{"id":2095432,"date":"2025-10-16T14:02:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T14:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2095432"},"modified":"2025-10-16T14:02:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T14:02:24","slug":"meet-the-2-contestants-remaining-on-the-voice-that-call-georgia-home-and-1-just-eliminated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/meet-the-2-contestants-remaining-on-the-voice-that-call-georgia-home-and-1-just-eliminated\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the 2 contestants remaining on \u2018The Voice&#8217; that call Georgia home \u2014 And 1 just eliminated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onlineathens.com\/story\/news\/2024\/11\/12\/the-highly-anticipated-kickoff-fest-featuring-atlanta-based-rapper-waka-flocka-flame-and-rising-star\/76193686007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Three talented vocalists;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Three talented vocalists<\/a> from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/georgia-girl-dad-brings-reba-134317500.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Georgia have turned chairs;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Georgia have turned chairs<\/a> and are making headlines on<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onlineathens.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/10\/14\/aquatic-soul-to-release-debut-album-the-soul-of-athens\/86676812007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NBC\u2019s \u201cThe Voice\u201d Season 28;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> NBC\u2019s \u201cThe Voice\u201d Season 28<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Two remain while one was recently eliminated in a battle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Whether you&#8217;re from their hometown or just love cheering on local talent, here\u2019s who to watch this season, according to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/meet-the-voice-season-28-contestants-headed-to-the-battle-rounds\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:usmagazine.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">usmagazine.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Jerrell Melton<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fayetteville native Jerrell Melton, 29, landed on Team Snoop, impressing the coaches with a dynamic and passionate vocal performance of &#8220;Go the Distance&#8221; by Michael Bolton.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Manny Costello<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">From Athens, Manny Costello, 28, is a girl-dad that landed a spot on Team Reba McEntire after moving her to tears with his performance of \u201cAlmost Home&#8221; by Craig Morgan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">McEntire and Snoop Dogg both turned their chairs during his performance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After the performance, McEntire was emotionally moved, she said Costello \u201cmade me homesick\u201d and remarked that his voice brought to mind legendary country singers such as George Jones, Merle Haggard, and Randy Travis.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">The Voice: Eliminated in this week&#8217;s battle<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Kanard Thomas<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">From Columbus, 35-year-old Kanard Thomas earned a spot on Team Snoop Dogg after a powerful audition that highlighted his soulful tone and confident stage presence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Both Snoop and Niall Horan turned their chairs, with Snoop even singing along. &#8220;Your are a performer, I felt that and I seen that,&#8221; Snoop said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Thomas lost a battle this week to Kenny Iko and was eliminated.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">What is &#8216;The Voice?&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The Voice&#8221; is a popular singing competition TV show where contestants showcase their vocal talents to celebrity judges who mentor them throughout the competition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The judges for this season are:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>&#8220;The Voice&#8221; Season 28 judges include Reba McEntire, Niall Horan, Snoop Dogg and Michael Bubl\u00e9.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\"\/>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\"\/>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\"\/>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Vanessa Countryman is the Trending Topics Reporter for the Deep South Connect Team Georgia. Email her at<\/em>\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/mailto:Vcountryman@gannett.com\" data-ylk=\"slk:Vcountryman@gannett.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Vcountryman@gannett.co<\/em>m<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>This article originally appeared on Athens Banner-Herald: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onlineathens.com\/story\/news\/2025\/10\/16\/what-contestants-on-the-voice-season-28-are-from-georgia-2-still-remain\/86707535007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:What contestants on The Voice Season 28 are from Georgia? 2 still remain;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">What contestants on The Voice Season 28 are from Georgia? 2 still remain<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three talented vocalists from Georgia have turned chairs and are making headlines on NBC\u2019s \u201cThe Voice\u201d Season 28. Two remain while one was recently eliminated in a battle. Whether you&#8217;re from their hometown or just love cheering on local talent, here\u2019s who to watch this season, according to usmagazine.com. Jerrell Melton Fayetteville native Jerrell Melton, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2043914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[395749,378612,395750,42840,22646,388963,306229,358951],"class_list":["post-2095432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-jerrell-melton","tag-manny-costello","tag-michael-bolton","tag-reba-mcentire","tag-snoop-dogg","tag-team-snoop","tag-the-voice","tag-vocal-performance"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Georgia-girl-dad-brings-Reba-McEntire-to-tears-on-The-Voice.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2095432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2095432"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2095432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2095433,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2095432\/revisions\/2095433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2043914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2095432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2095432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2095432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}