The Top 9 semifinalists will be cut to the final four for the Dec. 14 finale. That means five contestants will be sent home; only four will survive for the finals. Vachal, 26, will have to do better than last week when she finished sixth.
"But this week, no matter what happens, I'm holding nothing back — I'm giving all of my heart," she said. "My one goal is that it touches hearts."
She has been able to touch a lot of hearts in her months-long musical journey. From the first few notes in "Dream A Little Dream," that made three of the four coaches turn their chairs around wanting to mentor her, to her work with current coach Adam Levine, who ironically was the only coach not to turn around because he didn't have any room on his team, Vachal's subtle, sweet and sultry flips of the standards and pop hits have been highly praised.
Of the artists left in The Voice, Amy is the most distinctive and separates her from the rest. She has been able to pick songs and arrangements that take advantage of her soft, subtle jazzy interpretations of tunes. If the voting viewers based their picks on originality, Vachal would win hands down.
But that's not the way most Voice viewers vote. For many, it comes down to musical tastes, between country, blues, spiritual or pop. Remarkably, Vachal has been able to travel this far without having to be categorized in any of those slots.
While being unique is a good thing in the real world of music, not being easily categorized might work against her because she won't have any of those large bloc of voters pulling for her to win.
Listen to Amy's performance in the Blind Audition and the judges' exuberant reaction:
When voting left the judges' hands and only 12 contestants were left, Amy was almost eliminated when her then coach, Pharrell Williams chose another contestant over Vachal. Levine became her coach when he "saved" her by putting her on his team. Under his tutelage, the two were clever enough to select current hit songs which were more familiar to the younger bloc of voters but given the special Amy Vachal interpretation.
Although Vachal has performed really well, I believe we still haven't seen her at her best. Besides being technically on point and outstanding creatively, hopefully she finds a way to connect emotionally with the audience to become the first Asian/American winner of one of television's singing contests.
The Voice airs on NBC at 8 p.m./7 p.m. Central on Monday. It's a two-hour show tonight. The results will be revealed Tuesday.
How to vote on "The Voice"
There is a strict 14-hour voting window from the end of the show (between 9:55 p.m. ET on Monday to 12 p.m. ET Tuesday). That seems unfair for the voters on the West Coast because their voting period is done at 9 a.m. PST Tuesday. Voters from Hawaii, where Vachal is popular have an even shorter period to vote. Each person can vote up to 40 times total (10 votes per each of the four ways).
1. iTunes: downloading a song counts as 10 votes. (Bonus: if it reaches the top ten on the charts it gets multiplied by 10.) (1 download per person = 10 votes)
2. Facebook: vote on The Voice Facebook page via this link. (up to 10 times per person total)
3. The App : Download The Voice App on your phone (up to 10 times total)
4. NBC.com : (up to 10 times total) #TheVoice
"But this week, no matter what happens, I'm holding nothing back — I'm giving all of my heart," she said. "My one goal is that it touches hearts."
She has been able to touch a lot of hearts in her months-long musical journey. From the first few notes in "Dream A Little Dream," that made three of the four coaches turn their chairs around wanting to mentor her, to her work with current coach Adam Levine, who ironically was the only coach not to turn around because he didn't have any room on his team, Vachal's subtle, sweet and sultry flips of the standards and pop hits have been highly praised.
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Of the artists left in The Voice, Amy is the most distinctive and separates her from the rest. She has been able to pick songs and arrangements that take advantage of her soft, subtle jazzy interpretations of tunes. If the voting viewers based their picks on originality, Vachal would win hands down.
But that's not the way most Voice viewers vote. For many, it comes down to musical tastes, between country, blues, spiritual or pop. Remarkably, Vachal has been able to travel this far without having to be categorized in any of those slots.
While being unique is a good thing in the real world of music, not being easily categorized might work against her because she won't have any of those large bloc of voters pulling for her to win.
Listen to Amy's performance in the Blind Audition and the judges' exuberant reaction:
Although Vachal has performed really well, I believe we still haven't seen her at her best. Besides being technically on point and outstanding creatively, hopefully she finds a way to connect emotionally with the audience to become the first Asian/American winner of one of television's singing contests.
The Voice airs on NBC at 8 p.m./7 p.m. Central on Monday. It's a two-hour show tonight. The results will be revealed Tuesday.
How to vote on "The Voice"
There is a strict 14-hour voting window from the end of the show (between 9:55 p.m. ET on Monday to 12 p.m. ET Tuesday). That seems unfair for the voters on the West Coast because their voting period is done at 9 a.m. PST Tuesday. Voters from Hawaii, where Vachal is popular have an even shorter period to vote. Each person can vote up to 40 times total (10 votes per each of the four ways).
1. iTunes: downloading a song counts as 10 votes. (Bonus: if it reaches the top ten on the charts it gets multiplied by 10.) (1 download per person = 10 votes)
2. Facebook: vote on The Voice Facebook page via this link. (up to 10 times per person total)
3. The App : Download The Voice App on your phone (up to 10 times total)
4. NBC.com : (up to 10 times total) #TheVoice
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