Lucia Flores-Wiseman, the Maple Valley singer whose powerful vocals made her one of the top five competitors in this season of “The Voice,” took home fourth place in the big finale this week.The winner was Adam David from Michael Bublé’s team, who gets a $100,000 cash prize and a record deal with Universal Music Group. The runner-up was Jaelen Johnston from Team Kelsea Ballerini, followed by RENZO (Team John Legend) in third, Flores-Wiseman (Team Adam Levine) in fourth, and Jadyn Cree (also Team Bublé) ...
Lucia Flores-Wiseman, the Maple Valley singer whose powerful vocals made her one of the top five competitors in this season of “The Voice,” took home fourth place in the big finale this week.
The winner was Adam David from Michael Bublé’s team, who gets a $100,000 cash prize and a record deal with Universal Music Group. The runner-up was Jaelen Johnston from Team Kelsea Ballerini, followed by RENZO (Team John Legend) in third, Flores-Wiseman (Team Adam Levine) in fourth, and Jadyn Cree (also Team Bublé) in fifth.
Before the results were announced, Flores-Wiseman said the support of coach Adam Levine, who was the first to turn his chair around during the blind auditions after hearing her sing only a few notes, has “meant the world.”
“I really thought I believed in myself, but you really gave me the final push to fully believe in what I create and just being authentic,” Flores-Wiseman said. “So thank you so much.”
On night one of the finale, Flores-Wiseman took Pink Floyd’s classic song “Wish You Were Here” and made it her own before bringing the house down with a soulful rendition of Billie Eilish’s “Wildflower,’ singing from within a blue neon flower on stage as confetti rained down around her.
On night two for her final performance, she did a duet with Levine where they sang The Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” while jamming out on guitars together.
Before the finale, Flores-Wiseman spoke with The Seattle Times about her big breakout moment and how fellow Washingtonian Brandi Carlile inspired her to pursue a music career.
On night one of the finale, she recounted how Levine telling a story about Carlile after Flores-Wiseman’s blind audition was the reason she picked him over the three other coaches, who also all turned their chairs.
Flores-Wiseman and Carlile had previously performed at a local concert put on by the Tahoma Schools Foundation in June 2018, where they sang Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.”
“I just love the power that she brings, that she really writes about what it’s like to be human and the stories and the pains and the accomplishments,” Flores-Wiseman said.
Flores-Wiseman is working on an EP and plans to keep making music.
“I want to make sure that top five on ‘The Voice’ isn’t the last thing, you know?” she said before the finale. “I just really want to be able to expand more, so I’m crossing my fingers that I can continue making Seattle proud and have people thinking of going back to Seattle for music.”
WA’s Lucia Flores-Wiseman to compete in ‘The Voice’ Season 27 finale
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