{"id":44853,"date":"2023-10-11T01:15:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T01:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/11\/britney-spears-sends-special-shout-out-to-a-voice-contestant\/"},"modified":"2023-10-11T01:15:01","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T01:15:01","slug":"britney-spears-sends-special-shout-out-to-a-voice-contestant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/11\/britney-spears-sends-special-shout-out-to-a-voice-contestant\/","title":{"rendered":"Britney Spears Sends Special Shout-Out to a &#8216;Voice&#8217; Contestant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Willie Gomez impressed the coaches during his Blind Audition on Tuesday&#8217;s episode of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/tv\/the-voice\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Voice<\/em><\/a><span> &#8212; plus, he got a special boost of star power from a famous friend!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Prior to pursuing his musical dreams on <\/span><em><span>The Voice<\/span><\/em><span>, Willie performed as a background dancer for A-list stars like Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Lopez, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/britney-spears\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Britney Spears<\/a><span> &#8212; who sent a special good luck shout-out to her friend!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Willie is a dancer of mine, and not only is he a great dancer, but he is an amazing singer,&#8221; Britney raved in the clip. &#8220;I&#8217;m sending all my kisses to you. Love you!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As proof of their friendship, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/williegomez\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gomez&#8217;s Instagram page<\/a><span> includes plenty of pics with Brit, including one of them dancing together at her June 2022 wedding to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/sam-asghari\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Asghari<\/a><span>!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Willie&#8217;s A-list shout-out certainly didn&#8217;t hurt his performance, as his rendition of Manuel Turizo&#8217;s &#8220;La Bachata&#8221; earned him a four-chair turn. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/gwen-stefani\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gwen Stefani<\/a><span> turned early, wowed by his voice, followed by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/reba-mcentire\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reba McEntire<\/a><span>, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/john-legend\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John Legend<\/a><span>\u00a0and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/niall-horan\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Niall Horan<\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I thought I had you!&#8221; Gwen lamented as the other chairs turned after her, to which Willie assures, &#8220;You still have me!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Her fellow coaches teased her for flirting with the handsome singer &#8212; with Niall pretending to text <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/blake-shelton\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blake Shelton<\/a><span> to tattle on his wife &#8212; but Gwen was serious about landing Willie on her team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I really think that you&#8217;re super gifted, super talented,&#8221; she told him. &#8220;I would love to work with you.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;What a performance!&#8221; Niall agreed, praising Willie&#8217;s stage presence and &#8220;full voice.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;You can do all the things you need to do to be a big star&#8230; It sounded like, oh, I can hear this guy making a record that would be huge,&#8221; John added, noting how massively popular Latin music is around the world. &#8220;It is pop music in a lot of ways.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Despite his earlier flirtation with Gwen, it was John&#8217;s speech that seemed to win Willie over, and he chose to be the latest four-chair turn to join Team Legend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know what else I could have done,&#8221; Gwen lamented as John celebrated his &#8220;<\/span><em><span>leyenda<\/span><\/em><span>&#8221; status. &#8220;He&#8217;s really good.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Voice\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span>airs Mondays at 8 p.m. PT\/ET and Tuesdays at 9 p.m. PT\/ET on NBC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>RELATED CONTENT:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/the-voice-britney-spears-sends-special-shout-out-to-friend-and-backup-dancer-willie-gomez-212823\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Willie Gomez impressed the coaches during his Blind Audition on Tuesday&#8217;s episode of The Voice &#8212; plus, he got a special boost of star power from a famous friend! 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