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Carrie E. Pierce has written professionally for over twenty years, building a solid international reputation. During that time, Carrie discovered there was a real need for wholesome, quality children’s literature that could also be enjoyed by parents and grandparents as they read aloud. She understood the concern parents and grandparents felt as they struggled to find children’s stories they could trust and feel good about sharing with the young ones in their lives. Because of that realization, Carrie understands how important it is to keep storytime safe. Eager to fill this niche, she began prayerfully crafting quality stories from the heart that contain important life lessons; written in a style that doesn’t talk ‘down’ to children. Carrie’s stories always contain age-appropriate themes - free of agendas and teach wholesome, important life lessons. Having experienced heartbreak and tragedy firsthand and seeing many of her dreams come true, Carrie speaks with a rich insight into the human heart and an honest voice holding nothing back. Born in New Orleans and raised in Central Texas, Carrie now lives in Idaho. Over her lengthy career as a seasoned guest, Carrie has proven compelling and forthright. You- and your listeners- won’t be disappointed! Morgan Pierce Media & Publishing is a premium-level, hybrid publisher that removes the intimidation often felt on the publishing journey by providing authors with the comprehensive publishing services they need before, during, and after their book launch. https://morganpiercemediapublishing.com/https://www.facebook.com/AuthorCarrieEPierce

Marsha Vanwynsberghe — Storytelling NLP Trainer, Speaker, Publisher & Author, 2xs PodcasterMarsha is the 6-time Bestselling Author of “When She Stopped Asking Why”. She shares her lessons as a parent who dealt with teen substance abuse that tore her family unit apart.Marsha has been published 7xs, most recently with her co-platform, Every Body Holds A Story, and she is on a mission to continue to help women and men to speak, share and publish their stories. Through her tools, OUTSPOKEN NLP certification, programs, coaching, and podcast, Marsha teaches the power of Radical Responsibility and Owning Your Choices in your own life. She empowers people how to heal and own their stories, be conscious leaders and build platform businesses that create massive impact.https://www.marshavanw.com/ https://www.facebook.com/marsha.vanwynsberghehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/marshavanwynsberghe/ https://www.instagram.com/marshavanw/https://www.twitter.com/Marsha_vanw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2JwpG4H5PG2QIPkmcwCwqg https://www.tiktok.com/@marshavanw

Limor Bergman Gross has a wealth of experience in the tech industry, having worked as a software engineer, engineering manager, and Director of engineering for over two decades. Having experienced the challenges of being a woman in a male-dominated field firsthand, she has a deep understanding of the obstacles that women face in the tech industry. After spending nine years living in the US, Limor returned to her home country with a renewed focus on empowering women in tech and supporting their career growth. She is driven by her passion for helping women succeed in the industry and is committed to making a positive impact in this area. https://limorbergman.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/limorbergman https://www.facebook.com/limorbe https://www.instagram.com/limorbergman/ https://twitter.com/limor_bergman

