Talia Smith, one halve of the award winning hot female UK country
duo Travellin Rose is set to appear
on Episode
6; Series 3 (Blind Auditions 6) on
the BBC 1 show The Voice UK this Saturday
Feb 15, 2014 which starts at 19:10 (BBC Programme
Page)
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| Talia Smith / Travellin Rose Photo Montage CLICK to ENLARGE |
Emma Willis and Marvin Humes (who replaced Holly Willoughby and Reggie
Yates) will host the penultimate round of blind auditions as the
search for the UK's next big vocal talent continues.
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| Talia Smith The Voice Blind Audition |
Places on each of the coaches' teams are increasingly limited, and the
fight for a coveted spot on either Team Will, Team Ricky, Team Kylie or Team
Tom is fiercer than ever.
The third series began airing
on 11 January 2014 on BBC One, as opposed to the usual start in March. will.i.am and Tom Jones returned as coaches. Kylie
Minogue and Ricky Wilson joined
the show as replacements for former coaches, Jessie J and Danny O'Donoghue.
Emma Willis and Marvin Humes co-presented the show for the first time,
replacing.
The Voice UK has been the most-watched Saturday night show on British TV
in its first four weeks on air and peaked at over 10 million viewers on the Feb 1, 2014
show.
On 9 February 2014, it was announced that 'The Voice' has landed its own half-hour spin-off show on BBC Two, which will be presented by Zoe Ball (6:30pm on weekdays from the time the live shows kick off until the final)
On 9 February 2014, it was announced that 'The Voice' has landed its own half-hour spin-off show on BBC Two, which will be presented by Zoe Ball (6:30pm on weekdays from the time the live shows kick off until the final)
On Monday Feb 10th The Sun Newspaper ran a feature on Talia (but not
on Page 3) titled “My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding singer Traveller Talia on The Voice”.
Talia posted on Facebook: I'm in #TheSun Newspaper!! (Page 27)
The Sun wrote: THE VOICE charts new territory this weekend with a singing GYPSY….Country singer Talia Smith lives in a caravan near Heathrow and on Saturday she will be the show’s first-ever traveler bidding for a slice of the pop pie.
Talia posted on Facebook: I'm in #TheSun Newspaper!! (Page 27)
Wow!!! I'm in the @TheSunNewspaper today!! Eeeekkkk exciting times...so who's gonna wish me luck!! #Arrows pic.twitter.com/ANuGb5ZwvV
— Talia Smith (@TaliaSmithMusic) February 10, 2014
The Sun wrote: THE VOICE charts new territory this weekend with a singing GYPSY….Country singer Talia Smith lives in a caravan near Heathrow and on Saturday she will be the show’s first-ever traveler bidding for a slice of the pop pie.
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| The Sun feature CLICK to read |
The lovely professional singer Talia Smith has become the first gypsy/ traveller to audition for 'The Voice hoping to impress judges Sir Tom Jones, Kylie Minogue,
Ricky Wilson and will.i.am with her country-infused vocals.
The gorgeous mum-of-three, who juggles singing with looking after her three
kids, lives in caravan near Heathrow with her partner Billy and was due to
audition with her friend Kelly Lee
as part of singing duo Travellin Rose,
before her pal pulled out at the last minute. Kelly, formerly from Hatfield now
based in Swindon is due to have her third child in February.
A source told The Sun newspaper: "Talia is a bona fide traveller. She loves
the life and doesn't care what anyone thinks about gypsies. She's been a
professional singer for a few years and has a great voice. It's no surprise
coach Tom Jones takes a bit of a fancy to her. "She's genuine proof that
the show is about including people from all walks of life. People focus on the
former pop stars and the confident stage school types but there are so many
different people on the show."
Travellin Rose have enjoyed #1 Chart success and represented the UK travelling
to America to win over fans in Nashville.
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| Talia Smith (L) and Kelly Lee (R) Travellin Rose Duo |
According to The Sun newspaper Sir Tom Jones is particularly taken by
the performer. Talia herself revealed that she only started singing
after having her third baby but had plenty of encouragement from friends and
family. “I’ve
a lot to thank the gypsy community for as I pretty much lost all my friends
when I moved in with Billy when I was just 16,” Talia said. “They made me
welcome and have encouraged me to sing.”
Some “fans" of the BBC show are branding Talia “the shows’ Cher Lloyd” who shot to fame on The X Factor in 2010, after revealing her romany background and like Talia, the talented young star was always proud of her heritage and certainly made no apologies for it. Lloyd was raised in Malvern, Worcester with her parents and three younger siblings. Her family is of Gypsy origin and the ‘Swagger Jagger’ hit-maker spent the first year of her life travelling around Wales with her parents in a caravan.
