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Cape (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) and Janet Yang Productions today revealed the four grantees of the 2024 Julia S. Gouw Short Film Challenge for Asian and Pacific Islander Women and Non-Binary Filmmakers.

In its third consecutive year, the four filmmakers will each receive a $25,000 production grant to produce their short films.

Yang, who also serves as President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, said, “I love it when dreams become reality – I had a dream that I shared with Julia Gouw several years ago that I wanted to support emerging filmmakers who are Aapi and female or nonbinary, since we are still profoundly underrepresented.” She added, “With Julia’s support and in collaboration with Cape, this dream has been realized. Now we are able to help the dreams of many others come true with this short film competition.”

Michelle K. Sugihara, executive director of Cape, said,...

Spencer Grammer, Harland Williams, Will Friedle, Harry Lennix, Juliana Harkavy and John Dimaggio are among the performers comprising the ensemble voice cast of the animated sci-fi comedy movie Isla Monstro.

Hailing from multimedia company Abyssmal Entertainment, the feature has completed production and launches promotion at San Diego Comic-Con with a booth and a panel taking place Saturday. The project is directed and animated by Steven Shea (Surviving Supercon), who co-wrote the script with James Schrader, and it is currently seeking distribution.

Isla Monstro centers on ne’er-do-well Duke (voiced by Schrader), who falls off a cruise ship and awakens on an abandoned, top secret government island that is rampant with mutants and monsters left over from a failed “super soldier” mission from the 1980s. Duke concocts a scheme to convert the island into a high-class resort getaway with the creatures serving as staff, which does not please the U.S. government.

Get ready for one of the biggest electronic music concerts of the year.

Illenium, whose real name is Nicholas Miller, is preparing for a concert series in Las Vegas.

The celebration concerts will be held in Las Vegas on February 10 & 12; March 9, 22 and 30; April 5 and 13; May 16, 18, 24, 25 and 31; and, June 8, 15, 22 and 29.

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On January 24, Illenium partnered with End Overdose to raise funds for overdose prevention.

“With the third Trilogy coming up I’ve been reflecting on all the things that had to go right in my life to make this possible – least of all escaping an addiction to opioids,” Illenium wrote in his Instagram post. “I’m grateful every day that I was given the opportunity for a second chance and to be in a position where I can help others have that second chance as well.”

Illenium added that End Overdose will be present at his Trilogy shows to anyone interested.

Spoiler Alert: This article contains details of the winner of The Voice Season 23.

The Voice crowned its winner tonight as Blake Shelton also said goodbye to the NBC competition series after 23 seasons.

Five contestants made it to the finale, Grace West and Noivas from Shelton’s team, D.Smooth from Kelly Clarkson’s team, Sorelle from Chance the Rapper’s team and Gina Miles from Niall Horan.

After all the finalists sang with their respective coaches, the winner was finally revealed following America’s votes.

Gina Miles, from Team Niall won Season 23 with Grace West from Team Blake taking second place.

Noivas from Team Blake placed fifth, while Sorelle from Team Chance and D.Smooth from Team Kelly placed fourth and third place, respectively.

Gina Miles won ‘The Voice’ Season 23 from Team Niall

Throughout the night, Blake Shelton was honored as the Goat (Greatest of All Time) as the coach retires from The Voice.

Tonight on “The Voice” live finale, host Carson Daly reveals who America has chosen to be the winner. The star-studded celebration includes special performances by chart-topping artists, finalist/coach duets and surprises to celebrate Blake Shelton as he says a final goodbye. Will he walk away with a record-extending 10th victory? Or will Chance the Rapper, Niall Horan or Kelly Clarkson spoil his swan song?

Below, read our minute-by-minute “The Voice” recap of Season 23, Episode 17 to find out what happened Tuesday, May 23 at 9:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite artists on NBC’s long-running reality TV show, which coach you’re rooting for and who you think will ultimately join “The Voice” winners list for this 23rd season.

Team Blake: Grace West, Noivas

Team Niall: Gina Miles

Team Chance: Sorelle

Team Kelly: D.Smooth

See ‘The Voice’ finale...

Fresh off his gig hosting this year’s Primetime Emmys, comedian and “SNL” veteran Kenan Thompson is back on stage Thursday night in Atlanta, as he kicks off the 13th edition of his “Kenan Presents The Ultimate Comedy Showcase” — and this time with a few new technological wrinkles.

