CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – Singing sensation and Clarksville native, Calvin Lockett, amazed the nation during the September 30 airing of NBC’s “The Voice”. Lockett, a former Q108 Clarksville’s Got Talent contestant and Austin Peay State University student has now joined Gwen Stefani’s team in the singing competition.
Calvin Lockett, 25, left the judges speechless and wowed the crowd as he sang the Temptations’ classic “Just My Imagination”.
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Judges Blake Shelton, John Legend and Stefani hit their buzzers seconds into the song during the blind audition.
“I’m so glad you’re on this show because your voice is so good, it’s so relaxing,” Stefani said. “I’m a fan of you.”
Legend added, “What I loved about your version, it was so subtle, so in control, and your tone, I haven’t really heard anyone sound like you before.
Blake Shelton assumed Lockett was going to pick Legend’s team. He told Legend, “I hope that when this season is over with that you make a record on that guy right there because I can guarantee you you’ll go on to be a star and have a hit album.”
Judge Kelly Clarkson asked Lockett what kind of record he wanted to make.
“I think the kind of music I make is singer-songwriter, R&B,” Lockett said. “This is a mind-blowing experience, I’m just kind of shaking right now.”
In an interview with “The Voice” after the performance, Lockett said he wanted to audition to “expand my reach. My background is in the church, and sometimes your reach can stay within those four walls if you want it to.”
Lockett is the son of Lynnita and Calvin Lockett, pastors at Christ The Healer Church in Clarksville. They were stageside during the audition.
Lockett said he sang his first solo at church when he was 13.
“Winning ‘The Voice’ would mean a lot, it would mean a lot to my family,” he said after his audition. “For my family and back home, it would mean a lot.”
Lockett currently lives in Durham, North Carolina.