Tia McGraff BiographyTia McGraff is a multi-talented, award-winning singer, songwriter, performer, author and podcast host from Southern Ontario, Canada. Along with her husband and co-writer Tommy Parham, the skilled songstress has been making impactful and thought-provoking art for well over a decade. Bringing together a burning passion for the art of music and an honesty that is long lost on today’s modern charts, Tia McGraff is a trailblazer in her genre, one’s whose efforts have made her a beloved figure on the international music scene.Her accomplishments speak for themselves, having won the emPower Posi Music Award in 2021 for her latest single “Go Your Own Way,” a huge achievement for the talented artist. As if that weren’t enough, she’s also won awards for Americana CD of the Year, earned first-round nomination for the 2016 and 2018 Grammy Awards, was a 2019 multi- nominee for Kingdom Image Awards, and has even won the 2019 ISSA award for single of the year.Tia’s 2018 album release of “Stubborn In My Blood” and the first single “Let ‘Em See You’re Strong” received rave reviews. It would lead to placement on numerous “Best of 2018” lists. It was so powerful that it was even adopted by woman’s empowerment groups, being embraced by communities all around the world.With nine international CD releases and multiple film and TV placements over the years, her recorded catalog is certainly a proud accomplishment, but where Tia truly shines is in her live performances. Her love for performing has taken her all over North America and the United Kingdom, be it in huge concerts or personal, intimate venues.Tia is also an accomplished children’s author, notably with her book, “Jake The Road Dawg.” Based on the life and adventures of her beloved pet, the book has inspired classrooms around the world, while supporting Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library and Tia’s local Humane Society. The success of the book has led Tia to venture into the podcast realm with her popular show, “Jake’s Place Songs ‘n’ Tails.” Here, she discusses music, up and coming artists and her own personal opinions on every day topics. It’s a great change of pace, and a fantastic way to connect with the artist on a more personal level. Currently, Tia is preparing to release her latest single, “Go Your Own Way,” (June 24th, MTS Records) the first cut off of her upcoming EP, “With Love.” The single and EP will both be released on major streaming platforms. Tia McGraff's Website https://tiamcgraff.com/homeTia McGraff on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Jn59Lpf62CKNDS1c6w51STia McGraff on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTiaMcGraff

ABOUT WILL McFADDEN AND #STORYTIME Welcome to the award winning #Storytime Podcast! The Internet is a dumpster full of stories, and our host Will McFadden is the most fearless and skilled dumpster diver in the game. #Storytime features the top podcasters, YouTube creators, TikTok stars, Reddit masters, and everyday folks who all share a love of great storytelling. Subscribe now and follow on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and Facebook to become an official Fable Baby today! This season guests include Rider Strong, Adam Pally, McCall Mirabella, SeanDoesMagic, and many more. Episodes here: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-the-storytime-podcast-77077583/ ABOUT WILL McFADDEN Will McFadden is Chief Creative Officer at Collab and Company Member at The Actors' Gang. The Actors' Gang ensemble has included accomplished actors such as Jack Black, Lee Arenberg, John Cusack, John C. Reilly, Brent Hinkley, Helen Hunt, Kate Walsh, Kyle Gass, Fisher Stevens, Ned Bellamy, Jeremy Piven, Ebbe Roe Smith, Kate Mulligan, and Tim Robbins. The theater company has presented the work of innovative theater artists including Georges Bigot, Simon Abkarian, Charles Mee, Culture Clash, Bill Rauch and The Cornerstone Theatre Company, Tracy Young, Namaste Theater Company, Roger Guenver Smith, Eric Bogosian, Oskar Eustis, Danny Hoch, Beth Milles, David Schweitzer, Brian Kulick, Stefan Haves, Jason Reed, Michael Schlitt and Tenacious D. Guest artists that have appeared on The Actors' Gang stage include: Jackson Browne, Sarah Silverman, Ben Gibbard, John Doe, Tom Morello, Jenny Lewis, Wayne Kramer, Paul Provenza, Zooey Deschanel, Serj Tankian, David Crosby, Pink, Felicity Huffman, Jill Sobule, William H. Macy, Phillip Baker Hall, Jeanne Tripplehorn, T.C. Boyle. and the late, beloved, Gore Vidal.Touring productions include The New Colossus, Harlequino: On to Freedom, A Midsummer Night's Dream, George Orwell's 1984, The Exonerated, Tartuffe, Embedded, The Trial of the Catonsville Nine and The Guys. Over the last thirty years The Actors' Gang has toured the U.S. in forty-five states and on five continents, performing across the world from London to Milan, Bucharest, Athens, Madrid, Barcelona, Bogota, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Buenos Aires and recently, to Santiago and Concepcion, in Chile.