The stand-up comedy search, which leads off at the Atlanta Comedy Theatre on Sept. 22, follows Thompson as he scouts for adult comedians and talented kids in more than 50 cities. Among the new elements, all around the country (50+ major cities).

Thompson has teamed up with Rendered Talent to include a virtual reality option for participants to partake in the metaverse through the “Failed To Render Comedy Club.” In addition, Thompson partnered with Proto to be able to join live shows through the metaverse as a digital hologram, attending showcases digitally to accommodate his busy schedule via Proto’s 4K hologram device.

After the initial Atlanta showcase,...

Tubi has begun production on Spread, a Tubi Original Movie starring Elizabeth Gillies (Dynasty), Harvey Keitel (The Irishman), Diedrich Bader (Veep), Bryan Craig (Good Trouble) Teri Polo (Meet the Parents), Blake Harrison (The Inbetweeners), Tim Rozon (Schitt’s Creek) and Keith Walker (The Upshaws). The movie hails from Cartel Pictures for premiere in 2023.

Spread follows an ambitious aspiring journalist (Gillies) who lands a temp job at an adult magazine run by an aging industry king (Keitel) and must reconcile her idealism as she strives to help the company succeed.

Directed by Ellie Kanner (Authors Anonymous), the film is written and co-produced by Buffy Charlet (Holy Ghost People). Dia Frampton (Candy Coated Christmas), Jonah Platt (Uncoupled), and Diora Baird (Cobra Kai) also star.

The movie is inspired by Charlet’s real-life experience as a temp at Hustler magazine who rose to be an editor. Gillies also executive produces. Spread is produced by...

Let’s take a look back at the full “The Voice” winners list, starting with the first. Javier Colon was crowned season 1 champion on June 29, 2011. He was coached by Adam Levine and edged out Dia Frampton due, in part, to his performance of the original song “Stitch by Stitch.”

Below is “The Voice” winners list, including the names of their coaches, the dates of their season finales, their original songs and their closest competition. Scroll through to find your favorite of “The Voice” winners and see how many artists were coached to victory by the likes of Blake Shelton and Kelly Clarkson.

“Yasuke,” the upcoming Netflix series from creator LeSean Thomas, has released its first trailer ahead of an April 29 release. The streaming giant provided the following synopsis along with key art Monday afternoon.

The tale is set in a war-torn feudal Japan filled with mechs and magic, and the greatest ronin never known, Yasuke, struggles to maintain a peaceful existence after a past life of violence. But when a local village becomes the center of social upheaval between warring daimyo, Yasuke must take up his sword and transport a mysterious child who is the target of dark forces and bloodthirsty warlords.

All of that is found within the first trailer as the audience meets Yasuke, voiced by Academy Award nominee Lakeith Stanfield. Yasuke stands up for others despite being an outsider due to his former status as a slave. The animation looks beautiful — a mix of anime and light tones generally...

Lakeith Stanfield brings the legend of Yasuke, the real-life Black samurai in feudal Japan, to screen in the trailer for Netflix and Mapaa’s latest anime series that premieres this week.

The Oscar-nominated Judas and the Black Messiah actor takes on the titular character, a servant-turned-fierce hero in the series created by LeSean Thomas. Set in a war-torn feudal Japan filled with mechs and magic, the series follows the greatest ronin never known, Yasuke, who struggles to maintain a peaceful existence after a past life of violence. But when a local village becomes the center of social upheaval between warring daimyo, Yasuke must take up his sword and transport a mysterious child who is the target of dark forces and bloodthirsty warlords.

The trailer teases Yasuke’s closest circle, his gory past, the series’ big bad and a fresh track from Grammy-nominated music producer Flying Lotus. The voice cast also features Ming-Na Wen,...

Starz announced that “Power Book III: Raising Kanan” will premiere on July 18.

Set in ’90s South Jamaica, Queens and serving as a prequel to the original Power franchise, the series stars Patina Miller, Mekai Curtis, Omar Epps, London Brown, Malcolm Mays, Hailey Kilgore, Joey Bada$$, Tony Sandeman, Shanley Caswell, Lovie Simone and Quincy Brown.

Creator and showrunner Sascha Penn executive produces alongside Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Courtney A. Kemp, Mark Canton, Chris Selak, Danielle De Jesus, Shana Stein and Bart Wenrich.

