That was fast. The Voice winner Danielle Bradbery has been signed to Big Machine Records, the same record label as none other than Taylor Swift herself. What’s more, the teenager who edged Michelle Chamuel for the title is scheduled to begin recording her debut album as early as next week! On Tuesday night’s dramatic season finale, Danielle Bradbery beat out Chamuel and the Swon Brothers to be named The Voice of Season 4. “You are an amazing coach and an amazing person, I love you coach,” she told Blake Shelton, who has mentored three straight champs. Shelton called Danielle “the most important” winner the NBC show has boasted to date, and has made no secret of his high hopes for her. What do you think: Did she deserve to win? YES! She’s the best! No! Should’ve been Michelle! No! Should’ve been the Swons! View Poll »
Michelle Chamuel, Swon Brothers are runner-ups in season-four finale, featuring Christina Aguilera, Bruno Mars, Hunter Hayes and more. By Natasha Chandel
The Swon Brothers, Michelle Chamuel, Sasha Allen, Danielle Bradbery and Amber Carrington made their case on The Voice semifinals Monday night. Now The Voice results are in, and the finalists have been revealed. The question coming in was not which singers had the most talent – they’ve all got skills – but who would pick the right songs and stand out from the pack. America has now provided the answer. Your three finalists are … Michelle Chamuel! Danielle Bradbery! The Swon Brothers! Sasha Allen and Amber Carrington are out, leaving one Ursher competitor (Michelle) against two (or three, if you look at it that way) of Blake’s proteges. What do you think? Did the voters get it right on The Voice? Yes. The voters got it right! No! Amber got robbed! No! Sasha got robbed! No! They both got robbed! View Poll » Who will win The Voice Season 4 next week? Michelle Chamuel Danielle Bradbery The Swon Brothers View Poll »
Amber Carrington channels her inner Adele and Michelle Chamuel puts her ‘big voice’ on display before two more contestants are eliminated. By Natasha Chandel
Michelle Bachmann is as crazy as her husband is gay. Look up a picture of her husband and you will see what we mean. Michelle Bachmann Says Attacks Were Judgment From God According to Raw Story On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) told a group of conservative lawmakers gathered for a prayer event that the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 and the siege of the U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya were “the hand of judgment” from God. According to Right Wing Watch, the event, held in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall, was called “Washington: A Man of Prayer.” The event began with some a cappella Christian singing and progressed with a series of conservative Christian speakers, including Bachmann, who urged lawmakers and others to join her and “birther” author Joseph Farah of World Net Daily for “9/11 Pray,” a day of repentance, prayer and fasting on September 11, 2013. “It’s no secret that our nation may very well be experiencing the hand of judgment,” said Bachmann Wednesday. “It’s no secret that we all are concerned that our nation may be in a time of decline.” She went on to say that only God could set the nation to rights. “The answer is what we are doing here today: humbling ourselves before an almighty God, crying out to an almighty God, saying not of ourselves but you, would you save us, oh God? We repent of our sins, we turn away from them, we seek you, we seek your ways,” she said. “Our nation has seen judgment not once but twice on September 11,” she said, meaning the terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001 and the 2012 attack in Benghazi. “That’s why we’re going to have ‘9/11 Pray’ on that day. Is there anything better that we can do on that day rather than to humble ourselves and to pray to an almighty God?” We think Michelle is piff-puffin on that sticky icky.
We already know that Miley Cyrus is #1. And Selena Gomez is #2, Kate Upton #8 and Manti Te’o’s pretend girlfriend #69. But what about the other beautiful women on Maxim ‘s Hot 100 of 2013? The magazine has released a slew of photos from the sizzling issue and we’ve selected the hottest of the Hot below, from a Vampire Diaries star to a naked UFC brawler to Jennifer Loew Hewitt in a very revealing bra. Does anything else need to be said? We didn’t think so. Scroll down and browse around now! NOTE : Visit our gallery of Maxim Hot 100 photos now!
Michelle Knight, one of the three Cleveland kidnapping victims found alive earlier this week, has reportedly shunned her family following her rescue. Knight had been missing for 11 years when she was found in a dungeon-like Cleveland house with Amanda Berry , 27, and Gina DeJesus, 23. Knight had been in the house the longest and suffered brutal injuries at the hands of her captor, Ariel Castro , who is charged with rape and kidnapping. But while the two other freed captives have returned home to cheering crowds and yards full of balloons, Knight did not enjoy a similar scenario. Instead, the Cleveland kidnap victim has, according to reports, shunned her family for thinking she had just run away and failing to look for her. Knight’s mother and grandmother have been to Cleveland this week since news of her rescue broke, but Michelle has kept both of them at bay. “No, we haven’t [seen her], on her request. She does not want to be seen by family,” said Deborah Knight, the victim’s grandmother, to ABC News. Knight has opted for seclusion since her astonishing rescue. The kidnap victim has not shunned her entire family. One of her two brothers, Freddie Knight, did have a chance to visit his sister in the hospital. “Her skin was white as a ghost,” said Freddie Knight. “She told me she was just excited to start a new life.” That may be a long and painful process. It appears Michelle suffered immensely in captivity. Starvation, beatings and forced miscarriages were common. Knight was a 20-year-old single mother when she went missing in 2002, having lost a custody battle and seen officials take away her toddler son. When she was abducted, her family filed a missing persons report. However, police apparently viewed her as a runaway, and her case did not garner the same media attention as the disappearances of DeJesus or Berry. The remarkable ending to the case has garnered huge attention this week, with the three women and neighbor Charles Ramsey being hailed as heroes.
