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[NEWS] CHRISTINA AGUILERA SPARKLES AT 'THE VOICE' FINALE PARTY

Christina Aguilera turned out to be a real stunner at ‘The Voice’ season finale party held at Warner Bros. Studios on June 29 in California. The 30-year-old entertainer and The Voice judge Christina Aguilera sparkled at the event in a beaded minidress by Herve Leger teamed with sparkling heels.

Christina’s enviable curves were on full display in the strapless white and silver minidress that showed off her killer pins as well. Christina is always spotted in flawless makeup and charismatic hairstyle and The Voice Finale party was no exception.

W Magazine July 2011 Cover Star, Christina opted for fresh face makeup with dramatic eyes. Making her look stand out form rest were glittery rhinestones attached along her lash line that sparkled even more with her gorgeous smile. She painted her lips in stunning raspberry color and wore her voluminous curls down in soft curls.


Christina walked the red carpet with Beverly McClellen and was all smiles at event. She accessorized her dress with statement making jewelry that included heavy earrings, chunky metallic bracelets and rings.


Finishing off her look were a pair of silver glitter peep toe pumps by Christian Louboutin. So, what do you think of Christina Aguilera’s look? HIT or MISS?

Source: StyleBistro

[NEWS] 'THE VOICE' FINDS ITSELF & SOME TRUE BREAKOUT STARS TOO

“The Voice” never explicitly pitched itself as the anti-”American Idol,” but arriving on the heels of a key transition season for “Idol,” and in advance of the fall arrival of “The X Factor,” helmed by former “Idol” center of gravity Simon Cowell, “The Voice” had a narrow window of time to justify its existence, to demonstrate that it could do things that “Idol” could and would not.

Quite by accident, it achieved that with this week’s finale, which celebrated two constituencies historically underserved by “Idol.” Two of the four finalists were major label refugees: Javier Colon, onetime neo-soul footnote, and Dia Frampton, late of the pop-punk band Meg & Dia. The other two finalists, Beverly McClellan and Vicci Martinez, were openly gay, notable because of how silent the “Idol” universe has been on homosexuality.

In the end, on Wednesday night’s result show, the second chance beat out the big break. Mr. Colon was the winner, and Ms. Frampton placed second: two professionals given a chance to be professional once more. Each of them, though, are fighting in a different weight class than they used to.

Ms. Frampton, whose outfits became more flapper-like as the season progressed, traded the transgressive sass she displayed in Meg & Dia for understated soft-rock balladeering, delivering covers with intelligence but no edge. Mr. Colon, who released two albums of tender but tepid soul on Capitol, refashioned as a gentle lite-rocker, added flair to his renditions of songs by Coldplay and Sarah McLachlan.

Of the top four - better than most top fours in “Idol” history - Mr. Colon was the most predictable and benign. Ms. McClellan and Ms. Martinez, powerhouse singers and raucous performers, were this season’s true breakout stars.

On Tuesday’s final performance show, Ms. Martinez’s duet with Cee-lo Green, of Pat Benatar’s “Love Is A Battlefield,” was the standout, with the two squaring off in warrior outfits while surrounded by what could have been the Thunderdome pre-school dance troupe. Ms. McClellan’s astonishingly restrained version of Christina Aguilera’s “Beautiful,” sung with Ms. Aguilera, wasn’t far behind.

In the way that dog owners come to resemble their dogs, or vice versa, these celebrity coaches ended up with personality and attitude matches: Ms. Martinez, an unpredictable firebrand like Mr. Green; Ms. McClellan, an unalloyed vocal powerhouse like Ms. Aguilera; Ms. Frampton, with the polite confidence of Blake Shelton; and Mr. Colon a feather-light slickster like Adam Levine.

How these pairings were formed over the course of the very compact season - only about two months from first audition round to finale -often had the thrill of the random. Structurally, “The Voice” has been a frenzy, with rules and segments that appeared to be cut from whole cloth each week, or culled from the discard pile of could-have-been “Idol” improvements. Blind auditions! Face-offs in a boxing ring that were really just duets! Early-round performances with Broadway production values! Some rounds allowed for days of voting, some just one. Some eliminations were broad and brutal, wheat sent off with the chaff, and other contestants overstayed their welcome. (Sorry, Thompson sisters.)

Most importantly, “Idol” is at root an adversarial show, judges vs. contestants. “The Voice” privileges collaboration between the aspirants and the judges, who also serve as mentors, participating in the week to week song selections and arrangements, and appearing side by side on the finale. This is a no-hurt zone. Over the course of the season, the coaches went out of their way not to say anything negative to any contestant, even ones coached by others.

