A former contestant on America’s Got Talent just landed a three-chair spin on The Voice: Battle of Champions.
Coaches Kelly Clarkson, John Legend, and Adam Levine all wanted Ashley Marina, an 18-year-old barista from Pittsburgh, Pa., on their teams when she auditioned on Monday’s episode with an original song, “Tonight I Wanna Cry.”
“I could hear country in there,” Clarkson said after her performance, “but I could also hear other influences musically, which I think is really important. You were pitchy after we turned around, [but] I don’t if that’s cause you got nervous.”
It was the nerves, Marina told Clarkson.
Marina also explained that she listens “to a little bit of everything” and is a fan of the covers the host performs on her The Kelly Clarkson Show.
“I think you have a killer voice,” the “Since U Been Gone” singer said, “and I would love to help you tackle those nerves, girl.”
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Marina had explained ahead of her audition that she appeared on America’s Got Talent when she was 12, but that she’d been cut after the second round. She sang an original then, too. She’s now a commercial music major at a school in Nashville.
But Clarkson wasn’t the only one who was a fan of Marina.
Adam Levine, Kelly Clarkson, and John Legend on ‘The Voice’
Credit: Trae Patton/NBC
It was early into her song when Levine, Legend, and Clarkson slammed their buzzers in quick succession. Legend noted that Marina “got a little giddy” when Levine said hello to her.
“The Blind Auditions are such a grueling process, because we’re listening to so much,” the Maroon 5 frontman said. “We’re taking so much in. It almost gets harder to really be able to identify what’s truly great. And what’s really nice is when you have a moment like listening to you. You absolutely know that what you’re listening to is really special. You tackling the nerves and you getting past that literally is the formula to do well and succeed on the show. That’s what we’re here for.”
Legend raved about Marina’s pipes, too.
“We heard your tone, and we heard the different parts of your voice, and it was really beautiful, and it was really tasteful, and it was really musical,” the “All of Me” artist said. “And the fact that you’re doing all that at the age of 18 is just so impressive.”
In the end, Marina decided to join Team Legend.
All three of the coaches finalized their rosters of 10 contestants they’ll take into the next round on the episode.
Host Carson Daly also announced that Clarkson won the Triple Chair Competition in a new part of the contest. She and Levine actually tied, winning the most contestants who received three-chair turns, but Clarkson had won the tiebreaker of the most two-chair turns. Her prize is that she’ll have a Super Steal in the Battle Rounds.
The Voice airs Mondays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.
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