deserving” winner will be crowned? That makes no sense. You need to reevaluate your life if this is what you do. I can only agree with your assessment of Koryn. If your favorite artist is truly STRONG enough to put on great performances and win LEGIT votes to stay, then that’s what the show in intended for.
Sorry- that was a reply to Bobbie Jo.
@BobbieJo: What a nice life you must be enjoying. Looking for ways to undermine and cheat, and then puffing yourself up with pride. You go girl! Oh, and, yes — relish that smarmy ugliness!! You wear it so well.
BobbieJo, that is one of the most bizarre, childish, ridiculous, and mean-spirited things I’ve ever read. One should vote for an artist because one wants that artist to win. Not to try and get rid of the competition. The best will win, regardless. You sound like a fourth grader out in the school yard getting her friends to gang up on one of the “unpopular” kids. Sheesh. Let’s at least be adults in this voting thing.
For someone like myself who is 72 years wise I am not naive by a long shot. In fact I posted several times that Kimberly was voted off to eliminate the compitition.
@BobbleJo-If Sawyer is so great why would you need to eliminate the compition? That says to me that he is not so great because if he was then he would fairly beat the compition. When folks feel the need to eliminate someone in order for another to win, that is not winning but winning by default. So Sawyer can explain to folks that he only won because the compitition was eliminated due to his fans being dishonest. Great lesson to teach the kid.
Kimberly made POOR song choices — should have danced with the one that brought her. Every year you get someone trying to show America “a different side” get shown to the door instead. Usually it’s someone on Adam’s Team…
Right, song choices are the real key. Even though they may have a big powerful voice,,,,,,,If all the singer wants to do is continually chase after Carrie, Beyonce, Rihanna, Mariah, Whitney, Kelly, Alicia, etc/the Diva chase—. and show no crafty, different, appealing song choices— they eventually get busted………………………
When the coach or the Judges or the contestants friends and family push them to do something that is out of the strong part of their wheelhouse, or changes the “character” the voters have been getting familiar with,,,,, take a big risk,,,— bam, boom, pow — the singer falls-out of favor. Their fans are outraged, the voters are stupid and tone deaf……
and it was all predictable when one has seen enough of these shows over time….. Many of us knew that Kimberly would not win, due to the nuances of how these shows work. Adam almost got Joshua eliminated by asking him to do a song that had little appeal a couple weeks ago. ……………………………….
Years ago Colton was a big fav on Idol, did a silly song in a weird looking outfit, to show his showman side,…bam, gone. Pia sings sweeping ballads at the mic, doesn’t run around, always easily safe – Judges convince her to “expand, take a risk”, so she dances and runs around the stage while trying to sing, in a dress…..bam, gone. Kimberly went a little out-of-her wheelhouse/character in the song choices and fell to bottom 2 — then twitter becomes the only voting method, nobody else has a choice.
Am I the only one who noticed that Ansel Elgort promised to follow anyone who retweeted to save India? #VoiceSaveIndia is still trending even now bc of his fangirls trying get follows.
Also BassCannonKaplan aka Avi Kaplan of Pentatonix was tweeting his 225K followers to vote for & save India. Apparently she’s his good friend & a director/counselor of A Cappella Academy.
It seems they went to the same school.
BOY, I SEE THE TROLLS ARE OUT TONIGHT! You all attacked me before I posted up anything! Oh well, I guess you all can’t handle my comments coming true!
I knew for obvious reasons Kimmy was going! But, when the singoff began for the save, anyone who knew Michael was pushing for Kim to be saved knew she would be history! The odds of him winning 2 saves in a row is huge! I love his comments but for some strange reason, his save picks don’t win, not 2 in a row, I doubt ever!
Come up for air trolls! Let me comment first, then attack! You are all members of THE MOMMY AND DADDY DEAREST CLUB! I WILL SAY ONE THING: PLEASE, NO WIRE HANGERS!
I SEE I AM VERY FAST BECOMING A FAN FAVORITE! INCREDIBLE! THANKS TROLLS!
We need MEGHAN (TBOFM) and JOSHUA, both who have never been good, to leave, then we have our top 3! Especially the wannabe 28 year old (she looks 40), who is terrible AT BEST! She can sing at, perhaps, funerals! The plastic surgeons are waiting….what a face!
