The Voice’s Alex Whalen Exits Show Due to ‘Personal Reasons’: Details
usmagazine.comAnother abrupt singing competition exit. Musician Alex Whalen has left season 23 of The Voice due to “personal reasons.”While the Team Blake singer was supposed to face off against duet partner Neil Salsich for the Battle Rounds on the Tuesday, April 4, episode, host Carson Daly revealed that the U.K.
rocker “could not be with us tonight” — leaving Salsich to perform solo. The 34-year-old Missouri native sang Marvin Gaye’s “I Heard It Through the Grapevine.”As Blake Shelton, Whaler’s mentor, later explained on Tuesday’s episode, “Alex had personal reasons that he had to bow out of the competition.” The “God’s Country” artist, 46 — who has been a mainstay on the NBC competition series since its debut in 2011 — added: “It’s never easy to see artists going home, but Neil has a ton of charisma.
He did a great job today.”Viewers immediately took to social media to express their disappointment over Whalen’s departure.In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies“Bummer we couldn’t watch you again on The Voice,” one fan commented on the singer’s Instagram account. “You were missed.
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