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Thursday, April 19, 2012
[NEWS] X FACTOR FORCAST: WILL BRITNEY SPEARS CAUSE CONTROVERSY LIKE CHRISTINA AGUILERA?
Remember the days of Christina Aguilera's "Genie In a Bottle" versus Britney Spears' "Hit Me Baby One More Time"?Oh, the memories…And now, 13 years later, two of pop's biggest sensations (and former Mouseketeers) are going up against each other again. But this time it's not for placement on the Billboard charts—it's a full-on ratings war!
In case you haven't heard, Brit's thisclose to signing a $15 million contract to become a judge on The X Factor, so she'll be up against The Voice judge on the boob tube. But will Brit-Brit be able to deliver in the same sassy styling as Ms. Aguilera?!
"Let's face it, I'm no stranger to controversy and I'm OK with that," Christina said on last night's episode of The Voice.
And it's that kind of 'tude Xtina's been sporting all season that has made her such a fab judge. If Adam Levine weren't so damn hot, we'd probably pick her as a coach—ya know, if any of Team Truth could carry a tune.
Case in point? On Monday, gal shocked audiences when she cut one of her team's frontrunners (Jesse Campbell); then on Tuesday, once again made a controversial pick, choosing Lindsey Pavao (aka the Kristen Stewart of The Voice, don't you think?) over her competition.
Not to mention sending the blogosphere into a tizzy by supposedly giving Justin Bieber a be-yotchy look.
But that's what we think makes the curvy blonde bombshell so valuable—she isn't afraid to totally piss people off. "I'm fearless in the face of what I believe and I will defend every action that I take," Christina said during the show Tuesday night.
And she's not afraid to critique either. Heck, her go-to motto is basically "It was kinda pitchy, I'm not gonna lie." And that prissy purse of her lips tells you exactly how Xtina feels about any particular performance. Love.
As for Brit? It's no secret we're obsessed with the reigning princess of pop, and we were overjoyed when we heard the Femme Fatale is so close to becoming a judge. (B.S. on our TV every week?! Hallelujah!)
But we think Brit's going to have a far less lethal approach to judging than Christina—think the Paula Abdul or Jennifer Lopez type—sweet, innocent and totally complimentary. We have a feeling Britters won't be making those controversial calls that will leave America up in arms.
Just look at reports that Brit reportedly put a "no bullying" clause in her contract, insisting she wants to be the judge who will nurture new talent and she'll leave the harsh words to Simon Cowell. Bummer, we'd have loved to see Britney unleashed.
For now, we have a feeling we'll be bigger fans of Christina's tough-love 'tude. But we adore Ms. Spears and will definitely reassess once she hits the small screen. Because, either way, we're sure Britney will find some way to keep people talkin'.
Source: E! Online (UK)
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
[NEWS] 'THE VOICE'S' CHRISTINA AGUILERA ON HER QUARTER FINAL CUT: 'I'M VERY EMOTIONALLY DRIVEN'
The pop star explains her reasoning for this week’s eliminations on the NBC competition.Christina Aguilera faced her second tough decision this week on Tuesday’s The Voice results show.
'The Voice' Quarterfinals: Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton Drop Two Strong Singers
The pop singer chose to save Lindsey Pavao over Ashley De La Rosa. Her fellow coaches didn’t seem to agree with that decision nor the one she made on Monday when she eliminated the very strong Jesse Campbell.
“Nobody knows our team more than us coaches ourselves and there's definitely rhyme and reason behind every single decision I make,” Christina defended herself after Tuesday’s show. “I'm very emotionally driven and I think that's what The Voice should be about.”
On Tuesday’s results show, Lindsey delivered a poignant performance of Mike Posner’s “Please Don’t Go” and then broke into tears at the end of the song. And that clearly moved her coach.
“Tonight, Lindsey brought me to tears,” Christina says. “And there was just no two ways around it. What was felt was felt. And it was real and it was honest and that's the best that I can do and what I always bring to the table as a coach. Love me, hate me, as a coach I think it's the only fair thing to these guys to be honest in the moment.”
When The Hollywood Reporter caught up with eliminated Ashley after the show, she was in good spirits and says she understands why her coach chose Lindsey over her.
“Emotion does go a long way,” Ashley tells THR. “Christina looks for that. I do think Lindsey’s emotion was really genuine and it wasn’t something that looked fake or anything. She really looked like she was having a hard time up there and she was getting really choked up. That made me sad, because Lindsey is my friend and I love her and I’m so happy she’s moving on in the competition. And I’m sure she would be happy if I would’ve moved on.”
