World News – US – WATCH: ‘The Voice’ Coaches Brag About Their Country Cred to Woo Contestant

Tanner Gomes, 28, had his pick of The Voice coaches after performing Dustin Lynch’s « Cowboys and Angels » during his Tuesday night audition (Oct 27) – except, that is, for the show’s resident country boy, Blake Shelton Instead, Kelly Clarkson, John Legend, and Gwen Stefani had to brag about their national credibility in trying to woo Yuma, Ariz, from

Clarkson was the first to turn her chair for Gomes, at the start of his performance The move was greeted with a punch from the TV singing contest, hope as he continued his performance of Lynch’s first single at From 2012 a No 2 chart hit Legend and Stefani both made last second moves to turn their chairs for Gomes

« This is a good time to ask your boyfriend why he hasn’t turned around, » Clarkson told Stefani after Gomes’ performance Shelton, for his part, explained in response to the ribs that he already had a lot of country acts on his team this season, and wanted Gomes to be able to select a coach who doesn’t have that type of artist on his team.

« The three of us are known as the national experts on this show, » Legend joked, prompting Stefani to point to « Nobody But You, » Shelton’s recent No and Her 1 duo, share her first gig was a show from Emmylou Harris and explain how she’s « learned so much » about the genre since her relationship with Shelton Clarkson began, for her part, played her love of old-school country, telling Gomes that her voice « sounds like anything. what I like about 80s and 90s country « 

In the end, Clarkson’s first round for Gomes turned out to be an advantage The Nashville resident is now a member of Team Kelly

Gomes comes by his country look – he donned a cowboy hat and a western style shirt for his performance – honestly He grew up on a ranch, he explained before his performance

Gomes has been watching The Voice since its first season and called his audition “the step I needed, finally, to change [my family’s] life” When Gomes was a kid, he and his mother had a car accident, and while recovering from her injuries, she became dependent on the opioids that had been prescribed to her

« It was hard every day I had to step up, » Gomes shared, choking, « I honestly think I can survive anything after all of this »

Fortunately Gomes’ mother is now pure and their relationship is good She and two other family members proudly watched him through a video screen as he secured his spot on the show

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