TeamAudra Posted March 29 Author Share Posted March 29 NBC Insider has an article about Grace and Blakeโs last chair turn.ย ย Why Blake Shelton Hit His Voice Button For the Last Time For Grace West Will West bring Shelton a victory for his last season in the red chair? Find out by watchingย The Voiceย on NBC. ย ย https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/grace-west-maybe-it-was-memphis-the-voice-season-23-blind-audition 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTV Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 Here's an update on Grace's social media numbers. ย Facebook February 28 - 739 followersย 630 likes March 22 - 1.3K followers 944 likes March 29 - 1.6K followers 1.1K likesย Instagram February 28 - 2,419 followers March 22 - 3,435 followers March 29 - 4,272 followersTikTok February 28 - 34K followers 183.7K likes March 22 - 34.1K followers 184.4K likes March 29 - 46.9K followers 234.7K likesTwitter February 28 - 8 followers March 22 - 158 followers March 29 - 216 followers YouTube (the most recent of her 17 videos was uploaded one year ago) February 28 - 493 subscribers March 22 - 540 subscribers March 29 - 575 subscribersย Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamAudra Posted March 30 Author Share Posted March 30 (edited) I donโt think this has been posted yet. In honor of Walker and Kasonโs battle, I figured Iโd post her 2+ year old cover of โHere Without You.โ I love the breaks in her voice on this. She could have gone the Indie-rock route if she wanted to, but Iโm glad she settled on country.ย ย ย Edited March 30 by TeamAudra 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTV Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 7 minutes ago, TeamAudra said: I donโt think this has been posted yet. In honor of Walker and Kasonโs battle, I figured Iโd post her 2+ year old cover of โHere Without You.โ I love the breaks in her voice on this. She could have gone the Indie-rock route if she wanted to, but Iโm glad she settled on country.ย ย ย I wonder how she would sing it now and what it would sound like as a Grace and Walker duet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamAudra Posted March 30 Author Share Posted March 30 1 minute ago, RTV said: I wonder how she would sing it now and what it would sound like as a Grace and Walker duet. Luckily for Walker, we didnโt get to find out.ย ย 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTV Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 (edited) I hope they don't assign contestant duets for the semifinals this season. With so few live performances, they deserve to be showcased as solo artists. Besides, there isn't anyone in the Top 8 that I want to hear Grace sing with. Edited March 30 by RTV 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamAudra Posted March 30 Author Share Posted March 30 One more non-country song for tonight. โWhyโd You Only Call Me When Youโre High.โ - Arctic Monkeys.ย ย Again, this is over two years old.ย ย ย 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamAudra Posted March 30 Author Share Posted March 30 3 minutes ago, RTV said: I hope they don't assign contestant duets for the semifinals this season. With so few live performances, they deserve to be showcased as solo artists. Besides, there isn't anyone in the Top 8 that I want to hear Grace sing with. They wonโt have time with live voting, which is totally fine with me.ย Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTV Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 True. They probably can't fit much more than eight performances, rehearsal footage, and results in a 2-hour show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTV Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 Grace commented "thats me!!" on this video uploaded to The Voice TikTok account. Her comment has 1,322 likes. The video has 2.3M views, 168.6K likes, and 242 comments. ย Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTV Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 Grace's blind audition on The Voice TikTok account has 1.4M views, 91.8K likes, and 319 comments. ย Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTV Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 (edited) Grace is fortunate to have a connection with Bryan White. She mentioned singing background vocals for Andrea Pearson, a Canadian native who moved to Nashville about 17 years ago and is a friend of Bryan. ย Hopefully doors open for Grace like they did for Andrea. ย https://www.facebook.com/andreapearsonfans Posts show that Andrea opened for Bryan in 2017-2018, performed with him at other events in 2017-2022, and sang backup for him on recordings. Bryan invited her to sing with him on the Grand Ole Opry stage on 08/05/22 and 11/08/22. ย Andrea had publishing deals and did co-writes in Nashville before she did solo songwriting. There are Facebook posts about Andrea, Lee Roy Parnell, and Kirk Jay (Team Blake, third place