The Voice

The voice has just started its seventh season last week and I could not be more excited! It is an American reality singing competition. The idea behind this show is to find awesome singers by having them perform for four judges, that then become coaches, in the blind auditions. The coaches for this season are Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, Pharrell Williams, and Gwen Stefani. In the blind auditions, the coaches are in these big chairs that are facing the audience not the singer making it "blind" for the coaches. The singer then sings a part of a song that they choose themselves, and the coaches press a button that turns their chairs around if they want that person to be on their team. If more than one person's chair turns, they all argue and give a pitch about why that person should be on their team and it's pretty hilarious because Blake and Adam have a rivalry and they always try and beat each other on this show! If no one turns, the person doesn't make it on the show. Each coach can have twelve people on their teams.

The next stage in this competition is the Battle Rounds. During the battles, two people from one team will be chosen by their coach to perform against each other. The coach then has to choose one of the singers and the other one will not make it to the live performances. There are steals in this round, so each coach has two steals. The steals allow a coach to take one of the performers that wasn't chosen in the battle rounds and put them on their team.

Then come the live performances! Each week everyone performs a song chosen by their coach. You have to vote for people in order for them to stay on the show. In the beginning of the live performances, only one person gets eliminated, then it progresses to two people getting eliminated. These performances continue until one person is left, and they are the winner! The coach who's singer wins the show also "wins" the show too. The winner of the show gets $100,000 and a record deal with Universal Music Group. Sometimes even the people who don't win the show become famous.

Adam and Blake have been on the show ever since it started. On the other hand, this is Gwen and Pharrell's first season on the voice! Other people who have been coaches on the voice are Christina Aguilera, Usher, Shakira, and CeeLo Green. Blake has won the show three times, Adam has won two times, and Usher has won once. The previous winners of the show are Javier Colon, Jermaine Paul, Cassadee Pope, Danielle Bradbery, Tessanne Chin, and Josh Kaufman.  

Me and my family make this show really fun to watch because we all make bets on who we think will win the voice! I have won twice (yes I am the champion!) with Danielle and Josh, and my mom has won once with Tessanne. We just started watching this show during season three. It's crazy how many good singers come on the voice and it's awesome to watch! I hope you watch it!    (531 words)