Tessanne Chin: Season 5 Winner of The Voice: Do you agree with America?

First off, a huge congrats to Tessanne Chin for being the Season 5 winner of The Voice! It is just a major accomplishment to make it into the top 3, but to actually win, the not only the dream of a lifetime, but the accomplishment as well! However, I can’t help but wonder, if it is correct that the judges that allow contestants get as far as Tessaanne did who were semi-pro at one point, working as one of the backup singers for Jimmy Cliff?

 This is an interesting quote from the Daily News, “Fresh off her victory on TV's top-rated singing competition, the 28-year-old powerhouse singer is already in heady company. Though she had once opened for her idol Celine Dion at Jamaica's Jazz and Blues Festival, on the finale, Chin found herself sharing the same stage again with Dion — this time for a nationally televised duet in which she was the star,”
(http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/voice-winner-olympian-corner-article-1.1552130#ixzz2nwQXZxsN, 12/18/13, Rivera, Z).

 

As I view these award shows, whole concept is to give a brand new act a chance to make it with a unique form of publicity and marketing. However, when you have people who have been semi-pro their voice has a certain type of training that others have not gone through. If this is the level of experience the judges want, then we need to ask, what are the qualifications when America competes just to land a spot? How does it look for others who haven’t had any professional training to that level?

What are your thoughts of this subject? Do you believe that Will Chaplin or Jacquie Lee should have won?