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Thirteen-year-old Brianna Cameron wins Live Shows place after emotional performance
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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.
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In short
- 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.
How this story developed
- 55 minutes ago Clarkson said Cameron’s performance revealed another layer to her talent, as the teenager joined Koumba Diallo and Anna McElroy in the Live Shows after Queen Latifah and Riley Green also commended her poise and ability.
- 60 minutes ago Kelly Clarkson chose 13-year-old Brianna Cameron for The Voice’s Live Shows after praising her rendition of Natalie Cole’s “Inseparable” and comparing her vocal runs to Whitney Houston’s.
Full account
Thirteen-year-old Brianna Cameron has secured a place in The Voice’s Live Shows after winning a high-pressure Team Kelly round with a performance of Natalie Cole’s “Inseparable”. The appearance came during Cut Week, a new stage in the competition designed to reduce each coach’s team before the live rounds.
Cameron was among five Team Kelly artists competing for the final place. The format had each coach choose two singers to advance automatically, leaving the other five to perform for one remaining spot. Clarkson ultimately chose Cameron, saying the singer had revealed a new layer of her ability. The other Team Kelly contestants named in the reports were Marcus Ladden Jr., Brooklyn Marie, Nina Howland and Kyle Davis; four were eliminated from the team.
The performance drew strong praise from the panel. Clarkson compared Cameron’s singing to a young Whitney Houston and singled out her vocal runs. Queen Latifah praised her poise, while Riley Green described her as the most naturally talented person he had seen on the programme. Clarkson became emotional as she reflected on the performance, which she said had shown her a side of Cameron she had not previously seen.
Cameron will join Team Kelly artists Koumba Diallo and Anna McElroy in the Live Shows. Cut Week also narrowed the other coaches’ teams, with their final selections coming after performances by the remaining artists. The second report says one eliminated contestant will have a chance to return through viewer voting and that the Live Shows begin next week, but neither detail appears in the first report.
Where outlets differ
From the full account, which is AI-written from the sources:
The first report calls Cameron the youngest contestant on The Voice; the second does not make that claim.
The first describes the round as five artists competing for one remaining Team Kelly place after two automatic advances. The second frames the overall twist as reducing each coach’s team from seven singers to three and supplies the names of Team Kelly’s eliminated artists.
The first includes longer praise from the panel, including Clarkson’s comments to camera and Queen Latifah’s additional remarks. The second focuses more on the scale of the eliminations, gives Carson Daly’s warning and summarises the other coaches’ choices, the viewer-vote return opportunity and the Live Shows timing.
The reports differ in how they present Riley Green’s praise: the first gives his comments in fuller context, while the second condenses them and attributes the quoted description to him after Queen Latifah’s remarks.
Explained simply
The Voice is a televised singing competition in which contestants perform for a panel of coaches, who help choose which singers continue. Contestants are grouped into teams led by the coaches, and places in the Live Shows are limited.
At Cut Week, singers compete for the remaining places on their team after some contestants have already advanced. Brianna Cameron, aged 13, is a young contestant on Kelly Clarkson’s team; the comparison to Whitney Houston refers to Clarkson’s praise of Cameron’s vocal runs.
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Originally published by American Songwriter as ““We’re Watching a Young Whitney Houston”: ‘The Voice’s Youngest Contestant Makes Kelly Clarkson Emotional With Epic Cut Week Showing”.