Caroline Pennell is an American singer-songwriter. She was a contestant on the fifth season of the United States version of the reality singing competition ''
The Voice
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''. Since 2021, she has been releasing music under the name Carol Ades.
On ''The Voice''
At 17 years old, Pennell auditioned for the fifth season of the American series of ''
The Voice
The Voice may refer to:
Fictional entities
* The Voice or Presence, a fictional representation of God in DC Comics
* The Voice (''Dune''), a fictional ability in the ''Dune'' universe
* The Voice, a character in the American TV series ''Cleop ...
''. She turned the chairs of
CeeLo Green
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and
Blake Shelton
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with her blind audition singing
Ellie Goulding
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's "
Anything Could Happen
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." She chose Green to be her coach because "comfort is a big thing for er and CeeLo radiates comfort. hejust always wanted to hug him".
In the battle rounds she battled and won against Anthony Paul, singing " As Long As You Love Me" by
Justin Bieber
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. In the knockout round, she faced George Horga, Jr. singing
Ingrid Michaelson
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's " The Way I Am", and won again. In the Live Rounds, she sang "
We're Going to Be Friends
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" by
the White Stripes
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and won a majority in the public vote. In the Top 10, she sang "
Leaving on a Jet Plane
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" and landed in the bottom three. Before voting in the "Instant Save" system to pick one contestant in the bottom three to move forward, Pennell and
Tessanne Chin
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performed
Lorde
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underdog
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in the bottom three, but after her performance, she received 80% of the
Twitter
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votes, and moving on to the Top 8. The next week, she sang "
Dog Days Are Over
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" and again landed in the bottom three. Matthew Schuler was picked on Twitter by the "Instant Save," ending Pennell's time as a contestant.
Nettwerk Music Group
Pennell announced that she would join the
Nettwerk Music Group
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Established in 1984, the Vancouver-based company was created by Nettwerk principals Terry McBride and Mark Jowett as a record ...
. She was featured on the album ''From Cover to Cover: 30 Years at Nettwerk''. Her version of
Coldplay
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's "
Yellow
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" was one of the most downloaded songs from the album.
Discography
Pennell released her EP ''The Race'' on December 1, 2013. She wrote and co-produced all songs.
Songwriting credits
Other appearances
In addition to Coldplay's "Yellow," Pennell has also covered " Come and Get It" from the movie '' The Magic Christian'', a song written by
Paul McCartney
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. Her performance was featured as one of the five songs on ''Music for Linda'', produced by Paul McCartney, sold to raise funds for Women and Cancer Fund.
She was featured on
Bassjackers
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