Did you agree with Christina’s decision to cut Ashley? Tell us in the comments section below.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
[TWEET] @THEREALXTINA: '.@SINGJESSESING YOU WILL GO ON TO CREAT BEAUTIFUL MUSIC & FULFILL..'
.@singjessesing you will go on to create beautiful music & fulfill your desire to touch and move people through your voice. Love and light.
— Christina Aguilera (@TheRealXtina) April 17, 2012
[NEWS] CHRISTINA AGUILERA DELIVERS SEXY 'FIGHTER' PERFORMANCE ON 'THE VOICE'
The pop star shows some body confidence and a sense of humor while performing her hit single on Monday’s quarterfinals with her team.
Christina Aguilera joined her team on-stage to perform her 2003 single, “Fighter,” on Monday’s episode of NBC’s The Voice.
It brought some levity to the night as she and coach Blake Shelton would have to make the difficult decision of cutting one their singers at the end of the quarterfinals performance episode.
First, there was the outfit. Aguilera proved that not only do real women have curves, but she’s obviously very proud of hers. She sported a bedazzled bustier with hot pants. She also sent her male dancers over to Blake to give him a little something to get his mind off the heavy decision they’d have to make later and she "made it rain" on him.
Team members Chris Mann, Ashley De La Rosa, Jesse Campbell and Lindsey Pavao joined their coach and the Crenshaw High School choir on stage to complete the song performance.
Watch the performance below:
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Source: Hollywood Reporter
Christina Aguilera joined her team on-stage to perform her 2003 single, “Fighter,” on Monday’s episode of NBC’s The Voice.
It brought some levity to the night as she and coach Blake Shelton would have to make the difficult decision of cutting one their singers at the end of the quarterfinals performance episode.
First, there was the outfit. Aguilera proved that not only do real women have curves, but she’s obviously very proud of hers. She sported a bedazzled bustier with hot pants. She also sent her male dancers over to Blake to give him a little something to get his mind off the heavy decision they’d have to make later and she "made it rain" on him.
Team members Chris Mann, Ashley De La Rosa, Jesse Campbell and Lindsey Pavao joined their coach and the Crenshaw High School choir on stage to complete the song performance.
Watch the performance below:
Source: Hollywood Reporter
[NEWS] 'THE VOICE' RECAP: A SONG OF NICE AND DIRE
Week 1 of The Voice‘s Season 2 Quarterfinals closely paralleled a pivotal scene in Game of Thrones‘ inaugural season: What appeared to be a character central to the action had his head unceremoniously detached and placed on a spike as the crowd — or at least the three people in my living room — roared approval. The only thing missing was Christina Aguilera emerging naked from the funeral pyre of her Bionic album, its jewel case having hatched into a tiny, fire-breathing dragon.Of course, there were a few moments where the episode began to resemble the kind of deranged hootenanny described during Saturday Night Live‘s “Stefon” segments: “New York’s hottest club is The Voice: The secret password is ‘rhayyy-LEEEEUHHHNNN!’ It’s got teenage Lolitas, Sears family portraits, washed-up R&B singers Christina Millian, a charity-minded Starbucks, Xtina’s anthropomorphic bosoms, flaming air, and human microphones!”
And while, from a musical perspective, the episode was an unmitigated disappointment, we still have to get on with the business of discussing the evening’s eight solo performances — from the four members of Team Xtina and four from Team Blake. (The less said about the caterwauling group performances the better, no?) Each coach ended the episode by instantly eliminating one singer: On Tuesday’s results show, America’s votes will save one member of each judge’s team, and then Blake and Xtina will respectively send a second contestant to safety, while sentencing the third to the guillotine.
