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Date Posted: 23:39:40 01/07/14 Tue
Author: Snyder, TX
Subject: De Loera

Snyder woman is no shy ‘Voice’

20-year-old advances; auditions continue today on NBC

Anyone who remembers Devyn DeLoera in elementary school in Snyder might have been shocked to see her belt out "Ain't No Other Man" on NBC's "The Voice" last week.

The 20-year-old Snyder resident said she was so painfully shy in school that her parents pulled her out, and her mother home-schooled her for two years.

However, there was nary a sign of bashfulness as DeLoera danced, pranced and strutted around the stage during her performance for "Voice" coaches Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine, Blake Shelton and CeeLo Green.

On this singers-battling-for-fame show, the coaches, not judges, sit with their backs to the stage and listen to the contestants' voices, without seeing what the singers look like.

If a coach likes the singer, a big red button is pushed, and the coach's chair spins around so the coach can see who's singing.

DeLoera's song choice could have spelled disaster. Aguilera recorded it in 2006 and won a Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for it in 2007. DeLoera decided to go big and bold and hope Aguilera didn't hate it.

"I figured it would be an attention-grabber," DeLoera said. "It would be memorable either way."

Aguilera was the first to push her button, and her chair turned around with the words, "I want you" lighted at the bottom of Aguilera's chair. Levine and Shelton followed shortly. Green never pushed his button. When DeLoera finished her song, Aguilera commended her for staying on top of the tricky song, which moves as fast as a textingteen's fingers and hits some sky-high notes.

Then comes the other part that sets this show apart from other singing contests — the singer picks the coach, not the other way around. DeLoera got to watch the three interested coaches take turns trying topersuade her to pick his or her team.

It should have been no surprise to any of the coaches when DeLoera chose Aguilera. After all, she performed Aguilera's song and revealed to the judges that the first record she ever bought was one of the pop star's albums.

"I tried to weigh all the factors, what Adam could do for me, what she could do for me," DeLoera said. "She really sold me on it. I just went with my gut."

The young woman who stood on the stage and asked, "Who's going to keep me around long after this show?" is worlds apart from the little girl who hated school, said Darla DeLoera, Devyn's mother.

Darla said from the time Devyn was in kindergarten, Darla had to take her into her class at school each morning.

"If not, she cried every day," Darla said.

After watching their daughter struggle with school on a daily basis, Darla and her husband, Albert, made the decision to home-school Devyn in fourth grade, along with her younger sister, Morgan, and younger brother, Kyle.

During the two years the three children were home-schooled, their interest in music grew. Both Darla and Albert DeLoera sang and had musical backgrounds, as did their parents.

Darla credits one specific band, Jump5, for pulling Devyn out of her shell and propelling her toward the stage. She said the young Christian pop band's positive and upbeat message hit home with her shy daughter.

By eighth grade, Devyn began a transformation and felt comfortable and confident enough to perform on stage in front of an audience. As a junior in high school, she attended a weeklong event hosted by the Gospel Music Association in Nashville. She interacted with other artists, producers and industry people and did nearly two dozen interviews. Her evolution into a confident young woman continued.

"She was still intimidated, but she had to tell her story," Darla said.

Devyn shared that story once again with the viewers of "The Voice" before taking the stage and delivering a performance that earned her a spot alongside Chicago-based De'Borah on Team Christina. Over the course of the last week, five more singers picked the team.

The Blind Auditions continue tonight with a new episode at 7 p.m. on NBC (cable channel 5). When the Blind Auditions are complete, each coach will have 16 singers per team. Then, the real competition begins as the 64 are winnowed out, one by one, until one is left and named The Voice for Season Three.

The teammates live and work together, Devyn said. That makes it hard to remember it's a competition. She said they all want each other to do well.

But regardless of the friendships she makes, Devyn remains focused on the big prize and making plans for the next step.

"I'm just trying to figure out things I can do on stage, thinking about song choices," she said. "I want to think about that now."

De Loera

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