ABOUT JAY GLAZER AND UNBREAKABLE "Hey Teammate, we all face obstacles-physical, emotional, between the ears. The good news is that everything we have fought back against can empower us, IF WE KNOW HOW TO USE IT. My obstacles happen to be anxiety and depression. I call it living in the gray, and I've been mired in it my whole life. To be honest, it sucks. But I have also recently recognized that this same gray that has held me down has also empowered me to make my wildest dreams come true. You have probably overcome many of your own obstacles, but you've been too close to the conflict to clearly see what you've accomplished. We are all UNBREAKABLE, no matter what we do, who we are, or what traumas we may have experienced. We just need to admit that we can't walk this walk alone." --Jay Glazer After years of rejection but with constant hustle, Jay Glazer has built a career has one of the most iconic sports insiders, earning himself a spot on the Emmy award-winning Fox NFL Sunday, a role as the confidant of coaches and players across the league, and a role as himself alongside Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson on HBO series Ballers. His gym, Unbreakable Performance Center, attracts some of the biggest names in Hollywood, and is the headquarters to the powerful charity MVP (Merging Vets and Players) that Jay founded in 2015. MVP began as a weekly physical and mental health huddle with combat veterans and retired athletes has expanded to seven locations, helping soldiers and players transition to a new team. In Unbreakable, Jay Glazer talks directly to you, his teammates, and shares his truth. All of his success from his screeching-and-swerving joy ride through professional football, the media, the fighting world, Hollywood, the military-warrior community, comes with a side of relentless depression and anxiety. Living in the gray, as Jay calls it, is just a constant for him. And, in order to work through the gray and succeed, Jay has to maintain an Unbreakable Mindset. With this book, you can: · Be of Service-help others and help yourself in the process· Build Your Team-give support, get support· Never Underestimate the Power of Laughter-never take yourself too seriously· Be Proud of Your Scars-our trauma makes us who we are Throughout Unbreakable, Jay will use his stories-featuring some of the biggest, baddest, and most fascinating characters in the public eye today-to show how he walks this walk, has learned that while the gray is very real, it doesn't have to define him. And it doesn't have to define you either. Jay takes readers on a behind-the-scenes journey, sharing never-before-heard stories about his own mental health that feature some of the most fascinating characters in the public eye today. The book offers honest, outspoken advice and insights gleaned from Jay's own fight against the dark forces of depression and anxiety, his decades-long journey to the top of sports-journalism and his traumatic survival of a near-death experience. From an unlikely friendship with Michael Strahan that opened the door to his big break inside the NFL sports reporting, to helping veterans fight for their lives in the gym and even playing himself on the hit HBO show Ballers, Jay has seen it all. His experiences acting as coach to musicians like Wiz Khalifa and Demi Lovato to award-winning athletes and some of the most powerful people in business have given him the ability to laugh at himself while keeping up the fight against his own mental health struggles. JAY GLAZER BIOJay Glazer is a TV personality and National Football League (NFL) insider for FOX Sports' award-winning NFL pregame studio show, FOX NFL Sunday. The entire cast, including Glazer, became the first sports show inducted into the Television Hall Of Fame in 2019. He was one of the first ever minute by minute breaking online news reporters in the NFL, first for...

Holly combines a background in applied psychology with experience as an elite athlete for a unique knowledge around the psychology of success. Holly consults with organizations, teams, and individuals to support the development of sustainable high performance learning, knowing, and doing in changing and challenging environments. Her approach is hugely practical, harnessing the simple (but not easy) ingredients of what it takes to deliver sustained success.http://www.mettaperformance.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/holly-benner-3a63a79/ https://www.instagram.com/mettaendurance/

