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Tuesday, March 13, 2018
The Voice Recap: Is Adam Levine Doomed?
The Blind Auditions continued last night on The Voice, and that meant there was another batch of sub-par performers given the opportunity to advance to the next stage of the competition.
Granted, most of the dull performances hailed from Team Adam.
Also odd: ABC aired American Idol opposite The Voice. Do we really need these two shows fighting it out for more viewers than the other?
Let’s break down the performances!
Stephanie Skipper – “Piece by Piece”
Stephanie plucked up the courage to perform a Kelly Clarkson number in front of Kelly herself, and it was a robust performance that was different enough from the original to set herself apart.
Kelly did not seem impressed and didn’t turn her chair around. Luckily, Adam snapped the Nashville native up for his team.
Tish Haynes Keys – “Chain of Fools”
Tish opened up about falling pregnant at just 14 years old, and she claimed that it changed her life. Her performance was solid, but not spectacular.
“You just killed Aretha Franklin!” said a shocked Kelly. Alas, she joined Team Adam.
Bransen Ireland – “Tulsa Time”
The first big miss of the night came in the form of Bransen. His vocals were most certainly not up there as the best, but he seemed like a natural fit for Team Blake.
The troubling thing about it was that Blake failed to turn around initially, and it took him some time to get on board with all of it.
Teana Boston – “Unfaithful”
Teana could have fooled us if she hit the stage and said she was a guest performer. She was polished and had a significant stage presence.
She should make it far into the competition, but this show has been known to cut acts in their prime. Maybe Team Kelly will serve her well.
Miya Bass – “Issues”
While Miya Bass may have charisma for days, her song choice was way off for her audition. There was nothing about it that made her seem like a marketable artist.
Adam’s team is beginning to look like the go-to place for the contestants who are just not great at performing.
Jordan Kirkdorffer – “In Case You Didn’t Know”
This was another one of those middle of the road performances. We’re sure there must have been better contestants than Jordan to put through.
We’re sure if he performed a pop song, he would not have joined Team Kelly … or any of the other coaches for that matter.
Shana Halligan – “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)”
After a string of downright dreadful performances, Shana appeared and reignited my interest in the show. Her vocals tugged at the heart because they were so beautiful.
Team Alicia is the perfect place for her.
Gary Edwards – “What’s Going On”
Gary was ready to graduate from the church stage to the bigger stages that would propel him to stardom. His voice matched up, and he proved he has what it takes to become a professional singer.
At least Adam finally got someone on his team who could make it far.
Hannah Goebel – “If I Ain’t Got You”
In true The Voice fashion, the show left the best for last. Hannah scaled a lot of vocal heights throughout. We may very well have a finalist right here, you guys!
What did you think of the latest performances?
Sound off below.
Counting On Recap: Joe Duggar Cannot Wait to Bone Kendra Caldwell!
This week on Counting On, Kendra Caldwell headed to Kentucky to pick out her wedding dress in anticipation of her special day.
She and her husband-to-be were also focused on other aspects of tying the knot, though … specifically what comes after that.
As Joseph Duggar and Kendra’s wedding day quickly approached on Counting On Season 6 Episode 3, the anticipation began to build.
Sexually. We’re talking about temptation.
Yes, the couple’s sexual desires were running ever so high as they geared up for their impending nuptials, but this is par for the course.
In this family, patience is a virtue.
Joe’s sister Joy-Anna Duggar and Austin Forsyth, her husband, interestingly talked about getting through the challenges of waiting.
It was this couple that allegedly engaged in massive amounts of courtship rule-breaking and didn’t delay physical intimacy until marriage.
Of course, a lot of that speculation was just that – speculation. Talk of Joy-Anna having premarital sex made for great gossip, but that’s it.
The birth of Joy and Austin’s son Gideon did nothing to disprove her consistent claim that the couple got pregnant on their honeymoon.
In any case, Joe confessed to Austin that as he gets closer and closer to his wedding day, it’s impossible not to think about Kendra.
He means in a sexual manner.
“I spend the evenings with Kendra and then during the day I’m just working. It keeps me busy and not thinking about it,” Joe admitted.
The 23-year-old Joseph later added that “Joy and Austin have been a great example for us as far as relationships.”
“They say when you get closer to the wedding it’s always so much harder,” he said, and in his estimation, “it’s true.”
For her part, Kendra chimed in:
“You just start loving each other more and more and you just get excited about the wedding but I think having chaperones allows us not to fall.”
Joe spoke about the “physical boundaries” he and Kendra set, and they are strict … think side hugs and not a whole lot else.
“We’re not kissing before we get married, we’re just saving ourselves for each other,” he explained, and that’s not out of the ordinary.
The Duggars’ upbringing basically forbids all types of contact pre-engagement and marriage, even unsupervised alone time.
Of course, without a lot of practice beforehand, there’s going to be a learning curve of sorts after they do finally get married.
Not that he’s not up for the challenge.
Challenges and lessons don’t get much more entertaining than this one, and besides, his siblings seem to have figured it out.
Still, a Counting On producer continued to press them on the subject, probing for cringe-worthy details and asking awkwardly:
“What have you guys done to prepare yourselves for the physical side of marriage, as far as education on such things?”
Joe’s response?
“At this point, we figure that we don’t have to educate ourselves completely … if we had questions we can ask people who we trust.”
“I know there’s a lot of books out there, a lot of things you can read,” he said, though it’s unclear what things he meant.
Given the family’s limits on media consumption (see below), we’d be interested to see the reading material in question.
It’s a moot point anyway.
“We don’t want to make it harder on ourselves thinking about all the things we can’t actually carry out,” Duggar added.
“Also, I think that in marriage, I think it’ll be fun understanding more as we go along and just learn together.”
Clearly it worked out in the end.
Soon after their wedding – VERY soon after their wedding – we learned that Kendra Caldwell is pregnant with their first child.
Who needs books anyway?!
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