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'The Voice': 'Jersey Girl' star Raquel Castro wins over Christina Aguilera
She's the 16-year-old who was like the little engine that could on "The Voice." Long Island's Raquel Castro is full of surprises and she's not necessarily green to Hollywood. She played the "girl" in the Ben Affleck film, "Jersey Girl." But when it comes to singing, she says she's only been professionally training for a few months.
While Raquel performed "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis (who just happens to be the Season 3 winner of another talent competition, Britain's "The X Factor"), Blake Shelton tried to get one of the other coaches to push their button, later saying, "If there was ever a time in which I hoped for a great pairing" it was for her.
In the end, Christina was moved and she says that she knows from experience that "great things come in small packages."
We don't think her performance was the best we've seen in the competition, but she definitely gets points for showing up and fighting.
What did you think of Raquel's performance?
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I have really enjoyed the first two episodes of "The Voice" - however, watching this take place (the not very talented 16-year-old, the overbearing stage-mother, etc) was the first time that I thought either:
a) this whole thing is staged
b) are the producers so far off that they think this girl is likeable?
c) wait - i had to miss GOOD auditions (that they showed very briefly), so that i could watch this not-very-good one?
This was weak....no one should have turned around. She was pitchy and she picked way too difficult of a song for her. I think she has potential, but she didn't really showcase her talents enough to get a judge to turn around.
She was cute in "Jersey Girl." But she does not have the chops to compete in a music competition. This is where Christina made a mistake.
wrong - Raquel ROCKS!!! Dude, she [*IS*] Da BOMB! AND... she just now made it to the Live show!!! Bite me.