Just like that, after three weeks of Blind Auditions, The Voice Season 21 has its Top 48 contestants, with 12 singers apiece going to superstar coaches Blake Shelton, Kelly Clarkson, John Legend and newcomer Ariana Grande. The audition process spans six episodes, so that’s a pretty good chunk of the season, and understandably so, as it’s when viewers are introduced to the contestants they’ll be responsible for voting for later. Not to mention it takes a lot of time to hand-pick 48 singers, so it’s nice that most artists who get air time actually make it on a team.
This season, around 60 singers took the stage to vie for a spot on The Voice, so there were some who left with only a couple minutes of national exposure and hopefully some constructive advice from the coaches. But sometimes the artists are merely victims of bad circumstance – they’re nervous to perform in front of celebrities on national TV, or their audition comes late in the process when the teams are filling up. It’s literally a judgment call, and each season the viewing audience inevitably finds performers we’d like to see in the competition go home without a chair turn. For Season 21, here are the three singers I think should have made it past Blind Auditions.
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Austin Percario
Former boy band member Austin Percario, 25, from Los Angeles, auditioned with “This Town” by Niall Horan and sounded a little shaky in his lower register. John Legend suggested raising the key would make those nerves less obvious, and Ariana Grande said a different song choice would have showcased his range better. Kelly Clarkson loved Percario’s tone. She and Grande said he had the perfect voice for a song on Grey’s Anatomy, and now I can’t stop thinking about that! The coaches recognized Percario’s raw talent, and I think they could have worked with him on how to highlight his obvious…