Fresh after last week’s finale, The Voice host Carson Daly spoke to reporters about the changes that the reality TV singing competition will be making for season two. Carson said “[We're] expanding, but not too much. With success in network TV, often they overdo it once they’ve got a hit. They tend to just sort of whore it out, if you will. We’re going to have longer blind auditions. We only had 2 episodes of it this season and all of a sudden we were into the battle rounds. I think there will be at least four weeks of our blind auditions so that people can really sink their teeth into that discovery process.” As for the coaches, Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine, Cee-Lo Green and Blake Shelton are all coming back for season two.
X Factor alum Cher Lloyd recently premiered the official music video for her debut single “Swagger Jagger”. After hearing the track, I had already labeled it as too annoying but the rapper managed to come out with a very cool piece of visual to go with it that has me thinking about giving her single another chance. I’ll probably hate it again after a while but I can’t really deny that the video is cool. I can’t really describe it as anything but very Cher. It also sees the rapper dancing “hood” style over a series of visually-engaging graffiti special effects and green screen sets.
Cher Lloyd – Swagger Jagger – New Video
Ubisoft recently announced the expansion of their multi-million selling experience franchise with a video game that will be 100% dedicated to the Black Eyed Peas. The Black Eyed Peas Experience will feature hit songs and super hip dance moves from the popular hip hop band. Fergie seems to be very excited about the game, saying “It’s a perfect fit for us. The Black Eyed Peas are bringing the party to the people.” If you find yourself always bouncing on your seat or finding the need to get up and dance when a BEP song is on, this game would be perfect for you. The game will be available for both Xbox 360 Kinect and Nintendo Wii.
The soulful singer from Stratford, Javier Colon, was recently crowned as the first ever champion of the NBC hit reality TV talent show The Voice. Javier’s first official single is the song he performed on the finale performance night, “Stitch by Stitch”. The song was especially written for him by Dave Hodges, Dave Bassett and Lindy Robbins, and produced by Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins. I have high hopes for Javier’s music career and with the industry being high on R&B singers as of late, there’s a really good chance for him to gain success. Again, congratulations to Javier and good luck!
Javier Colon – Stitch by Stitch – New Song
