That Voice: A Decade With The Performers On NBC's The Voice

Jamella has always been involved in the performance world, briefly living in Vegas with her mom who was a JLo impersonator. When her mom recognized Jamella's talent, they moved to Los Angeles for greater music opportunities, leading to a development deal with Timbaland's manager. She recorded some music but it was never released before the deal ended. Currently, Jamella works as a mortgage loan pr...

Dylan had his first acting debut when he was 3 in a 1-800-FLOWERS commercial and from there landed numerous commercials and TV shows, including playing Nicole Kidman's son on "The Stepford Wives". Dylan quickly turned his focus to music, playing guitar and working with a manager to build a solo funk-pop career. Dylan found success but began questioning his passion for music. He made the decision t...

From: Latham, NY and current city Latham, NY Moriah was raised on rock music. Her dad played a lot of '80s hair metal around the house, which lead her to picking up a guitar and teaching herself how to play. Moriah started to sing when she was 9 years old and her first performance was at a graduation party that shocked her whole family. At 11, she joined the Modern Day Music Program, a music schoo...

Our first conversation took place after the opening round of NBC's The Voice. We laughed so hard before the show that when it came time to begin recording I actually feared that much of our energy was spent just in the introduction. But Chris knew we had a higher calling backing the two of us up. Instantly we connected to a deeper purpose and reason for seasons to happen. Which made the journey to...

A couple of months ago we got to spend some time with singer/songwriter Chris Blue. Since the conversation he's been gifted with the opportunity to win NBC's The Voice. This is a two part series. This is the conversation after he got by the first round. Tomorrow we get to hook back up and go deeper into the experience. Chris grew up in a family of seven in a tiny house. His mother decided to put t...

Casi first experienced singing at age 5 in a hometown talent show. Since then she traveled with her family performing throughout the Midwest. She was a student and teacher at the School of Rock in Kansas City, which inspired her to start the band InLike. The band fell apart but she moved to Nashville to continue pursuing music with her fiancé. She’s opened for Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Craig Mo...

Ashley has been singing and dancing since she was 3. She moved to Augusta, Ga., in middle school and attended a fine arts magnet school. In high school she noticed her dad forgetting things, but assumed it was due to old age. In college, he was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s so she moved in with him in Miami. She juggled school and music while helping her father. She recently made the diff...

Jack comes from a family of professional entertainers. His father, Patrick Cassidy, and grandmother, Shirley Jones, are most notable, but his generation was discouraged from performing. At age 7, he joined his dad on tour and would belt out songs in his car to his parents’ surprise and delight. He later played piano and during high school participated in mission trips to Uganda and the Dominican R...

Felicia comes from a musical family. Her dad has been touring with the Sugar Hill Gang for as long as she can remember. She grew up playing piano and learning sheet music, even earning the nickname Felicia Keys around school. She gigged with her dad and uncle throughout high school and later obtained her degree in nursing while pursuing a solo career. She was diagnosed with cancer last June. After...

J. Chosen has always loved music, but his large stature made his main focus basketball. While in college, he was plagued with multiple injuries, which ended his basketball career. He later met a music producer who told him to try an open mic night, and he’s been hooked on music ever since. He gigs throughout Atlanta but makes money as a special needs teacher’s assistant. He recently became a fathe...

Mark grew up singing but never imagined he’d have enough confidence to sing in front of a crowd. After winning a singing contest for Justin Bieber’s movie “Never Say Never,” he realized his true potential to make it in music. With this new confidence, he began to lose weight and further pursued his passion by recording and creating YouTube covers with friends. If you could share a conversation wit...

Karlee struggled to find music opportunities when she moved to Michigan until she got to high school and joined her school choir and sang the National Anthem at every sporting event. After high school, Karlee continued to sing for her friends and in February one of her friends encouraged her to sing at a local bar near her college. This is the only performance she has done outside of school. If yo...

