Will Champlin
William Christopher Champlin is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his appearance on Season 5 of the NBC singing competition The Voice as part of Adam Levine's team. He finished in third place behind Jacquie Lee, the runner-up, and Tessanne Chin, the winner of the season.
Career
Before his participation on The Voice, Champlin reached some success as a songwriter. He collaborated with Michael Caruso and provided backing vocals for Ace Young's self-titled album, and also played piano on Michael Jackson's posthumous compilation album Michael, on the song " The Way You Love Me". He was nominated in the Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album category, for co-writing "Ordinary Me", which appears on Heather Headley's album Audience of One. Audience of One was awarded the 2010 Grammy in its category.''The Voice''
On the fourth episode of the Blind Auditions broadcast on October 1, 2013, he performed Gavin DeGraw's song "Not Over You". Adam Levine, Cee Lo Green, and Blake Shelton turned their chairs but he opted to join Adam Levine.In the Battle Rounds, Wolpert won, and Champlin was stolen by Aguilera. In the Knockout Rounds, Schuler won, and Champlin was then stolen back from Aguilera by Levine.
Stage | Song | Original Artist | Date | Order | Result |
Blind Audition | "Not Over You" | Gavin DeGraw | October 1, 2013 | 4.1 | Adam Levine, Cee Lo Green, and Blake Shelton turned Joined Team Adam |
Battle Rounds | "Radioactive" | Imagine Dragons | October 21, 2013 | 9.6 | Defeated Stolen by Christina Aguilera |
Knockout Rounds | "When I Was Your Man" | Bruno Mars | October 29, 2013 | 12.8 | Defeated Stolen by Adam Levine |
Live Playoffs | "Secrets" | OneRepublic | November 4, 2013 | 13.7 | Saved by Coach |
Live Top 12 | "Demons" | Imagine Dragons | November 11, 2013 | 16.12 | Saved by Public Vote |
Live Top 10 | "Love Me Again" | John Newman | November 18, 2013 | 18.3 | Saved by Public Vote |
Live Top 8 | "At Last" | Glenn Miller and his orchestra, with vocals by Ray Eberle and Pat Friday | November 25, 2013 | 20.6 | Saved by Public Vote |
Live Top 6 | "A Change Is Gonna Come" | Sam Cooke | December 2, 2013 | 22.4 | Saved by Public Vote |
Live Top 6 | "Hey Brother" | Avicii | December 2, 2013 | 22.10 | Saved by Public Vote |
Live Top 5 | "Carry On" | Fun | December 9, 2013 | 24.2 | Saved by Public Vote |
Live Finale | "Not Over You" | Gavin DeGraw | December 16, 2013 | 26.2 | Third place |
Live Finale | "Tiny Dancer" | Elton John | December 16, 2013 | 26.6 | Third place |
Live Finale | " I Do It for You" | Bryan Adams | December 16, 2013 | 26.8 | Third place |