By Erica This is going to be short and sweet folks. Is it a full moon? Because I think that was one of the weirdest, weakest finales I’ve ever witnessed from The Voice. I think I preferred it when they had to beg famous people (or ask friends) to come perform on the show with […]
The Voice: The Fantastic Four
By Erica Take out dinner has been consumed, whiskey is poured, and cozy pjs have been donned! I AM READY! Grab your favorite beverage and feel free to review the blogs if you don’t know who to vote for or want to consider their history. Knowing me, and the day my fellow Washingtonians have had […]
The Voice: Semi Finals
By Erica I had an inkling tonight was going to be good, because my phone notifications started blowing up with TT tweeting to me. Always a good sign that we are in for a Monday night treat. As for the outfits, Adam is wearing one of his best sweater cardigan’s yet, and I think that […]
The Voice: The Excellent Eight!
By Erica I don’t know about you but I’m still thinking about some of those performances last night. I’m wanting to get to the end. I was in a meeting when the instant save opened, and didn’t check Twitter or anything. So I was going in totally cold. THE NON COMPETITION PERFORMANCES I had a […]
The Voice: Top Ten Perform
By Erica Finally home to sit down and watch the show fairly late thanks to some scheduling conflicts and road construction. Got a lot on my mind so very grateful to have The Voice to distract and calm me down! But first, NEWS FLASH. Miley might have a cold because I think she’s wearing a […]
The Voice: Top Ten!
By Erica I found out right after I sent Tamara last night’s blog, that there were THREE artists who made it to the top ten of iTunes. They are also the first three that Carson announced as moving on to next week’s Top Ten. On the list I was watching, Chloe showed up first, then […]
The Voice: Top Eleven Live Show
By Erica No rest for the weary! With the holiday and everything, I totally forgot to make song suggestions. Ooops! Did any of you make a suggestion? The one I could think of, for Ashland, would never make it. No one has heard of it and it is decidedly non-PC these days. I consider it […]
The Voice: Week 1 of the Live Results
By Erica I think there are a couple of people watching The Voice for the first time. Let me take a moment to explain just a couple of things. Monday’s two hour show is always the “competition” night. These are the performances you are voting on, or buying on iTunes. Tuesday night is “results” night. […]
The Voice: First Live Performances!
By Erica This has to be incredibly nerve racking for the artists. They record everything we just watched these past weeks, then go home (I’m not exactly sure of the time line). I also feel badly for Jennifer, as it has to be hard to go live with the news of her marriage going through […]
The Voice: Team Miley Is Cut To Three Performers
By Erica Thoughts before the show: This is it! Last episode before The Voice goes live! I’ve done a blog for each night, so feel free to catch up and discuss Blake and Jennifer’s team on Monday’s show recap and Adam’s on Tuesday’s episode. Help me out, people who have watched previous seasons. Haven’t […]
The Voice Playoffs: Team Jennifer & Team Blake Cut In Half!
By Erica I have often wished for access to the NBC East Coast feed during The Voice live performances, but this season, I’ve wished I had access to it for the entire show. Especially when Tamara tweets to me about a particular performance, and I have to wait three hours to see if she is […]
The Voice: Final Knockouts
By Erica Thank goodness I was barefoot and have no ability to throw stuff, because I might have broken the TV with the first, and best, performance of the night. (Side note: Can someone explain the throwing stuff at a good performer thing to me?) Chris Weaver was spine tingling good tonight. I had literal […]
The Voice: Back To The Knock Outs
By Erica It is cold season dammit, and I think I am getting one. You all might be telling me I’m a little insane, just in case my ears are plugged up more than I realize. COACHES Kelly Clarkson is going to be good as a coach next season, VERY good. But if you are […]
The Voice: Knockouts
By Erica I don’t know about you, but I so needed The Voice tonight! A palate cleanser from everything going on in the world from all the tension caused by what is going on in the national news,Cookie Frankel (Bethenny’s dog) passing away, and trying to decide what to take over food wise to a […]
The Voice: Final Night of Battles
By Erica Just to add a bit from last night’s post. They really saved some great ones. Blake is the only one left with a steal at the end which added a tension for me, but loved all three performances. Of course they save the last save for the third and final performance. This means that the first […]
The Voice: The Battle Rounds Continue
By Erica Trying a little something different. Tonight’s episode of The Voice was SO GOOD that Tamara messaged me and said I could blog tonight if I want, because she had some comments to say! I’m on the West Coast and was only an hour in, but I HAD to agree. So, quick and probably a […]
The Voice: Buckle Up For The Battles!
