Tessanne Chin scores on The Voice

The audience erupted again when fellow coaches CeeLo Green, Adam  Levine and Blake Shelton turned their chairs around before Chin had even  finished the first verse of the song.

At the end of her performance, Chin was praised by the coaches,  all of whom are top musicians.

“You could easily win The Voice this year, I don’t have a doubt in  my mind,” said Levine, the lead singer of pop rock band Maroon 5.

Shelton, a country music singer, in his bid to woo Chin to join  his team of competitors, said: “I won’t lie to you like Adam and tell you you  could easily win… it’s very hard to win this. It takes a lot of hard work, but  you’re so far ahead of the game.”

Blake then asked Chin if she has been “singing for a long  time”.

She replied: “Yes sir, that’s my bread and butter back home.”

Levine, obviously fascinated by Chin’s Jamaican accent, asked her  to say bread and butter one more time. She obliged, giving him great  pleasure.

“My favourite music comes from where you’re from,” he told  her.

“True?” Chin responded.

“Yeah. Reggae music is the greatest thing in the world to me,” he  said, eliciting a “Thank you, that’s a big honour,” from Chin.

Levine, obviously burning to have Chin join his team, told her: “I  would have made the mistake of a lifetime to not turn around for this. You got  something crazy special. I want it, I want it so bad.”

Aguilera, in her attempt to get Chin on her team, told the  Jamaican: “We’re all pretty desperate to have you on our team… What I’m  getting from you is just so much passion and so much heart for what you do, and  you’re such a powerhouse and unbelievably talented vocalist; but you have such a  kind, warm sense about you and I just want to be given a chance to bond with  you, work with you and help you in any way that I can.”

Blake, in his sales pitch, told Chin that he was fascinated by  her.

However, when he asked her who she would pick as her coach, Chin  chose Levine.

“I’m a fan of music, period,” she said, “and I just want to be the  best vocalist, and I’m very interested in learning how I can better evolve, and  for me I think I’m gonna go with Adam.”

Her choice, of course, had Levine celebrating. “I’m madly in love  with her as a singer. I did not expect to win the battle for Tessanne, but man,  I’m very happy,” he said.

Chin, in her post-audition interview, said “I tried to just give a  good show, but when I saw those chairs turn, boy, I had to remain in the show,  and not go oohh.”

Last night, after watching the recorded show with her family and  friends here in Kingston, Chin tweeted: “Just wanna say a huge thank you for all  the love and support I am truly overwhelmed!!!! Words fail me.”

NBC explains on its website that during the blind auditions the  coaches sit in rotating chairs with their backs turned to the stage. Their  decisions are therefore based solely on the performer’s voice.

If a coach is impressed by the artiste’s voice, the coach pushes a  button to select the artiste for his/her team. “At this point, the coach’s chair  will swivel so that he/she can face the artiste. If more than one coach pushes  his/her button, the power then shifts to the artiste to choose which coach the  artiste wants to work with. If no coach pushes his/her button, the artiste is  eliminated from the competition.”

Chin will now go into the battle rounds, getting advice from  Levine.

The competition gets more difficult with each round, leading up to  the final live performance.

The eventual winner is named ‘The Voice’ and rewarded with a  recording contract.

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