Country music was well represented during Tuesday night’s (Oct. 3) episode of The Voice. During the second night of this week’s Blind Auditions, one country hopeful brought the house down with a rocking version of “Here for the Party” by Gretchen Wilson.
During her time on stage, Jacquie Roar demonstrated confident and powerful vocals that had the judges moving in their seats and pressing their voting buttons. All four judges slammed their buttons before the song came to a close, indicating their interest in Roar joining their teams. Press play below to watch Roar’s take on Wilson’s classic hit.
From there, the pressure was off of Roar and instead put on judges John Legend, Gwen Stefani, Niall Horan and Reba McEntire. Each was given the opportunity to plead their case about why Roar should pick their team over everyone else.
While Horan and Legend had plenty of nice things to say, McEntire laid her desire for Roar on thick. She stood up, showed off her fancy award-winning belt buckle and proclaimed that, together, the pair could win the “whole sucker.”
While it seemed like Roar was leaning toward McEntire, the singer asked if she could bring her daughter out to help make the choice. From an earlier video package, it was known that Roar’s daughter has a penchant for Stefani and really enjoys her 2004 song, “Rich Girl.”
Stefani’s deep catalog of pop bops was enough to clinch the young fan’s important sway vote, and Roar announced she’d be joining the singer’s team.
The Voice airs on Monday and Tuesday nights at 8PM EST on NBC.
The Top Country Songs of 2023, Ranked
The best country songs of 2023 fit snug over your life and experiences. Each is written from personal experiences, but somehow, that translates as if it were custom to each of us. We’ve loved, we’ve longed, we’ve lost and we’ve cut loose in the country.
Airplay charts, sales data and streaming numbers helped make this list of country music’s top songs of 2023, but staff and Taste of Country reader opinion were most influential. Songs included on previous Top Country Songs lists were not eligible. A song may have been released in 2022, but it had to have the majority of recorded airplay or impact this year to count.
Gallery Credit: Billy Dukes