The Great Reset (Trailer): https://watch.tbn.org/m/xMufl01x/the-great-reset-trailerThe Watchman delivers inside, on-the-ground stories about what's really happening in Israel and the Middle East, and how it affects every American. https://watch.tbn.org/c/sns/mIiy6TFuhttps://watch.tbn.org/Erick Stakelbeck is Director of Christians United for Israel’s CUFI Watchman Project and host of “The Watchman” program on TBN. He has spent nearly two decades years covering the Middle East and national security issues in-depth: traveling to the region, interviewing world leaders and wanted terrorists, and highlighting the shared threats to America and Israel. A 2013 Jerusalem Post profile stated that, “Within Evangelical Christian circles, Stakelbeck is considered by many to be the leading authority” on the issues of national security and the Middle East. In February 2016, Stakelbeck launched “The Watchman” show on TBN, joining the world’s largest Christian television network with America’s largest pro-Israel organization, CUFI, to produce a hard-hitting weekly, 30-minute newsmagazine focusing on Israel, America and the Middle East. The program airs every Thursday night at 11:30 pm EST on TBN and is seen worldwide. From 2005 to 2015, Stakelbeck was a correspondent, host and terrorism analyst for CBN News, covering the global war on terror, U.S. national security, the Middle East and the growth of radical Islam at home and abroad for the network’s Washington, D.C. bureau. Stakelbeck’s first book, “The Terrorist Next Door: How the Government is Deceiving You About the Islamist Threat,” was released in 2011 by Regnery Publishing to major acclaim. His second book was released by Regnery in July 2013. The “Brotherhood: America’s Next Great Enemy” warns about the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood and the global Islamist movement. His third book with Regnery, “ISIS Exposed: Beheadings, Slavery and the Hellish Reality of Radical Islam,” was released on March 9, 2015. Stakelbeck is a regular commentator on leading national television and radio programs and a frequent guest on Fox News. His appearances include: The O’Reilly Factor, Hannity, Your World with Neil Cavuto, Fox and Friends, Justice with Judge Jeanine, Huckabee, America’s Newsroom, CNN Newsroom, BBC, Al Hurra and many others. Stakelbeck has also contributed to Glenn Beck’s The Blaze TV, guest hosting the Glenn Beck Program and providing in-studio analysis and investigative reports. From 2003 to 2005, Stakelbeck worked as a senior writer and analyst at the Investigative Project on Terrorism, a counterterrorism think tank founded by terrorism expert Steven Emerson. His articles on Islamic extremism, global terrorism and national security appeared in the Wall Street Journal Europe, Weekly Standard, Washington Times, New York Post, Jerusalem Post, and National Review Online, among other publications. Stakelbeck regularly speaks to audiences around the country on terrorism and Middle East-related issues, including at events for Christians United for Israel (CUFI), the annual National Religious Broadcasters Convention (NRB), ACT for America, the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the Israel Allies Foundation (IAF), the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA), the Values Voter Summit and the Faith and Freedom Coalition, among others. Stakelbeck is a graduate of Holy Family...

Three time celebrity endorsed author Crystal O'Connor is the creator of 'Moxie Entrepreneur' & Moxie Media Solutions with programs like High Ticket Mastery, Wealthy Wellness Academy, Moxie Bod, 'Rich, Fit and Happy' and author of Unleash Your Moxie endorsed by Barbara Corcoran from Shark Tank. Crystal teaches women and small business owners all over the world how to create 6 & 7 figure incomes by getting raw & Moxie in business.http://www.richfitandhappy.com/https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1440527906https://www.linkedin.com/in/crystaloconnor/ https://www.twitter.com/moxieu https://www.youtube.com/crystaloconnor https://www.tiktok.com/@thecrystaloconnorhttps://www.instagram.com/thecrystaloconnor