Best Performance: Ashley de la Rosa (Team Xtina) | I’ll admit I disagreed with Xtina’s decision to save Ashley last week, but all I can say now is the “Beautiful” singer has a better ear than me. Ashley’s rock-inflected cover of Jewel’s “Foolish Games” was deeply moving and thrillingly original — veering from a gentle whisper on the verses to a gut-busting glory note that matched anything we’ve seen on The Voice this season. By the time Ashley played with the melody and went into the stratosphere on her final refrain of “you were always crazy like that,” I was firing up iTunes to purchase her rendition of the song.Source: TV Line
Most Disappointing Vocal: Lindsey Pavao (Team Xtina) | In theory, I understand why Xtina wanted to push Lindsey to use her voice “in a bigger way,” but in practice, you can’t ask Joni Mitchell to be Celine Dion, or Beck to be Josh Grobin. In other words, maybe Lindsey giving us a stripped-down acoustic Rihanna medley might’ve been more pleasing to the ear than her straight-up-the-middle “Part of Me,” which spun out in the intersection of strained and pitchy every time she went for a big, belt-y note. (Why Adam had to couch his critique by stammering he was stupid for pointing out pitch problems makes me wonder if he should think about sitting quietly with his hands folded in his lap after performances.) Even worse, Lindsey seemed to lose any sense of originality this week: “Part of Me” felt like a WWKPD? (what would Katy Perry do?) cover, right down to the tight white pants, flared bedazzled jacket, futuristic braid, and “human microphone.” Where’s that chick who two weeks ago rocked Gotye better than Glee or Idol or even Gotye himself on SNL?
“What the Hell?” Prize: Chris Mann (Team Xtina) | I wish I could just insert a photo collage of a washing machine, a giant floor fan, Chris Martin, and Ben Stiller in Zoolander to depict my feelings about Mr. Mann’s almost comical cover of “Viva la Vida.” Dude adds vibrato to his music the way Ina Garten adds butter to her recipes, and the layers and layers of vocal affectations overpower the meaning and the message of the music. I agreed with Adam’s not-quite-articulate critique — there was something simply odd about Chris’ performances — and I suspect that Xtina and her main man may be overestimating his chances to go all the way to the finale. Or Lord, I hope so anyway.
Most Overrated: Jesse Campbell (Team Xtina) | Cee Lo, Adam, and Blake heaped praise on Jesse’s performance — although Xtina slyly didn’t mention anything about the actual vocal — which made it a pleasant shock when his coach gave him the boot at episode’s end. Honestly, I’m not sure there was a single note in tune during the last two-thirds of Jesse’s cover of “Halo,” and to make matters worse, the dude’s attempts to make Beyoncé’s track his own steadily devolved into a bizarre stream of wild, screaming hysteria. By the time Jesse started hollering ad-libs like “People of the world! You’ve got a halo!” (no, sir, I do not) it all veered a little uncomfortably into “crazy guy shouting on the subway platform” territory. Yeah, two weeks ago Jesse was the guy touted by the coaches as having a huge shot at the Season 2 crown, but (bringing back our Game of Thrones comparison) Xtina made the right choice in sending this major character to the executioner.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
[NEWS] JESSE CAMPBELL LEFT HIS CHOICE IN COACH CHRISTINA AGUILERA TO GOD
If Jesse Campbell, the breakout star from the current season of NBC's The Voice, looks and sounds familiar, it's not just because his voice is reminiscent of Luther Vandross, Donny Hathaway, Marvin Gaye and other soulful greats before him.
In 1994 he signed with Capitol Records and released his first album, Never Let You Go. He followed that up with a memorable cover of the Hathaway-and-Roberta Flack classic "Where Is the Love" for the sound track of the 1995 film Dead Presidents, which went certified gold. He was let go from his recording contract with Capitol that same year.
Now Campbell, 42, says that he's more ready for mainstream success than ever before. And many who saw his performance on April 2 -- when he more than wowed the celebrity judges (Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton) with his performance of Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World" -- are inclined to agree. He garnered enough votes from the public to move to the next round of the vocal competition. The winner of The Voice will receive $100,000 and a recording contract with Universal Republic Records.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
[NEWS] CHRISTINA AGUILERA: REALITY TV'S BEST JUDGE (SURPRISINGLY!)
Last season on The Voice, Christina Aguilera personified the Hot Mess. Joining the show shortly after divorcing husband Jordan Bratman — and amid reports of her hard-partying ways, which led to her arrest for public intoxication in March of 2011 — Aguilera was a mentor more “Dirrty” than “Beautiful." Her season 1 ill-fitting wardrobe was just the start of it — the singer also seemed bored with her new role on reality TV and not entirely committed to mentoring her eager contestants. Her comebacks to Adam Levine’s barbs were typically awkward, and her self-promotion tactics went into overdrive. Yes, Beverly McClellan’s “Beautiful” duet with Aguilera was fittingly gorgeous… but it was also a cover of “Beautiful.” Why push your music on a series you're already headlining?
