'The Voice' Season 24: Who is Jenna Marquis? Gwen Stefani calls 19-year-old singer her 'dream girl'
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: 'The Voice' Season 24's 19-year-old Jenna Marquis stunned the judges with her energetic performance. After listening to her song for a few minutes, Gwen Stefani chose to press the buzzer and turned around with a big smile on her face.
After the performance, Gwen claimed, "I like her." When asked to introduce herself, Jenna said, "I'm 19. I'm from Simi Valley, California."
Being mesmerized by her performance, Gwen complimented the young singer, "Working with a young girl that already has such an identity is like my dream because at your age it's rare."
Jenna seems to be already a famed star on social media. She bags 23K followers. Jenna does live singing concerts at various places with her band.
'The Voice' Season 24: Reba McEntire chose to not turn her chair for Jenna Marquis
Jenna performed on 'Teenage Dirtbag' and she instantly won Gwen's heart. Seeing Gwen turn her chair around, Niall Horan also decided to press the buzzer.
After a few minutes, John Legend also pressed the buzzer. However, Reba McEntire chose not to turn around.
Moreover, the iconic judge was also not seen making any comments on the teenage singer's performance. She was only seen witnessing her fellow judges fight to steal her.
'The Voice' Season 24's 19-year-old Jenna Marquis overwhelmed after being compared to Billie Eilish and Rhianna
John Legend compared Jenna's voice with A-lister celebrity singers, Rhianna and Billie Eilish. He claimed, "The beginning of that song, you kind of gave us a little Billie Eilish and some of that little vibrato."
He further continued to praise the singer, claiming, "And when you started to get into that raspy end of your higher voice it reminded me of Rihanna in some ways."
Jenna was seen being awestruck by this comment. She felt overwhelmed as she thanked the judges for such heartfelt comments.
'The Voice' Season 24: Jenna Marquis chooses Team Gwen Stefani
When asked by Reba who she chose as her coach, she said without any hesitation, "I feel like I'm gonna have to go with Gwen."
Seeing Jenna choose her, Gwen claimed, "I'm feeling good. My team is incredible so far. I think I'm unstoppable."
She continued to claim, "Working with somebody like Jenna is like a dream for me. She has this really cool style voice and really has her own identity." Gwen further felt happy to beat Niall and John.
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