I agree Megan needs to go home ASAP. Too old,too loud. Why is she still there? Just because of Blake??? I put the tv on mute when it’s her turn to sing.
lmao, go keep bashing meghan! it makes me laugh how all you do in life is say non-constructive criticisms. she is actually the only person left who can sing. and why even bother comment on others singing when u dont even have any music related knowledge? MEGHAN can knock whoever your favorite is out of the water. Also, she is richer, more successful, and more talented than you ever will be. YOU DISGUST ME.
Meghan is 29. How is that old? Wish I was that “old” again.
Jill For me I dont care one way or the other about Kim Or India, because I think Koryn is better. Im surprised though,that Megan is there over Kimberly, because I think Megan is the worst. I do like Kimberly and India better than Megan!
those who bash the best artist left (meghan) because sawyer or another is their favorite, NEED TO BE KILLED WITH FIRE.
UBSD Hey everyone has their favorite and everyone who has a favorite is bashing everyone else. now that its top 4 , I guess no one is playing nice in the sandbox!
Most people couldn’t even hear the sing-off because you can’t watch it live unless you’re on the East Coast.
Love India, I really do.
I just really, really, REALLY wanted Kim to go through instead.
Wtffff
India had a really good night last night. It was her best night of the live shows. You wouldn’t know it from reading this board or Slezak’s review, but she did very very well. Kimberly unfortunately flopped a bit despite a truly stellar body of work.
I just wish the singoff would have been Kimberly and Joshua. She would have eaten him for a snack.
I know India had the better night…but I really just enjoy Kim on that stage much more…
This is ridiculous.
I love them both. Hearing Joshua’s name called to safety was one of those gut-wrenching moments. I really hated seeing the two of them fighting for one spot when Joshua should have been in India’s place.
Seriously, Joshua sucks big time. Those two girls were a hell of a lot better than he will ever be & he should be off the show, not Kimberly.
+100
That is, +100 to feeling gut-wrenched when Josh’s name was called. He doesn’t suck but he just shouldn’t be here anymore.
Kimberly looked like she hadn’t slept a wink last night. I think the pressure was getting to her. I also thought (for the very first time) that India outsang her for the Twitter Save.
Can’t agree that India outsang her, but Kimberly probably didn’t go to sleep cause she was tweeting her voting stuff like…all night.
The second half of the song was so overdone and I’m pretty sure I heard India botch runs. Kim was definitely better.
India over-embellishes pretty much everything with unnecessary runs. I guess it’s all she has in her bag of tricks since her musical identity is murky at best.
She’s doing the runs because everyone keeps complaining about her vibrato. There’s no vibrato if the voice is moving quickly through a series of notes.
India has no concept of how to let a note shine cleanly
Yes, she does. But sustained notes for a singer like her are going to have vibrato, which is what she’s trying to hold back. Her first two performances were awesome because she was singing with vibrato. And it finally came back again last night and voila, she sounds good again!
India definitely was better last night. Her lovely voice came through. I thought Kimberly’s performance was flat last night.
Oh come on Angie. America always goes with the safer, most inoffensive option in these showdowns. India won over Kimberly because she’s less polarizing. Same reason Ra-yawn won over Qaasim, Joey and Quentin on Idol.
There’s plenty of truth in that statement.
They do have a history of voting in the most milquetoast performers into the winner’s circle. Sad, but I can’t disagree with you.
Now, Koryn is also inoffensive…. :) Just saying…
None of the five left are anywhere near as bold and ballsy as Kimberly. Even though I think Kim deserved the save tonight and was robbed of the finale I hope Joshua goes home next week because he is limited and boring.
Kimberly was the best, most talented on day one and is the best, most talented tonight.
You’re spot on Christine. And Kim’s a rocker chick as well! Too much for the public to embrace.
India is talented, but Kimberly Nichole is dynamic! Too many times is the past people have chosen someone who is the equivalent of crustless Wonder Bread served with a side of white rice. A popular carb rush followed by an empty crash.
Too much sophistication for the teeny boppers who vote! Kimberly rules!