I’m sure Talia will
gladly wish some of Cher’s gypsy luck will rub off on her too and she too might
even get to perform with Pop/Country superstar princess Taylor Swift who brought out the With Ur Love singer, cher-ing the stage, to
perform with her at The Staples
Center in LA >> Video
Turn, Turn, Turn for Talia:
She may not have the “X” Factor but the Travellin Rose Country fans most certainly know the attractive Talia has the “C” Factor!
She may not have the “X” Factor but the Travellin Rose Country fans most certainly know the attractive Talia has the “C” Factor!
Recently Talia Smith performed her first solo gig at The River Side Club with her beloved mandolin in Alt Country/Americana/ Bluegrass trio format accompanied by Dobro and Double bass! She showcased a new original song titled "Phoenix".
>> Watch the
video (credit Chris Burland) and kindly
critique on Facebook at #bluegrassstaines
Career Highlights:
As part of the vibrant Travellin Rose here are Talia Smiths “best bits”
to date:
- Recorded a 12 track album titled CINDERELLA DREAMING in Nashville with all the tracks written entirely by Travellin Rose.
- Their first single “Made Up My Mind,” debuted on the Hotdisc Top 40 chart on Dec 11, 2011 at # 2 and on Dec 18th they topped the Hotdisc British and Irish chart . In so doing they gave Forbes # 1 listed artist Toby Keith and his viral sensation hit Red Solo Cup a run for its money.
- In early November 2011 Talia and Kelly Lee were invited to join an International Country Music party of country acts and performed at a high profile pre CMA Award show event at The Cadillac Ranch >> see video Then they got the chance to glam-up to attend the Country music’s biggest night at the 2011 CMA’s.
- Travellin Rose were the cover feature in Country Routes Magazine (January 2012 issue)
- In the week
Jan 14, 2012 their single “Made Up
My Mind” was #13 on the International Country Music Chart
- In early
June 2012 Travellin Rose represented the UK during the CMA Festival at the
“CMA Presents The Aristo Global
Show” at the Second Fiddle in Nashville – Arista Press
Link . They were interviewed for a Billboard Story for a CMA Festival Week story! - See photo (Travellin Rose (left)
strapless bustiers
- On
July 29, 2012 Travellin Rose appeared in the UK National newspaper The Daily Star
- www.dailystar.co.uk
- In
August/Sept 2012 their third single “Girl From The Backwood’s” has spent 3
weeks at #3 on The Hotdisc Top 40 and got to #1 on
The British & Irish Chart
- At
the Sept 2, 2012 British Country Music Awards (BCMAwards)
Travellin Rose won Horizon Act of
the Year UK (Up and coming act, sponsored by The CMA, Nashville TN)
and were nominated for Duo of the
Year and Album of the Year.
Talia's Vital Statistics:
She writes:
I am a singer/songwriter who is starting out in the music industry and needs as
much help as possible...I enjoy singing country music, but I can sing from
almost every genre, I would love to collaborate with other artists and
musicians to learn as much as possible and expand my experience x
Height 160 cm / 5ft
3in Shoe
size 4.0 UK / 5.5 US / 37.0 Euro Weight
54 kg / 118 lbs
Hair Colour: Brown Hair
length: Long Hair
type: Wavy Eye Colour: Brown Dress Size: 10
Singing styles: Pop Favourite
genres: Country
Influences: Carrie
Underwood, Rascal Flatts, Loretta Lynn
Websites:
Travellin Rose: FACEBOOK
Related Blog Posts: Interview Artist Spotlight - New To You....Travellin Rose
>> Listen
to some of Travellin Rose songs and interview
on soundcloud.com (27
April 2012)
Music:
The album Cinderella Dreaming (UPC 5024545656121; (released Feb 4, 2013) is
available to purchase on:
Other Country artists have previously appeared on the Reality TV shows before:
Sam Hollyman, the talented up and coming British singer/songwriter who recently had a 3-week #1 on the Hotdisc British & Irish Chart with his single “Where I Wanna Be”, failed to win over the judges on The Voice in April 2013. The then 17-year old “Stafford singing sensation” fell at the first hurdle in the TV talent show when judges Jessie J, Will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones and Danny O’Donoghue didn’t warm to his rendition of Elton John’s ‘Your Song’.
Sam Hollyman, the talented up and coming British singer/songwriter who recently had a 3-week #1 on the Hotdisc British & Irish Chart with his single “Where I Wanna Be”, failed to win over the judges on The Voice in April 2013. The then 17-year old “Stafford singing sensation” fell at the first hurdle in the TV talent show when judges Jessie J, Will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones and Danny O’Donoghue didn’t warm to his rendition of Elton John’s ‘Your Song’.
