It’s now a week after Tessanne
Chin has won “The Voice” and the
news hasn’t yet died down as stated in the article “Terrific Tessanne
wins The Voice”, Published Tuesday December 17, 2013 10:57 pm, The Jamaica Gleaner and “She
did it! Tessanne is The Voice”, published Tuesday, December 17, 2013 10:56
PM, The Jamaica Observer. #BreadandButta
is going to be a hot seller this Christmas 2013 as Tessanne Score a Flawless
Victory like Princess Kitana in Mortal Kombat for all Talented Singers in
Jamaica as the First Jamaican to win “The Voice”
The reason I’ve taken so long to do an article is that I was hoping that
the excitement and euphoria over her win would have cooled down sufficiently to
get some good analysis news of her winning “The Voice”. Plus I really like this new picture of
her; maybe we should rechristen her Mona Tessa along with her Downtown moniker Chinita
Goodas. Also I’m apparently being elevated to the Status of God as noted in the
article “Jamaica's
Tess”, published Monday December 23, 2013, The Jamaica Gleaner.
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I was wrong. There is still too much noise in the Traditional media. By
“noise” I mean people either writing emotionally filled articles tracing her historic
journey to finally winning as stated n the article “Tessanne's
journey on The Voice”, Published Monday December 16, 2013 7:54 pm, The Jamaica Gleaner or just simply news
about what Tessanne Chin doing
currently. So now it's a week later and it’s still no quieter; so it’s now or never for
my personal analysis of what went down on those fateful two (2) days on “The Voice”.
After all, who could blame them people? Not only was Blake Shelton’s
winning streak been broken but it’s a Historic Win for our Music and speaks
much about our singing ability as Jamaicans.
I’ll leave it at that, as I’m not one of those persons trying to extend
our music and athletic prowess to imply Jamaicans can do everything; we’re just
talented in these areas is my basic view. But it’s still historic as we have
become the first foreign country to win “The Voice”, a
big win for Jamaican Music that unites us All.
Night of the Voice – Half Way Tree Intersection of
People resonates with Olympic Pride
On the night of her last performance at “the Voice” on the night of
Tuesday December 17th 2013, Half Way Tree near to the JUTC (Jamaica
Urban Transit Company) Transport Center became the scene of a massive throng of
people who apparently didn’t have a big screen TV at home as can be seen in the
pictures in the article “PHOTOS: Tessanne fever hits Half-Way Tree”,
published Tuesday December 17, 2013 9:20 pm, The Jamaica Gleaner.
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Equally jubilant were her parents who were camped out supporting
#TeamTessanneChin and #TeamBreadandButter via their Twitter party concept that
was catching on among diaspora, being as it was their accounts that count as
stated in “PHOTOS:
Confident crowd at daddy Chin's home”, Published Tuesday December 17, 2013
9:59 pm, The Jamaica Gleaner.
The waggonists gathered to watch her perform on the Jumbo Screens that basically
made the Half Way Tree Intersection a kind of mini Time Square just to get a
glimpse of the Songbird. It was a crowd similar to the crowds I saw that sprang
to life whenever our Jamaicans were running their races at the 2008 or even the
2012 Olympic Games. Definitely the Jumbo Screens are convenient, albeit the
sound wasn't all that great!
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I know as I was there, coming home from yet another computer repair job.
While passing through Half Way Tree close to the JUTC (Jamaica Urban Transit
Company) Transport Center, I bumped into the Crowd. I say “bumped” as it was
about 8:00 pm and based on the crowd and how they were getting rallied by Miss
Kitty powered by Digicel’s Boom Box Truck that point I realized that Tessanne Chin was
soon to come on “The Voice” and not necessarily lost
people.
I stood to
observe the crowd on the opposite side of the Road and drank it all in. It was
quite something else. So many people excited over someone that hardly knew as if it was an Olympic event and
in all accounts had been underrated by the Jamaica Media Fraternity as noted in “Wild
celebration as Tessanne wins The Voice”, published Tuesday, December 17,
2013 11:53 PM by Kimmo Matthews, The
Jamaica Observer.
I eventually
left, walking towards Clock Tower Plaza just as the CVM TV OBU (outside
Broadcast Unit) and other Media entities were arriving to get some quick sound bites
from the frenzied crowd for their respective entertainment shows. I was quite
desperate to make it home to see the celebration myself on Television, but from
all accounts the crowd was just getting started, so I had plenty of time.
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I guess I should
have stayed back a bit, as I reached home just in time to catch the celebration
that was also wildly in swing once she had won. Swallowfiled where I lived
erupted in a banging of Dutch pots and Vuvuzelas as we and the rest of Jamaica
celebrated her win which spoke volumes about how Americans love Reggae Music
and respect and revere Jamaican singing Talent.
Tessanne Chin represents Jamaica on the Voice – Three
Musketeers sing their Three Last songs
A quick step back from the excitement on Tuesday December 17th
2013 to her Last Mile on Monday December 16th 2013 on “The Voice” that was to start at 8:00
pm that day!
