Season 2 Mentors

  • Jewel

    Team Christina: Jewel

    Full Name: Jewel (Kilcher)
    Position: Mentor on Team Christina
    Date of birth: May 23, 1974
    Hometown: Homer, Alaska
    Husband: Pro rodeo cowboy Ty Murray (married in 2008)
    Children: Son Kase Townes Murray
    Bet you didn’t know … Jewel learned to yodel singing in Alaskan bars and taverns
    Twitter: @jeweljk

    Jewel has been a top American singer-songwriter since the mid ‘90s. She has received four Grammy Awards...

  • Kelly Clarkson

    Team Blake: Kelly Clarkson

    Full Name: Kelly Brianne Clarkson
    Position: Mentor on Team Blake
    Date of birth: April 24, 1982
    Hometown: Burleson, Texas
    Bet you didn’t know … Kelly appeared as an extra on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and Dharma & Greg
    Twitter: @kelly_clarkson

    The queen of reality music competitions, Kelly Clarkson was crowned the first American Idol in 2002. The pop powerhouse wowed judges Paula, Randy, and...

  • Miranda Lambert

    Team Blake: Miranda Lambert

    Full Name: Miranda Leigh Lambert
    Position:     Mentor on Team Blake
    Date of birth:     November 10, 1983
    Hometown:     Lindale, Texas
    Husband:     Blake Shelton (married on May 14, 2011)
    Bet you didn’t know…     The Voice mentors and judges Reba McEntire, Kelly Clarkson and Cee Lo Green were all present and Miranda and Blake’s wedding
    Twitter: @Miranda_Lambert

    After numerous contestants sang her songs hoping to catch...

  • Ne-Yo

    Team Cee Lo: Ne-Yo

    Full Name: Ne-Yo (Shaffer Chimere Smith, Jr.)
    Position:     Mentor on Team Cee Lo
    Date of birth:     October 18, 1979
    Hometown:     Las Vegas, Nevada
    Girlfriend:     Monyetta Shaw
    Children:     Daughter Madilyn Grace Smith (November 2010), son Mason Evan Smith (October 2011)
    Bet you didn’t know…    While attending the Las Vegas Academy, Ne-Yo adopted the nickname “GoGo” and joined an R&B group called Envy.
    Twitter:     ...

  • Babyface

    Team Cee Lo: Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds

    Full Name: Babyface (Kenneth Brian Edmonds)
    Position:     Mentor on Team Cee Lo
    Date of birth:     April 10, 1958
    Hometown:     Indianapolis, Indiana
    Girlfriend:     Nicole “Nikki” Pantenburg
    Ex-wife:     Tracey Edmonds (married 13 years)
    Children:     Sons Brandon Michael and Dylan Michael (mother is Tracey Edmonds), daughter Peyton Nicole Edmonds (mother is Nikki Pantenburg)
    Bet you didn’t know…     There’s a 25-mile stretch...

  • Lionel Richie

    Team Christina: Lionel Richie

    Full Name: Lionel Richie
    Position:     Mentor on Team Christina
    Date of birth:     June 20, 1949
    Hometown:     Tuskegee Alabama
    Ex-wifes:     Brenda Harvey (married for 17 years), Diane Alexander (married for 10 years)
    Children:     Adopted daughter Nicole Richie (daughter of a member of Lionel’s band), Miles Brockman (son to Lionel and Diane)
    Bet you didn’t know…     Lionel has raised more than $3.1 million for The Breast...

  • Robin Thicke

    Team Adam: Robin Thicke

    Full Name: Robin Charles Thicke
    Position:     Mentor on Team Adam
    Date of birth:     March 10, 1977
    Hometown:     Los Angeles, California
    Wife:     Actress Paula Patton; the two started dating at the age of 16 and were married in 2005
    Children:     Son Julian Fuego Thicke born on April 6, 2010
    Bet you didn’t know…     Robin’s mom is actress and singer Gloria Loring who starred on Days of Our Lives
    Twitter:     @robinthicke

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