Now that’s the for real truth! I had a friend tell me that she didn’t like Kim because she acted too polished!!! Yikes!
Ding ding ding! The best singer has never won this competition. Ever. Idol they occasionally win, but The Voice? Never.
Angie, I would argue that Tessanne was the best singer on her season.
LOL. Ra-yawn. I needed a laugh. thanks.
Angie, once again, I agree with you. Kimberly just didn’t get it done last night, and India did. But I admit to being perplexed over the one-sided POV on his board, including Slezak’s comments. One or two of Kimberly’s performances blew me away, especially House of the Rising Sun, but week after week of listening to her became tiring. I would liked to have seen her do something quieter, softer, and with fewer theatrics, so I could really, really hear the range of her voice. But I think India has the better pure singing voice. Kimberly got to be kind of “one note” for me (not literally, of course). She’s a great performer, but strictly as a vocalist, I think India’s better. At least she was better last night and the night before. I don’t understand Michael’s A rating for Kimberly for last night; I didn’t think she gave an “A” performance on that song. JMHO, of course.
Hmmm… that’s a tough one because I love them both. I would say Kimberly had much better control of her voice than India does. When Kimberly told her voice to do X, her voice would without fail do X. But her tone is a bit ordinary. India however has a gorgeous tone and a more agile voice, but what she’s lacking is control. India also really struggles on her top notes. If she was nailing all of her top notes, I don’t even think we’d be having this discussion.
I agree Kimberly has better control, but India’s beautiful tone trumps that for me. I also agree India has more agility. If she can gain that control, she’ll be unbeatable (and that’s coming from someone who’s supporting someone else–Sawyer–for the win).
India did have a great night, and was simply better than Kimberly. I don’t know what Slezak was watching…. I know he’s in love with Kim, but how could someone who writes about music not be able to look at this objectively?
I am both heartbroken and shattered for the immediate smoking elimination of kimberly. I wish her all the luck in the world. Happy for india though
Thrilled for India, but devastated for Kimberly.
Should have been Joshua. That guy is in so far over his head at his point. But not even Desire could sink him. Huh?
I was okay with Joshua, but yeah, I wish it was him instead.
I was ok with Joshua for a minute after Budapest. Everything since Budapest has been unspectacular at best. India at least is on an upward trajectory (only to get eliminated next week with Joshua for a final three of Meghan, Koryn and the winner Sawyer).
It’s a final 4 finale if I recall correctly
Yeah, it’s written in the stone, heh. Although, in defense of Joshua (and the people that really like him), I feel what you feel towards Josh, but towards Sawyer. People really LIKE Sawyer and I don’t get that.
I did agree with you on Sawyer until his first performance last night. It was admittedly pretty good. I won’t be happy when he wins in two weeks, but I’m ok with it. If we could survive Danielle Bradberry, we too will survive this. :)
Ah, right, yeah. Or Cassadee Pope, in that matter. It was clear as day on her season. Anyway, will they accumulate votes or reset it in the finale?
To quote Blake from last regarding Sawyer: “It doesn’t matter! It doesn’t friggin matter!!!”
Reset of the votes or no reset of the votes, Sawyer wins. He could release a cover of Marilyn Monroe singing Happy Birthday Mr President and it would hit #1 on iTunes. The people on this board will be saying “Wow, that Sawyer really is a genius! I could feel his lust for the our former president in his expressive voice!”
LMAO. That does not compute: Sawyer lusting over the president. Or anyone else, for that matter.
I have nothing against Sawyer, I just think he still has a ways to go before he should be winning a show like this against singers the caliber of Kimberly, Meghan, et al.
Yes, I guess that’s the thing. He’s just not in there yet.
I loved Budapest. Joshua also was on the top ten in ITunes this week. He does have to do something dramatic next week to stay though
I liked Budapest as well. But I haven’t liked a single thing he’s done since then. I think it would be pretty funny if he somehow wins the entire thing. I think I’d be laughing for at least an hour straight.
That would be funny. Sort of like Blake taking it with one contestant left last year.