The Battle Rounds for Season 23 of The Voice are under way! As always, Premiere Networks, in conjunction with NBC, is bringing you exclusive interview opportunities with the Voice winners as they get set for the next battle The Voice is one of America's most popular shows, airing Monday and Tuesday. Request someone from your hometown (bios contain where they're from)! Sign up for an interview (or a series of interviews) with one of these up-and-coming stars as they sing their way to a recording contract ABOUT THE VOICE The four-time Emmy Award-winning musical competition series "The Voice" returns with the strongest vocalists from across the country invited to compete in the show's newest season, which premieres March 6. Grammy Award-winning hip-hop star Chance the Rapper and platinum-selling singer-songwriter Niall Horan claim their red chairs alongside returning coaches Kelly Clarkson and Blake Shelton as they vie to discover and coach the next singing phenomenon. The competition is tougher than ever as Shelton goes for the win in his final season. The show's innovative format features five stages of competition: Blind Auditions, Battle Rounds, Knockouts, Playoffs and Live Performance Shows. During the Blind Auditions, the decisions from the coaches are based solely on voice and not looks. The coaches hear the artists perform but they don't get to see them, thanks to rotating chairs. If a coach is impressed by the artist's voice, they push a button to select the artist for their team. At this point, the coach's chair will swivel so that they can face the artist they selected. If more than one coach pushes the button, the power then shifts to the artist to choose which coach they want to work with. If no one pushes their button, the artist is eliminated from the competition. The artists' family and friends watch their Blind Auditions from side stage with host Carson Daly, cheering on their loved ones and hoping for a coveted chair turn. Returning this season is the block, which adds another layer of coach competition during the Blind Auditions. The coach chairs each have an extra set of buttons with the other three coaches' names on them, which prevents a coach from adding a new artist to his or her team. The coaches can use their block buttons only on one artist for the entire first round of the competition. The blocked coach only discovers they are blocked if they press their button, and though their chair will still turn, their lane lights up with "BLOCKED." If the coach doesn't press their button, the block is still available for another audition. Once the teams are set, the battle is on. The coaches dedicate themselves to developing their team of artists, giving them advice and sharing the secrets of their success. During the Battle Rounds, the coaches will pit two of their own team members against each other to sing the same song together. The artists are vying for their coach's confidence and decision to take them to the next round. After each vocal battle, the coach must choose which of his or her artists will advance to the next round of competition. This season during Battles, the all-new Playoff Pass is at stake. The Playoff Pass will allow both artists in a battle to advance while the Playoff Pass winner gets a huge advantage by skipping the Knockout Rounds and advancing straight to Playoffs, taking them one step closer to Lives. Each coach will have one Playoff Pass to use as well as one steal in the Battles. With the steals in play, a losing artist is available for the other coaches to save and bring onto their own team. Artists who won their battle or were stolen by another coach will advance to the Knockouts, while the four artists with a Playoff Pass will advance straight to Playoffs. In the Knockouts, the artists will be paired against another teammate, but this time they will perform individually while their direct competitors watch and wait. To prepare for this high-pressure...

The Battle Rounds for Season 23 of The Voice are under way! As always, Premiere Networks, in conjunction with NBC, is bringing you exclusive interview opportunities with the Voice winners as they get set for the next battle The Voice is one of America's most popular shows, airing Monday and Tuesday. Request someone from your hometown (bios contain where they're from)! Sign up for an interview (or a series of interviews) with one of these up-and-coming stars as they sing their way to a recording contract ABOUT THE VOICE The four-time Emmy Award-winning musical competition series "The Voice" returns with the strongest vocalists from across the country invited to compete in the show's newest season, which premieres March 6. Grammy Award-winning hip-hop star Chance the Rapper and platinum-selling singer-songwriter Niall Horan claim their red chairs alongside returning coaches Kelly Clarkson and Blake Shelton as they vie to discover and coach the next singing phenomenon. The competition is tougher than ever as Shelton goes for the win in his final season. The show's innovative format features five stages of competition: Blind Auditions, Battle Rounds, Knockouts, Playoffs and Live Performance Shows. During the Blind Auditions, the decisions from the coaches are based solely on voice and not looks. The coaches hear the artists perform but they don't get to see them, thanks to rotating chairs. If a coach is impressed by the artist's voice, they push a button to select the artist for their team. At this point, the coach's chair will swivel so that they can face the artist they selected. If more than one coach pushes the button, the power then shifts to the artist to choose which coach they want to work with. If no one pushes their button, the artist is eliminated from the competition. The artists' family and friends watch their Blind Auditions from side stage with host Carson Daly, cheering on their loved ones and hoping for a coveted chair turn. Returning this season is the block, which adds another layer of coach competition during the Blind Auditions. The coach chairs each have an extra set of buttons with the other three coaches' names on them, which prevents a coach from adding a new artist to his or her team. The coaches can use their block buttons only on one artist for the entire first round of the competition. The blocked coach only discovers they are blocked if they press their button, and though their chair will still turn, their lane lights up with "BLOCKED." If the coach doesn't press their button, the block is still available for another audition. Once the teams are set, the battle is on. The coaches dedicate themselves to developing their team of artists, giving them advice and sharing the secrets of their success. During the Battle Rounds, the coaches will pit two of their own team members against each other to sing the same song together. The artists are vying for their coach's confidence and decision to take them to the next round. After each vocal battle, the coach must choose which of his or her artists will advance to the next round of competition. This season during Battles, the all-new Playoff Pass is at stake. The Playoff Pass will allow both artists in a battle to advance while the Playoff Pass winner gets a huge advantage by skipping the Knockout Rounds and advancing straight to Playoffs, taking them one step closer to Lives. Each coach will have one Playoff Pass to use as well as one steal in the Battles. With the steals in play, a losing artist is available for the other coaches to save and bring onto their own team. Artists who won their battle or were stolen by another coach will advance to the Knockouts, while the four artists with a Playoff Pass will advance straight to Playoffs. In the Knockouts, the artists will be paired against another teammate, but this time they will perform individually while their direct competitors watch and wait. To prepare for this...