But what a difference six months make. Sure, Aguilera’s wardrobe has yet to completely redeem itself — though her high-collared shirts last night were a definite improvement over her Battle Round Barbarella-meets-Royal Wedding look — but the singer sure has. Over the course of season 2, Aguilera has managed to turn herself into the reality series’ most valuable mentor. Not only have her Levine-directed insults become sharper, but her passion during the blind auditions also allowed her to lock in some of the buzziest contestants. (See: Current frontrunner Jesse Campbell.) And she’s already proved she’s guiding her team on a successful path: The singer was spot-on when she warned contestants during the blind auditions that she would have more time to commit than busy countryman Blake Shelton — Aguilera’s song suggestions for her team last night were far fresher and more fitting for each contestant. (Seth and Amy say, really Blake Shelton? “Livin’ On a Prayer,” “Alone,” and “Living for the City” for your team? American Idol called — it wants its season 3 material back.)
Perhaps more impressively, during last night’s first live show, Aguilera officially established herself as the only useful talent judge left on popular reality TV. Following Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul’s Idol exit, the Fox singing series has been weighed down by three judges seemingly incapable of critiquing contestants, no matter how much they butcher Adele. (I know — it seems mean to shoot Eben Franckewitz when he’s down, but dear God, boy.) And, so far this season, The Voice’s panel has been guilty of the same crime — until Aguilera finally called out Naia Kete for her thin cover of Adele’s “Turning Tables.” Can we give her a round of applause for finally channeling that honest voice within?
Now, don’t get me wrong: There’s still enough mess in the much-hotter Aguilera to keep her entertaining. The aforementioned wardrobe that dangerously borders on malfunction, the hilarious stage mom instincts that lead her to mimic her contestants’ dance moves from her spinning chair, etc. But her actions on this season of The Voice have also reminded us that the girl’s damn talented — not only does she know how to bring out the best in other singers, but she allows her singers to bring out the best in her. One of my favorite moments of this season remains Aguilera’s impromptu duet with Sera Hill — there’s no doubt that Alpha Aguilera saw this as an opportunity to prove her vocal dominance, but it was a moment as sweet as it was calculated. Would Cee Lo turn away from Erin Martin’s legs long enough to be inspired by the most talented on his team? Purrfect says “No no no.”
So let’s applaud Aguilera for her work thus far on season 2 of The Voice — it was about time for her arrival. And NBC should be sending her one big fruit basket to wear on her head: Her commitment to the series makes it that much harder for TV fans to throw in the towel when it comes to The Voice. Even this dedicated Idol fan has fully embraced being blasphemous by throwing her UFO hat into the series. So, please, Aguilera: Continue delivering good TV and quality reality show judging — how refreshing it’s been to see you rub us Voice fans the right way. Wait, is that gross?
Who else is loving Aguilera this season?
Source: Hollywood
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Monday, March 5, 2012
[NEWS] 'THE VOICE'S' CHRISTINA AGUILERA AND LIONEL RICHIE: 'HOW TO MILK YOUR MOMENT' (VIDEO)
NBC’s The Voice moves into battle rounds on Monday and you know that means? The coaches get their first chance to deliver on the promises they made to the performers during the blind rounds. And part of that comes from their choice of guest mentors.
On Monday’s episode, Christina Aguilera brings in the iconic soul, R&B, and pop star Lionel Richie.
“I just thought it was important to bring on people who would know how to give advice,” Christina told reporters at TCA. “A lot of artists in the business are true artists in the sense that that’s all that they do, and they’re great at being that. But it does take a certain level of skill and approachability to be able to know how to go into a situation and coach an up and coming artist.”
“So, yeah,” she continues. “Who better than someone as classic and legendary as Lionel Richie?”
No one is arguing with that – especially Team Christina performer Jesse Campbell. The single dad has given up a lot to pursue his music career and he’s thrilled to get advice from the superstar.
Watch THR’s first look video below.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
On Monday’s episode, Christina Aguilera brings in the iconic soul, R&B, and pop star Lionel Richie.
“I just thought it was important to bring on people who would know how to give advice,” Christina told reporters at TCA. “A lot of artists in the business are true artists in the sense that that’s all that they do, and they’re great at being that. But it does take a certain level of skill and approachability to be able to know how to go into a situation and coach an up and coming artist.”
“So, yeah,” she continues. “Who better than someone as classic and legendary as Lionel Richie?”
No one is arguing with that – especially Team Christina performer Jesse Campbell. The single dad has given up a lot to pursue his music career and he’s thrilled to get advice from the superstar.
Watch THR’s first look video below.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
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