BASSETERRE, St. Kitts - TESSANNE CHIN, a past performer of the St. Kitts Music Festival will tonight (Sept. 23) be one of the contestants on the popular reality television singing competition - The Voice in the USA.
This well-known edgy Rock, Reggae and Dancehall songstress from Jamaica will be making a first time appearance on the show, which is about to premiere its fifth season.
Information gleaned from urbanislandz.com, revealed that Chin has credited veteran Jamaican Reggae and Dancehall artiste Shaggy for convincing her to take part in the competition.
“Shaggy suggested it, and I have to give him props for that. He thought it was a really good way to showcase my talent to a much wider audience.”
She outlined that auditioning on The Voice is not only about a “buss” for her.
“I can only be true to myself. I always sing from the heart and hope that my audience feels whatever I am singing. It’s not just about a ‘buss’, it’s what I can learn from the experience. What a great training ground this could be for me, and, like I said, an evolution for myself as an artiste.”
That media house also highlighted that earlier this month Chin revealed that she had auditioned for the show, via the popular social network Twitter, in which she tweeted, “Hey everyone, though you should know I auditioned for the voice! Tune in Sept 23 to see how I did”.
Tessanne Chin first performed on the annual St. Kitts Music Festival in 2007.
She was slated to return this year after the initial line-up was publicised. However, she was replaced by well-known Jamaican Reggae and Dancehall artiste Christopher Martin due to schedule conflict.
Tessanne Chin is the artiste behind popular songs like ‘Hide Away’, ‘Broken Melody’, ‘Messenger’ and also ‘Never Let Me Go’ featuring Shaggy.
Tonight, season five of The Voice is scheduled to premiere at 8:00 ET/PT on NBC.
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