ABOUT AMANDA KLOOTS An Ohio native, Amanda Kloots brings her infectious and inspirational attitude to everything that she does. She serves as co-host of THE TALK, CBS' Daytime Emmy Award-winning talk show. A former Broadway dancer and Radio City Rockette, Kloots performed on a variety of stage, film and TV productions for over 17 years. She competed in the 30th season of "Dancing with the Stars" in 2021, finishing fourth. Her love of dance and fitness led her to work and lead classes at one of New York's premiere fitness studios. Kloots developed the jump rope method after years of trying different ways to stay in great shape. In 2016, Kloots decided to focus full time on her AK! Fitness brand - her signature classes feature jump ropes and dance mixed with cross training to create a unique full body workout. In addition to the AK! Fitness brand, Kloots and her sister, Anna Kloots, launched the apparel company Hooray For®. This coming December, Kloots will executive produce and star in Fit for Christmas, a new holiday-themed movie set to air on CBS. Kloots' first memoir, Live Your Life, co-written with her sister was released in 2021. The book tells of her 95-day struggle and love story with her late husband, Nick Cordero. Currently, Kloots resides in Los Angeles with her son, Elvis. Her birthday is March 19. Follow her on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @amandakloots. ABOUT HER NEW CHILDREN'S BOOK TELL ME YOUR DREAMS HarperCollins Publishers is excited to be publishing Tell Me Your Dreams (on-sale April 11, 2023), the first-ever picture book from beloved cohost of The Talk and New York Times bestselling author of Live Your Life Amanda Kloots.Inspired by Kloots's own bedtime rituals with her son, Tell Me Your Dreams is a heartwarming picture book that's perfect for any parent who wants their child to know that anything is possible if you just dare to dream."I could not be more excited to share this story in my first children's book," says Kloots. "This bedtime ritual has become my favorite part of the day. A chance to interact with Elvis and encourage him to dream. It's amazing how our children can inspire us!" It's bedtime and time to settle in for the night. But before we go to sleep, it's time to talk about all the things there are to dream about. It's an adventure in imagination and a reminder that when we close our eyes everything is possible.With its lyrical prose and heartfelt, soft-textured art from award-winning illustrator Alex Willmore, Tell Me Your Dreams is sure to become a favorite part of every family's bedtime ritual. "What I love most about Tell Me Your Dreams is how Amanda has transformed her story into this positive, life-affirming bedtime tale," says HarperCollins Executive Editor David Linker. "It's a timeless message told with heart and humor, and no small amount of wonder, that's perfect for any family." Tell Me Your Dreams available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Tell-Your-Dreams-Amanda-Kloots/dp/0063225115?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DERAmandaKloots.com Twitter: @amandakloots

