Most Famous Contestants Pre-Show from any version.

[Jaffy]

I’m bored so I’m posting this. 
 

Who is the most famous contestant pre-show? I:E: Esera Tualo was in season 13 and he was a professional football player. Has anyone from an international version been like royalty or an A-lister celebrity?

 

Also Happy Holidays!

Edited December 25, 2022 by Jaffy

[QueenCami]

wasn’t alisan porter rly famous for the curly sue thingy idk

 

also billy gilman for some country thing

 

sisaundra was celine’s vocal coach/director iirc but idk if that made her famous. 

 

christina grimmie had a huge social media following.

 

cassaddee pope was part of some thing before like hey monday idk for sure though

Edited December 25, 2022 by QueenCami

[Jaffy]

13 minutes ago, QueenCami said:

wasn’t alisan porter rly famous for the curly sue thingy idk

 

also billy gilman for some country thing

 

sisaundra was celine’s vocal coach/director iirc but idk if that made her famous. 

 

christina grimmie had a huge social media following.

 

cassaddee pope was part of some thing before like hey monday idk for sure though

All good answers!

[Hamza Tufail]

Famous? Christina Grimmie

 

Billy also had some success as a young country artist. "One Voice" made it to the top 20 on  "Billboard Hot Country songs" chart and top 40 on the "All-genre billboard Hot 100" chart. It was nominated for Grammy as well in 2001.

 

He also opened up for Billy Ray Cyrus. Idk how famous he was, but at least Blake and Miley recognised him, so I think he kinda fits here as well.

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[erik g]

ignore me

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[Hamza Tufail]

45 minutes ago, erik g said:

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[erik g]

ignore me again (but feel free to give a laugh reaction what i said was funny)

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[Archanium]

- Wendy Moten
- Todd Michael Hall (Vocalist of Riot-V)
- Cam Anthony
- Lynnea (YT famous ?)
 

[JodiRose]

I could guess John Holiday from S19. I think he was part of some opera company prior to The Voice.

[Hamza Tufail]

13 hours ago, erik g said:

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Edited my post. 

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[TeamAudra]

2 hours ago, Hamza Tufail said:

Famous? Christina Grimmie

 

Billy also had some success as a young country artist. "One Voice" made it to the top 20 on  "Billboard Hot Country songs" chart and top 40 on the "All-genre billboard Hot 100" chart. It was nominated for Grammy as well in 2001.

 

He also opened up for Billy Ray Cyrus. Idk how famous he was, but at least Blake and Miley recognised him, so I think he kinda fits here as well.

Billy was probably the most “famous,” as far as people remembering him. 
 

Esera played for my favorite NFL team for 5 years, so I remembered him, but he wasn’t a star in the league. 
 

I had never heard of Grimmie. Outside of YouTube, I’m not sure she qualified as “famous.” 

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[Misirlou]

Cassadee fronted Hey Monday. Probably not really "famous" per se, but she likely came to the show with an already established fanbase.

 

TMH fronted Riot V. Same case as Cassadee.

 

And of course there's Wendy, who had a big single.

[nytsch]

Paula DeAnda comes to mind

 

She had a legitimate US hit with Walk Away. Can’t remember anyone else auditioning who had such success (at least in the pop realm)

[QueenCami]

42 minutes ago, nytsch said:

Paula DeAnda comes to mind

 

She had a legitimate US hit with Walk Away. Can’t remember anyone else auditioning who had such success (at least in the pop realm)

yet Sisaundra still snacked on her in the battles like she was nothing

[nytsch]

15 minutes ago, QueenCami said:

yet Sisaundra still snacked on her in the battles like she was nothing

 

Sisaundra could've beaten anyone lol. Yeah Blake wasn't going to let her go anyway, but she was also just that good.

 

That said I do think Paula's battle was an improvement over her... uh, messy BA.

[allistr]

Dia Frampton was a member of Meg and Dia before the show, entered the show with the initial intention of promoting a new album. The duo were famous for "Monster"

 

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[TeamAudra]

Meghan Linsey had a top 10 country hit as part of Steel Magnolia. 
 

Honestly, I don’t think many of the names mentioned, including Meghan, rise to the level of “famous.” 

[Hsamid]

I feel like the YouTube famous singers like Christina and Lynnea are more well known then the ones that had a hit one time. They're probably the closest you can get to "famous" pre show contestants.

[Hamza Tufail]

1 minute ago, Hsamid said:

I feel like the YouTube famous singers like Christina and Lynnea are more well known then the ones that had a hit one time. They're probably the closest you can get to "famous" pre show contestants.

Yeah, that's what I was trying to say. Christina didn't have a hit, but she was somewhat famous on YTube. Billy had a hit, but he wasn't nearly as famous as her.

[FloorWax]

Lynnea has upwards of 1.5 million subscribers nowadays. Much more than most contestants.

[Hsamid]

4 minutes ago, FloorWax said:

Lynnea has upwards of 1.5 million subscribers nowadays. Much more than most contestants.

Yeah and if I recall, she was pretty close to a million when her season aired.

 

 

[AngelaKD]

The Cupid Shuffle guy!

[BlakePointingHisFinger]

Chris Trousdale (rip), a no-chair from S3 was part of the boyband Dream Street with Jesse McCartney so he was pretty famous pre-season i suppose

[rhapsody99]

Angel Taylor from S2 came on the show pretty soon after she parted ways with Aware Records/Columbia Records. Her song "Like You Do" was played a lot on radio stations in L.A., but I'm not sure how popular it was generally. I actually saw her battle round performance live, I was confused how she could be eligible to be on the show since I wasn't aware she was no longer a major label artist. Several fellow contestants on her season were fans of hers before they met on the show.

[TeamAudra]

Let’s not forget… according to Facebook, Morgan Myles was already famous with a net worth of anywhere from $5 million to $200 million.  

 

This was literally posted hundreds of times on there.