s15) at The Songwriter's Dream at Martin Methodist in Pulaski, TN on 10/22/20 and 04/08/21. Scroll back to 11/23/17 and you'll see that Andrea performed with Vince Gill and The Time Jumpers. On 02/16/17, she wrote: "Reba [McEntire] and Linda [Davis] are equally as nice as they are talented! Proud to say I've now gotten to record with each of them." Andrea "opened a couple shows for Susie (Reba's little sister) many, many years ago in Washington state" when "I was just a little girl." Andrea was a Top 10 finalist on CMT's Next Superstar series in 2011 and appeared on fall 2022 episodes of the Fox-produced television series Monarch. She's also a talented artist. ย https://www.cmt.com/news/7k9kv2/ten-contestants-named-for-cmts-next-superstar https://thinkcountrymusic.com/whats-new/meet-country-artist-andrea-pearson-jack-of-all-trades-and-a-grammy-winner http://songfactorymusic.com/andrea-pearson https://ourstage.com/andreapearson https://andreapearsonmusic.com/about https://andreapearsonart.com Edited March 30 by RTV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamAudra Posted March 30 Author Share Posted March 30 10 minutes ago, RTV said: Grace is fortunate to have a connection with Bryan White. She mentioned singing background vocals for Andrea Pearson, a Canadian native who moved to Nashville about 17 years ago and is a friend of Bryan. ย Hopefully doors open for Grace like they did for Andrea. ย https://www.facebook.com/andreapearsonfans Posts show that Andrea opened for Bryan in 2017-2018, performed with him at other events in 2017-2022, and sang backup for him on recordings. Bryan invited her to sing with him on the Grand Ole Opry stage on 08/05/22 and 11/08/22. ย Andrea had publishing deals and did co-writes in Nashville before she did solo songwriting. There are Facebook posts about Andrea, Lee Roy Parnell, and Kirk Jay (Team Blake, third place s15) at The Songwriter's Dream at Martin Methodist in Pulaski, TN on 10/22/20 and 04/08/21. Scroll back to 11/23/17 and you'll see that Andrea performed with Vince Gill and The Time Jumpers. On 02/16/17, she wrote: "Reba [McEntire] and Linda [Davis] are equally as nice as they are talented! Proud to say I've now gotten to record with each of them." Andrea "opened a couple shows for Susie (Reba's little sister) many, many years ago in Washington state" when "I was just a little girl." Andrea was a Top 10 finalist on CMT's Next Superstar series in 2011 and appeared on fall 2022 episodes of the Fox-produced television series Monarch. She's also a talented artist. ย https://www.cmt.com/news/7k9kv2/ten-contestants-named-for-cmts-next-superstar https://thinkcountrymusic.com/whats-new/meet-country-artist-andrea-pearson-jack-of-all-trades-and-a-grammy-winner http://songfactorymusic.com/andrea-pearson https://ourstage.com/andreapearson https://andreapearsonmusic.com/about I saw an IG post with her and Andrea (I had no idea who she was). Interesting that her connection to Bryan White led to her connection to Andrea, who is friends with Reba, who happens to be the KO advisor.ย ย I got the impression that Grace sang background vocals for her on songs Grace Co-wrote.ย ย ย ย https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch0B_7rO2DZ/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTV Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 (edited) I fell down a rabbit hole when reading about Andrea Pearson, because her story is similar to Grace's. ย Andrea performed in Canada from age 9 and decided to move to Nashville to pursue a music career after high school rather than attending college. According to one of the links I posted above, she and her mother drove 2,500 miles through snow stormsโarriving in Nashville after five days. She signed her first major publishing deal in Nashville in 2009.ย Andrea names Reba as her all-time favorite country singer and won a Grammy for the Reba album Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope. ย Andrea has connections to Trace Adkins, who is a friend of Blake's. Trace starred in Monarch with Susan Sarandon last year when Andrea appeared, and he was the guest judge on the second episode of Next Superstar in April 2011 when Andrea advanced to the Top 8. https://tasteofcountry.com/trace-adkins-judge-cmt-next-superstar ย Edited March 30 by RTV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTV Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 (edited) 1 hour ago, TeamAudra said: I saw an IG post with her and Andrea (I had no idea who she was). Interesting that her connection to Bryan White led to her connection to Andrea, who is friends with Reba, who happens to be the KO advisor.ย ย I got the impression that Grace sang background vocals for her on songs Grace Co-wrote.