‘The Voice’ Singers Chari and Marcus Ladden Jr. Power Through ‘Incredible’ Battle With ‘On My Own’: Watch
When Chari and Marcus Ladden Jr. decided to contest NBC’s The Voice , they sure did come to the right place.
Chari, a surgical technologist by day, bagged a perfect four-chair turn in the Blind Auditions with a performance of Oleta Adams “Get Here.” The 31-year-old Atlanta singer went on to join Queen Latifah’s team.
Ladden turned up the feels for his audition, hitting Julie London’s “Cry Me a River,” and earning himself turns from Queen and Kelly Clarkson.
The 19-year-old hopeful is also from Atlanta, he attended the same school as Chari, and went with Team Queen.
Both are impressive talents, too.
With the Battle Round underway, Chari and Ladden went head-to-head with Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald’s “On My Own,” a Billboard Hot 100 leader in 1986.
Progress in the competition awaits the winner, exit for the loser.
If that wasn’t enough pressure, LaBelle herself was on board as the Battle Advisor to Latifah.
Chari and Marcus went at it with style and class.
“Well, that was ‘On My Own’ but y’all sound pretty good together,” quipped Riley Green.
It was a joke there for the taking, and the country artist and judge got in first.
“I loved every second of that.
Y’alls vocals are unreal.
That was an awesome performance.” Queen, he said as he looked at her, “good luck.
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