A 22-year-old Maple Valley woman advanced to the next round of NBC’s “The Voice” after her blind audition televised Monday night, Feb. 24.
Lucia Flores-Wiseman sang “La Llorona” by Ángela Aguilar, which is entirely in Spanish, and each of the four judges turned their chairs in an effort to get the 2020 Tahoma High School graduate on their team. Flores-Wiseman picked Adam Levine over John Legend, Michael Buble and Kelsea Ballerini.
“Wow… this experience being on @nbcthevoice has been so unbelievably incredible,” Flores-Wiseman posted Tuesday, Feb. 25 on Facebook. “I’m so grateful to have had a four chair turn and to get the most heartfelt comments from @johnlegend @michaelbuble @kelseaballerini and most importantly, my coach, @adamlevine.”
Once all of the four teams are full, contestants chosen for a team will move to the next round of Season 27.
“Thank you to everyone who has supported me throughout my music journey and the new peeps that are just now joining along! I’ll see you at Battles!” Flores-Wiseman said about the next round.
Flores-Wiseman describes herself as a singer/songwriter who blends folk and rock styling’s with blues and jazz vocals.
Growing up with both white and Hispanic heritage, Flores-Wiseman struggled to connect with her Mexican roots as she was raised away from that side of her family, according to a Feb. 25 email from a spokesperson for “The Voice.”
Determined to embrace her lineage, she became fluent in Spanish while studying abroad in Spain. As a passionate music lover raised in Washington state, Flores-Wiseman was particularly influenced by Grammy Award-winning singer Brandi Carlile, according to the spokesperson. Carlile was born in Ravensdale and lived in Maple Valley and Black Diamond. Carlile attended Tahoma High School but dropped out to pursue a singing career.
A chance encounter in 2018, while Flores-Wiseman was helping set up for Carlile’s rehearsal at her high school, led to an impromptu singing session with one of the band members, according to the spokesperson. Carlile overheard Flores-Wiseman’s talent and invited her to perform at a fundraiser concert.
Flores-Wiseman, a 2023 graduate of the University of Washington with a bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism and public interest, according to linkedin.com, performs regularly at local festivals and recently achieved a milestone by headlining her first show on Feb. 19 at Chop Suey in Seattle.
At Tahoma High, Flores-Wiseman was part of the Chamber Choir and Jazz Choir. She is a 2021 graduate of Green River College in Auburn.
To watch Flores-Wiseman’s audition, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kj5jwLNr_Y.
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Lucia Flores-Wiseman. COURTESY PHOTO