Also in today’s TV news roundup:

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ABC announced that the special tribute episode of “General Hospital,” which will celebrate actor John Reilly, will air on May 21. The episode features “General Hospital” fan-favorites Kristina Wagner, John J. York, Finola Hughes, Genie Francis and Jon Lindstrom reprising their respective roles as Felicia Scorpio, Malcolm “Mac” Scorpio, Anna Devane, Laura Collins and Kevin Collins. While mourning the death of World Security...

This year’s Oscars have set a new record for the largest number of entries ever in the Best Original Song category, but the 105 eligible songs do not include Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ “(If Only You Could) Save Me,” a 1930s-style big band song from “Mank” that was recently nominated for the second annual Society of Composers and Lyricists Awards.

The song is heard briefly coming from a radio in the background of one scene and plays for only about 40 seconds. Academy rules require “a clearly audible, intelligible, substantive rendition of both lyric and melody,” and the song was judged to not fulfill that requirement.

Other songs that didn’t make the list, although they were thought to be in the running, include “Uh Oh” from “Promising Young Woman” and “Boss Bitch” from “Birds of Prey.” Even without those, the list of eligible songs tops 100 for the first time...

Experiencing writer’s block, rising music star Layne Price (Dia Frampton) heads back to the city that inspired her to become a singer, Nashville. Deciding that part of her issue comes from unresolved emotions around an ex-partner, Layne heads out on New Years with her Bff Cassie Holmes (Ashley Argota) to track down her elusive ex. However, Cassie has decided to finally confess her feelings towards Layne, making Layne’s most hated holiday all the more turbulent. “I Hate New Year’s” offers up a story of friendship, romance. mysticism and the love of music.

Available for streaming Dec. 4, “I Hate New Year’s” will be available on demand everywhere, as well as on the Tello Network.

Tello Films, a network that specializes in producing original LGBTQ+ content, focus towards the upcoming holiday season with the rom-com “I Hate New Years”. The film takes the vocal talent of Dia Frampton (runner up...

When rising music star Layne Price heads home to Nashville for New Year’s Eve to break her writer’s block, she discovers that sometimes you find inspiration—and love, with a little mystical intervention—where you least expect it, in the charming, holiday RomCom, I Hate New Year’s.

Available for streaming Dec. 4, “I Hate New Year’s” will be avaible on demand everywhere, as well as on the Tello Network.

Filmed in Nashville, I Hate New Year’s stars actress/singers Dia Frampton (runner up in the inaugural season of The Voice and lead singer of the band Meg & Dia) and Ashley Argota (The Fosters, Lab Rats, Broadway’s The Lion King), as well as groundbreaking actress Candis Cayne (The Magicians, Grey’s Anatomy, I Am Cait, Elementary, Dirty Sexy Money) in a magical, dual role.

Featuring a soulful, high-energy, original soundtrack from award-winning composer Emer Kinsella, with five...

Season 16 of “The Voice” recently concluded with Maelyn Jarmon from Team John Legend winning the latest title in the long-running NBC competition series. (Watch our video interview with Maelyn.) Although the songbird from Team John was Gold Derby’s odds-on favorite to win, it was Blake Shelton who coached three of the four finalists including country singers Gyth Rigdon, Dexter Roberts and Andrew Sevener. That brings us to an impressive statistic for Shelton. Not only has he won more titles than any other coach, with six total, but he’s also had more runners-up and finalists as well.

SEEAdam Levine on leaving ‘The Voice’: I’ll miss my ‘brother for life’ Blake Shelton, but ‘it was time to move on’

In the past 16 seasons, Shelton has coached nine artists to second place and a staggering 24 to the finale. Season 5 was the only one that Team Blake failed to reach the finale altogether.

Beverly McClellan, the third runner-up during NBC’s inaugural season of The Voice, died on Oct. 30 following a battle with cancer. She was 49.

According to The Blast, McClellan passed while surrounded by friends and her wife Monique. The singer had been diagnosed with Stage 3 endometrial cancer that had metastasized to her colon, bladder and intestines.

Born in Kingsport, Tenn. and raised in Gate City, Va., McClellan’s pre-Voice accomplishments included winning the New York National Music Festival in 2004 as Best Overall Performer among 500 contestants. She had recorded five independent albums without having been signed by a record label when she auditioned for The Voice.

Brynn Cartelli won season 14 of “The Voice” on Tuesday by edging out Britton Buchanan in one of the closest votes in the history of the reality competition series. Buchanan, who was coached by one-time winning coach Alicia Keys, had been strongly positioned heading into Tuesday’s finale based on his performances on Monday’s final.