Those judges were all at different stages of their careers - Ms. Aguilera and Mr. Levine on the decline, and Mr. Green and Mr. Shelton on the rise - but they each remained invested throughout the season. That meant that on any given week, “The Voice” deployed more legitimate talent than “Idol” would, even in its most recent, star-heavy season. Without the coaches as anchors, “The Voice” would have slipped off the rails several times. (There’s no need, though, to continue the garish all-judge performance numbers next year - no one deserves those.)

Mr. Green, as it happens, is a mystic poet in addition to being one of the most vibrant and dangerous singers in contemporary soul. Ms. Aguilera had more of a sense of humor than she’s ever shown before, and Mr. Shelton was simultaneously wide-eyed and cheekily curmudgeonly. By contrast, Mr. Levine only revealed that he has narrow taste - he admitted to not recognizing hits by Rascal Flatts, Adam Lambert and the Script sung by the contestants.

Presumably Mr. Levine will have acquired a radio before next season. And for a show that thrived on strange twists, there should be room for more. How about letting the coaches steal contestants from each others’ discard piles? Or having viewers vote for singers they can’t see, just as the judges do? And how about giving the host Carson Daly — squarer than ever, not nearly as comfortable as he is on his late night show — a massage before each show?

“The Voice” initially relied heavily on its blind audition gimmick to stand out — who wouldn’t want a spinning chair to enter and exit conversations at will? — but the show sustained interest long after identities were revealed. In making Mr. Colon the show’s winner, America didn’t just vote for the voice - it voted for the most obvious pop star of its finalists, something even “Idol” doesn’t always do. For now, “The Voice” is just a new model for proving the old rules, but it’s risky and surprising: it could be much more.

The top 8 finalists from “The Voice” will perform at the Beacon Theater August 6

Source: NYTimes

[VIDEO] CHRISTINA AGUILERA TALKS BEAUTY

Last night one of my rock n' roll dreams came true. There I was, lil' old me, standing in my tiny space waiting to interview the winner of NBC's The Voice Javier, and runner up Dia. I looked up and Stevie Nicks was standing in front of my face in all her black clothed gypsy perfection. I was speechless because directly beside her was Adam Levine. Adam had some really skinny jeans on. Just saying. Basically, I turned into the super nerd + music fan that I really am, instead of the super cool Buzznet camera girl I should have been!

I had an amazing time. Xtina and Beverly stopped by to talk about their vision of beauty. Ryan Tedder from One Republic wore white jeans. My favorite Nakia came by to laugh with me and dance around.

Source: Buzznet

[PHOTOS] CHRISTINA AGUILERA: 'THE VOICE' FINALE WITH BEVERLY MCCLELLEN

Christina Aguilera attends the viewing party of The Voice season finale held at Warner Bros. Studios on Wednesday (June 29) in Burbank, Calif.

The 30-year-old entertainer walked the red carpet with the last member of her team, Beverly McClellen. Also pictured inside are celebrity coaches Cee Lo Green, Blake Shelton (joined by wife Miranda Lambert), and Adam Levine with contestant Javier Colon.

During the final performance round the night before, Beverly sang an original song, as well as a duet with Christina of her song “Beautiful.” The four coaches also took the stage for a performance of Queen’s “Under Pressure.”

In case you missed it, find out who was crowned the winner of The Voice season one!

At the after party for the show, Adam, Cee Lo, Blake, and Miranda played Wii Play: Motion on Nintendo interactive stations. The guys and Javier played in a private room backstage before hitting the stage to perform!

FYI: Christina is wearing a Herve Leger dress and Louboutin shoes.

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[NEWS] 'THE VOICE' FINALS EPISODE 11: WHAT YOU DIDN'T SEE ON TV

Right before the start of Tuesday’s penultimate episode of The Voice, Adam Levine summed up the vibe of the amped-up crowd when he enthusiastically shouted “Let’s get drunk!” The hundreds and hundreds of Californians (not to mention a British couple who happened to sit by me and a bunch of Montana teens) who packed the 7th circle of Hell a very hot Studio 16 on the Warner Bros. lot seemed thrilled to see their idols perform live, and I’m not just talking about the ones in the red swivel chairs. Javier Colon, Dia Frampton,Vicci Martinez, and Beverly McClellan have already become downloaded stars in their own right, and the fact the finalists would be singing with their coaches made the whole thing a lot more fun to witness for pretty much everyone except Christina Aguilera. But more on her later.

