VIDEO: Josh Kaufman sings 'Set Fire To the Rain' on The Voice 2014
Josh Kaufman sang "Set Fire To the Rain" on The Voice 2014 Season 6 for Team Usher.
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Preparation
Carson asks Josh if he ever imagined he’d be on the season finale of The Voice, and he says he didn’t even think so when he went to audition. It was the most nervous he’d ever been for a performance. When the first chair turned, he felt that even if the rest of the performance bailed, he still has someone who turned. But then the other chairs turned as well! They chart the journey from Adam letting him go, to Usher stealing him, all through “Stay With Me” and “I Can’t Make You Love Me,” both of which are songs he’d have better been served repeating tonight. However, he’ll be performing “Set Fire to the Rain” by Adele, which he thinks is a perfect song for the finals. He’s trying to do everything he can to take hold of this opportunity, not only for himself, but for his family. Usher tells him, in rehearsal, that he should get emotional, cry if he has to, or get angry and knock things over (Usher demonstrates, surprisingly — well, it would have been surprising if the preview at the start of the episode hadn’t spoiled it. But if there’s anything remotely interesting that happens in a pre-tape, you bet your sweet ass the previews are going to make sure you know exactly what happens and how, before it airs). Usher feels Josh deserves this.
Performance Video
Download MP3: Set Fire To the Rain
Coach Comments
The crowd loved it. So much, in fact, that their cheering barely allows Adam to get a word-in edgewise. He basically just tells Josh that he’s amazing, and moves on to Usher. Usher declares “The destination is the journey,” stating that Josh was up and down, and he went on to land in the Top 10 of the Top 100 songs in the country. He declares that “This is what The Voice is!” and that Josh MUST win The Voice. Either way, should be an incredibly close one.
Download MP3: Set Fire To the Rain
Note: Text and opinions on this post written by Nick Roman
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