Her final walk on Monday December 16th 2013 saw her singing
for the last time with her fellow Team Adam stable mate Will Champlin and Team
Christina's charge Jacqui Lee. During this final show, she sang flawlessly as she
did last week to make it into the Top 3 as stated in my blog article
entitled “Tessanne
Chin now in the Top 3 in The Voice - Historic #BreadandButter Victory within
Grasp for Tessanne Chin as Blake Shelton supports her je ne sais quoi Voice”.
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The three Musketeers were slated to sing three songs as stated in “Tessanne hits The
Voice stage tonight with coach Adam”, Published: Monday December 16, 2013 7:23 pm, The Jamaica Gleaner and “The
Voice Final: Can Tessanne do it?”, published Monday, December 16, 2013 6:19 PM, The Jamaica Observer.
Each contestant was to sing a song that symbolically represented their journey
through “The Voice” and support from
their Coach:
1.
Their first song at the Blind Auditions on “The Voice”
2.
A duet with their respective Team Coaches
3.
A final Swan Song to declare to the world why
they should be chosen as “The Voice”
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In the case of Tessanne Chin,
the path to victory was laid clear:
1.
Reliving the moment of vindication at the blind auditions by
singing P!nk’s “Try”
2.
Duet with Adam Levine singing the Beatles song “Let it Be”
3.
Her swan song, which was the Whitney Houston hit “I have
Nothing”
Thus the List of
Blind Audition songs to be performed breaks down as follows:
1.
Will Champlin (Team Adam): Gavin DeGraw’s “Not Over You”
2.
Jacquie Lee (Team Xtina): Amy Winehouse’s “Back to
Black”
3.
Tessanne Chin (Team Adam): P!nk’s “Try”
The Duets were
also equally interesting as well:
1.
Tessanne Chin & Adam Levine: The Beatles song “Let it Be”
2.
Jacquie Lee & Christina Aguilera: Christina Aguilera’s “We
Remain”
3.
Will Champlin & Adam Levine: Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer”
But it's the
Swan song that's got the focus of the American Voting Public, as it's the song
upon which they were to be judged winners of “The Voice”:
1.
Tessanne Chin (Team Adam): Whitney Houston hit “I have
Nothing”
2.
Will Champlin (Team Adam): Bryan Adams’ “Everything I Do
(I Do It for You)”
3.
Jacquie Lee (Team Xtina): “And I Am Telling You I’m Not
Going” (from Dreamgirls)
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Adam Levine’s strategy involved older songs that resonated better with an older Millennial
(ages 18 to 28) and Generation X (ages 29 to 45) crowd used to quality music on
LP’s and CD’s, while Christina Aguilera swung for Teenager (ages 13 to 17)
crowd and younger Millennial (ages 18 to 28) more used to MP3 Music.
Personally I’m a
Generation X (ages 29 to 45), which means I came of age in the 1990’s and thus
my musical taste is more reflective of the 80’s and 90’s as I’ve opined in my blog article
entitled “Jamaican
Music Industry 2 Years post-Ban - How Artiste and Booking Agents Launder Money”
as opposed to Millennial (ages 18 to 28).
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So you know
where my support would lie as even the British knew who the winner was going to
be as noted in the article “Ladies
in red! Christina Aguilera and The Voice contestant Jacquie Lee are glamorous
in coordinating scarlet dresses as three finalists duet with their coaches”,
published 17 December 2013 UPDATED: 15:30 GMT, Dailymail UK. Jacqui Lee duet with
Christina Aquilera really showed the young Lioness' talent; it’s clear she’ll be
a force to reckon with when she gets older and acquires more control over her
powerful little voice!
Similarly sentiments probably existed among Americans, as the majority of Americans who own an Apple iPhone are
actually older Millennial (ages 18 to 28) and Generation X (ages 29 to 45) as
concluded from my blog article
entitled “Kantar
WorldpanelComTech Stats suggests that the Apple iPhone 5C is a Google Android
smartphone whisperer – US$100 cheaper is still a Deal for the 38 year old Crowd”.
Clearly Tessanne Chin was
pulling out the Big guns. To do a Whitney Houston song and do it well, singing
what’s considered Sacred Ground in the US of A is to connect with the Black
Community and MoTown whose singing talent came from the Church. And by all
accounts she did it well as stated in the article “Tessanne nails
Whitney Houston’s classic on 'Voice' finals”, published Monday December 16,
2013 10:03 pm, The Jamaica Gleaner.
In the process,
she also secured the Top 6 positions on Apple iTunes, vindication of her
growing popularity and singing quality as stated in the article “Tessanne
secures six spots on iTunes Top 100 USA”, Published Tuesday December 17,
2013 2:08 pm, The Jamaica Gleaner
which were still there at the time of writing this article. The support by the
Americans was equally matched by Jamaicans at home and the Diaspora as noted in
“TEAM TESSANNE RALLY AT
HOME”, published Monday, December 16, 2013 9:50 PM, The Jamaica Observer.
Tessanne Chin and Celine Dion – My Fave Goddesses on
one Stage
Tuesday December
17th 2013 sealed it though, with all contestants doing duets, Tessanne Chin’s
being Celine Dion as stated in the article “When Tessanne
Sings Tonight”, Published Tuesday December 17, 2013 5:21 pm, The Jamaica Gleaner. Their duets were
with established artiste from Universal Music to whom the winner would
eventually be signed upon winning. And what a duet that Tessanne Chin Performed!