All four contestants proved themselves worthy of the crown with their powerhouse performances, but guest star Brad Paisley and the four coaches were given some time to practice for their live moments, which were each performed twice before the show hit the east coast. The crowd was told to react in shock the second time Blake Shelton stood to serenade Aguilera, and was then semi-scolded when we didn’t cheer loud enough for her first ”Under Pressure” solo. Pitbull and Ne-Yo drew the short straw and performed totally live, and also had the honor of being the only performers to excite an otherwise aloof Aguilera.

But Voice fans will be happy to know that a lot more went down with the coaches – and it had nothing to do with their performances. For one thing, I can confirm that Green, Aguilera, and Shelton all spent a considerable amount of time either texting or Tweeting on their cell phones during the show. I can’t verify this obviously important information for Levine since I was sitting right behind his chair, but I did see all four coaches partake in the pre-show shot that EW noticed last week.

But all drinking and technology aside, we still had Green’s antics and personal hygiene issues, Aguilera’s nonchalant attitude, Levine’s adorability, and Shelton’s cell phone emergencies to deal with!

Green wins my award for the most engaging and most crowd-pleasing coach. Even though the fans screamed the loudest for “Team Adam” when prompted by the behind-the-scenes comic, it was Green who spent the most time physically and verbally interacting with them. From his generous high fives to his goofy jumping around, he seemed to have a lot of fun on Tuesday, even though his clamminess called for constant attention from a dedicated makeup team. At one point, Green proclaimed that his professional sweaty head-wiper was getting a raise next season, which prompted Levine to immediately kiss his iconically big bald head. See? Adorable. Green also told us that he ditched performing with Rihanna to be with us. If that isn’t love, I don’t know what is.

Levine was clearly the fangirl favorite of the night, and for very good reason—he’s a natural charmer. The Maroon 5 frontman didn’t clown around like Green, but he showed a lot of love to his contestant, Javier. The two showed their bromance when they high-fived and danced a little jig right before their live performance, and Levine was enthusiastically supportive of his main man during Javier’s solo act. The double fist pumps proved it!

Shelton’s contestant Dia seems to be a front-runner with the fans, so maybe that’s why the country crooner spent the 15 minutes before the show chatting on his cell phone. Could it have been an at-home emergency with his wife Miranda Lambert? Was he sounding off about his performance with Paisley? Either way, Shelton eventually found the time to join us, and seemed to put all of those homophobia rumors behind him when he kissed Carson Daly on the lips and later told the warm-up guy he was “damn good lookin.” When the warm-up guy asked if it was true that Lambert would be performing on Wednesday night, Blake assured the crowd that it was much more important that Dia would be performing. Aww.

Carson Daly spent most of his off-camera time rehearsing his upcoming lines behind the big silver fist closest to Levine’s chair, so there isn’t too much to be said about our dutifully dutiful host. Bravo for the dedication, Carson. It must be said that the former God of TRL put his hands on his belt and danced a little country jig when Paisley hit the stage, but he showed little to no response to the rest of the performances, and didn’t really interact with the coaches. He did give out fan high-fives and provided us with some witty banter, so I’ll give him some social brownie points for that.

Finally, there was Aguilera. Oh, Xtina, how badly I want to like you! She was appropriately supportive and enthusiastic when her progeny Beverly performed, but she spent the rest of the evening looking bored and distracted, and was definitely the worst cell phone offender. She even texted during Dia’s solo performance (which she then negatively critiqued, mind you). She refused to interact with the crowd, and kept oddly removing her spiky shoes as she relaxed, unmoving, in her chair. She also spent the most time backstage when the cameras weren’t rolling, but she definitely stayed around and cheered for Pitbull’s performance. She seemed to interact warmly between takes with her next-chair neighbor Green, but was cold and unapproachable to pretty much everybody else. Please learn to lighten up before next season hits, Aguilera.