Two of the three songs that Buchanan performed on May 21 made the iTunes top 10, thus qualifying for the vote multiplier. He grabbed the top spot with his original single “Where You Come From.” And his cover of the Young Rascals classic “Good Lovin” took the 10th and final slot. (His duet with Keys on “Wake Me Up” by Avicii ranked 19th).

Cartelli, who was mentored by rookie coach Kelly Clarkson, also landed two of her three songs in the top 10 on iTunes. She was in third place on the sales chart with the original tune...

Miley Cyrus and Alicia Keys, you’d better not be toying with my emotions!

I can’t be the only one who let out a long and enthusiastic “squeeeeee!” as the newcomers to The Voice‘s coaching panel casually proposed a joint record label and national tour to promote their very promising Season 11 artists.

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Ok, maybe their conversation was merely a way to kill time in between Carson Daly’s vein-popping pronouncements. But I can’t help but optimistically wonder: Could we finally have...

From Coldplay to Ed Sheeran, The Voice had plenty of star power on the season 6 finale Tuesday night. But ultimately, all eyes were on the three finalists, as they battled it out for the top prize. Josh Kaufman of Team Usher, Christina Grimmie of Team Adam Levine, and Jake Worthington of Team Blake Shelton gave it their all throughout the season, starting at the blind auditions, where they belted it out on stage to win the hearts of their coaches. But in the end, only one could be crowned the winner. On Tuesday night, a day after the three hopefuls...

From Coldplay to Ed Sheeran, The Voice had plenty of star power on the season 6 finale Tuesday night. But ultimately, all eyes were on the three finalists, as they battled it out for the top prize.

Josh Kaufman of Team Usher, Christina Grimmie of Team Adam Levine, and Jake Worthington of Team Blake Shelton gave it their all throughout the season, starting at the blind auditions, where they belted it out on stage to win the hearts of their coaches.

But in the end, only one could be crowned the winner.

On Tuesday night, a day after the three hopefuls...

From Coldplay to Ed Sheeran, The Voice had plenty of star power on the season 6 finale Tuesday night. But ultimately, all eyes were on the three finalists, as they battled it out for the top prize. Josh Kaufman of Team Usher, Christina Grimmie of Team Adam Levine, and Jake Worthington of Team Blake Shelton gave it their all throughout the season, starting at the blind auditions, where they belted it out on stage to win the hearts of their coaches. But in the end, only one could be crowned the winner. On Tuesday night, a day after the three hopefuls...

The Voice season 6 finale is May 20 and while the anticipated moment of this season's winner is nearing, the talent doesn't stop. Talpa Media and Aeg Live announced recently that the top finalists (and past favorites) are hitting the road this summer for a 31-show concert tour. 

Already confirmed from season 5 are: Will Champlain, Jacquie Lee and winner, Tessanne Chin. Dia Frampton from season 1 will also be joining the Voice tour. Another fan favorite will be announced later this month based on your votes via social media. 

BuddyTV is giving you the chance to go see this talented group perform live with a giveaway! Keep reading for full details. ...

The spinny chairs will be put into storage and Blake Shelton and Adam Levine will have to move their man-crush to Twitter, but the music won’t end once The Voice crowns a season 6 champion.

The Voice 2014 Tour will visit 31 cities across the country this summer, with this season’s top performers and fan favorites from years past hitting the stage. Season 5 winner Tessanne Chin, runner-up Jacquie Lee, and third-place finisher Will Champlin are confirmed, along with the memorable Dia Frampton from season 1. They’ll be joined by the Top 3 singers from season 6, who will be decided on the May...

NBC's “The Voice” is going on tour. The concert series will hit 31 cities starting on June 21 in San Antonio, Texas. Currently, the roster of confirmed performers include Season 5 champ, Tessanne Chin, that season's runner-up, Jacquie Lee, and fan-favorite Will Champlin. Also, Season 1 runner-up, Dia Frampton, is on board. Also read: 10 Best and Worst Moments of ‘The Voice’ Battles Round 2 (Guest Blog) Additionally, this season's winner, runner-up, and third place singers will also join the tour. And, an additional artist will be chosen in May by America via social media. Tickets go on sale Thursday, April 17 at 10...

Ideally, singing competitions like NBC’s The Voice offer undiscovered contestants the chance to become almost famous. But in season 5, which began on Monday, we’re seeing contestants who are already famous.