With her mom working as her manager, Belle started booking acoustic gigs at coffee shops and getting paid gigs by 15. After high school, Belle received a full scholarship to BYU where she studied psychology and music. After one year, she decided to leave BYU to pursue music full time. When Belle was 16, she discovered a talent for creating Henna tattoos and started her own business with original d...

Dana traveled a lot growing up as the daughter of NBA player Derek Harper. Her high school choir teacher took special interest in Dana and she made all-state for four years and became the #1 tenor in Texas. Dana moved to New York to attend college and began performing around the city. She performed at “Showtime at the Apollo,” placed second on BET's "106 & Park" and won "Wild 'n Out" Wednesday...

In 2010, Kylie began studying at Berklee College of Music, where she developed the soul side of her voice. In 2012, she left school and moved to Nashville to pursue music. In 2014, Kylie was doing a show at the Stone Fox when she experienced a vocal hemorrhage and couldn't speak for a month. During that time, she focused her attention on writing. She is hoping to make the transition back from song...

Ali skipped college to join Xhale, a three-person R&B group. They opened for Boys II Men and played for Patti LaBelle at her tribute concert. Although they met with several record labels, they couldn't get signed and called it quits in 2010. In 2014, Ali went to Russia and toured all over the country with a successful jazz musician named Oleg. Since then, she has been to Russia five times and perf...

Christian stopped singing outside of his church and chose to stay at home instead of attending college when his father tragically died from liver cancer. He instead got a job at Guitar Center and made supporting his mother a priority. Christian eventually went back to college because he knew his dad always wanted him to get a degree. He feels like music is the tool that taught him to cope with the...

From 2005-09, Courtney worked as a music teacher for the Boston school district while balancing motherhood. After her contract ended, a producer friend asked for her help to write a song for Chris Brown, sparking her move from Boston to L.A. to become a professional songwriter. Since moving to L.A., Courtney has written for Ariana Grande, Jennifer Hudson, Ne-Yo, Brandy, Mary J. Blige, and briefly...

Riley’s passion for music began when he started playing the trombone in the fourth grade. When he joined Jazz Band, he discovered a passion for Frank Sinatra. Every time Riley takes the stage, he wears a pin with Frank Sinatra sayings given to him by his grandfather. Riley is definitely an old soul, but as a young artist, he still gets nervous on stage and deals with confidence issues, so performi...

Michael suffered from a speech impediment as a child, so focused on the piano instead of vocals. He continued to play piano through high school, becoming known as the "piano man" for school talent shows and gaining the respect of his peers. By 18, music had helped Michael find his identity and his speech issues had subsided. Currently, Michael is a musician and pianist, gigging six to seven nights...

Ponciano was born on an Air Force base and started playing saxophone in sixth grade. He started college at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, but has since transferred to the University of Texas. Ponciano quickly realized that singing wasn't paying the bills so he started working the night shift at a hotel, which opened a door for him to start playing at other venues throughout the San Antonio...

If you could share a conversation with a seed before it becomes a tree would you speak of its future fruit or would it be all things right now?

, Ann Arbor, MI native Laith Al-Saadi went head-to-head with teammate Jessica Crosbie. Laith beat Jessica, and Adam named him the winner of the knockout. Laith comes from a musical family, with the exception of his father who only listened to Arabic classical music growing up. When his parents divorced, Laith had the freedom to pursue all types of music, and learned how to play several instruments...

Hanover, NH native Adam Wakefield went head-to-head with teammate Peyton Parker. Adam beat Peyton, and Blake named him the winner of the Knockout. Adam grew up in rural New Hampshire and started playing the guitar at four. As he got older, he joined a band with his brother and learned how to sing. Adam’s brother struggled with mental health issues and tragically passed away from a drug overdose, a...

Brooklyn, NY native Moushumi went head-to-head with teammate Nick Hagelin. Moushumi beat Nick, and Pharrell named her the winner of the Knockout. Moushumi’s parents immigrated to the United States to pursue careers in the medical field. With both of her siblings following in their footsteps, Moushumi felt the need to follow in their career path too. She attended medical school in Manipal, India, b...