Terrible. Just terrible. HOW, AMERICA?! HOW?! You ditch the most interesting contestant in the competition in favor of…Joshua and India?!?! I guess I’ll throw my support behind the best vocalist left (yes, you heard me), Meghan. Although this all seems to be in vain with Sawyer’s win looking more inevitable with Kimberly’s outrageous elimination. I thought these next few weeks would be entertaining leading up to that because at least I could see some great Kimberly performances but now….now what?
Because America is pathetic. Once again, they choose he boring white guys over the strong uber-talented black woman. Ridiculous.
Totally agreed. This is the point in the show that I get so annoyed that I stop watching. America votes and the most talented, dynamic voices lose. Of course, ratings wise, it has got to help that all 4 coaches still have a singer in the competition. Too coincidental for me, given the vast discrepancy in talent. Kim vs Josh? Are you kidding?
When she ‘crotch rubbed’ approx 1 min into her performance last night… I thought immediately at the time… wow, she does not want to win… she is only using the show to inroad into a certain genre. This is primarily a family show and crotch rubbing does not go over very well.
So you’ve said. A few times…..
Meghan is the second best alternative and country wins the Voice a lot!
Yes, Meghan was one of my favorites right with Kimberly, so I’m certainly rooting for her now. As far as the “country” part goes, I wonder if she still gets the country vote. It helps that there are no country artists in the running, but she’s definitely not 100% country, which could turn off that fan base. Her pure vocal talent, though, SHOULD carry her to the finale. Unfortunately, Sawyer just seems unstoppable right now. It’s a shame. I hate when the winner becomes obvious from weeks out from the finale, but I guess I can try and enjoy the journey, although doing that without Kimberly will be hard.
I hope not she is awful!
What the hell just happened?? India over Kimberly? No. Just NO.
or meghan over either one of them! sorry, not a meghan fan. her mom was sweet, though. GAH! i’m sick about kim!
Can we also discuss how The Voice stage haaaates Jacquie Lee?
Girl didn’t sound good at all and I’ve seen her perform that song very well.
What did the stage have to do with it?
I just…. I can’t even right now.
And I should say, I’m generally a fan of India. But Kimberly shoulda won the whole dang thing! But the fact that it even came down to India and Kim is ridiculous. I mean, I like Josh and all, but srsly. I don’t know how he wasn’t even in the bottom after his performance last night.
Because his fans were voting for him. He was No 14 on iTunes. He had more votes than Koryn but they didn’t want to show three black singers in the bottom three.
I had Kimberly picked from the beginning as a potential winner, along with Sarah Potenza, Cody Wickline & Sawyer Fredericks. Down to one of them now. Why is bland America’s choice?
If last night was indicative of anything:
We should expect a good amount of runts trotting in to troll about their excitement over Kimberly’s departure.
Why in the world is Megan Linsey still in? Ugh. Smart move on Blake’s part though to give her a religious sing though to sway some voters.
Blake didn’t choose it, I think? It was for Meghan’s mom.
I THINK HER HUSBAND, FRANKENSTEIN’S MONSTER PICKED THE SONG FOR HER!
Umm, that would be because she can SANG.
We know she can “sang” – she’s already had two careers to prove it. Someone deserves this more than she does; and does her hair get more processed every week? It glows….
We still have Koryn.
*cries in the corner*
Hang in there, Jasper
Regardless of being eliminated tonight, Kimberly is (followed by Juliet Simms and Tessanne Chin) the best contestant that has ever been on this show. I don’t think that anyone in this top 5, except for Sawyer, will be remembered as much as her in the future
Ahem. Amanda Brown
I’m so disappointed with the results. I thought Kim was a shoe-in for the finals, but alas, she has followed the path of the other black women superior to their competition, leaving much too early. I really enjoyed Dirty Diana, but who wants that song on their playlist? Ever? And I cringed as soon as I knew she was doing Free Fallin. If she did Seven Nation Army last night, that would’ve been dynamite. Sigh…
A full-on version of “Seven Nation Army” might have saved Kimberly from this awful situation. Unfortunately, the song choices last night were a major factor in her downfall.