During last night’s blind auditions, E.G. Daily — the voice of Rugrats’ Tommy Pickles, a sometime movie actress (Pee-wee’s Big Adventure), and a singer with a top 10 hit (1987′s “Mind Over Matter”) — competed for a second chance at a music career. And during Monday’s premiere, host Carson Daly told Briana Cuoco, actress Kaley Cuoco’s sister, that she will get to audition in an upcoming episode.

On Wednesday (May 8) night's episode of "The Voice" the Top 12 finalists of Season 4 will be revealed. America's votes will save two of the four artists on each team, with coaches Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Usher and Shakira able to save another. Here at Zap2It, we've been thinking long and hard about which artists should advance tonight. What follows below are our thoughts, team by team.

Team Adam: Amber Carrington, Caroline Glaser, Judith Hill and Sarah Simmons

Levine's team is probably the easiest choice to make. Right off the bat, it's obvious to say that Hill and Simmons ought to be in the finals this season -- they're each that good. That leaves Carrington and Glaser. Amber's voice is stronger and more pure, but Caroline has a unique vocal quality that's often rewarded on the voice (a la Dia Frampton (Season 1) and Melanie Martinez (Season 3). It's Glaser's quirk factor...

The ‘American Idol’ winner surprised fans by tweeting that his wife and ‘the little one’ are both safe.

Kris Allen had a rough New Year’s Day, but it sounds like he’s got a lot to look forward to in 2013 — including fatherhood! Kris, 27, and wife Katy found themselves in the emergency room Jan. 1 after a head-on car crash left Kris with a broken wrist, prompting a revealing tweet from the season-eight American Idol winner: “Yes I got in a really bad wreck tonight and yes I’m having a lil baby. #gonnabeadaddy”

This was meant to clarify Kris’ earlier — and slightly more vague — tweet, in which he alluded to a tiny human passenger in his car.

“Thank you @ford for equipping me with a car that kept my whole family @katyallen @ZorroPup and the little one we have on the way safe,” he tweeted.

We couldn’t be happier...

The Voice is many things: an absorbing talent show, an extended high-end chair commercial, a crazy wig parade, NBC’s blessed ratings savior. That said, it hasn’t yet proven itself to be a reliable starmaker. Past Voice winners Javier Colon and Jermaine Paul have had limited success on the national stage, though Paul’s fortunes may change when his debut album drops later this week. Runners up like Dia Frampton and Chris Mann have had slightly more luck, but they’re still nowhere near the level of, say, Kelly Clarkson or Carrie Underwood (let alone Jordin Sparks).

All that might change,...

"America, it's time for you to vote." - Adam Levine ... he might've actually been talking about the election though.

Well, here we are. The first week of live shows dubbed "The Playoffs" certainly separated the experts from the novices. All in all, I agreed with the America's votes this week, but I must admit that I'll miss De'borah, Mackenzie Bourg and Julio Castillo. There were certain contestants who came out swinging and others who looked (and sounded like) they had no idea what was going on. But no focusing on the contestants that underwhelmed me, instead I'll highlight my personal favorite from each of the coaches' teams.

Team Christina

Sylvia Yacoub - The One That Got Away

I guess I'm a little late to the party when it comes to Sylvia. It's not that her voice hasn't blown me away in the past, it's just this is the moment I was waiting for. Sitting behind...

You’d have to be living under the sewer grate where Adam Levine buys his heavily distressed t-shirts to not be aware that Tuesday is the time to “Vote, baby, vote.” And what better way to warm up your civic trigger finger than by casting a ballot (or 10) for your favorite members of Team Adam and Team Blake after Part 1 of The Voice‘s “Live Playoff” round?

The difficulty, of course, is figuring out which issues matter the most. Do you vote along party lines (in other words, root for the contestants who’ve been not-so-subtly labeled as “fan favorites...

Tonight marks the premiere of The Voice season 3 and I don't know about you, but I can't wait for another round of boozy Christina, creepy Carson and of course, adorable Blake. 

But before we get into this year's blind auditions tonight, let's take a look back at some of our favorite past auditions, shall we?

Did we miss any? Tell us in the comments!

Juliet Simms

Season 2, "Oh Darlin" 

Javier Colon

Season 1, "Time After Time" 

Tony Lucca

Season 2, "Trouble" 

 

Jeff Jenkins

Season 1, "God Bless the Broken Road" 

 

Dia Frampton

Season 1, "Bubbly" 

 

Elenowen

Season 1, "Falling Slowly" 

 

Pip

Season 2, "House of the Rising Sun" 

Which was your favorite audition? Tell us in the comments!