Source: EW

Editor's Note:

I think it's unfair to critique Christina so harshly. Who says she has to exude an over-abundant amount of energy every single second? Furthermore, she's contractually obligated along with the other three star coaches to be on her phone throughout so give it up... I think that this author is just being too critical of her and is obviously paying the most attention to detail as it's clearly evident pointing out specific details about her 'oddly removing her spiky shoes as she relaxed' - I mean come on! Really? Give her a break! She's just getting comfortable for pete's sake. 'Refusing to interact with the crowd' is another absurd claim. Christina has always been introverted and this show, The Voice, has really pushed her outside of her comfort zone, and while we've all been genuinely pleased, excited, to see a new side to her, you have to realize she's still who she is through it all. We've only been so lucky to see her each and every single week and see her interacting in the social media world. Whenever she's backstage, I can personally attest to this since while I was at the Battle Rounds, I witnessed Christina doing interviews for the show backstage and whatnot. Please stop being so damn critical of her, and let her be. Afterall, she isn't going into your jobs giving you an unfair job evaluation. Also using the wording 'cold and unapproachable' is completely out of context. Christina is gracious to her fans that lend their support at each and every show whether she shows it or not. So get over it. - Joel

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[NEWS] ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: 'THE VOICE' 10 BEST/WORST PEFORMANCES OF SEASON ONE

As NBC's hit singing competition nears the finish line, see who we think hit all the right notes (Dia!) and who fell flat (sorry, Xenia)
WORST
Xenia Martinez, ''Price Tag''
Before your criticisms pour in: Yes, Xenia's tone is great, her voice is unique, and she seems like a very nice girl. But her awkward stage presence made this quarter-final performance hard to sit through — especially when we were forced to watch Xenia robotically point to the left, then to the right. Knowing that the studio recording of the song is a vast improvement over the live rendition helps a little, but it doesn't change the fact that the televised version of this number was the very definition of uncomfortable.

BEST
Beverly McClellan, ''I'm the Only One''
If you can watch this insanely joyful performance without cracking a smile, you just might have a black hole where your heart should be. Beverly gets extra points for teaching us that you can look awesome while chicken dancing in a tea-length kilt.


WORST
Adam Levine, Cee Lo Green, Blake Shelton, and Christina Aguilera, Queen medley
When the coaches opened the very first episode of The Voice with a cover of Gnarls Barkley's ''Crazy,'' we were impressed. But when they kicked off the quarter-finals with a superfluous mishmash of Queen hits, we were just confused. Even Adam's mean guitar solo and Christina's best melismas couldn't save this inexplicable misfire.

BEST
Javier Colon, ''Fix You''
Javier decided to finally go easy on the vocal acrobatics during his semifinal performance, and his choice paid off — this Coldplay cover was his purest, cleanest number yet. The uptempo portion of the song also proved that Javier is more than just a balladeer. Who else thinks the guy should toss his hat away more often?


WORST
Tori & Taylor Thompson, ''Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy''
The Thompsons have been the targets of a lot of criticism on our lists, so I'll keep this brief: ''Boogie Woogie'' was a star-spangled travesty. When even Carson is snarking on you, you should know you've made a huge mistake.


BEST
Team Christina, ''Lady Marmalade''
Every member of Xtina's posse had a moment to shine during this electrifying group number — to say nothing of Christina herself, whose note-perfect performance reminded us why she's still a superstar. In my heart of hearts I want to believe that when it was over, the gals went backstage and toasted each other with diamond encrusted glasses. That's how divas do it, right?

WORST
Curtis Grimes, ''Addicted to Love''
Is there such a thing as transcendent blandness? If so, Curtis Grimes achieved it during his last Voice performance, which could have put a colicky, teething, overstimulated baby to sleep. To borrow from Precious, we'd call it fluorescent beige.




BEST
Dia Frampton, ''Heartless''
The performance that launched a million iTunes downloads. Yes, Dia didn't invent the idea of transforming Kanye's autotuned song into an acoustic ballad — but her rendition was powerful, soulful, and, perhaps most importantly, completely unforgettable. It transformed Dia from an unremarkable contestant to The Voice's frontrunner.


WORST
Jared Blake and Elenowen, ''Ain't No Mountain High Enough''
How do you take the joy out of one of the best Motown songs ever written? Lower it an octave, slow the tempo, and assign it to a cheesy rocker and a folksy pair who can't reach the right notes. Performances on The Voice's first season were rarely straight-up bad, but this battle was downright painful to behold.


BEST
Niki Dawson and Vicci Martinez, ''Perfect''
The Voice has never sounded better than during this duet, which closed out the show's first-ever battle episode. Both finalist Vicci and gone-too-soon Niki have rough, raw voices that suited the song to a T and blended beautifully. Each managed to attack every note without straining her voice, giving performances that sounded effortless but powerful. Or, in a word: Perfect.

Source: EW

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