I have been buying her songs on iTunes, but I didn’t want “Dirty Diana’. I don’t know why Xtina would advise her to go with that tune. When it gets this close to the end of the season, you have to go with Christian music or Simon & Garfunkel type songs…..if you want to be in the finals. I voted for Kimberly on line and on the phone though. This season is really over for me with her exit ( and Xtina & Pharrell know this to be true).
Pretty sure Dirty Diana was on the list of songs that Kim wanted to do.
Her song choice did her in I fear
You couldn’t pay me to download Dirty Diana. She chose TWO awful songs. It was definitely the wrong timing for such a gaff. Still not liking tonight’s results. If India outsang her tonight, then fine – I would feel better. But India did her usual – part of the song passable/beautiful and the other part um… dog poo. She is too inconsistent for me and she has no real defined niche that I care about. Caterwauling diva singers is so 1980.
I would say that out of all the female contestants left over the past couple of weeks, India is the LEAST of the caterwauling divas.
Kimberly could win this all. India is going to flop, no matter who wins(it wont be her btw).
True dat!!!
No one believed me when I said Kimberly was a goner after her “performance” of DIRTY (yes it was!) Diana this week. And look, I was right. Imagine that. I don’t even like India but I voted for her a bunch because I didn’t want to see Kim flashing her panties again. Plus I have to admit Kim was (very slightly) more of a threat to Sawyer winning so I advanced India who will be easy to take out next week. Bottom line: My boy’s got this in the bag!
Katie Killjoy, I found one! :)
I watched every bootleg version of Dirty Diana imaginable and all this ‘panty flashing’ nonsense needs to stop.
She didn’t, you’re crazy, you’re wrong.
Quit making excuses.
People made screen caps of the whole thing so stop being in denial! Kim also GRABBED her crotch during the performance and there are photos of the whole thing. While you may like that behavior not everyone condones it. That is what cost Kimberly and she has no one to blame but herself!!
People like you make me so proud to be an atheist.
Bobbi Jo, long lost relative of Jill Moy
Don’t say her name. It just encourages her to comment.
I can hear the pitter patter of her insect legs making their way over here now..
*sprays bug repellent*
Oh Angie, it has nothing to do with religion (at least it shouldn’t) This lady is just nuts. I am a proud Christian girl and I absolutely adore Kimberly. I was devastated that she left. There’s nothing better than a strong, confident woman showing us that it is ok to be yourself.
I never comment here but I read the comments here every single time and I find myself agreeing with you many times. I think you are awesome… Just ignore people like BobbieJo. She gives true Christians a bad name. Jesus hung out with prostitutes, tax collectors, etc… Who are we to judge ANYBODY…
You’re right, Andrea. In retrospect I shouldn’t have made that comment. I do sincerely apologize if I have offended you as that was not my intention. I was reacting to the prudishness, but it was wrong for me to paint with such a broad stroke with my generalization.
You should join the comments with us! It’s a (mostly) friendly group. :)
The word for the type of people you represent are big, whiny, baby b’s. Lol
How pathetic, she grabbed her crotch so she can’t prosper? Give me a break, you sound like an idiot, though there’s not a doubt in my mind you are.
The closest ‘crotch grabbing’ was her playing with the center spot of her tutu and pushing it backward.
BobbieJo, you need to get out more if a crotch grab is so offending to you. You must haaaate Michael Jackson.
Preach, sister!
Oh Killjoy, omg, you made me laugh so hard for the first time today.. thak you.”insect legs”..I’ll be laughing when I go to bed.
BobbieJo, I love obsessed with Kim’s crotch you are. It’s hilarious. Do you, Boo Boo Kitty. Bring the comedy. Somebody has to.
ooops.. l love “how” obsessed…
BobbieJo – You are to me as an imaginary Kimberly crotch grab is to you.
I doubt that had much to do with it, Bobbie Jo…. Some of us just get tired of the overwrought performances, and the “louder and higher in pitch is apparently better” approach to singing.
Your holier-than-thou and poor offended sensibilities are hypocritical, BobbieJo, given that you come on here and think it’s such a great idea to vote for a person you think is weaker, in order to give your favorite an edge. Some righteous attitude that is….
@BobbleJoYou need to quit lying because on a later post you said you and your “group” voted for India to eliminate Kimberly because she was compitition for Sawyer.