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When Jermaine was announced the winner on May 8 the executives were doing their best to hide the fact that they were totally upset that he came out as the winner -- read on to find out why! Jermaine Paul might want to stop reading right now! The season two finale of The Voice was reportedly a big let down for executives of the show because they wanted Tony Lucca or Juliet Simms to win instead. "Jermaine is a lot like last year’s winner Javier Colon," a source says. "They have a lot in common." This is what's making people over at The Voice so worried! "Javier didn’t wow anyone with his post-Voice success," the source adds. "Dia Frampton did better than him and sold more records, it was disappointing for Javier. And people want a success story for the Voice winner. The execs will support him publicly,” the source says.

Season 2 of The Voice may have been a little coaches-centric for my taste, but Tuesday’s two-hour telecast was — and I say this with no sarcasm whatsoever — structured more perfectly than any reality-competition finale I’ve ever seen. Oh, sure, there were a few awkward moments where the Top 4 were painfully grafted onto performances by big-name artists with products or tours to promote — Juliet with Flo Rida? Tony, Jermaine, and Chris relegated to undetectable backup for Hall & Oates? — but their “victory lap” ditties allowed them to bring back fallen comrades in a celebration of the weeks and months of music...

Note: Do not read on if you have not seen the first night of the Season 2 finale of NBC's "The Voice," which aired Monday, May 7.

It's not that hard to say goodbye to a reality competition when your favorites are gone (We miss you, Jamar, Erin and Katrina), but Christina Milian is not quite done saying "trending on Twitter," Carson Daly's hand is permanently stuck in microphone-holding position and Cee Lo has a couple more Purrfect tees to try out so we understand the purpose this final performance night of "The Voice" serves. Plus, they did a hilarious promo shoot that involves stern glances and wind machines so they gotta show them somewhere.

On the last night before the winner of "The Voice" Season 2 is revealed, there are a few things we learn during Carson's particularly extended intro before any performances begin (i.e. 10 minutes we wish we could...

Note: Do not read on if you have not seen the first night of the Season 2 finale of NBC's "The Voice," which aired Monday, May 7.

It's not that hard to say goodbye to a reality competition when your favorites are gone (We miss you, Jamar, Erin and Katrina), but Christina Milian is not quite done saying "trending on Twitter," Carson Daly's hand is permanently stuck in microphone-holding position and Cee Lo has a couple more Purrfect tees to try out so we understand the purpose this final performance night of "The Voice" serves. Plus, they did a hilarious promo shoot that involves stern glances and wind machines so they gotta show them somewhere.

On the last night before the winner of "The Voice" Season 2 is revealed, there are a few things we learn during Carson's particularly extended intro before any performances begin (i.e. 10 minutes we wish we could...

NBC fired over clips from "The Voice" . below find all the performances from last year.s finalists along with the elimination results. The Voice Facebook: www.facebook.com/NBCTheVoice Twitter: www.twitter.com/NBCTheVoice #TheVoice Beverly McClellan and Cyndi Lauper: "Money. Former finalist Beverly McClellan pairs up with Cyndi Lauper for a duet of Cyndi's "Money Changes Everything." CeeLo and Vicci Martinez: "Come Along" CeeLo reunites with Season 1 finalist Vicci Martinez for a duet of "Come Along." Dia Frampton and Kid Cudi: "Don't Kick the Chair" Season 1 runner-up Dia Frampton teams with Kid Cudi on "Don't Kick the Chair." Javier Colon's "A Drop in the Ocean" Season 1 champion Javier Colon returns to the stage...

In comparison to Monday's semifinals, there was very little Christina Aguilera on tonight's The Voice Results. That made me happy, but it probably disappointed the loyal Xtina lovers, which includes many of you TV Fanatics.

With some help from the coaches, America whittled the remaining crop of hopeful artists from eight to four, preparing us for what should be an exciting finale next week. Who made it through? Who was sent home? And which former finalist returned with the best performance of the night?

That's right. Before we got to all of the results, there were a few performances by some friendly faces. Last season's final four, Dia Frampton, Vicki Martinez, Beverly McClellan, and Javier Colon were in the house to belt out some tunes.

Dia sang with Kid Cudi, Vicki performed with her former coach Cee Lo, Beverly rocked out with Cyndi Lauper and Javier worked solo. I wasn't...

