A Look Back On Season 2 Of “The Voice”
"The Voice" Season 2 Top 4 Jermaine Paul, Chris Mann, Juliet Simms And Tony Lucca
Clizbeats.com would like to send a huge congratulations to former Alicia Keys back up singer turned winner of The Voice, Jermaine Paul. In an extremely close competition between four very talented, but different kinds of singers, Paul was crowned “The Voice,” in a star studded two hour event on NBC last night. As promised Jermaine gets to step out in front as a lead performer now, complete with his own record deal with Universal Republic Records. If Jermaine’s original material contains even just a small amount of the soul he poured into his last performance of R. Kelly’s “I Believe I Can Fly”, the world is in for a real treat After Carson Daly’s dramatic announcement, it was revealed that Jermaine of Blake Shelton’s team had won, with Juliet Simms of Cee-Lo Green’s team placed second, while Team Adam’s Tony Lucca came in third, with Christina Aguilera’s artist, Chris Mann came in fourth. The show ended with Jermaine in tears, hugging everyone and anyone who came on stage to congratulate him. When he was asked to try and describe the rush of emotion that he was feeling in those special moments, Jermaine took a moment to fight back the tears and say, “I just want to say thank you to everybody who supported me from Day 1. God bless y’all man,” said Jermaine. “Nobody but Jesus, man, nobody.” Then as he continued to tear up he did his best to revisit his winning performance of “I Believe I Can Fly.”
Jermaine Paul
“I Believe I Can Fly”
From The Voice 2012
NBC
While this is indeed some very happy news for Jermaine Paul, the runners up do not have anything to be sad about either. Every one of those finalists compliment the genre their voices live in very well, and they each are helping show Universal Republic how their presence also fills a void in the market place with their contributions to the show. Last year’s winning team, Team Adam’s Tony Lucca actually has two songs in the top 10 on ITunes Singles chart right now. Lucca’s arrangement of Jay-Z’s hit, “99 problems” is at number 5 (out ranking Justin Bieber’s “Boyfriend”), and Lucca’s duet version of The Beatles’ “Yesterday” with Adam Levine is at number 9. Even though Chris Mann had his struggles breaking into the music business with his classically trained operatic sound, if anyone just takes a quick look at Josh Groban’s numbers, it is no secret why Chris’ duet with Christina Aguilera of “The Prayer” is now at number 11 on that same chart. Chris’ vocal range is beyond impressive. To say that he has potential to be successful is an understatement. He could quickly join the ranks of Susan Boyle to become a reality star turned icon of a genre. Flo Rida’s “Wild One” with Sia got a boost at number 6 on the ITunes chart, no doubt due to the buzz behind Flo Rida’s performance with runner up, Juliet Simms who stepped in for Sia to sing the hook.
Tony Lucca
“99 Problems”
From The Voice 2012
NBC
Tony Lucca & Adam Levine
“Yesterday”
From The Voice 2012
NBC
Chris Mann & Christina Aguilera
“The Prayer”
From The Voice 2012
NBC
Flo Rida Featuring Juliet Simms
“Wild One”
From The Voice 2012
NBC
Flo Rida was not the only star who benefited from the power of The Voice last night. As promised from weeks earlier, teen idol Justin Bieber did return to The Voice stage to give the world premiere live performance of his smash hit, “Boyfriend.” But as if that was not enough, Lady Antebellum also performed their latest, “Wanted You More,” while Hall And Oates temed up Tony Lucca, Chris Mann, and Jermaine Paul to perform their classic, “Rich Girl.”
Lady Antebellum
“Wanted You More”
From The Voice 2012
NBC
Hall And Oates Featuring Tony Lucca, Jermaine Paul, And Chris Mann
“Rich Girl”
From The Voice 2012
NBC
Justin Bieber
“Bofriend”
Live On The Voice
NBC
While that made for some amazing TV to watch last night, as American Idol has taught us in years past, good TV does not always translate to music stardom. Also winning a singing competition does not always mean you will be the one to sell a lot of records. Sometimes you do if you are someone like Carrie Underwood or Kelly Clarkson, but sometimes the runners up are the real stars, like Jennifer Hudson and Chris Daughtry. The Voice contestants of season one are doing their best to help prove that to be true for them as well. Since becoming runners up in season one’s competition, contestants Dia Frampton and Vicci Martinez have both been hard at work on their own music After releasing her major label debut album, Red at the tail end of 2011 Dia is building up a buzz with her infectious single, “Don’t Kick The Chair,” which was first serviced promotional y in January. Fans may remember that Dia received a great quite a bit of praise for her stripped down arrangement of Kanye West’s song, “Heartless.” With that said it seems very fitting to have her breakout hit feature one of Kanye’s G.O.O.D. Music protégés, Kid Cudi. The album also features production from greats like Greg Wells, David Hodges, Toby Gad and others. Runner up from season one’s Team Cee-Lo, Vicci Martinez has also been doing big thing. Universal Republic has recently released her first major label EP, Come Along last week. The EP features the title tracl, which features her one time coach, Cee-lo Green.. The two of them teamed up to perform the song on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno and on season 2 of The Voice. Her major label debut, Vicci will also be in stores next month.
Dia Frampton Featuring Kid Cudi
“Don’t Kick The Chair”
From Red
Universal Republic Records
Dia Frampton Featuring Kid Cudi
“Don’t Kick The Chair”
Live On The Voice
NBC
Vicci Martinez Featuring Cee-Lo Green
“Come Along”
From Come Along EP
Universal Republic Records
Vicci Martinez Featuring Cee-Lo Green
“Come Along”
Live On The Voice
NBC
As last year’s runners up are finding success with their new music, last year’s winner doesn’t want to be forgotten either. Javier Colon does not want to be forgotten either. Universal Republic released his victory album from winning, The Voice in November of 2011. That album, Come Through For You has a mix of mainstream with some very meaningful subject matter behind it. Universal Republic also does not spare any expense. Even though colon h heard baring his soul on some songs as a song writer, he is also paired up with some of the most accomplished song writers/producers in the business. Some of those include, Andrew Frampton, Ryan Tedder, David Hodges, Kris Allen, Jason Derulo, James Blunt, Pharrell Williams among others. That album also features his coach and friend Adam Levine of Maroon 5 on The Neptunes produced, “Stand Up.” The album’s first single is the touching duet, “As Long As We Got Love” featuring British Pop star, Natasha Beddingfield. Recently Universal Republic Records re-released the album with the rejuvenated project’s new single, “A Drop In The Ocean.” That single was also premiered with a performance on season 2 of The Voice. So while many fans of the previous amd current casts of The Voice wait to see if the artists they voted for actually blow up to be superstars one thing always rings true, out of all the music completions on TV, The Voice has the largest amount of well developed talent with pure ability. Keep checking in with Clizbeats.com as we bring you more news Jermaine Paul and the other contestants, as they begin to make their mark on the music industry as well!
Javier Colon Featuring Natasha Beddingfield
“As Long As We Got Love”
From Come Through For You
Universal Republic Records
Javier Colon Featuring Adam Levine Of Maroon 5
“Stand Up”
From Come Through For You
Universal Republic Records
Javier Colon
“A Frop In The Ocean”
From Come Through For You
Universal Republic Records
Javier Colon
“A Drop In The Ocean”
Live On The Voice
NBC