ย ย ย ย https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch0B_7rO2DZ/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Thanks for posting this; I can't. Judging by the Facebook account I linked, Bryan White (who happens to be an Oklahoma native like Blake) played a big role in Andrea's music career. Maybe he'll help Grace in the same way. https://www.bryanwhite.com https://www.opry.com/artists/bryan-white ย Edited March 30 by RTV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamAudra Posted March 30 Author Share Posted March 30 Iโd be interested in knowing how Grace ended up on The Voice. Did they contact her, or did she do a virtual open call?ย Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTV Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 7 minutes ago, TeamAudra said: Iโd be interested in knowing how Grace ended up on The Voice. Did they contact her, or did she do a virtual open call?ย Me, too. Maybe someone will ask her about it in an interview this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTV Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 (edited) Marcus James Dixon of GoldDerby.com posted an article about Team Blake on 03/28/23. https://www.goldderby.com/gallery/team-blake-shelton-the-voice-season-23 ย edit: I just looked up Grace's The Voice bio for the first time. It turns out Marcus simply used it for his article, adding that she was Blake's last pick to fill his team. Here's the link to her bio, which is copied below. https://www.nbc.com/the-voice/credits/contestant/season-23/grace-westย ย Grace West (2-chair turn) Age: 19 Hometown: Canton, MI Resident: Nashville, TN Growing up in Canton, Michigan, Grace would walk up and down the aisles at Toys R Us with a toy guitar, sing at church and every family holiday, and listen to Johnny Cash on fishing trips with her dad. Graceโs grandfather shared his love of playing the guitar with her at a young age, leading her to write her own songs and play shows locally. Her performances caught the attention of Mucho Love Music publishing company in Nashville, who signed Grace as a songwriter at 16 years old. After moving to Nashville with her family in 2021, Grace continues to write and perform. Grace keeps in touch with her friends, boyfriend and family in Michigan while continuing to chase her dreams in Music City. Edited March 30 by RTV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTV Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 (edited) update on Grace's audition video on her TikTok account audition video (uploaded around 5:30 p.m. on 03/23/23) 6 hours later - 195.5K views 9,271 likes 99 comments 20 hours after upload - 351.9K views 21.4K likes 226 comments 03/24 11:45 p.m. - 453.3K views 28.1K likes 294 comments 03/25 5:45 p.m. - 514.2K views 32.1K likes 345 comments 03/30 9:45 p.m. - 702.4K views 48.3K likes 485 comments Edited March 31 by RTV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamAudra Posted March 31 Author Share Posted March 31 (edited) On 3/23/2023 at 9:00 PM, StarWalker1 said: Here's another tiktok of her audition that's almost at 500K views! ย ย Honestly, it was only a matter of time. They didnโt even have the decency to tag her! ย Edited March 31 by TeamAudra 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTV Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 1 minute ago, TeamAudra said: Honestly, it was only a matter of time.ย ย Oops. I noticed the video StarWalker1 posted had disappeared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarWalker1 Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 8 minutes ago, TeamAudra said: Honestly, it was only a matter of time. They didnโt even have the decency to tag her! ย oof ...ย 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTV Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 (edited) We were talking about Bryan White earlier, and I remembered a post about Grace and her mother at Grand Ole Opry to watch him perform. So I looked for it again. It seems he was appearing solo that night. Grace's post is dated 08/08/22 and captioned: "Night out at the Opry with momma to see the amazing @bryan_white" https://www.facebook.com/gracerembinski/posts/pfbid02hfqxPRAEhNmLgfwXDTauiKDBXsoBT57CkpZRTcRCekD9TBSdM1k7h7Xk4ZUEoP7bl ย Grace's TikTok videos about attending Opry shows are dated 05/14/22 (the time she says "one day, one day") and 07/17/22 (with her aunt and mom). Edited March 31 by RTV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTV Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 I'm looking forward to Grace's battle. If she's notified that it's airing on Monday, she'll probably make a social media post later today or tomorrow reminding people to watch the episode. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamAudra Posted March 31 Author Share Posted March 31 2 hours ago, RTV said: I'm looking forward to Grace's battle. If she's notified that it's airing on Monday, she'll probably make a social media post later today or tomorrow reminding people to watch the episode. I have a feeling she wonโt be in a hurry to post about it.ย ย ย Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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