Absolutely takes
my breath away! I would play this clip over and over again!
The other performance
were also noteworthy, especially Jacqui Lee, who’s duet with Paramour “Ain’t it Fun” was very
entrancing, like watching a much younger version of P!nk perform but with the
same strength of character as Miley Cyrus as noted in the article “The
Voice Season 5 Finale Recap: And the Winner Is… [Plus: 15 Additional Awards!]”,
published DECEMBER 17, 2013 07:57 PM PST BY MICHAEL SLEZAK, TV Line.
But in the end
there could only be one winner: Tessanne Chin!
Her reason for winning is as gently outlined above: more older Millennial (ages
18 to 28) and Generation X (ages 29 to 45) own Apple iPhones and have an active
Apple iTunes account than Teenager (ages 13 to 17) crowd and younger Millennial
(ages 18 to 28).
They know good
music when they hear it and thus put their money where their ears led them and
voted….and Tessanne
Chin Won! She was then given the Victory song Tumbling Down which was
written for her by Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic.
Tessanne Chin the Winner – Real work begins as March
2014 is deadline for an album
The rest is now
history as I’d mentioned above. Tessanne Chin then
went on a whirlwind tour of interviews on the Today Show and then Jay Leno as a Talk
Show and even Access Hollywood (OMG!) as stated in “Tessanne
Chin is The Voice” published Wednesday, December 18, 2013 BY RICHARD JOHNSON Senior staff
reporter, The Jamaica Observer
and “Tessanne
To Appear On US 'Today Show Tomorrow”, Published Wednesday December 18,
2013 4:07 pm, The Jamaica Gleaner.
Tessanne Chin eventually
returned to Jamaica courtesy of a Private Jet ride from Telecom Provider
Digicel, which ferried a tired but very animated Tessanne Chin
back home to family, friends and an airport full of Waggonists ….er ..I mean
supporters as noted in the article “PHOTOS: Tessanne
Chin Arrives Home”, Published Friday December 20, 2013 8:30 pm, The Jamaica Gleaner.
I say waggonists
as I am sure many Jamaicans are wondering how come we never knew she had such
singing Talent like yet remained undiscovered for so long. A plus for Corporate
Investment in the Creative Industries as argued by Pulse CEO Kingsley Cooper in his Jamaica Gleaner article “Tessanne
Proves The Point Of Creative Business”, Published Friday December 20, 2013,
The Jamaica Gleaner.
I’ll ignore the
other articles I’ve read congratulating Tessanne Chin
and all the folks she’s met, especially the so-called controversy regarding her
statement on Jamaican roads when asked what vehicle she’d prefer from Kia Motors as
noted in the article “'The
Voice' Champ Quips About Jamaica's Bad Roads”, published December 19, 2013,
Associated News via ABC News.
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The NWC
(National Works Agency) was the pig that got struck and squealed when the rock
of a comment that Tessanne
Chin spoke struck them as noted in “Point Noted ...
NWA On Tessanne's “We Have The Worst Roads” Remark”, Published: Wednesday
December 18, 2013 1:42 pm, The Jamaica
Gleaner, as the roads are really that bad and really require a SUV (Sports Utility
Vehicle) to negotiate.
Tessanne Chin eventually got a 2014 Kia Sorento thanks to a local
dealership for Kia in Jamaica that facilitated the prize being hand-delivered as
noted in “Sorento
For The Songstress: Kia Motors Ja To Provide Tessanne With Prize Vehicle”,
Published Sunday December 22, 2013, The Jamaica
Gleaner.
These side
issues, including her prize money of US$100,000 are mere distractions and is mostly
gushing and rather pointless and neither adds or takes away nothing from her
flawless victory, Mortal Kombat style!
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She now has
until March 2014 to complete an album of songs as per her contract with
Universal Studios, albeit she’s opting to do the album here in Jamaica with
GeeJam Studios in Portland as stated in
“Tessanne
Wants A Grammy Next”, published: Monday December 23, 2013, The Jamaica Gleaner.
Already she’s
set her sights on winning the Grammy and collaborations with her former coach Maroon
Lead Singer Adam Levine and even the Marleys, who in Jamaica are considered
Royalty as stated in her video interview at the Jamaica Observer Exchange on Monday
December 23rd 2013 as stated in the article “VIDEO:
Tessanne to get cracking on new album January”, published Tuesday, December
24, 2013BY RICHARD JOHNSON Senior
staff reporter, The Jamaica
Observer.
The future for “The Voice” is clear: Denyque and
Ishawna are to be the New Entrants into the Voice in 2014 as stated in my blog article
entitled “Tessanne
Chin now in the Top 6 in The Voice - Reggae Patios Song proves Americans Love
her Underneath it All as Team Adam and #TeamBreadandButter sets up a Shelly Ann
Fraser 1-2-3 finish”. Until then you know how to support Tessanne Chin in
the future when her album drops in March 2014 on
Apple iTunes!
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