Wow… For someone to not vote for someone on a show called “The VOICE” based on a “crotch grab” or bc they “showed their underwear”, rather than their vocal ability is ridiculous! I mean really?? That girl had some major talent! I’m a huge rock fan anyways, but to see the way she’d make each and every rock song she sang her own… that’s an ARTIST! And that’s what this show does… helps turn people into artist! (Btw Josh should’ve been gone weeks ago… how he’s still there is beyond me!)
The injustice wasn’t just that Kimberly left, it was that she and India were both in the bottom 2. How is Joshua not gone? Does America just really like boring Adult Contemporary artists? Idk.
The problem isn’t Joshua. It’s with people like you who don’t vote enough.
Despite her enthusiasm and refreshingly lessened passive bitchy attitude, looks like Xtina is not going to win again after all – not with India.
And now Kimberly can now join to the unfortunate sisterhood and Amanda, Amber, and Sisaundra AKA “unjustified best singers of women who didn’t make it to the finale – so close yet so far…” :(
Kimberly was so polarizing that she could not afford to have a mediocre set, but that’s what happened last night. I voted for her last night based on her body of work and I feel good about those ten votes. I chose to save Kimberly tonight, but India’s “Big White Room” and “Hurt” were awesome. I just think India peaked a little earlier than Kimberly did, but both are very talented.
Kim was so polarizing…yet she hit the top 10 once and the top 30+ on two other occasions…okay.
My point is there are some performers who can easily coast to the next round after a mediocre (or even poor) night. Kim imo was not of those folks; she had to work for every vote.
You know? When this season started I thought that there is no way ever EVER that Pharrell was going to win with his dismal team and even more dismal song choices. Um, so… I take that back :)
He had a great team but made some weird choices (Lowell??) Kim & Meghan were originally on his team. I think he was dead set on the kids. It will pay off but in the nost boring way. I’ll be happy for him though.
Jill For me I dont care one way or the other about Kim Or India, because I think Koryn is better. Im surprised though,that Megan is there over Kimberly, because I think Megan is the worst. I do like Kimberly and India better than Megan!
India should go home.
Or Josh.
Don’t worry. Both will be gone next week.
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I’m so depressed. First Joey, then Derek Shepherd, now Kimberly?!?! She got Amanda Brown’d. Dammit.
Who was it that asked Kim to sing Seven Nation Army? Well, they got their wish. Although I was a bit annoyed with her coming up behind the pocket almost through the whole song, hence why I picked India.
Regrettable, but true. I believe that five of the top ten performances this season were from India or Kimberly. A sad night, but at least India gets another chance.
It would’ve been good if she did the full version. Check out how she does it on her other live performances, it’s about the tension, really. It just didn’t work in a 1 and a half minute performance. I thought her playing with the pocket worked, but maybe it’s because I replayed her other performance of it too many times.
On your suggestion, I listened to her Seven Nation Army recording. Kimberly Nichole was born in the wrong era. This chica would have been ROCKING the 70s. Could you imagine her tearing up Studio 54?
Unfortunately there’s not much of a market now for her type of singing and style. I hope I’m wrong on that as I’d love to see her do well.
Dunno, I’d be willing to bet your a bit wrong.
Thankfully her style isn’t so throwback that you need an old ear to enjoy it. I wouldn’t pigeonhole her to classic rock only.
Thankfully she also has a gimmick, her tutu’s.
She’ll be harder to promote, but she’s so charismatic she could do it.
Though, rock music has a big support group and if she can grab it…she’s good.
No, yes …. you are right, not wrong. Cruise the top 200 videos and song charts,, and there’s not much out there in these throwback singing styles and performances we see on these talent shows.
Once the show is over, they either get lucky with a modern hit song , or they are right back to singing at local area events or maybe opening for a known band or artist for their tours. Blake has done well by some of his contestants in that area. Xtina?? Don’t know.
Bad choice. Didn’t show her range (though I’m beginning to wonder just how much range she has). She had much better performances this season. I think India was better this week and deserved the win.
The problem this season are the song choices! Most of yesterday’s songs were a snooze fest. With all the songs they could sing! I mean BORING!! I mean seriously!
