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Javier Colon Owes A Big ‘Thank You’ To Justin Bieber For The Win!

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Javier Colon was named the first ever winner of The Voice Wednesday night but he still can’t believe it’s for real.

Colon told Celebuzz in a post-win interview that he thought he had lost and was ready to congratulate co-finalist Dia Frampton when Carson Daly announced his name instead.

That’s fascinating considering his amazing talent, his favored status since day one, and his captivating stage presence, all of which was only amplified by the fact that Justin Bieber Tweeted to his then 10.6 million followers several times to vote for Colon in The Voice finale.

And if that weren’t enough, Bieber’s manager, Scooter Braun, also got behind the Twitter campaign and asked his almost 900K fans to do the same.

Despite such massive and unparalleled support for any of the other three finalists, Colon wasn’t convinced he’d win. “I was 100 percent in my mind, I was ready and prepared for Carson to say, ‘And the winner of The Voice is Dia Frampton.’ I was going to be okay with that because I absolutely love Dia. She is amazing and deserved a win as much as we all did,” Colon told Celebuzz.

OK, so, the win was unexpected for Colon, but, now, back to the possible game-changing Bieber plug–remember, only 2% of the votes separated Colon and runner-up Frampton. Did Colon know he would get the support of the second most popular celeb on Twitter before the finale? “Not at all,” Colon told Celebuzz. “Adam had played basketball with Justin at one point and knew his manager Scooter Braun, so they both tweeted out to their millions of followers to vote for me. Not sure if it was Adam’s connection to Justin or what, but he put his support behind me, and it meant a lot.”

Read the rest of Javier’s interview on Celebuzz where he talks about a collaboration with Adam Levine and Cee-Lo Green, his upcoming album and what he thinks of Dia.
What do you think of Bieber’s support? Was that cool or did it give Javier an unfair advantage over the other contestants? Did it end up being the difference in who won or do you think Javier would have won anyway? Should Javier send a “thank you gift basket” to Biber?

The Voice: No Judges Controversy Here, ALL Judges Returning For Season 2

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GREAT NEWS! We don’t have to speculate for months as to who will judge the next season of NBC’s hit show, The Voice, like we have been with American Idol recently. Season 1’s Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green will all return next season!

Paul Telegdy, Executive Vice President of NBC, said: “Our fantastic coaches were integral to the tremendous success of The Voice this year and we are thrilled that they are all returning. We look forward to building season two and making The Voice an even greater experience for fans.”

Javier Colon was The Voice‘s first winner and the show will return in January to go head to head with American Idol for its season 2.

Which singing competition is your favorite? Idol or The Voice? Or are you just dying for the premiere of The X Factor?

‘The Voice’ Finale: Who Won The Crown?

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NBC aired The Voice finale results show Wednesday, June 29, 2011. One of the four finalists, Beverly McClellan, Javier Colon, Vicci Martinez, or Dia Frampton was crowned the first-ever Voice winner.

Performers tonight included Stevie Nicks, Train singer Pat Monahan, OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder, and Miranda Lambert, wife of Blake Shelton.

BELOW is a live blogging of tonight’s episode for spoiler results of who won The Voice!

5:00 PM EST Finalists are introduced
5:08 PM EST Commercial break
5:13 PM Vicci Martinez is performing a duet with Pat Monahan
5:21 Javier Colon and Stevie Nicks singing a duet
5:30 Commercial break
5:35 Beverly McClellan performing with Ryan Tedder
5:40 Commercial break
5:48 Dia Frampton sings with Miranda Lambert
5:57 JAVIER COLON ANNOUNCED WINNER! Dia Frampton came in second!

NBC’s The Voice Goes On Tour! See The Concert Dates

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Sadly, NBC’s The Voice is ending tonight in a star-studed finale Wednesday night, only a few short weeks after it steam-rolled into our living rooms.

But don’t fret, Beverly McClellan, Javier Colon, Vicci Martinez, Dia Frampton, Casey Weston, Frenchie Davis, and Xenia are going on a summer tour!

Here is their summer tour schedule:

July 27: Los Angeles, CA – Gibson Amphitheatre
July 30: Las Vegas, NV – MGM Grand Garden Arena
August 2: Chicago, IL – Rosemont Theatre
August 4: Boston, MA – Bank of America Pavilion
August 5: Wallingford, CT – Toyota Presents Oakdale Theatre
August 6: New York, NY – Beacon Theatre

VIDEO: Beverly McClellan Leaves Her Fans Lovesick & Epitomizes Everything The Voice Stands For

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Beverly McClellan was the final contestant to sing the original song Lovesick on NBC’s The Voice finale Tuesday night (June 28) and gave the best performance of the night, by far.

Beverly received a standing ovation not only from the frenzied crowd but from the judges as well.

Cee Lo Green said, “Wow!” and called her a favorite of his and said that he enjoys her all the time. He says she killed it. Adam Levine said what she just did transcends the competition and makes this fun. Adam Levine declared that she nailed it!

Blake Shelton said if music was crack then she would have a serious problem and said it was awesome to watch.

Christina Aguilera said she rocked it and loves Beverly’s work ethic because she comes to work with a smile on her face even when she was getting the calls at 4 AM to do interviews. Christina said Beverly also has such a big heart.

Support Beverly tonight by dialing (855) 864-2304.

