# Thirteen-year-old Brianna Cameron wins Live Shows place after emotional performance

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/were-watching-a-young-whitney-houston-the-voices-youngest-contestant-makes-kelly-clarkson-emotional-with-epic-cut-week-showing/
- Published: 2026-11-03T06:07:37+00:00
- Original publisher: American Songwriter
- Original article: https://americansongwriter.com/were-watching-a-young-whitney-houston-the-voices-youngest-contestant-makes-kelly-clarkson-emotional-with-epic-cut-week-showing/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Clarkson compared 13-year-old Brianna Cameron’s vocal runs to Whitney Houston’s.
- Cameron won Team Kelly’s final Cut Week place.
- She will join Koumba Diallo and Anna McElroy in the Live Shows.

## Summary

Newly added coverage shows Kelly Clarkson becoming emotional after Brianna Cameron’s Cut Week performance, saying the 13-year-old’s vocal runs reminded her of Whitney Houston. Cameron’s rendition of Natalie Cole’s “Inseparable” helped her win a place in The Voice’s Live Shows.

During the show’s first Cut Week, two Team Kelly artists advanced automatically, while Cameron and four others competed for one remaining spot. Clarkson chose Cameron, who will join Koumba Diallo and Anna McElroy in the Live Shows; Queen Latifah and Riley Green also praised her poise and natural talent.

## Coverage

- [American Songwriter: Thirteen-year-old Brianna Cameron wins Live Shows place after emotional performance](https://americansongwriter.com/were-watching-a-young-whitney-houston-the-voices-youngest-contestant-makes-kelly-clarkson-emotional-with-epic-cut-week-showing/)
- [Billboard: Kelly Clarkson Compares 13-Year-Old ‘The Voice’ Singer to Whitney Houston](https://www.billboard.com/culture/tv-film/kelly-clarkson-the-voice-singer-whitney-houston-1236372715/)

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