True on song choices – even some of the upbeat flashy performance songs were nothing more than generic pablum stage rock with screaming as a crutch.
Joshua survived simply because he was low-key on his last song and at least let an easy listening moratorium take place, rather than shouting, screaming and running around the stage.
As my husband said “caterwauling”. Each of us has our own taste in music…..no need for nastiness in any comment. Song choice is what brings many favorites down.
Well, the only reason I stayed with the voice was to watch her make it to the semifinals, I knew she could not win against little lucky charms, but Kimberly is gone already? You could see the moment of disbelief on Xtina’s,,,anyway buh bye Voice.. See ya next season.
Sorry to say, but I feel the same way. I knew that Kimberly wouldn’t win, but I looked forward to her performances (and they were more than entertaining!) We all know that the teenagers and some grannies have already anointed the sweet little Jesus boy (honestly I have nothing against him….he’s just NOT “THE VOICE”!!), I simply hoped to be entertained by Kimberly until the finals.
Really sad that Kim is gone. Her performances were something that I looked forward to every week. I hope someone in the industry picks up this girl! She’d be great opening act.
Oh you better believe somebody will… where you at Clive??
What the hell happened tonight?
I’m going to be really frank right now:
America hates hard rock.
They have to, it’s the only explanation as to how Kimberly outsings India in that sing off and still loses.
America also hates overly confident women. Overly confident women are described as the B word whereas overly confident men are “strong.” I love Kimberly so so much, but this result does not surprise me much.
There are two types of performers that do not thrive well on this show:
The handsome young man and the big voiced black woman.
The last time if I recall correctly, that we got a ‘diva belter’ black woman in even the semis was season 1. I’d count Tessanne, but she’s half so….
I’m amazed India and Koryn are still here, big voiced black women never thrive on this show cause everyone wants to call them screamers.
India’s not a screamer at all. Koryn gets a bit shouty at times and her voice can go haywire when she’s nervous, but yeah, you’re right. No black lady has ever gotten to the finals (not counting Tessanne because I didn’t even know she was black… Tessanne CHIN is black? Who knew?!).
Tessanne was half chinese and half jamaican.
Yes, India isn’t a screamer, but telling that to others gets us nowhere. If a black woman hits a big and extended note..they get the screamer card.
All of them, it’s disgusting.
Unless you’re counting her husband, Tessane Chin does not really have any “black” in her. And to Kaba below: “Jamaican” is not a race. It’s what you call someone who’s born in Jamaica. Anyone who saw her mother at the finale would know what her race mix is.
India’s definitely not a screamer, which is one of the reasons she’s my second-favorite of the ones left!
Perfectly on point.
You are so correct. Some people describe full voiced (really good) singers as “screamers”. Christiana is actually a “sceamer”……as well as Beyoncé, Mariah Cary, Patti LaBell, etc. and many of the better singers. Because they are able to hit high notes– the kind that lesser performers cannot hit , they reduce them to the word, “screamers”.
Ding ding ding again. :)
You’re on a roll.
I also love how quick people are to point out when Koryn or India or Kimberly miss a note, but when Sawyer or Joshua miss notes (which is each and every performance mind you), it’s always “well, the way they recovered was amazing!” or “you don’t need high notes to sing well anyways!” or “I was so lost in the genius of their expression that I didn’t even notice!”
Jacquie Lee also got labeled a screamer.
this is a sad day. i had her as one of the last 2 standing.
Angie – so sad but you are right. All too often people (men AND women) feel the need to smack down women when they are too confident and too strong.
I think this is BS about Kim not winning because people can’t handle strong and confident women. Lots of people just didn’t like her voice. What’s so hard to understand about that? I’m not saying I’m one of them (sometimes I liked her performances and sometimes not). But I’ve got nothing against her because she’s strong and confident.
Seems like I’m the only one here who wasn’t a fan of Kimberly’s voice. It’s always tough this late in the game to go home, but I’m thrilled that India got through!
i did not like her voice, either.
And I like R&R.
I love R & R, but more often than not, did not think Kim’s performances were great. Some, yes, Most, no. IMO.