After combining America's votes with the coaches' points, the final four contestants were finally revealed! The May 1 episode of The Voice began with an odd-couple performance by one of last season's finalists, Dia Frampton, and rapper Kid Cudi. One of my favorites last season, Dia sounded great. There were other solid performances throughout the night, but Dia's was definitely my favorite. Next up came the eliminations. Christina Aguilera split her points evenly between both contestants, but America decided to save Chris Mann, who had a total of 104 points. His strong voice was clearly more appealing to America than Lindsey Pavao's distinct style. Adam Levine gave Tony Lucca 60 points, leaving Katrina Parker with 40. In the end, America agreed with Adam and saved Tony, who had 108 points. So far so good in terms of my picks. Blake Shelton split his points evenly between Jermaine Paul and Erin Martin, clearly unable to choose between the two.

On Tuesday's elimination episode of "The Voice," the finalists were revealed for the teams. Coaches Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine, Cee-Lo Green, and Blake Shelton each had 100 points to divide between their two finalists. Those points would be added to the percentage of America's vote each finalist received, meaning that the vote and the coach had about equal influence on the finalists.

Amidst the sad exits, though, we were privy to performances from last year's finalists. Blake's contestant, Dia Frampton, was joined by Kid Cudi to perform her new single, "Don't Kick The Chair." Vicci Martinez sang with her coach, Cee-Lo, for her song "Come Along." The legendary Cyndi Lauper sang "Money Changes Everything" with Beverly McClellan, Christina Aguilera's contestant from Season 1. Finally, Javier Colon sang his cover of "A Drop in the Ocean" by Ron Pope.

So who was eliminated?

Team Christina: Lindsey Pavao is eliminated, Chris Mann is the finalist.

Cee Lo Green never uses 10 words when he can use 1,300, but on tonight’s semifinal results telecast of The Voice, there was a very direct message in the middle of his intergalactic free-verse poetry. The cat-strokin’ dude was correct: It’s been well documented that his team contained ”two of arguably the best contestants on this show” — and it totally blew that one of ‘em had to go home under the “one finalist per coach” rule that continues to be the absolute worst aspect of NBC’s fledgling singing competition. (Yes, even worse than Christina Milians and Milians of Inane Questions from the Sprint Lounge!

The Voice 2012 eliminated Lindsey,Katrina,Erin,& Jamar tonight in the semifinals. Tonight's elimination show,kicked off with a review of last night's performances. Then last year's runner-up Dia Frampton,hit the stage to sing her song titled, "Don't Kick The Chair." Next, Christina gave her final two team members,Lindsey Pavao and Chris Mann, 50 points. Then America's vote, totaled it out to be 104-96 in Chris' favor,so he moved on to the finals,and Lindsey moved back home. After that, last year's top 4 contestant Vicci Martinez,hit the stage to sing her song " Come Along," and Cee Lo eventually accompanied her. Next,Adam gave his team members Tony Lucca and Katrina Parker their scores. Tony got 60 points and Katrina got 40 points. Then America's vote,rounded it out to 108-92 in favor of Tony,so Adam's score did matter. Tony moved on to the finals,while Kristina got ousted. After a break,...

Our finalists for The Voice Season 2 have been determined and the results were naturally the opposite of what was laid out in hopes in Monday night’s review. To compensate, finalists from season one returned to the stage to update us on their music careers and perform. There were some very exciting special guests performers joining half of them on stage, so as sad as the night was, saying goodbye to four incredible vocalists, the performances definitely softened the blow.

As a reminder of how the voting works for the semi-finals into the finals, the coaches have 100 points to distribute among their final two competitors. America’s votes are also divided up and the points added to the coaches’ votes. Whoever has the most votes advances to the finals. Up first for results was Coach Christina. Aguilera gave her artists, Chris Mann and Lindsey Pavao a 50/50 vote, to let America be the deciding factor.

Omg, who got the boot and who is so close to winning The Voice?! The final member from each team was revealed tonight after combining America's votes with their coaches scores (out of 100). After a reunion with last season's final four (Beverly McClennan, Vikki Martinez, Dia Frampton and Javier Colon) and live performances from each, we were witnessing the chopping the block. Here's what happened... Team Christina It was between Chris Mann and Lindsey Pavao. Coach Christina Aguilera gave each singer an equal 50 score and left it up to America to see who would move on with the competition. It was close, but Pavao got sent home after receiving eight points less than...