Emma Jade (Garbutt) an unsigned 19 year old country/pop artist from Doncaster appeared
as a contestant on 'BBC The Voice UK' after being chosen to join Sir Tom Jones'
2013 team (Image) after performing a cover of Guns N'
Roses' "Sweet
Child o' Mine" on Episode 2 broadcast on 6 April 2013.
Unfortunately Emma Jade left the competition at the third battle round stages
episode aired on 25 May,2013 pitched against Mike Ward (cousin of British The X Factor series 2 winner Shayne
Ward) performing Stevie Nicks' song "Landslide"
(also cut by The Dixie Chicks) - BBC Profile
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| Emma Jade & Mike Ward (L) on The Voice & Carolynne Poole (X Factor 2012) |
Unemployed joiner Mike Ward (see BBC Profile), who has Irish Traveller roots on his father's side, nailed it, wowing the coaches on the BBC1 show when he aauditioned, who we’re surprised he actually sung country music. Coach Jessie J said "He's not what you expect" >> Video
The streetwise Salford 23 year old country singer (born 14th Dec 1990)
was part of Tom Jones' team singing mostly country and western music and
progressed as a finalist in the last Final 4. He auditioned with the song "Don't Close Your Eyes" from Keith
Whitley, with three of the four judges, Jessie J, Danny O'Donoghue and Sir Tom
Jones turning their chairs. In the competition he sung "Suspicious
Minds" solo and "Green Green Grass of Home" with Jones and was
eventually eliminated at the final.
Battling his shyness some were tipping him to be UK’s first big country
artist. He wanted to get country music noticed in the UK and bring it into the
21st century. Could Mike be the man to make country music cool?
Country Music People's David Allan
(the former BBC Radio 2 Country Club presenter) really praised his performances
on The Voice in the magazine making comparisons to George Jones and Keith
Whitley. He spoke of his raw emotion and his connected with people putting over
the lyrics with his vocal delivery.
So what has happened post The Voice? Well Mike released "When I Was
Your Man" (Bruno Mars cover) on 22 June 2013 which briefly appeared at #60
and “Picking Up the Pieces" (Paloma Faith ) on 29 June 2013 which reached #72
on the Official UK chart
No album has appeared and he done some local pub gigs and shared a few
low budget videos with fans.
In the January 2014 issue of Country Music People (below) David Allan shares his
disappointment on his page as to why the media have seemingly ignored Ward.
Emma Jade also faded away and didn’t have the money to produce some high tech videos or record any music. She is however going to be one of 27 names to appear on the Pop-Up Stages at C2C Country to Country at The O2 in March – See Blog Post.
Carolynne Poole
the "A little
bit Country..A little bit Rock n Roll" Leeds based singer-songwriter was
another country artist who strived for success via a TV Talent show. She finished in third
place in the second series of Fame Academy and on the weekend Oct 6th to 7th,
2012 we witnessed the first time on X Factor UK that a contestant describing
themselves as a “country” artist had made it through to the live TV stages of
the ITV competition. She fell just short the previous year leaving X Factor at
the Judges Houses round. Sadly it wasn’t to last as she
was the first 2012 finalist
of 13 who had to leave after a controversial and tension-fuelled sing-off
elimination.
It is
clear that the very attractive Carolynne has talent and a voice to match with this OntSofa cover of “Telescope”
(Hayden Panettiere Cover) last year >> YouTube
Ironically, under
the name Carolynne Good she played the part of a character called Talia (Justin's fiancée) in an episode
of ITV’s Emmerdale on in June 2012.
Whether these
Talent show artists are restricted by and locked in contracts which prevents them
from releasing music and promoting themselves for a specific time period after
their TV exits, who knows?
By the time they
do they will be sadly forgotten by the public at large who nowadays treat such
shows as entertainment fodder and don’t follow through by purchasing the music
and are merely passive fans rather than super keen proactive ones.
Wishing Talia Smith well for the Voice on Saturday hoping she will reach The Battle Stages and beyond. Watch this space!
Check out some fabulous new pictures (copyright Steve Finn) and slideshow at the Daily MAIL !
>> Enjoy a SPOTIFY Gypsy Playlist using this ONLINE Web
Player Link - Gypsy Theme
Check out some fabulous new pictures (copyright Steve Finn) and slideshow at the Daily MAIL !
Note: The Playlist below requires you to
already have your SPOTIFY application
installed, and OPEN, and is ONLY for users of the online music streaming service
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