The Story Of..., could be the story of so many people that emigrated to America from Eastern Europe. My character, Jacob, spent three years in a Polish Brothel until his father sent for him from America. While in the brothel, he was raped by a Polish Soldier who he comes face to face with many years later in America. Although the book is fiction, much of this is true with other truths filtered in. This was based on my father's life. https://www.amazon.com/Story-Shirley-B-Novack/dp/1638607338?asin=B09TBLRXVJ&revisionId=efd48649&format=1&depth=1 https://facebook.com/shirley.novack https://linkedin.com/in/shirley-novack-81912412https://instagram.com/Shirleybeth2022 https://pin.it/6tC5iZthttps://twitter.com/shirley_novack

Connie Steele is a future of work & life expert and executive consultant. She guides companies and professionals in finding purpose, gaining momentum, and thriving in today’s constantly changing and hybrid world. Connie is also co-founder of Flywheel Associates, host of the Strategic Momentum podcast, and author of "Building the Business of You."https://www.conniewsteele.com/ https://twitter.com/conniewsteelehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/conniewsteele/ https://www.instagram.com/conniewangsteele/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4TyNZ9626qKT3eP7S4UugQ

MONDAYS 8/7c AND TUESDAYS 9/8cABOUT THE VOICE The four-time Emmy Award-winning musical competition series "The Voice" returns with the strongest vocalists from across the country invited to compete in the show's newest season, which premieres March 6. Grammy Award-winning hip-hop star Chance the Rapper and platinum-selling singer-songwriter Niall Horan claim their red chairs alongside returning coaches Kelly Clarkson and Blake Shelton as they vie to discover and coach the next singing phenomenon. The competition is tougher than ever as Shelton goes for the win in his final season. The show's innovative format features five stages of competition: Blind Auditions, Battle Rounds, Knockouts, Playoffs and Live Performance Shows. During the Blind Auditions, the decisions from the coaches are based solely on voice and not looks. The coaches hear the artists perform but they don't get to see them, thanks to rotating chairs. If a coach is impressed by the artist's voice, they push a button to select the artist for their team. At this point, the coach's chair will swivel so that they can face the artist they selected. If more than one coach pushes the button, the power then shifts to the artist to choose which coach they want to work with. If no one pushes their button, the artist is eliminated from the competition. The artists' family and friends watch their Blind Auditions from side stage with host Carson Daly, cheering on their loved ones and hoping for a coveted chair turn. Returning this season is the block, which adds another layer of coach competition during the Blind Auditions. The coach chairs each have an extra set of buttons with the other three coaches' names on them, which prevents a coach from adding a new artist to his or her team. The coaches can use their block buttons only on one artist for the entire first round of the competition. The blocked coach only discovers they are blocked if they press their button, and though their chair will still turn, their lane lights up with "BLOCKED." If the coach doesn't press their button, the block is still available for another audition. Once the teams are set, the battle is on. The coaches dedicate themselves to developing their team of artists, giving them advice and sharing the secrets of their success. During the Battle Rounds, the coaches will pit two of their own team members against each other to sing the same song together. The artists are vying for their coach's confidence and decision to take them to the next round. After each vocal battle, the coach must choose which of his or her artists will advance to the next round of competition. This season during Battles, the all-new Playoff Pass is at stake. The Playoff Pass will allow both artists in a battle to advance while the Playoff Pass winner gets a huge advantage by skipping the Knockout Rounds and advancing straight to Playoffs, taking them one step closer to Lives. Each coach will have one Playoff Pass to use as well as one steal in the Battles. With the steals in play, a losing artist is available for the other coaches to save and bring onto their own team. Artists who won their battle or were stolen by another coach will advance to the Knockouts, while the four artists with a Playoff Pass will advance straight to Playoffs. In the Knockouts, the artists will be paired against another teammate, but this time they will perform individually while their direct competitors watch and wait. To prepare for this high-pressure competition, the coaches enlist legendary country music icon Reba McEntire as the Mega Mentor to advise all of the artists competing in the Knockouts. Having served as Battle advisor to Team Blake during the show's inaugural season, it's most fitting Reba returns as Blake coaches his final group of artists and bids farewell to the competition. The coaches will choose the winner of each Knockout, and the artist not selected will be available to be stolen by another coach. The pressure is on...