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'The Voice' 2022: Who is Cara Brindisi? Fans surprised music therapist didn’t pick Blake Shelton as coach

Blake Shelton was so impressed by Cara Brindisi’s voice that he praised her saying she was what he was looking for the entire season

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: After two powerhouse episodes of ‘The Voice’ Season 22 and many fantastical performances later, the series dropped it’s third episode on September 26. And it was full of even more grand performances. One such performance was by 34-year-old Cara Brindisi. Cara, a music therapist, gave all the Swifties a treat with her country twist added to her performance of Taylor Swift’s ‘All Too Well’

The performance was so impressesive that the singer managed to get husband-wife duo Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani competing for her. And although fellow judge Camila Cabello didn’t turn for her, Cara’s singing did make her sing along and groove excitedly along to her performance. The budding singer, who showed off her country music chops, surprised most with her pick of who she would like to coach her. So read on to know more about her.
 
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Who is Cara Brindisi?

Cara Brindisi is a 34-year-old music therapist. From a young age, the singer was close to her grandfather, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease. The singer from Western Masscechussets connected with music over her bond with him. She works as a full time, cerified music therapist and has her own clients.

Her work in music therapy is what led Cara to pursue adutioning for ‘The Voice’ Season 22. She works with many kids and her clients were the ones to motivate her to audiotion. She recalled that they were there with her on the audition, motivating her. Cara hoped to get Blake as a coach after watching him on the show.

Cara on 'The Voice' Season 22

For her audition, the music therapist chose none other than the country turned pop artist Taylor Swift’s song, ‘All Too Well’. But Cara gave it her own spin with strong country vocals. Her breathtaking performance caused Blake to turn, followed by his wife Gwen. Blake was impressed to a level where he even praised her saying after her performance, he heard something he hadn’t heard the entire season. Gwen competed with her pitch stating that it doesn’t matter about the difference in genre but the heart a singer puts in their song. And since Cara loved story telling, Gwen connected more with her. And that is exactly what clicked between the two as Cara ended up choosing Gwen as her coach, which left fans surprised.

Many fans thought Cara would choose Blake based on his prowress of the country genre, but in the end she ended up choosing Gwen, much to the bafflement of many fans. “She was wanting to choose Blake until Gwen turned,” commented one. Another praised her choice with, “She went with the best coach!!!” Another said “@gwenstefani just floored the Blake Sheldon crew on #TheVoice!” And one said. "@blakeshelton #TheVoice I thought you had that one...." To which one added “Damnit! I thought Cara would go with you brother. At least you lost her to your beautiful wife.”

'The Voice' Season 21 airs every Monday and Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

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