After America cast its votes and the coaches assigned their scores, NBC's The Voice named its four finalists on Tuesday's results show. The show kicked off with a very sweet song from season one finalist, Dia Frampton on her single, "Don't Kick The Chair," with Kid Cudi providing an awkward rap. Vicci Martinez returned to sing her single, “Come Along,” with her former coach, Cee Lo Green. Also, the amazing Cyndi Lauper performed her classic hit, “Money Changes Everything,” with Beverly McClellan. Then, last season's champ Javier Colon sang his new single, “A Drop in the Ocean,”

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Last night on The Voice, spectacles were all the rage. From the celebrity coaches' attire to the productions behind individual and team performances, the show was, to say the least, a sight to see. Are we getting away from the big picture here, though, by painting a ... different picture? Someone will be crowned "The Voice" next week! Can we just cut the fluff and get to the goods, people?

Of course not! If we cut out the extraneous "we have to fill an entire hour or two-hour time slot" then we would most definitely miss out on tonight's performance. Look for performances by season one finalists Javier Colon, Dia Frampton, joined by hip-hop star Kid Cudi, Beverly McClellan, joined by living legend Cyndi Lauper, and Vicci Martinez, joined by former coach Cee Lo Green.

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Next week, "The Voice" semifinals begin, and they're starting off with a bang. On Monday's performance show, not only will the contestants sing their own songs, but they'll join their coaches for performances, too. Christina Aguilera, Blake Shelton, and their teams will unite to sing "Edge of Glory" by Lady Gaga, and Adam Levine and Cee-Lo Green will lead their teams for a performance of "All These Things I've Done" by The Killers.

If that isn't enough awesome music for you, you'll also be able to check out Blake Shelton's first-ever television performance of his new single, "Over," from "Red River Blue."

On Tuesday's elimination show, the four finalists will be revealed based on a combination of the coaches' scores and America's votes -- but not until we've seen some performances from some of last year's favorites. Here's the scoop from the NBC press release:

"Blake's season one finalist,...

The most frustrating portion of The Voice has finally (¡finally!) come to an end — and to celebrate, I’ve composed a little ditty to the tune of Florence + The Machine’s “Dog Days Are Over”:

The Battle Rounds are over!

The Battle Rounds are done!

The Live Shows are coming!

Let’s vote, everyone!

Vote fast for Team Adam, vote fast for X-tina

Vote for Blake Shelton, ’cause you know he’s not a wiener

Cee-Lo’s white cat, it is purring beside you

Dude wears daytime pajamas and yes, sometimes he cries, too

The Battle Rounds are over!

NBC Dia Frampton

Before she got her hands on the Olympus Ls-20M and Ls-7 recorders, singer and “The Voice ” Season 1 runner-up Dia Frampton called her answering machine at all hours to record things like a lyric in her head, a chord progression she liked, or a melody she had just dreamed up. But when she played back the message, she often lost some the details.

Now that she has deal with Olympus, Frampton says she is never without a recorder.

Carnage! The Voice jammed six battles (disguised as duets) into two hours of damn entertaining TV last night, and they even gayed it up with some Bonnie Tyler, Celine Dion, and a double-fisted helping of Alanis Morissette. But who thrived and who cried? The answer will force one hand into your pocket and the other one into an electrical fire.

Team Adam: Tony Lucca vs. Chris Cauley, U2's "Beautiful Day"

The Voice isn't that smart. It kicked off an episode with two forgettable vocalists (paricularly when pitted against each other -- these dudes amounted to "Cheng vs. Eng" in the same ring) belting the single lamest U2 single I can think of -- with the possible exception of "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" or "Mofo."

"Beautiful Day" is so the "Desert Rose" of the U2 catalog. It sounds like a Saturn commercial, not a legitimate offering.

For years, Dia Frampton reigned as a bit of a indie music sweetheart fronting the band Meg & Dia along with her older sister whose name I sure you can guess by their name. They had their ups and downs as a band. Whether it was playing a show in front of 17 people, or being signed to Warner Bros. Records, it was an interesting ride for the band. The journey would hit new heights when Dia appeared on the highly popular NBC television show The Voice, where she would end up as last season's runner-up as country music star Blake Shelton's protégé and the person who did an amazing cover of Kanye West's "Heartless."

Currently, Dia Frampton is on Shelton's Well Lit & Amplified Tour playing in front of the most people she has ever played for. With these massive audiences Frampton is playing in front of, it's been...