By Erica Buckle up, because it is Battle time! (Or at least, grab your favorite alcoholic beverage. This week, it is wine for me. Giving the tequila a break.) THE COACHES I think this is genuinely tough for the coaches. They know how important this is to these people. I don’t know about this season, […]
The Voice: The Blinds Are Over
By Erica Holy crap! It is the end of the Blinds already. It is a testament to the quality of the artists this season that it feels that the Blinds went quick this season. Last season, it was also 3 weeks, and I even wrote that it felt much longer. This fall The Voice has […]
The Voice: A Bright Spot At The Beginning Of A Tough Week
By Erica I don’t know about you guys, but Monday was EXHAUSTING. I didn’t cry all day, but when I sat down to watch and blog The Voice, I simply lost it. The first songs were emotional. I ended up grabbing some tequila, and let the tears and the music flow. It was very cathartic. […]
The Voice: Season 13 Begins, After An Emmy Win!
By Erica Hi all! I hope you enjoyed the premiere of Season 13 of The Voice. I know I sure did, even though I’m without a DVR this week (so hard to blog a show without the ability to do a brief rewind, and not being able to avoid the commercials is annoying!) I didn’t […]
The Voice Finale (Part 2): Sealed With A Kiss
By Erica A Few Final Thoughts I had a lot going on yesterday and got home around 11:30 PM and thought I would only watch a half hour or so of the finale. After all, I had already purposely looked to see who won. I ENDED UP WATCHING THE WHOLE TWO HOURS. What a fun, joyful […]
The Voice Finale: Tonight The Winner Is Chosen!
By Erica How I am going to keep this blog entry a reasonable length, I don’t know. Every single one of Monday’s performance is worthy of mention. So good that for the finale, I am doing away with Top 3 and Failed to Impress in my previous blog entries. I can’t possibly pick just three, […]
The Voice: And Then There Were Four
By Erica This week is going to be brutal. Half of these talented artists are going home, after getting so close to the finals. Chances are, someone you like is going home. Winning would be great, but if you just make it to the finals you are getting a boost to your career. Look at […]
The Voice: Top Ten Come To Jesus!
By Erica I was a crying mess after the performances. There were so many beautiful, heartfelt songs (in the best of ways). I’m not religious, but I am spiritual. The best performances tapped into spirituality, and so many beautiful, uplifting messages that I lost it several times. I typically write notes during each performance. I didn’t […]
The Voice: Top Ten!
By Erica We’ve come a long way, folks, from the first blinds, to last week’s first live round! I think we were all in a funk last week, including some of the artists. Or was that just me? More than one artist and coach mentioned having FUN in their songs and performances this week, and […]
The Voice: Live Rounds Begin!
This is it! No more coach saves. The artists have to appeal completely to us, the audience. It is all up to us, America. Please don’t let me down! To review how we got to this point, check out my previous blog entries! I’ve been looking forward to the joy and wonder that is […]
The Voice: First Live Show Was Fantastic! And Then There Were 12…
By Erica Wow folks, we’re already to the Live Performances! This is an entirely odd week for The Voice. I don’t remember what they did in 2012, but I don’t believe they had the performances and the votes all happen within the same two hours because of the election. Which leads into my ultimate pet […]
The Voice: Knockout Rounds Are Done!
By Erica This is it, folks… we’re almost there! We’re almost to the live performances that is, but it’s gonna hurt to get there. REALLY hurt. More than last week. Monday’s last set of Knockout Rounds had some very talented folk going head to head… and with only one steal left. Quite frankly, there were […]
The Voice: Time For The Knockout Round!
TIME FOR THE KNOCK OUTS! We’re still at the stage where it is hard to keep track of everything. I myself have to refer back to earlier blog entries. While they are using the same stage set-up as the Battle Rounds, the Knock Outs are different from the Battles in two distinct ways. One, […]
The Voice: The Final Battle Rounds
By Erica It is the second and final week of the Battles! It might have been my mood or how busy I was for last week’s Battle Rounds , or that I didn’t drink as much, but this week’s Battles certainly kept my attention. Almost each pair had something about it that kept me riveted. There […]
The Voice: Battle Rounds
By Erica Welcome to the Battle Rounds! For my Voice Virgins, the battle rounds consist of each coach taking their team of twelve and organizing them into six pairs. Each pair will sing a song selected by their coach in front of all four coaches and an audience on The Voice stage, and afterward, the coach […]
The Voice: Sayonara Flowers And Fringe
By Erica Greetings everyone! It is the third week of The Voice and the final week of the Blinds! Everyone thoroughly confused? As much as I love the Blinds and the philosophy behind them, the fact that the coaches need to find 12 people each means the people start to blend together and we forget […]
The Voice: I’LL BE YOUR HONEY MUSTARD…I’LL BE YOUR CHICKEN WING…
By Erica Am I the only one who has that little gem rolling around in her head? No? Then you aren’t paying as close attention as I am when watching the Voice! Miley (with Adam joining in occasionally) has created a little funny parody of Blake’s Honey Bee that she sings to tease Blake. I […]