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Who is Carolina Rial? 'The Voice' star sang national anthem at MetLife Stadium and performed at Red Bull Arena

Carolina Rial left the coaches speechless after her thrilling performance on Sam Smith's ‘Stay with Me’. John Legend was the very first one to rotate his big red chair quickly followed by Nick Jonas

The blind auditions of ‘The Voice’ Season 20 continued in the second episode where we saw a 17-year-old singer from New Jersey named Carolina Rial impressing the judges with her powerful singing skills. The singing reality show has returned with the coaches namely Blake Shelton, John Legend and Kelly Clarkson. Nick Jonas made his deserving comeback on the show replacing Gwen Stefani as the judge on the big red chair.

Speaking of the newest contestant on the show, Carolina Rial left the coaches speechless after her thrilling performance on Sam Smith's 'Stay with Me’. John Legend was the very first one to rotate his big red chair quickly followed by Nick Jonas. Looking at her performance, we did think she might get a four-chair turn-around but unfortunately, that did not happen. Kelly Clarkson and John Blake remained unturned till the very end. After Nick and Legend tried their best to pick her for their respective teams, it was eventually the latter who got lucky with the young talent.

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Who is Carolina Rial?

Carolina Rial might be just 17 years old but she has an impressive CV when it comes to music. The student of Saint Dominic Academy has performed at Red Bull Arena, Marlins Park and MetLife Stadium along with multiple television appearances. She dropped her debut single, ‘Remember Me’ in 2019 followed by a single ‘Know Me Better.’ Carolina is originally from Weehawken and has been recording music for years after she first started posting videos online.

According to multiple reports, the talented crooner has experience of 10 years of dancing along with piano lessons. Academy Award and Grammy-winning 'American Idol' finalist Jennifer Hudson had earlier shared one of Carolina’s videos, which encouraged the latter to get serious about music. She sang the national anthem at MetLife Stadium before a soccer game in 2019.

‘Carolina should've been a 4 chair turn’

Apart from the judges, Carolina got thumbs up from the viewers as well. While praising the singer, one user tweeted, “Carolina should've been a 4 chair turn!! Omgg she gave me LIFE.” Another shared, “Carolina Rial taking her time and following the blueprint. she pulls out a run into a big note and gets 2 coaches and continues climbing. She has got some kinda power and control. Nice arc to her audition. #TheVoice #premiere” One added, “What a powerful voice! Reminds me a little of Celine Dion.” The next one had a slightly different opinion and stated, “Great but too many riffs.” The next one concluded, “She definitely had a #TeamLegend vibe the moment she started!MicrophoneMultiple musical notes #TheVoice” 

‘The Voice’ airs on Mondays and Tuesdays at 8 pm ET/PT on NBC.