{"id":123455,"date":"2025-11-05T16:36:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T16:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/123455\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T16:36:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T16:36:07","slug":"he-played-michael-jackson-on-broadway-now-this-14-year-old-is-making-history-on-the-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/123455\/","title":{"rendered":"He played Michael Jackson on Broadway. Now this 14-year-old is making history on \u2018The Voice\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

At 14 years old, Max Chambers<\/a> is one of the youngest contestants on \u201cThe Voice\u201d this season \u2014 but he\u2019s definitely not at any sort of a disadvantage.<\/p>\n

The teenager, who played the young version of Michael Jackson<\/a> on Broadway\u2019s \u201cMJ the Musical\u201d last year, has wowed \u201cThe Voice\u201d coaches throughout the show\u2019s 28th season.<\/p>\n

And on Monday night, following his rendition of Stevie Wonder\u2019s \u201cDon\u2019t You Worry \u2018Bout a Thing,\u201d the young singer made history as the first contestant to earn the \u201cmic drop\u201d \u2014 a new feature on the show that nominates a singer for the opportunity to perform at the Rose Parade on New Year\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n

Max Chambers earns \u2018mic drop\u2019 on \u2018The Voice\u2019 Knockouts<\/p>\n

Chambers\u2019 dynamic performance during the Knockout round knocked all of the coaches\u2019 off their feet.<\/p>\n

\u201cA star is born,\u201d Snoop Dogg said.<\/p>\n

The young singer\u2019s coach, Michael Buble, noted that Chambers sings with a wisdom well beyond his years.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s in your bones … to be on stage,\u201d Niall Horan said. \u201cYou keep taking it to another level.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Buble declared Chambers the winner of the Knockout round (the teen went against fellow Buble teammate Max Cooper), the \u201cVoice\u201d coach hit his mic drop button to nominate Chambers for a chance to perform in the Rose Parade.<\/p>\n

The mic drop, one of the newest features on \u201cThe Voice,\u201d allows each coach to nominate one singer. The winner is in the hands of \u201cVoice\u201d fans, who will have the opportunity to cast their votes later in the season.<\/p>\n

Buble called Chambers \u201ca front-runner to win \u2018The Voice\u2019 this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe could be the youngest winner in \u2018Voice\u2019 history,\u201d he said after hitting his mic drop button. \u201cI feel like I may have the winner of \u2018The Voice.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

A look at Max Chambers\u2019 performances on \u2018The Voice\u2019<\/p>\n

For his \u201cVoice\u201d debut, Chambers danced across the stage in a light blue suit as he performed the Jackson 5\u2019s \u201cI Want You Back\u201d \u2014 and he had all of the \u201cVoice\u201d coaches singing and dancing along, too.<\/p>\n

In the end, though, it was Buble and Reba McEntire who turned around for a chance to work with the teen from Louisiana.<\/p>\n

When the song finished and the other coaches turned around, Niall Horan was shocked to see a kid standing in front of him.<\/p>\n

Chambers told the \u201cVoice\u201d coaches he has been singing for 12 years \u2014 since he was 2.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think you have fun entertaining, don\u2019t you?\u201d McEntire said.<\/p>\n

Chambers responded with a wide smile, and ultimately selected Buble to be his coach.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe joy you just brought the whole room is immense,\u201d he told the young singer.<\/p>\n

He continued to impress the coaches during the Battle round, beating out fellow Buble teammate Aarik Duncan in a performance of Grover Washington Jr. and Bill Withers\u2019 \u201cJust the Two of Us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re just a complete natural,\u201d Horan said.<\/p>\n

Chambers will next appear during the Live Playoffs round of \u201cThe Voice.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At 14 years old, Max Chambers is one of the youngest contestants on \u201cThe Voice\u201d this season \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123456,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,73228,25226,39478,23656,23658,282],"class_list":{"0":"post-123455","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-max-chambers","12":"tag-michael-buble","13":"tag-michael-jackson","14":"tag-niall-horan","15":"tag-the-voice","16":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}