Cassadee Pope: Babe of the week #48 (Nov. 2012)

[Aragorn]

Cassadee Pope
("The Voice" season 3 contestant, former lead singer of Hey Monday)
Thumbs up= Thumbs down= Thumbs sideways=

Cassadee Pope began as a singer in the award-winning St. Ann School Jazz Band while in middle school in West Palm Beach, Florida. While in high school, Pope formed the band Blake (titled after her middle name) with her friend Mike Gentile. The project disbanded before being signed. In 2008, she and Gentile then, with Alex Lipshaw, Michael "Jersey" Moriarty and Elliot James, founded the pop punk band Hey Monday. Their debut record Hold On Tight arrived in October 2008 and the band spent the next year touring with Fall Out Boy, Yellowcard and All Time Low, as well as headlining their own shows.

Celebrity musician coaches Christina Aguilera, CeeLo Green, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton return to The Voice along with Carson Daly as host and Christina Milian as Social Media Correspondent. The show’s innovative format features four stages of competition: the first begins with the blind audition, then the battle round, the brand new knockouts and finally, the live performance shows. During the blind auditions, the decisions from the musician coaches are based solely on voice and not on 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, he/she pushes a button to select the artist for his/her team. At this point, the coach’s chair will swivel so that he/she can face the artist he/she has selected. If more than one coach pushes their button, the power then shifts to the artist to choose which coach they want to work with. If no coach pushes their button, the artist is eliminated from the competition.

Week #1 (Jan.): Taylor Swift
Week #2 (Jan.): Erin Andrews
Week #3 (Jan.): Katrina Bowden
Week #4 (Jan.): Maria Sharapova
Week #5 (Jan.): Kellie Pickler
Week #6 (Feb.): Natasha Henstridge
Week #7 (Feb.): Katharine McPhee
Week #8 (Feb.): Kate Upton
Week #9 (Feb.): Gabrielle Union
Week #10 (Mar.): Courteney Cox
Week #11 (Mar.): Eva Longoria
Week #12 (Mar.): Gillian Jacobs
Week #13 (Mar.): Jennifer Lawrence
Week #14 (Apr.): Dichen Lachman
Week #15 (Apr.): Shannon Elizabeth
Week #16 (Apr.): Tara Reid
Week #17 (Apr.): Kerry Washington
Week #18 (Apr.): Teri Hatcher
Week #19 (May): Lyndsy Fonseca
Week #20 (May): Jennifer Lopez
Week #21 (May): Brooklyn Decker
Week #22 (May): Alice Eve
Week #23 (June): Cassidy Freeman
Week #24 (June): Cheryl Cole
Week #25 (June): Lucy Pinder
Week #26 (June): Catherine Zeta-Jones
Week #27 (July): Julie Gonzalo
Week #28 (July): Katy Perry
Week #29 (July): Jessica Nigri
Week #30 (July): Marion Cotillard
Week #31 (July): Hope Solo
Week #32 (Aug.): Deborah Ann Woll
Week #33 (Aug.): Lacey Chabert
Week #34 (Aug.): Connie Nielsen
Week #35 (Aug.): Hayley Williams
Week #36 (Sep.): Jacqueline MacInnes Wood
Week #37 (Sep.): Faith Hill
Week #38 (Sep.): Britney Spears
Week #39 (Sep.): Rashida Jones
Week #40 (Oct.): Alyson Hannigan
Week #41 (Oct.): Helena Mattsson
Week #42 (Oct.): Molly Quinn
Week #43 (Oct.): Tina Fey
Week #44 (Oct.): Lauren Graham
Week #45 (Nov.): Morgan Webb
Week #46 (Nov.): Kylie Minogue
Week #47 (Nov.): Grace Kelly

[Captain Dago]

Just another teenaged (OK, 23) girl with "trendy" hair, "cutesy" tats and too much eye makeup. Just like most of my daughter's friends. Meh. Wouldn't look at her twice if she walked by me in the mall...

Sideways.

[RJDiogenes]

She looks very cute, especially in the fifth and second-to-last pictures. Too dressy in the clips, but better in most of the pictures. I'll give her a Thumbs Up.

[BigFoot]

She's cute plus I like her music, so definitely thumbs up.

[Forbin]

Cute. But only cute. Meh.
She's no Grace Kelly.

[Gaith]

So I guess we're going with the "kid" meaning of "Babe of the Week" this week...

Gotta go down on this one.

[Captain Craig]

Sideways

[scotpens]

She's no great beauty, but she's cute (that word again!) and she sings well. Thumbs sideways.

[Redfern]

Gaith wrote:

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Gotta go down on this one.

Now there's a line that can be read two ways!

Sincerely,

Bill

[gblews]

As far as looks are concerned - sideways. But her voice -- as average as it gets, but "The Voice" audience is going nuts. What are they screaming about, her lack of power, range, and tone?

SMH

[Gaith]

Redfern wrote:

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Now there's a line that can be read two ways!

[Admiral2]

Down. Seriously...

[Ar-Pharazon]

Cute girl, but only cute.

Sideways.

[Base_Delta_Zero]

Awww...and we're out on a a 'meh'. Oh, well. Grace Kelly made the whole year for me.

Thumbs Down

[scotpens]

gblews wrote:

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. . . "The Voice" audience is going nuts. What are they screaming about, her lack of power, range, and tone?

Nowadays we're thankful to hear a singer who can actually carry a tune without electronic assistance.