VIDEO: Vicci Martinez Sings Afraid To Sleep On The Voice Finale

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Team Cee Lo Green’s Vicci Martinez performed her original song, Afraid to Sleep, produced by Butch Walker, on NBC’s The Voice finale Tuesday night (June 28).

Adam Levine said this is such a fun thing to do (watching her) and as a spectator he was really invested in her performance. He says she is a powerful little thing. 
Blake Shelton said he loves that Vicci insists on being a big deal  and that she won’t take no for an answer. Christina Aguilera said she is a dynamic performer and made the song her own. Cee Lo Green is so proud of her and is sure she is headed for a great career.

Vote for Vicci tonight by calling (855) 864-2302

Watch Vicci’s performance for yourself: 

Below is Vicci and Cee Lo’s video of Pat Benatar’s Love is a Battlefied:

VIDEO: Javier Colon Inches Closer To A Win On The Voice Stitch By Stich

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Team Adam Levine’s Javier Colon sang first on Tuesday (June 28) night’s The Voice finale on NBC. Javier performed an original song produced by Rodney Jenkins, Stitch by Stitch, and dedicated the song to his family.

Blake Shelton was left in awe of him and said he has a lot of respect for him. Christina said his execution was really good. Cee Lo Green said the song belonged to Javier. Adam was chocked up at the thought of the amazing career waiting for Javier. Both Adam and Blake spoke of how much of a genuinely nice guy Javier is.

Call (855) 864-2301 to vote tonight for Javier.

Javier has a great chance to win the whole thing – not only has he been the front runner since day one, one of his biggest fans, Justin Bieber, has been Tweeting all day today and yesterday asking his 10.6 million Twitter followers to vote for Javier.

Watch Javier’s performance below:

The Voice – Who Made It To The Finals?

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Wednesday (6/22) night, The Voice eliminated four more singers and sent four hopefuls to the finals. At the start of the show, we still had the following in contention:

Team Christina Aguilera: Frenchie Davis, Beverly McClellan
Team Adam Levine: Javier Colon, Casey Weston
Team Cee Lo Green: Vicci Martinez, Nakia
Team Blake Shelton: Xenia, Dia Frampton

The judges had 100 points to divide between each of the two remaining contestants on their team. That score was combined with fan votes to see who would be safe and who would be voted off and eliminated tonight.

RESULTS:

Team Cee Lo: Vicci wins over Nakia
Cee Lo gave 51 points to Nakia and 49 to Vicci
When the fan votes were added in, Vicci had a total score of 124 and Nakia 76

Team Adam: Javier wins over Casey

Adam gave a 65 to Javier and a 35 to Casey
When the fan votes were added in, Javier had a total score of 138 and Casey 63

Team Blake: Dia wins over Xenia

Blake split his votes evenly and gave each 50
When the fan votes were added in, Dia had a total score of 104 and Xenia 96

Team Christina: Beverly wins over Frenchie
Christina split her votes evenly and gave each 50
When the fan votes were added in, Beverly had a total score of 107 and Frenchie 93

And there you have it. Our four finalists are Vicci, Javier, Dia, and Beverly! 
CONGRATS TO ALL 8 semi-finalists!

VIDEO: Casey Weston ‘Will Always Love You’

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Adam Levine saved Casey Weston over his initial gut choice of Jeff Jenkins on Tuesday night’s semi-final episode of The Voice and then coached her into a very controlled rendition of I Will Always Love You – a song covered by two music legends, Dolly Parton and Whitney Houston.

Levine and Weston butted heads in rehearsals: He wanted her to stay away from the iconic versions of the song and create her own and stopped her several times to make sure she stayed on track. Weston said: “I am not trying (to be Whitney). I am just trying to be Casey and sing the way I know how to sing.”

For the live performance, Weston wore a beautiful white dress with brown cowboy boots and delivered a strong rendition of the song.

The judges loved her. Blake Shelton gave her a back-handed compliment: “I never expect you to blow me away, but you always do!” Levine said: “This performance proves that our arguments pay off, because you were amazing, and thank you!”

Maybe it was their arguments, maybe it was saving her over Jenkins, but the internet rumors started immediately after the show on whether Weston and Levine are dating.  I have no clue, sorry. Well, except I am pretty sure Levine is still with long-time girlfriend, SI swimsuit model, Anne Vyalitsyna who starred in his Misery video.
Watch Weston’s video below:

VIDEO: Vicci Martinez’ ‘Dog Days’ Are Definitely Over

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Vicci Martinez ended The Voice Tuesday night (June 21) with a show-stopping rendition of Florence and the Machine’s Dog Days Are Over.

Pounding two drums and sporting an ’80s white outfit and a big pompadour-type hairdo, she got a standing ovation from the crowd.

Adam Levine complemented her hair and called her efforts the “coolest performance of the night.” Blake Shelton agreed and called it the “most powerful performance of the night.” He said it was like someone threw a match on stage and lit it. “There’s no two ways about it, that was a great performance,” said Christina Aguilera.

As for Vicci’s  Coach Cee Lo Green, he said: “I’m so excited for you, I’m sitting on the edge of my seat. You’re right, the dog days are over for you, the future is so bright for you, my darling!”

UPDATE: All the videos of the performance have been pulled off of YouTube. But you can hear it in the video below: